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Apple Officially Delays macOS Monterey Universal Control Until Spring 2022
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Is this going to be another Apple AirPower?
Apple has officially delayed Universal Control, a hallmark feature of macOS Monterey and iPadOS 15 announced in June, until Spring 2022.
In an update to the iPadOS 15 and macOS Monterey feature pages, Apple now indicates that Universal Control will be "available this spring." Universal Control, which allows users to use one mouse and keyboard across all of their Macs and iPads, has been absent from all versions of both macOS Monterey and iPadOS 15 thus far.
Apple had initially indicated that Universal Control would be launching in the fall of this year, presumably alongside the initial releases of macOS Monterey and iPadOS 15, but that promise did not materialize. Apple just today released macOS Monterey 12.1, including SharePlay and other new features, but lacking Universal Control. With the fall season officially ending on December 21, it seemed likely to be the case that the feature would be delayed until next year.
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To be really honest I wouldn’t find a use case to use it and I think it sounds cool but not many people would need to
Can we go back to under-promising & over-delivering, rather than the opposite, please? I preferred those times…
Also, we don’t need major software updates every year… unless it’s something groundbreaking that you can deliver, just update iteratively please Apple. It’s getting exhausting.
Also, we don’t need major software updates every year… unless it’s something groundbreaking that you can deliver, just update iteratively please Apple. It’s getting exhausting.
Yeah, pretty much. It’s a gimmick that makes it clear they want you to own multiple Macs and iPads and I have no desire to do that. That’s why I got the MBP because it’s the best “all around” machine. I don’t think I’m ever going to use Universal Control.
This. Apples software/OS is getting less reliable with each release. I would gladly go 2, even 3 years without a major update if they could just fix the endless bugs and get back to the days of "It just works" because right now, it's far far from it.
I agree. It seems like Apple works more on coming up with a list of features to release every 365ish days instead of creating something cool and useful, then release it when it's ready. Their sales team seem to be the ones pushing Apple instead of their developers hard work.
No - though I'm not sure I'd use it today. At my previous job I used to use a program called "Synergy" (erm, I think that was the name) to move from one computer to another with the same keyboard and mouse - this was useful for scenarios where one machine was running a task so intensive (ie, DVD burning) that you didn't want to cause it to crash while writing a disk. Nowadays with multiple monitors, a wicked fast computer, and no need to multitask like that, it doesn't seem as useful for me.
There are a lot of people, myself included, that have a hard time reliably connecting AirPods across multiple devices, and they've been on the market for what, 2 years now? I can only imagine the technological issues behind this ambitious and arguably useless feature.
That’s not Universal Control. That’s Sidecar
Maybe arguably useless to you... I'm looking forward to the feature; as I have multiple Macs on my desk due to work requirements.
This is more about the principle than the feature itself. Since when is it ok to repeatedly shelf headline features? It undermines user trust and shows that the company isn’t serious about deadlines. I blame the new Apple workplace culture and especially post-covid workplace culture. They got absolutely nothing done this year except iterative releases that weren’t all too hot. The exception is Mac Silicon, most likely where all the energy went and it was well worth it, however, this isn’t the first time this has happened.
I couldn’t care less the circumstances, everyone loves to use and abuse excuses; if you make a promise to users you keep it no matter what, and if not you offer a sincere apology and don’t let it happen again, or at least that’s what you’re supposed to do if you give half a damn. The last thing you do is keep as quiet as possible until someone notices.
I couldn’t care less the circumstances, everyone loves to use and abuse excuses; if you make a promise to users you keep it no matter what, and if not you offer a sincere apology and don’t let it happen again, or at least that’s what you’re supposed to do if you give half a damn. The last thing you do is keep as quiet as possible until someone notices.
This is turning into Messages in iCloud all over again: announced at WWDC 2017, launched one week before WWDC 2018.
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Why are they demoing stuff they surely know was never ready? All that tells me is someone told Craig a lot of hot air without any proof of concept and Craig fell for it. That person is likely a very powerful engineer to persuade such a feature to be demoed knowing well it was nowhere near ready.
Delivering before you even announce it, that's what we need.
The new Apple. No issue except incompetence. The original Apple was loath to introduce new things unless they were ready. The new Apple is so desperate for innovation and so lacking in innovation they are introducing the ideas first then trying to deliver.
When you don't have someone at the help who understands technology, this is what you get.
And still sucks today
The original iPhone was a complex feature and it was delivered on time. This is just an excuse that was released before it was ready. The new Apple, all talk, all glitter, no guts.
Smart, sweep the failures under the rug and hope people will forget about them.
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I think Apple needs to start making it clear at WWDC that the features being announced are for the entire yearly cycle of the OS. Customers and news sites alike think everything shown is destined for the initial release when that is not the case. WWDC is a roadmap for the entire year. If this comes before 13.0, it is still "on time" in reality.
Exactly! And this perfectly explains why Universal Control was not needed. If a new feature is closely similar to a an existing feature.. that new feature isn’t necessary.
Exactly this. Long for the days of Snow Leopard stability.