Portal > Knowledgebase > Desktop Computing and Printing > Apple Macintosh Computers > macOS Big Sur (OS 11) What Works? macOS Big Sur (OS 11) What Works? Christopher Grossi - 2021-06-22 - 0 Comments - in Apple Macintosh Computers On Thursday, November 12, Apple released its newest operating system, macOS Big Sur (macOS 11). CIS is evaluating the final release of Big Sur for compatibility with Brown's computing environment and upgrading our systems and software where necessary. Although the "beta" version appeared to work well in Brown's computing environment, we do not yet recommend upgrading due to the need to update some software titles for compatibility with new Big Sur features. We will soon have a list of services that are validated against Big Sur on this page. Please check back frequently for details as our work continues. In conjunction with the release of Big Sur, Apple is now shipping three new Apple Silicon Mac models (MacBook Air, MacBook Pro 13in, and Mac mini) to start their 2-year transition from Intel architecture. At this time, only the MacBook Air model has been completely transitioned from Intel to Apple Silicon (you can still purchase an Intel MacBook Pro 13in or Mac mini). Endpoint Engineering is awaiting delivery of examples so that we can validate our management framework and supported software, but we can provide some guidance at this time based on reports. In general, we can recommend any of these models as replacements for their Intel predecessors, provided that users are not dependent on Intel hardware-specific features (such as BootCamp or virtualizing Windows or x86-compiled Linux distributions), or requirements such as RAM capacity greater than 16GB, storage capacity greater than 2TB, or outputting video to more than one external display. Many software vendors are shipping production or beta Universal 2 binaries of their apps which run natively on both Intel and Apple Silicon. Software that is compiled for Intel that is otherwise compatible with Big Sur (64-bit only, a la Catalina) can be translated by Apple’s Rosetta 2 technology, which often delivers as good (and in some cases better) performance than Intel-native code running on Intel hardware. We have provided as much information as we currently have about Rosetta 2 compatibility in the table below. Status as of: 11/20/2020 Software / Description of testing results Big Sur Apple Silicon Compatibility Service Compatibility Adobe CC The latest version of most Adobe CC apps are compatible, https://helpx.adobe.com/download-install/kb/macos-big-sur.html and Yes Customers should download from Adobe. Self-service for Managed Macs coming soon. https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/fix-macos-64-bit-compatibility-errors.html AirMedia Tested successfully with version 3.2.1 Yes Unknown Banner To be tested Unknown Unknown Bitdefender Tested successfully with version 4.14.96.200096 Yes Yes Brown VPN Tested successfully with version 7210.2020.0827.1 Yes Yes (Rosetta 2) Camtasia To be tested Unknown Unknown Canvas To be tested Unknown Yes Cisco Jabber Tested successfully with version 12.7.0 Yes Yes (Rosetta 2) DFS Connection to smb://files.brown.edu/dfs is functioning Yes Yes Dropbox Tested successfully with version 110.4.458 Yes Yes (Rosetta 2) Endnote Tested successfully with X9.3.3 Yes Workaround may be needed. See https://support.clarivate.com/Endnote/s/article/EndNote-Apple-M1-chip-compatibility?language=en_US FastX To be tested Unknown Unknown FileMaker Pro Version 19.1.3 or later is compatible, Yes Yes (Rosetta 2) https://support.claris.com/s/article/FileMaker-Pro-19-1-3-and-FileMaker-Server-19-1-2-macOS-Big-Sur-10-16-Compatibility?language=en_US Firefox Tested successfully with version 83 Yes Yes (Rosetta 2) G Suite All Google apps are functioning Yes Yes Google Chrome Tested successfully with version 87 Yes Yes (Apple Silicon binary) Google Drive Works Yes No, Not until April for Desktop Keyaccess Tested successfully with version 7.6.0.7 Yes Yes (Rosetta 2) LabVIEW To be tested, https://www.ni.com/en-us/support/documentation/compatibility/18/labview-and-macos-compatibility.html Unknown Unknown Maple Tested successfully Yes Will be ready in early February Mathematica Version 12.0 or later is compatible, https://support.wolfram.com/51740 Yes Will be ready in early February MATLAB Version R2020b is compatible, https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/641920-does-matlab-support-macos-11-big-sur Yes Yes (Rosetta 2 w/ version R2020b) Microsoft Office Tested successfully with version 16.43 (Microsoft 365 and Office 2019), Yes Yes (Rosetta 2, Universal 2 in beta) https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/microsoft-365-and-office-2019-support-for-apple-silicon-c55b603e-14a6-4b69-bdc0-2bb4c9a36834?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US MyAccount MyAccount is functioning Yes Yes MyPrint Tested successfully with AirPrint Yes Yes NVivo Tested successfully Yes No Panopto To be tested Unknown Unknown PPRINT Tested successfully Yes Yes Printer Drivers Printer compatibility depends on vendor support Canon, HP, and Ricoh support can be confirmed by model Microsoft Tested successfully with Microsoft Remote Desktop 10.4.1 Yes Yes Remote Desktop (RemoteApp) Sibelius Version 2020.6 and later, https://avid.secure.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/Compatibility/macOS-Big-Sur-Support Yes No SPSS Any version prior to 27.0.1 is incompatible. SPSS 27.0.1 will be available by 2/4/2021 on http://software.brown.edu Yes Will be ready in early February STATA SE Tested successfully with version 16.0, https://www.stata.com/products/compatible-operating-systems/ Yes Yes (Rosetta 2) Tecplot https://kb.tecplot.com/2020/11/16/support-for-macos-big-sur/ No No WiFi Detects as "Other Operating System", selecting "Mac OS X Lion or Newer" permits setup Yes Yes (wifi.brown.edu) Workday Workday is functioning Yes Yes Zoom Tested successfully with version 5.4.3 Yes Yes (Rosetta 2).