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Merry Christmas from OSXDaily.com! Things will be a bit slow around here today, but: Check out a geeky Christmas concert of an all iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch band performing Christmas songs.
macOS Big Sur elevates the most advanced desktop operating system in the world to a new level of power and beauty. Experience Mac to the fullest with a refined new design. Enjoy the biggest Safari update ever. Discover new features for Maps and Messages. Get even more transparency around your privacy.
Chances are, your Mac can run macOS Big SurThe following models are supported:
MacBook (2015 or later)
MacBook Air (2013 or later)
MacBook Pro (Late 2013 or later)
Mac mini (2014 or later)
iMac (2014 or later)
iMac Pro (2017 or later)
Mac Pro (2013 or later)
To see which model you have, click the Apple icon in your menu bar and choose About This Mac.
Make sure you're ready to upgrade.Before you upgrade, we recommend that you back up your Mac. If your Mac is running OS X Mavericks 10.9 or later, you can upgrade directly to macOS Big Sur. You'll need the following:
OS X 10.9 or later
4GB of memory
35.5GB available storage on macOS Sierra or later*
Some features require an Apple ID; terms apply.
Some features require a compatible internet service provider; fees may apply.
Upgrading is free and easyUpgrading from macOS Catalina 10.15 or Mojave 10.14?Go to Software Update in System Preferences to find macOS Big Sur. Click Upgrade Now and follow the onscreen instructions.
Upgrading from an older version of macOS?If you're running any release from macOS 10.13 to 10.9, you can upgrade to macOS Big Sur from the App Store. If you're running Mountain Lion 10.8, you will need to upgrade to El Capitan 10.11 first.
If you don't have broadband access, you can upgrade your Mac at any Apple Store.
OS X 10.9 or later
4GB of memory
35.5GB available storage on macOS Sierra or later*
Some features require an Apple ID; terms apply.
Some features require a compatible internet service provider; fees may apply.
For details about your Mac model, click the Apple icon at the top left of your screen and choose About This Mac. These Mac models are compatible with macOS Big Sur:
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MacBook Air (2013 or later)
MacBook Pro (Late 2013 or later)
Mac mini (2014 or later)
iMac (2014 or later)
iMac Pro (2017 or later)
Mac Pro (2013 or later)
SiriRequires a broadband internet connection and microphone (built-in or external). 
Hey SiriSupported by the following Mac models: 
MacBook Pro (2018 or later)
MacBook Air (2018 or later)
iMac Pro (2017 or later)
Dictation, Voice Control, and Voice MemosRequires a microphone (built-in or external).
Spotlight SuggestionsRequires a broadband internet connection.
GesturesRequires a Multi-Touch trackpad, Force Touch trackpad, Magic Trackpad, or Magic Mouse.
Force Touch gestures require a Force Touch trackpad.
VoiceOver gestures require a Multi-Touch trackpad, Force Touch trackpad, or Magic Trackpad.
Photo BoothRequires a FaceTime or iSight camera (built-in or external) or USB video class (UVC) camera.
FaceTimeAudio calls require a microphone (built-in or external) and broadband internet connection.
Video calls require a built-in FaceTime camera, an iSight camera (built-in or external), or a USB video class (UVC) camera; and broadband internet connection.
Apple TVHigh dynamic range (HDR) video playback is supported by the following Mac models: 
MacBook Pro (2018 or later)
iMac Pro (2017 or later)
Mac Pro (2019) with Pro Display XDR
Dolby Atmos soundtrack playback is supported by the following Mac models: 
MacBook Air (2018 or later)
MacBook Pro (2018 or later)
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MacBook (2016 or later)
MacBook Air (2018 or later)
MacBook Pro (2016 or later)
Mac mini (2018 or later)
iMac (late 2015 or later)
iMac Pro (2017 or later)
Mac Pro (2019)
Supported by all iPad models with Apple Pencil support: 
12.9-inch iPad Pro
11-inch iPad Pro
10.5-inch iPad Pro
9.7-inch iPad Pro
iPad (6th generation or later)
iPad mini (5th generation)
iPad Air (3rd and 4th generation)
Continuity CameraRequires an iPhone or iPad that supports iOS 12 or later.
Continuity Sketch and Continuity MarkupRequires an iPhone with iOS 13 or later or an iPad with iPadOS 13 or later.
HandoffRequires an iPhone or iPad with a Lightning connector or with USB-C and iOS 8 or later.
Instant HotspotRequires an iPhone or iPad with cellular connectivity, a Lightning connector or USB-C, and iOS 8.1 or later. Requires Personal Hotspot service through your carrier.
Universal ClipboardRequires an iPhone or iPad with a Lightning connector or with USB-C and iOS 10 or later.
Auto UnlockRequires an Apple Watch with watchOS 3 or later or an iPhone 5 or later.
Approve with Apple WatchRequires an Apple Watch with watchOS 6 or later or an iPhone 6s or later with iOS 13 or later.
Apple Pay on the Web

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Requires a MacBook Pro or MacBook Air with Touch ID, an iPhone 6 or later with iOS 10 or later, or an Apple Watch with watchOS 3 or later.
Phone CallingRequires an iPhone with iOS 8 or later and an activated carrier plan.
SMSRequires an iPhone with iOS 8.1 or later and an activated carrier plan.
HomeRequires an iPhone with iOS 12 or later and a configured Home app.
AirDropAirDrop to iOS and iPadOS devices requires an iPhone or iPad with a Lightning connector or with USB-C and iOS 7 or later.
AirPlayAirPlay Mirroring requires an Apple TV (2nd generation or later).
AirPlay for web video requires an Apple TV (2nd generation or later).
Peer-to-peer AirPlay requires a Mac (2012 or later) and an Apple TV (3rd generation rev A, model A1469 or later) with Apple TV software 7.0 or later.
Time MachineRequires an external storage device (sold separately).
Maps electric vehicle routingRequires an iPhone with iOS 14 and a compatible electric vehicle.
Maps license plate restrictionsRequires an iPhone running iOS 14 or an iPad running iPadOS 14.
Boot CampAllows Boot Camp installations of Windows 10 on supported Mac models.
Exchange SupportRequires Microsoft Office 365, Exchange 2016, Exchange 2013, or Exchange Server 2010. Installing the latest Service Packs is recommended.
Windows MigrationSupports OS X 10.7 or later and Windows 7 or later.
App StoreAvailable only to persons age 13 or older in the U.S. and many other countries and regions.
PhotosThe improved Retouch tool is supported on the following Mac models:
MacBook Pro (15-inch and 16-inch models) introduced in 2016 or later
iMac (Retina 5K models) introduced in 2014 or later
iMac (Retina 4K models) introduced in 2017 or later
iMac Pro (2017 or later)
Mac Pro introduced in 2013 or later
Apple Books
Apple News
App Store
Automator
Calculator
Calendar
Chess
Contacts
Dictionary
DVD Player
FaceTime
Find My
Font Book
Home
Image Capture
Launchpad
Mail
Maps
Messages
Mission Control
Music
Notes
Photo Booth
Photos
Podcasts
Preview
QuickTime Player
Reminders
Safari
Siri
Stickies
Stocks
System Preferences
TextEdit
Time Machine
TV
Voice Memos
Activity Monitor
AirPort Utility
Audio MIDI Setup
Bluetooth File Exchange
Boot Camp Assistant
ColorSync Utility
Console
Digital Color Meter
Disk Utility
Grapher
Keychain Access
Migration Assistant
Screenshot
Screen Time
Script Editor
Sidecar
System Information
Terminal
VoiceOver Utility
Arabic
Catalan
Croatian
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English (Australia)
English (UK)
English (U.S.)
Finnish
French
French (Canada)
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hindi
Hungarian
Indonesian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Malay
Norwegian
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Slovak
Spanish
Spanish (Latin America)
Swedish
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian
Vietnamese
Memories fade over time and some are easily lost forever, especially if they're stored on old VHS tapes. This is my guide on how to transfer your VHS tapes to your Mac, so you can store them for the future.

When I came home for Christmas eight years ago in 2010, my parents had organized all of their old VHS tapes from when I was a kid. When we watched some of them, I realized that these tapes needed to be transfered to digital form before they deteriorated further.
I took me seven years, but last year I decided to finally transfer these tapes to digital form as a Christmas gift to my parents.
This is how I did it, step by step.
1. Getting the equipmentTransferring VHS tapes to a computer requires getting some equipment.
Luckily, my parents had already done a lot of the hard work by having not one but two VHS players in great shape (one broke down and we had to repair it for $72, but that's another story).
This is the equipment I used (excluding my Macbook):
VHS player
VHS players are easily found on websites like Ebay, unless you already have one laying around. If not, perhaps you know someone you can borrow one from.

VHS-C cassettes
Chances are your old VHS cassettes are of the smaller VHS-C format. These types of cassettes were introduced in 1982 and were primarily used in consumer-grade camcorders. They need a VHS-C adapter to be played on a VHS player.
VHS-C adapter
A VHS-C adapter is basically a battery-driven hollow VHS cassette in which you insert a smaller VHS-C cassette.
You insert it in your VHS player and play it like a regular cassette. You can buy these adapters on websites like Amazon.
Video capture dongle
There are lots of different video capture dongles available today. What they do is that they transfer the analog signal from the VHS player to a digital one that your computer can process.
The dongles are always bundled with some video capture software (right?) for recording the video feed and saving it as a video file.
I used Plexgear Moviesaver 600 from the Swedish company Kjell & Company. It works for both macOS and Windows and cost me about $50 (400 sek).
The bundled video capture software Empia (for macOS) is somewhat buggy and not that well designed, bit it is simple and does what it has to.
SCART to RCA cable
The Plexgear video capture dongle connects to your computer through one of its USB ports. However, it needs another cable to connect to your VHS player.
I connected it to my parents' VHS player using a brand new SCART to RCA cable that cost me about $24 (200 sek).
No TV?
Nope, with this setup the video feed will be displayed on your computer screen with the bundled video capture software.
2. Connecting the equipmentOnce you've got all the hardware, the setup is quite simple as you can see in the image below.
Kjell & Company has also put together this product video (in Swedish) on how to connect their video capture dongle to your computer.
When I first connected the dongle to the VHS player, I ran into some trouble. I had used an old SCART connector that didn't work. I don't know why, but it had only eight pins. The new one I bought worked fine and it had 20 pins. Coincidence?
3. Transferring the VHS tapesWhen you transfer a tape, it's being recorded as it's being played. If a tape contains 30 minutes of footage, the transfer will take 30 minutes. Each transferred tape will then be saved as its own video file.
For using the video capture software Empia that is bundled with the Plexgear dongle, I have the following advice:
Remember to set the input video source to composite video or S-Video depending on which one you're using.
Set a long time limit (you have to set one) if you don't know how much footage a VHS tape contains.
Start by recording just a few seconds of video to make sure audio is being recorded and that everything is working.
4. Compressing the video filesAfter transferring the first tape, the file size ended up being much larger than I expected. A recording of just around 30 minutes weighed 1.5 GB. Another tape with a runtime of two hours and six minutes took up a whooping 25 GB. I needed to compress these files.
Luckily, two friends of mine with lots of experience in video editing recommended the free video converter application Handbrake (available for macOS, Windows and Ubuntu).
Handbrake worked wonders and shrunk the 30 minute recording from 1.5 GB to 450 MB. The 25 GB recording was shrunk to just 1.5 GB. Quality stayed the same, nice!
5. Storing the video filesWhen it comes to storing the video files, I'd recommend storing them on as many places as possible. Don't put all of your eggs in one basket. I store them on:
My Macbook
My Time Machine backup hard drive
My iCloud account
A USB memory stick
My dad also stores the video files like this. I was going to store them on my Dropbox account too, but I didn't have enough space.
Do not just burn the video files on DVDs. These DVDs will deteriorate just like your old VHS tapes.
6. Editing the video filesAfter transferring, compressing and storing your video files you might want to edit them. Several of my video files contained long moments with just a blank screen before the next segment.
When I find the time, I'll delete these moments using iMovie on macOS. If you're using Windows, the software Windows Movie Maker will probably be suitable.
Wrapping upTransferring old VHS tapes to digital form is time-consuming, but very rewarding. It might be technically tricky and expensive, but once you've done it the video will be there forever (if you store it well).
Some memories will surprise you, many will make you smile and others will be bittersweet to watch.
Gift Grab: Christmas Quandary Mac Os CatalinaHere is a short video clip from July 7, 1994 of my little bunny rabbit Snuffe. He turned eleven years old before he passed away in the Summer of 2004. I still miss him from time to time.
Do you have any questions? Let me know in the comment section.
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