I did encounter Rosetta being uninstalled going from Beta 3 to Beta 4. When I ran the first Intel application it prompted me with dialog requiring sys permissions to install. Sent feedback to Apple to correct that change for M1 Mac users.
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Apple Releases New macOS 12 Monterey Public Beta
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weird, but at least I am not alone.
edit: it just downloaded, perhaps I was just in a queue and had to wait my turn. Right now I am "preparing" the update.
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Except when Apple forsakes beautifully unique and intuitive operating systems and follows windows and google operating systems, adopting much of the bland, monochromatic and often vague and unintuitive flat design interface details.
MacOS has been in beta since Snow Leopard
I may now be stuck at "preparing" as it's been stuck there for a while now saying 25 minutes left and "NRDUpdated" process is using an entire high performance core.
I am using it on a daily basis since ß3 and now ß4.
Il your softwares are compatible (see wiki pist list), no major issue for me.
Standards Apps are working fine including Adobe suite.
Il your softwares are compatible (see wiki pist list), no major issue for me.
Standards Apps are working fine including Adobe suite.
What is the version number of this new public beta release? I am terribly confused. Yesterday I downloaded and installed 12.0 Beta (21A5284e). Is this the same one this article is referencing?
Do you do full install or upgrade?
Upgrade from previous ß requires on my machine 30 minutes preparation.
full install is fine too.
Actually the full installer is available for developers too now. Don't know why they released the full installer to public beta testers before developers though.
I let the upgrade run for an hour before downloading the full installer which didn't work either. After deleting the beta profile, and then reinstalling it, everything went smoothly.
I had no trouble downloading and installing this beta, and Mail works much better and Safari looks nicer. But I was working on a Final Cut Pro project in the previous public beta with no trouble and this beta causes FCP to immediately crash on startup, every single time. I'm going back to the previous beta now.
Update is still very significant
- Quick note and the Notes update is super handy for a student like me
- Not a Safari user but the redesign looks slick
- I use Portrait Mode a lot on my Teams calls, it's better than the inbuilt blur
- Focus is amazing. Super useful.
Might be minor after the Big Sur redesign but every update adds something useful for people. If you don't want to update to Monterey, don't update to Monterey. End of story.
Nope! Try this one: https://apps.apple.com/app/as-timer/id512464723?mt=12