Apple Releases macOS Monterey 12.3 With Universal Control, Spatial Audio Dynamic Head Tracking on M1 Macs and More

[Jonas07]

Can’t wait for the new amount of bugs and desperate people trying to make universal control work like Apple did in their presentation plus the battery issues by this amazing new update to save battery life.

 

[Gemini76]

Hello there, pilgrim. I have absolutely no comment to make about Mac OS 12.3's release. I'm just writing to let you know that if you're reading this, you are a wonderful person and you are loved. I wish you all the happiness for the future and let's try to make this world a better place. For you, for I, for life. Godspeed.

*dramatic pause*

HAS IT FIXED THE MEMORY LEAKING

You have absolutel

Hello there, pilgrim. I have absolutely no comment to make about Mac OS 12.3's release. I'm just writing to let you know that if you're reading this, you are a wonderful person and you are loved. I wish you all the happiness for the future and let's try to make this world a better place. For you, for I, for life. Godspeed.

*dramatic pause*

HAS IT FIXED THE MEMORY LEAKING

You have absolutely given me hope today and I really appreciate your comment and have put things in perspective today. I am more than a conqueror through Christ who gives me strength! God doesn’t make junk and get outta the pity party and appreciate the life I have. I may not be where I want but I recognize that I am worth it to fight harder and to stop hating myself. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart and be blessed!

 

[pshufd]

I just checked the devices supported list and my 2015 MacBook Pro isn't on the list. So I can only use it with my iPad mini. Disappointed but that's life.

 

[827538]

Interesting to see if OneDrive and DropBox will work and how.

Onedrive is working fine for me, but the App Store version is still Intel only unfortunately.

 

[idark77]

I found a bug:

• click on Apple icon (top left corner)
• click on “About This Mac”
• click on “System Report”
• System information Window appears
• System information menus missing from Menu Bar

If I open System Information app the menus appear in Menu Bar correctly…

Please can you try and let me know?

Please can anybody try and give me a feedback?

 

[827538]

Well, 12.3 - I guess it is time to leave Big Sur behind.

Hopefully this is enough releases to have all the bugs squashed…

My 14" MacBook Pro has been rock solid since 12.1. I haven't noticed any memory leaks since then.

 

[pshufd]

My 2015 MacBook Pro looks like a 90 minute or more update. Fans are spinning up during the update as well.

 

[827538]

For people with M1 Pro/Max, to enable ProMotion, remember go to Develop -> Experimental Features -> [Untick] Prefer page rendering updates near 60Hz

I noticed zero difference.

 

[richmlow]

You have absolutel

You have absolutely given me hope today and I really appreciate your comment and have put things in perspective today. I am more than a conqueror through Christ who gives me strength! God doesn’t make junk and get outta the pity party and appreciate the life I have. I may not be where I want but I recognize that I am worth it to fight harder and to stop hating myself. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart and be blessed!

Indeed, Gemini76!


Phillipians 4:4-7


All the best,
richmlow

 

[pshufd]

Please can anybody try and give me a feedback?

It just shows the menu bar for the last program that you were running.

You can get it back if you click the System Information window again.

 

[827538]

Yeah after a lot of hating on Monterey I have finally updated my M1 Air from Big Sur. I was very staunchly against it until this 12.3 update came out and I’ve been running the RC for a few days and so far I’m happy with it. Good to see the final release is the same build.

Here’s to hoping I don’t run into any issues!

I've found Monterey to be rock solid since 12.1 which fixed the memory leaks for me on my 14" Pro. Personally I'm enjoying Monterey and these 14" MacBook Pro's are just insanely fast. My wife has a 2020 Intel Air and the difference is startling.

 

[827538]

Safari still nearly unusable for me. Anyone else on the same boat?

Fine for me. Noticed no change - 14" MacBook Pro.

 

[827538]

Is it just me that Magsafe stopped charging after the update (amber blinking)?
I tried a USB-C charging, instead and it charged my MBP M1 Pro normally, then went back to Magsafe charging. Now it started charging again ?

Had my MagSafe connected and working the whole time without issue.

 

[827538]

Anyone know if 120hz is good in safari now for scrolling? Why is it an experimental feature?

Also I think memleaks have been sorted since 12.2.1

I noticed zero difference when I enabled it. Safari feels smooth.

12.1 fixed the memory leaks for me.

 

[827538]

I guess I got unlucky here.

No power failures or anything, but the update corrupted my M1 Pro 14 inch MacBook Pro’s firmware.

Having to try and “revive” the system from another mac with Apple Configurator in DFU mode.

Not quite how I planned to spend my evening!

Sorry to hear that. My M1 Pro 14" updated without issue.

 

[Lucas Curious]

I'll ask the REAL questions - what's the use case for the dotted outline emoji face?

NPC

 

[Lucas Curious]

Finally the pregnant man Emoji. I can now let people know that I'm full when I get invented out to eat.

 

[hoodafoo]

Apparently, "Universal Control" doesn't apply to tvOS

 

[827538]

Apparently, "Universal Control" doesn't apply to tvOS

Sidecar and Universal control would be perfect for Apple TV. Hopefully that comes next. I like being able to mirror my display to my Apple TV but using the Apple TV in sidecar mode would be even better.

 

[pshufd]

My 2015 MacBook Pro 15 indeed does not run Universal Control but it's available on my 2021. I will need to update my iPad mini 5 to test it out. It looks like the mail database format changed between versions and Mail is apparently converting the database and it looks like this will take quite a while.

 

[wolfshades]

I was hoping to read that they'd fixed the bug with external displays refusing to wake up.

 

[pshufd]

Mail conversion finished and the 2015 MacBook Pro is doing Spotlight indexing.

This has been a long update.

 

[Kylo83]

For people with M1 Pro/Max, to enable ProMotion, remember go to Develop -> Experimental Features -> [Untick] Prefer page rendering updates near 60Hz

I don't get it, I tried with on and off and it seemed the same, isn't the default now working with promotion but I noticed a change on the last safari preview one but now it feels the same

 

[sideshowuniqueuser]

I'm updating my 2015 MacBook Pro 15 which is on Mojave. It's 12.22 GB which is reasonable for a full update. It will probably take an hour. I will update the iPad later on and try out Universal Remote. I do hoe that it works between two MacBook Pros.

Please do let us know how it goes!

 

[RazorD]

Sorry to hear that. My M1 Pro 14" updated without issue.

Yeh lots of other friends did too! My mac is only “unusual” in that it had a replacement logic board back in January for a faulty HDMI port.

I’m wondering if something about that logic board replacement wasn’t done correctly and so it’s failing to update something like the touch ID firmware.

I’ve tried a DFU restore of 12.3 and even that fails. The only thing that I can do to make the mac boot is DFU to 12.2.1.