Work with Control Center

If you have an iPhone or iPad, you’re already familiar with Control Center there: swipe down from the upper-right corner of your device’s screen to get quick access to common settings and controls—without having to dig around in Settings or open any apps. Big Sur’s new Control Center is the same concept, but on your Mac.

Use Control Center

To display Control Center on your Mac, click the new Control Center icon on your menu bar. A panel overlay (Figure 21) appears.

Figure 21: Control Center in its default appearance.
Figure 21: Control Center in its default appearance. ...

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