Software Update is in the same place as iOS so I found it easily, but its not available for my Mac yet.Raise your hand if you also went thru the apple logo then click in About->More Info and they got stuck in the new settings app because you couldn't find the Software update option and got confused there for some minutes and... then when you found the "Check for updates" it didn't show the new update
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Apple Releases macOS Ventura 13.2
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I’m about to give up on Apple Mail on desktop. It’s just hot garbage, lacks features and has been behind/buggy for years.
This reminds me of when they were transitioning to Intel and every fix seemed to break the OS on one of the architectures but not both.
We’ll look at that. Whoever predicted the new MacBook Pros would come out with macOS 13.2 was righ!
Safari 16.3 is also out. My HomePods show that they are up to date even though they aren't.
Anyone else surprised Apple did a full point release for such minor changes? Usually minor releases like this are an x.x.y release, not x.y.
So far not noticing any differences.
So far not noticing any differences.
Activating the iCloud's encryption is a nightmare. You have to erase all the devices that can't be updated to Ventura. Clearly they are forcing us to buy new devices. And also there are some interface bugs. This is unfair. Apple making friends once more :-(
Stage Manager is still the most half baked implementation of multitasking that I have seen. It defaults to automatically minimizing an app when you select another app. You should have the right to minimize apps to the left, and not have it be automatic, because it makes it very cumbersome when you want to work in two apps side by side.
Man, I’ve started using my iPad Pro (16.2) on my kitchen table with an external monitor to replace a pc I used to have there.
it works and I sort of like it, but it’s definitely not the best experience yet.
Every time I disconnect from or turn off the external monitor it always defaults back to mirrored display when I hook it back up? Why Apple? And you hide the settings we need all over the setting menu! Stage Manager should remember how you set up your monitors when you re-hook things up.
Also, I have Magic Trackpad 2 which is way way better than a mouse, but it’s still not as good as using a desktop. Do we really need the circle instead of a pointer, and why doesn’t it move as nice and smooth? Apple please make the multitasking multiple monitor experience on iPad just as good as MacBook pro pretty pls!!
Also, multiple audio sources is handled like ****. I set it up for my bluetooth speaker but it alway forgets every time the speaker shuts off. So I have to go back to that hidden setting (that took me quite a few google searches to discover) to set the audio device to use. Ugh..
Also can you connect Siri to ChatGPT pls so it can actually be useful!?
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That was the fastest software update process by a country mile. (Mac Studio)
Are you sure about that? I just signed out of iCloud on the old (2011) MBP and then it was fine on the others. Ditto for a very old iPad.
I agree. Our 2019 MBP has had kernel panics which pre-13.x it never had.
updating my new M1 Macbook to Ventura was a big mistake.
that awful settings specially..
that awful settings specially..
Yes, pretty sure. It forced me to delete all the devices without latest versions of iOS and macOS in order to continue with the activation process. And I don't think I should be the only one...
It seems like the WiFi latency issues with the airplay/airdrop AWDL service have been resolved or at least majorly improved on 13.2.
The issue was that on WiFi you would ger frequent ping spikes from around 4ms to over 100 or even multiple hundreds. This made latency sensitive application, like Geforce Now game streaming, almost impossible.
There are still ping spikes, but they are much less frequent as long as you set Airdrop to to `No One`.
For reference, here is a popular article on the topic:
www.meter.com
The issue was that on WiFi you would ger frequent ping spikes from around 4ms to over 100 or even multiple hundreds. This made latency sensitive application, like Geforce Now game streaming, almost impossible.
There are still ping spikes, but they are much less frequent as long as you set Airdrop to to `No One`.
For reference, here is a popular article on the topic:
Recent Apple updates leading to Wi-Fi issues
Meter is currently tracking an issue that is affecting M1/M2 Macbooks and leading to slow internet connection, drops in Zoom calls, and entirely losing a Wi-Fi connection.
www.meter.com
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My 2019 MacPro did NOT like the 13.2 install. It made it through a few reboots, but, when restarting to do that final "About 10 minutes remaining" that is common for Intel upgrades, it went dark, powered off. Starting it back up and trying to log in resulted in it crashing again a few moments after I put my password in.
Booting in verbose mode and making a video of the process showed only IPv6 related log lines - nothing obvious about why it would not boot. Tried several times in a row, no joy.
Thankfully, I have a backup "Admin" user and rebooted again and logged in as that, and it's about a minute remaining on finishing whatever was not completed during the 16.2 install.
I do have a few likely contentious software packages installed, well, Parallels - nothing else should be causing an issue, and all previous Ventura installs went fine. Not a good morning here.
Booting in verbose mode and making a video of the process showed only IPv6 related log lines - nothing obvious about why it would not boot. Tried several times in a row, no joy.
Thankfully, I have a backup "Admin" user and rebooted again and logged in as that, and it's about a minute remaining on finishing whatever was not completed during the 16.2 install.
I do have a few likely contentious software packages installed, well, Parallels - nothing else should be causing an issue, and all previous Ventura installs went fine. Not a good morning here.
I just upgraded to 13.2 from 12.6. So far, it's running like it was on Monterey. MBP 16" M1 Max
Still, I have two backups (TM and a cloned drive) if I need to revert.
Holding Shift to boot safely and login as my normal user made some progress, but, can see in the kernel panic Apple report the extension com.apple.iokit.IOSCSCIArchitectureModelFamily(476.81.1) seems to be an issue.
Bad day ahead.
Major bummer; I upgraded my M1 iMac to 13.2 and lost Apple Pay, with a cryptic message about my Mac's security. Had to boot into the options menu and turn off third party extensions entirely to get it back, meaning several apps lost functionality (DriveDx can no longer report on drive heath for USB disks now for example.)
Update Day is my favorite Apple related holiday. It's just so relaxing to update all the devices one after the other. 😋
With the exception of the laptop, as I use that for work and don't want to reboot it with an update until the weekend.
With the exception of the laptop, as I use that for work and don't want to reboot it with an update until the weekend.
I had an odd issue with Logitech G Hub (also a startup) with 2nd beta of 13.2, its like it needed to boot a few times then it was working again. So might be similar that you need to double check system permissions, or even uninstall or reinstall.