MacOS 11.0

macOS 11.0 (build 20A2411) is the first public release of macOS 11 (Big Sur) in November 2020 by Apple Inc. Though it came pre-installed on early shipments of Apple M1-based Macs, security updates necessitated macOS 11.0.1 becoming the first standalone release of Big Sur to the general public on November 12, 2020, in a similar situation as macOS 12.0 to 12.0.1 for the first Apple M1 Pro and M1 Max-based MacBook Pros in the following year.macOS Monterey 12.0.1 Release Notes, Apple Developer. 2021-10-25.
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==Development history==
The first developer beta of macOS 11.0 (build 20A4299v) was seeded on June 22 during the 2020 Worldwide Developers Conference. Build 20A4299w came pre-installed on early 2020 Developer Transition Kits.macOS Big Sur beta (20A4299v), Apple Developer. 2020-06-22. A second beta (build 20A4300b) was released on July 7.macOS Big Sur beta 2 (20A4300b), Apple Developer. 2020-07-07. A fourth (build 20A5343i) was released on August 4, 2020.macOS Big Sur 11 beta 4 (20A5343i), Apple Developer. 2020-08-04.
==References==
==External links==
*macOS Big Sur 11 Beta Release Notes at Apple Developer (archived 2020-06-23)
*macOS Big Sur build 20A2411 at the BetaWiki
Category:macOS 11
Category:2020 introductions