Apple’s next version of MacOS is called Big Sur.
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When Apple’s new version of MacOS Big Sur debuted, a fingerprint caused Apple to mistakenly call its new operating system “Bug Sur”.
The typo was emailed to people who signed up to try out the new beta software Apple announced today at its WWDC conference for programmers. However, a graphic that announces the new software in the Apple email has the right name. Big Sur is the latest in a series of Apple names that come from picturesque parts of California such as the Sierra Nevada, Catalina Island and the Mojave Desert.
Apple sent an email with the typo “Bug Sur” to testers of its new operating system.
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MacOS Big Sur contains a different design of the user interface, which should bring the software closer to iPadOS. It goes even deeper that it is the first MacOS version that supports Apple’s new Macs, which are based on their own arm chips. This is a big break with the Intel chips that Macs have been using since 2006. And in a cosmetic but still symbolically important step, Apple Big Sur’s has shifted version number for MacOS 11 after the release of versions 10.0 through 10.15 in the past 19 years.
Apple didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.