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

Just finished installing Ventura om my 2017 iMac.

I can't believe how fast the computer is right now. It's so snappy. They've really nailed the optimization this time.

Now I'm waiting for my M1 MAcbook Air to finish as well. I'm very curious to see if I get the same feeling of speed as on my older iMac.
 
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EugW said:
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.
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How do I download the whole image instead of just the 3.92 GB upgrade?

I like to keep copies of all new macOS install images.
 
coffeecatt said:
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.
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I would suggest booting into Recovery and then open up Terminal and enter the following

repairHomePermissions

That should open up the Repair Home 'app' where it'll prompt you for your password, and then it resets permissions on your data and folders.
 
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henrikisacsson said:
Just finished installing Ventura om my 2017 iMac.

I can't believe how fast the computer is right now. It's so snappy. They've really nailed the optimization this time.

Now I'm waiting for my M1 MAcbook Air to finish as well. I'm very curious to see if I get the same feeling of speed as on my older iMac.
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This gives me some hope that my 2019 intel iMac will work "snappy" too. Fingers still crossed🤞🏻
 
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EugW said:
How do I download the whole image instead of just the 3.92 GB upgrade?

I like to keep copies of all new macOS install images.
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Use softwareupdate --list-full-installer. Then, softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer --full-installer-version. For some reason I just tried the command and it didn't show Ventura, so maybe wait a few hours, I have no idea.
 
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EugW said:
How do I download the whole image instead of just the 3.92 GB upgrade?

I like to keep copies of all new macOS install images.
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rm5 said:
Use softwareupdate --list-full-installer. Then, softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer --full-installer-version. For some reason I just tried the command and it didn't show Ventura, so maybe wait a few hours, I have no idea.
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Thanks!

Are those typed into the terminal?

[EDIT]Yes they are, but I don't see Ventura, or Monterey 12.6.1 either.

Also, how do I specify which full installer?[/EDIT]

BTW, I just saw this post below. Downloading now. But it comes as a package.

tywebb13 said:
You don't even need the app store. Just download http://swcdn.apple.com/content/down...vkboeft8qt2i3aclr5bx1e6p/InstallAssistant.pkg

You can do that on anything.
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Thanks @tywebb13.
 
Anyone updating to it?

I am staying away from it...I am a sys admin and I can't have my users complaining to me that the System Settings UI has changed dramatically and they can't find their settings anymore.

Maybe next year. Monterey is working fine for me and the new features in Ventura aren't significant enough to upgrade to it.
 
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rm5 said:
What do you mean? Auto-hide the "sidebar?" Look at this—here's a "full" Chrome window. Look what happens when I move the cursor to the left:

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I know it does this, would have been nice for SM to hide itself after a min or so of not being used then pop back up if you move your mouse over to the far left side of the screen. Would have been helpful on laptops with smaller displays. There are plenty of nice features in the new OS... SM could have just been a little more thoughtful. I added the button in the menu bar to toggle it off already.
 
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duri said:
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"
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Is anyone's LG 5K monitor working okay with an M1 MacMini over the USB-C connection? This is the only monitor I have so I would be rather stuffed if it didn't work.
 
anshuvorty said:
Anyone updating to it?

I am staying away from it...I am a sys admin and I can't have my users complaining to me that the System Settings UI has changed dramatically and they can't find their settings anymore.

Maybe next year. Monterey is working fine for me and the new features in Ventura aren't significant enough to upgrade to it.
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It was a little jarring at first. But it's a lot like the iPhone settings, so if they under those those this shouldn't be too far off.
 
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rm5 said:
I was 6 years old when they made their upgrades free, so I really don't remember when you had to pay for them. Although I DO remember when Final Cut used to cost $1000 and Logic $800.
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I bought my first MacBook at 2012 and remember Apple charging around 20 Eur for a macOS upgrade. But that was I think the only update that I remember that was not for free. I think Mavericks was the first free upgrade
 
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