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Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.8/5** | 59 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support Software | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Apple ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: (Free version available) - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Mac (Desktop) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - App Management - Data Security - File Management - Kernels - System Updates - User Interface ## Support Options - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base Software - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat ## Category - [Operating Systems](https://www.capterra.ae/directory/32777/operating-systems/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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File management is easy and the UI is simple to learn the CLI is similar to Linux so savvy Admins and write shell scripts with a little practice. > > **Cons**: Updates constantly nag away in the top right and most users in my experience don't want to apply them or Admins are scared of incompatibilities so they defer to not doing them so they just hand out there. You can improve this if you deploy an MDM like Jamf or Intune to automate rules for updates if it won't make too many waves for your Org. > > I like managing and using macOS. It isn't my daily driver currently (Windows Admin is my daily) but it's simple and works well for my content creating users and I very rarely even need to do any troubleshooting to help with staff questions on using macOS because it is so easy to use. ----- ### "Big Sur Big Looks" — 3.0/5 > **Ryan** | *18 January 2025* | Construction Software | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: The OS was easy to navigate and it is a very refined look. The processing power is very good. > > **Cons**: The OS is not as intuitive as other systems and some people find it to be confusing especially when navigating files and other storage. ----- ### "Reliable OS that could be amazing if they made it easier to use" — 4.0/5 > **Andy** | *8 June 2024* | Marketing & Advertising | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: I have Big Sur on a Macbook laptop. Its been very reliable rarely does it crash. Some things are well designed for example the about this mac feature, the dock and the app store app. > > **Cons**: It seems odd to me that given how long Apple have been making operating systems that some things have not been improved, for example sometimes having to drag the icon for a newly installed bit of software to the applications folder. I'm ok with doing this but if a less tech savvy person came across this problem it may confuse them. Another example is the search feature its overly complicated messing around with smart folders to do advanced searches. I think the way Windows deals with searching for things is much better way to do it. ----- ### "The best operating system" — 5.0/5 > **Chrisite** | *20 May 2024* | Religious Institutions | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: macOS is always protected against viruses and you don't usually need another antivirus to protect it unlike Windows. It always starts up quickly and doesn't need to always be powered off. It is also very power efficient. Device management is a breeze whether you use a first or third party solution. > > **Cons**: There are a few apps that don't run well, or dont run at all on macOS. ----- ### "A more powerful and customizable mac os version bringing mobile interface to the desktop" — 4.0/5 > **Tim** | *16 April 2022* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Mac os big sur has brought a lot of customizability to mac os, allowing deep changes to safari and the interface. Most apps are also quite fast with notable speed in safari over other browsers like chrome. If you also enjoy certain apps on IOs big sur is your best chance to run them on desktop. > > **Cons**: If you are running hardware pre 2013 unfortunately it isnt compatible with big sur. Also the upgrade process has to be done very carefully as the compatibilty with externally installed apps has to be verified individually. Some apps could not activate their licenses after upgrade > > Mac os big sur offers quite a lot of changes for old users of mac such as installing IOS apps natively if on the newest hardware, safari has also been supercharged to make one reconsider using other better relied on apps. Overall, if you are on the newest non intel based mac , big sur is a no brainer, if you were on the previous version ie catalina then all the newer features introduced then are further enhanced in big sur. ----- Page: 1 / 4\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.ae/software/1012056/macos-big-sur?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.ae/software/1012056/macos-big-sur) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | ----- ## Structured Data