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Apple Releases macOS Monterey 12.5 With Safari and TV App Updates
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God I hope so, been driving me absolutely nuts playing music, working in Logic, videos, Teams calls - you name it!
Most interesting thing that I see is that Idle in Activity Monitor CPU is 98-99% whereas it was mainly 97%-98% in 12.4.
It was fine for me. Unfortunately that person is in New Zealand and they don't have Apple Stores there. I had a macOS brick a MacBook Pro about 10 years ago. I drove to The Apple Store (1 mile away) and they got it back up and running in about ten minutes. I reposted that report from r/mac but I installed it anyways and it was fine.
Oh wow I hope you're right, I assumed they would never actually fix it at this point. Tomorrow will test extensively and confirm.
My early 2013 rMBP (10,1) [ME698LL/A1398/2673]
has made [it] 9.5 years with updates 🥳🤯😀 as of today.
$2400 well spent.
edit: grammar / specs
has made [it] 9.5 years with updates 🥳🤯😀 as of today.
$2400 well spent.
edit: grammar / specs
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Thanks for the info.
Mines to even 1 week old yet so id hate to brick it...only reason im hesitant to download the update.
From what I've heard DB "works" in the newer OS's but with 12.3 Apple removed one of the libraries that DB relies on for Smart Sync to work with apps other than the Finder. Here's what DB said back before 12.3 came out:
So that's cute. This doesn't impact everyone but if for example you have an InDesign project and it references a bunch of cloud-only images, it won't automatically load the image files. You have to go into the Finder and manually set them as local. https://help.dropbox.com/installs-integrations/desktop/macos-12-monterey-support
Apparently development of a solution is not going very well.
Has anyone heard whether or not 12.5 fixes a wide spread issue playing audio and encountering popping noises on M1 MacBook Pros, particularly the 16”?
Apple today released macOS Monterey 12.5, the fifth major update to the macOS Monterey operating system that launched in October 2021. macOS Monterey 12.5 more than two months after the launch of macOS Monterey 12.4.
The macOS Monterey 12.5 update can be downloaded on all eligible Macs using the Software Update section of System Preferences.
According to Apple's release notes, macOS Monterey 12.5 adds a bug fix for a Safari tab issue and it adds the option to restart, pause, rewind, or fast-forward a live sports game that's in progress. Apple's release notes for the update are below.macOS Monterey 12.5 could be one of the last updates to the Monterey operating system as Apple is now working on macOS Ventura, the next-generation version of macOS set to be released this fall.
Article Link: Apple Releases macOS Monterey 12.5 With Safari and TV App Updates
My M1 MBA wouldn't do the 12.5 update, I requested the update three times, each time I got an error message saying that the update has changed, start the process again. I'm now downloading the full 12.5 installer and will run that over the top and see if it works. Grr!
Yes, it's the current version of the OS, which will install ok on your Mac, but if you want to make to make a USB drive installer you need to follow this link: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201372
12.5 all installed now, no glitches. I downloaded the full installer, then ran the 3gb update anyway. It's worked this time.
You could try to save boot your Mac. Start up with Shift pressed (use cabled keyboard or BT-board with charging cable). BTW, in this state, your Mac might behave a little strange/unresponsive, that's normal. After that, boot normal again.
If save boot is not working, you could try resetting PRAM and SMC.
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Call me crazy, but it does feel like it, especially after reading your post. Just tried loading a heavier page, and it did it in a cinch.
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Turn on early releases, and you might be migrated over to the File Provider beta (which works pretty reliable for me).
Running an outdated version of your OS with known vulnerabilities is worse than running a beta version of Dropbox.