Is Big Sur going to be macOS 11 in all cases?

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BlueTeam OP
Created Jun ’20
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Hi -

We have logic for the pretty names for Apple OS.

Is Big Sur going to be macOS 11.0 in all cases?

Apple MDM docs make a mention of macOS 10.16

For example

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Skips the Accessibility pane, only if the Mac is connected to Ethernet and the cloud config is downloaded. Availability: macOS 10.16+.

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/devicemanagement/skipkeys

Is that a typo? There is also debate on the internet that only macs with Apple Silicon would be macOS 11
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Engineer OP
Apple
Jun ’20
We are in the process of changing this to reflect the proper version number of Big Sur. The Device Management documentation will be updated in the next day or so.
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iWill_ OP
Jun ’20
I can’t imagine a scenario where Big Sur wouldn’t be supported on intel Macs shipping today. And if it will be supported on those machines, it certainly will be supported on older models as well.
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Engineer OP
Apple
Jun ’20
The MDM documentation has been updated to reflect that Big Sur is macOS 11.
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BlueTeam OP
Jun ’20
We when updated a MacPro with the macOS 11 beta it says System Version: macOS 10.16 (20A4299v). We were expecting it to say macOS 11.
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Engineer OP
Apple
Jun ’20
This is expected and will be resolved in the next beta release.
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vladimir.kukushkin OP
Jul ’20
macOS Big Sur beta 2 is still 10.16 according to sw_vers :(
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