The all-new Control Center has made it much easier to take control of commonly used features like AirDrop, AirPlay, and even Accessibility Shortcuts in macOS Big Sur. Based on what works in line with your workflow, you can customize the Control Center on your Mac to keep only the useful items and remove the ones that aren’t needed. For greater flexibility, you can even pin Control Center items to the menu bar in macOS Big Sur to quickly access certain controls. Let me take you through the complete process!
Though I have always found the menu bar very user-friendly for accessing commonly used items, many a time I find it lacking for a couple of main reasons. For one, it doesn’t have much space to incorporate many items. And the other, it doesn’t offer much scope for customization. That’s the reason why I’m glad to see an iOS-style Control Center on macOS.
Pin Control Center Items to Menu Bar
Click on the Control Center icon at the top right corner of the screen.
Now, the Control Center panel will open with multiple items including Bluetooth, Do Not Disturb, AirDrop, Keyboard Brightness, AirPlay Display, Sound, and more. Select a specific item and then drop it at the desired place on the menu bar.
Further, macOS Big Sur comes with a Dock & Menu Bar preference pane that lets you show/hide controls. So, you can choose to display or conceal respective items to suit your needs better.
- Now, click on Dock & Menu Bar.
Show Accessibility Shortcuts in Control Center and Menu Bar
Under the “Other Control Center Mod…” section, click on Accessibility Shortcuts option. And then check the respective box to show the Accessibility Shortcuts in the menu bar or control center.
Click on Battery located in the “Other Control Center Mod…” section. Now, check the boxes to show battery in the menu bar and control center.
Show User Switching Option in Control Center and Menu Bar
If you often have to dive into System Preferences to switch users, you would really appreciate the option to quickly switch users right from the control center or menu bar of your Mac.
Perfectly Customize Control Center in Line with Your Needs
There you go! So, that’s the way you can fine-tune Control Center as per your needs in macOS Big Sur. Recently, we have covered many notable topics related to the latest iteration of macOS. If you haven’t been able to catch up with them, do check them out.
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What’s your take on the Control Center for Mac? Is it a better implementation? Share your thoughts with us.
