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App Store Doesn't Link to Big Sur 11.2.2, only 11.2.1... Why?

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ccollinsradio

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I want to create a bootable Big Sur install disk to wipe a MBA.

Anyone have any idea why the store only links to 11.2.1?

I was hoping to do a clean install prior to setting up the MBA. I've done one too many migrations and would like to start fresh.

Thoughts? I've googled and tried everything I can think of.

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It took over a week before Apple made 11.2.1 available on the App Store after it had been released. You will have to wait until Apple makes 11.2.2 available in the App Store or use 11.2.1 for your USB installer.
 
Apple provides full installs in the App Store.
The 11.2.2 is not available as a full install - probably not likely, as 11.2.2 is a somewhat minor update.
So, if you want a clean install today, you would install 11.2.1 as THAT is a full install, then update through the Apple Software Update to 11.2.2
It's possible that Apple won't release an updated 11.2.x full install, and the next full install will be for 11.3 - which is already available as a beta. (Apple recently has not been updating the full installers for every update that is released, I don't know if you can expect that for this 11.2.2 version)
 
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11.2.2 really only fixes the issue with crappy third party USB-C hubs for 2019/2020 Macs and literally nothing else. It's probably not worth Apple's time to assemble a new 'master' for 11.2.2.

There's also criticism that because 11.2.2 contains no new revisions of anything except the iBridge firmware, Apple is forcing people to download 2-3 GB worth of update that could be easily shrunk down to something maybe a few hundred MB.

One hopes that 11.3 will have the 11.2.1/2 fixes baked in, but when people complain that their 4K monitors worked perfectly well in 11.0.1 and then became ******* up in 11.1, it's kind of hard to expect anything good to happen.
 
I have a 2020 Mac, but my hub hasn't been an issue. I had 'hoped' that this might also fix the frequent inability to eject flash drives. I have multiple drives I use for OS installs, Utilities, etc... They will never eject from any of my M1 machine laptops. Just keeps telling me something is using it and I end up force ejecting it. Using the Apple USB C to A adapter, btw.

There are strange USB issues I have, my T7 is slower on these Thunderbolt ports than on some of my other machines.

I posted this on some forum where people were praising bringing back old ports. I'm not a conspiracy guy, but when I thought things out and looked at my current USB/TB issues, I came up with this...

"You know, part of me wonders if they are bringing 'old' ports back because they can't yield out chips right now with 4 dedicated TB/USB C pipes at full speed.

It makes sense. USB A stuff takes less space on chip or board and one USB 3 bus can handle their USB A port & the SD card reader. Honestly, they might even piggyback some of that onto the USB bus running the keyboard and trackpad. Easy to toss mini hdmi on there as well. It won't be full size, which means... A dongle.

It may be another year before they can have 4 full speed USB-C/TB 3 or 4 ports.

The perfect way to get by that limitation with few questions from the outside world is bring back old, slower ports to 'listen' to users.

Power as well. IF they do MagSafe, which I feel is inferior to USB charging because it pops loose too easily, it may not be to bring it back, but to free up the two ports they can make work all the time.

The current MBA's & MBP's (I have an Air with 16 Gig, btw) struggle to keep full speed with drives like the Samsung T7.

Just food for thought. I'm going to buy a 14" regardless anyway."
 
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Wow, I see it.. build 20D80.. also available in the Mac App Store too, only 1 day old..
 
missyagogo said:
Great! Now does anyone know if it contains the fixes from 11.2.1, which I missed? Since those were security fixes, I'd like to make sure I have them.
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The installer installs 11.2.2, so of course it includes the fixes from all previous versions of macOS 11.
 
DeltaMac said:
Apple provides full installs in the App Store.
The 11.2.2 is not available as a full install - probably not likely, as 11.2.2 is a somewhat minor update.
So, if you want a clean install today, you would install 11.2.1 as THAT is a full install, then update through the Apple Software Update to 11.2.2
It's possible that Apple won't release an updated 11.2.x full install, and the next full install will be for 11.3 - which is already available as a beta. (Apple recently has not been updating the full installers for every update that is released, I don't know if you can expect that for this 11.2.2 version)
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11.2.2 is a 2GB download so it's not the full OS. I wonder which version served to people upgrading from a previous OS.
 
darngooddesign said:
11.2.2 is a 2GB download so it's not the full OS. I wonder which version served to people upgrading from a previous OS.
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The full ~12GB 11.2.2 is available in the App Store now. It was not available when 11.2.2 was first released.
 
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