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macOS Big Sur - An Upgrade Warning

Dec 17, 2020
Apple has recently released the latest update to their macOS operating system called Big Sur (named after the coastal region of Big Sur in the central coast of California). It has a number of new features, mainly focused on user interface improvements, but one major change is the support for the new ARM based Apple M1 Processors. Because of this change, for the first time since the year 2000, Apple are moving away from using version 10 (OSX) and are now using version 11. 

Upgrade Warning: 

While Big Sur is an interesting upgrade, due to some under the hood security enhancements, many third party software vendors such as those that make anti-malware products, or CAD / authoring software have not yet caught up and their applications are either completely incompatible, or may have issues running if they still work. Due to this, if you use your Mac for work, Computer Culture recommends holding off on upgrading to Big Sur (but please don’t hold off on security updates for your current OSX) until these issues have been ironed out to avoid potential interruption to your work. One of the known issues is EDR endpoint protection software, so if you have that in place, please do not upgrade yet.  

We will continue to keep you updated as the situation changes. 
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