{"id":92672,"date":"2020-11-19T02:22:10","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T10:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/?p=92672"},"modified":"2021-05-03T09:06:55","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T16:06:55","slug":"how-to-prepare-your-mac-for-macos-big-sur-intego-mac-podcast-episode-162","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/how-to-prepare-your-mac-for-macos-big-sur-intego-mac-podcast-episode-162\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Prepare Your Mac for macOS Big Sur &#8211; Intego Mac Podcast Episode 162"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.fireside.fm\/v2\/GegHgcrH+FavkZO_6?theme=dark\" width=\"740\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Apple released macOS Big Sur last week. On release day, there were a number of issues, including problems launching apps on Macs. We discuss what happened, and how Apple is changing its Gatekeeper security check. We also talk about when you should upgrade to Big Sur and how you should prepare your Mac for the big upgrade. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2020\/11\/15\/macos-big-sur-update-bricking-some-macbook-pros\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MacBook Pro 2013 and 2014 may get bricked \u2014 wait until Apple fixes this<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/11\/12\/21563092\/apple-mac-apps-load-slow-big-sur-downloads-outage-down-issues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mac users couldn\u2019t launch apps this afternoon after Apple verification server issue<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT202491\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Safely open apps on your Mac<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.jacopo.io\/en\/post\/apple-ocsp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Does Apple really log every app you run? A technical look<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/how-to-prepare-your-mac-to-upgrade-to-macos-big-sur\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Prepare Your Mac to Upgrade to macOS Big Sur: the Ultimate Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you like what you hear, be sure to rate and review the Intego Mac Podcast on Apple Podcasts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/intego-mac-podcast\/id1293834627\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-78820\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Listen_on_Apple_Podcasts-150x39.png\" alt=\"Intego Mac Podcast\" width=\"150\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Listen_on_Apple_Podcasts-150x39.png 150w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Listen_on_Apple_Podcasts-300x78.png 300w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Listen_on_Apple_Podcasts.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Have a question? 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