How to use Guides, Indoor Maps, and Look Around in Maps with macOS Big Sur

The new Apple Maps experience in macOS Big Sur borrows heavily from what was available in iOS version. Here's how to take advantage of the Look Around, Guides, and Indoor Maps features.

The move to macOS Big Sur has led to Apple porting some of its iOS apps over to macOS, in part to prove the effectiveness of Apple's Mac Catalyst. Naturally, this means the iOS and macOS versions of Maps shares the same code base, though with the latter having an interface best suited for keyboard and mouse usage.This also means there's more of a feature parity, with elements available in the iOS Maps app now usable in the macOS version for the first time. This includes the introduction of cycling route information and electric vehicle routing, which will help you plan out your journeys through more ecologically-sound means.

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