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    From Leo@leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, November 12, 2020 22:10:03
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    I tried to download MacOS 11.0.1 earlier today but finally finished around 7 PM PST. Little Snitch needed a free update to 5.0.1 which I did. I haven’t installed it yet.
    There are a few icons that have changed color, the menubar is not white like
    I had it before, fonts and highlights are mildly different in certain applications, and the mail interface is a little different. <Move to> seems to be gone, but I haven’t explored any system or application preferences anywhere.
    I think I had to install the new Safari before Big Sur would allow me to install itself. That came up in the Apple->About this Mac->Software Update menu item. I hadn’t seen the Safari update option earlier.
    When I finally completed the download and installed, I think it was on the third reboot that the progress bar froze at about forty percent. After a half hour of no progress movement, I did a manual reboot of my Mini, it rebooted and I was in Big Sur. Any dramatic differences to the OS appear to be under the hood.
    I run a Mac Mini, late 2014, SSD and 8 gigs of memory with not many third party apps.

    leo


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  • From Leo@leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net to comp.sys.mac.system on Friday, November 13, 2020 00:40:00
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    On 2020 Nov 12, , Leo wrote
    (in article<0001HW.255E5ABB00081F2970000E7B938F@News.Individual.Net>):

    and the mail interface is a little different.<Move to> seems
    to be gone, but I haven´t explored any system or application preferences anywhere.

    I found the <Move to>. It´s ">>" at the far right of the Mail
    menubar.I´m worried about actually installing Little Snitch. During installation it requires me to OK whether it is allowed to filter and monitor network traffic. "Don´t Allow" is highlighted. As usual, I didn´t
    read the terms and conditions.
    I think I´ll go back and read that.

    leo


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