Apple Releases macOS Ventura With FaceTime Handoff, Continuity Camera, Stage Manager, New Apps and More

[CarAnalogy]

Stop making me feel old

I keep forgetting that the "kids these days" really didn't see the history I keep thinking of as the present. Many people probably have to look up what "no new features" actually means since they didn't see it the first time around.

 

[name99]

FWIW if anyone is planning to use Continuity Camera, I'd recommend them looking at the magsafe rings you can buy at AMZ.
There are a bunch of different versions, but the one I have in mind is a thin ring (perhaps 1mm thick) with glue on one side and a plastic backing on the other. The can stick it anywhere you want a magsafe "connection", costs about $10 for two. It's not exactly fragile, but it's also not exactly robust; I wouldn't put it anywhere that's anged up too much. (Be careful that you ONLY remove the glue backing side and, IMHO, leave the other plastic on the ring to give it some structural protection!)

But, for example, if I wanted to use Continuity Camera I'd definitely look at getting one of these and popping them on the back of my iMac. I have used them in a few different places, eg on some pre-Apple wireless chargers, and have been very happy with them!

 

[Dasbinnurich]

for those asking about the build number, I upgraded directly from 12.6. I haven't enrolled into the beta at all

 

[mporcheron]

Learned my lesson with 16. Gonna try this out on a non-critical Mac before putting it on my main one.

I've installed the last few updates on separate APFS volumes. While the setup can be a little time consuming, I've found it quite cleansing to start afresh each year. It's also proved invaluable in being able to test things across versions.

 

[Ojiisan]

Down loading now in Roseville Ca. 3.93GB on my Intel 2019 iMac. Fingers crossed that I won't regret this..🤞🏻

 

[duri]

Installed Ventura on my MacMini M1 and my USB-C connection to LG monitor isn't working any more. I had use the HDMI cable. Also Screen resolution can't be adjusted like monteray. So far not very happy with Ventura. The Settings Menu is very "strange"

 

[stigman]

for those asking about the build number, I upgraded directly from 12.6. I haven't enrolled into the beta at all

It looks like it's just RC2 build.

 

[AstroRexaur]

how to I install this public release when I have the public beta RC?

 

[Morac]

Someone opened the spigot as I went to check on the download and it’s at 5.47 out of 6.37 GB, though it doesn’t seem to be progressing at this point.

Spoke to soon, it went from 3 minutes remaining to 5 hours remaining.

My iPad Pro is already done downloading and nearly finished preparing.

 

[sorgo †]

for those asking about the build number, I upgraded directly from 12.6. I haven't enrolled into the beta at all

Thank you!

 

[AstroRexaur]

how do I install this public release when I have the public beta RC?

 

[Seanm87]

9 hours remaining currently. What the hell is going on?

 

[jimbobb24]

The copy subject feature is very impressive. Used it on a friends phone and was surprised how well it worked.

 

[rm5]

how to I install this public release when I have the public beta RC?

You don't. If you have RC2, you have the final version.

 

[Morac]

It looks like it's just RC2 build.

Which makes sense since RC stands for “Release Candidate” so I’d expect it to be the same build.

 

[cjboffoli97]

how do I install this public release when I have the public beta RC?

If you updated to RC2 the other day you don't need to. It looks like the build for today's release is the same.

 

[rm5]

9 hours remaining currently. What the hell is going on?

Probably because everyone's downloading. I already installed RC2 on Saturday night so I don't need to do anything. But anyway, try in a few hours, or wait for it to download

 

[MacsRgr8]

Download experience is very unreliable / unpredictable.

On an iMac M1 I started it, reached maybe 1 Mbps, after a few minuntes restarted the iMac and tried the download again, and done in 5 mins! Yay! Typing on it 😄

On the same network the Mac Studio downloading maybe 5 Mbps... Restarted that Mac, same speed. Restarting again... even slower...

I am in the Netherlands on 1 Gbps fibre.

 

[Cole82]

Autohide on Stage Manager would have been nice...

 

[EugW]

View attachment 2100997

I started downloading it and it was 12.15 GB. I then quit the download and restarted, and it showed up at 3.92 GB.

Monterey 12.6.0 MacBook 2017.

 

[6787872]

Download experience is very unreliable / unpredictable.

On an iMac M1 I started it, reached maybe 1 Mbps, after a few minuntes restarted the iMac and tried the download again, and done in 5 mins! Yay! Typing on it 😄

On the same network the Mac Studio downloading maybe 5 Mbps... Restarted that Mac, same speed. Restarting again... even slower...

I am in the Netherlands on 1 Gbps fibre.

hm maybe i should restart, went fast at first but completely stopped and won't move

 

[SSDGUY]

It'll be interesting to see if the new email features transfer seamlessly to iOS, unlike the Calendar app for which the iOS version has never let you set custom alerts, or more than two stock alerts, whereas the desktop version does.

 

[tywebb13]

How to check the build number of the link to the pkg file http://swcdn.apple.com/content/down...vkboeft8qt2i3aclr5bx1e6p/InstallAssistant.pkg - apart from actually downloading the whole thing and installing it? ....

Method 1 - use the pkm file

Just replace the g at the end with m and download the pkm file instead.

http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/25/16/012-92138-A_KGGGN26YQB/d0kr042ixfvkboeft8qt2i3aclr5bx1e6p/InstallAssistant.pkm

Open with textedit or something similar and you will see

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><pkg-info identifier="com.apple.pkg.InstallAssistant.macOSVentura" postinstall-action="none" version="22.0.380" format-version="2" auth="root" generator-version="IASUProductGenerator-22" relocatable="true" useHFSPlusCompression="true" overwrite-permissions="true"><payload numberOfFiles="1010" installKBytes="39049"></payload><bundle path="./Applications/Install macOS Ventura.app" CFBundleShortVersionString="18.0.02" CFBundleVersion="18002" SourceVersion="1807000000000000" id="com.apple.InstallAssistant.macOSVentura"></bundle><bundle-version></bundle-version><upgrade-bundle><bundle id="com.apple.InstallAssistant.macOSVentura"></bundle></upgrade-bundle><update-bundle></update-bundle><atomic-update-bundle></atomic-update-bundle><strict-identifier></strict-identifier><relocate></relocate><scripts><postinstall file="./postinstall.sh" component-id="com.apple.InstallAssistant.macOSVentura"></postinstall></scripts></pkg-info>

My red 22.0.380 means it is build 22A380.

Method 2 - use the product id number

You will see in the link itself

swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/25/16/012-92138-A_KGGGN26YQB/d0kr042ixfvkboeft8qt2i3aclr5bx1e6p/InstallAssistant.pkg

the number 012-92138. That is the product id.

Open mds and it lists all these

So you can see that product id 012-92138 corresponds to build 22A380

 

[d.richter]

Is there a trick to download from the appstore on an unsupported mac?

 

[coffeecatt]

Downloaded, installed, and now my user account doesn't load and it just kicks me into recovery. I am reinstalling from recovery now, we'll see what happens.

This is probably the third OS update that I've done since I got my M1 Mac mini that has had weird issues like this during the installation, so I guess not unexpected, but also not a great first impression.

Edit: The reinstall fixed things, so hooray!