Apple Releases New macOS 12 Monterey Public Beta

[MacRumors]

Apple today seeded a new public beta of the macOS 12 Monterey beta to public beta testers, allowing non-developers to test the new macOS Monterey software ahead of its public release. The updated beta comes just a day after Apple released the sixth macOS Monterey developer beta.

Public beta testers can download the macOS 12 Monterey update from the Software Update section of the System Preferences app after installing the proper profile from Apple's beta software website.

macOS Monterey introduces quite a few major updates for the macOS operating system. Universal Control, for example, lets a single mouse, trackpad, and keyboard be used across multiple Mac or iPad devices, and it's now possible to AirPlay directly to a Mac from an iPhone, iPad, or even another Mac. Universal Control isn't out yet, but we're still hoping it makes it into the Monterey launch.

Safari has an updated tab bar and support for Tab Groups to keep tons of tabs organized, and FaceTime now features support for spatial audio, Portrait Mode (M1 Macs only) and Voice Isolation for cutting out background noise. A SharePlay FaceTime feature lets Apple TV users watch TV, listen to music, and share their screens with one another.

Shared With You, another new feature, keeps track of the music, links, podcasts, news, and photos that people are sent in Messages, highlighting it in the relevant apps. Notes has a new Quick Note feature for jotting down thoughts, and the Shortcuts app is now available on the Mac.

A dedicated Focus mode helps people stay on task by cutting out background distractions based on what's going on, and there's an updated Maps app with a whole slew of new features. With Live Text, Macs can now detect text in photos or provide details on animals, art, landmarks, plants, and more in images. The new beta adds Live Text support for Intel Macs.

Mail Privacy Protection hides IP and prevents tracking through invisible pixels, and iCloud Private Relay keeps Safari browsing protected. There are many other new features in ‌macOS Monterey‌, with a complete overview available in our macOS Monterey roundup.

Apple has also released new public betas of iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and tvOS 15, and a fifth beta of Safari 15 for macOS Big Sur and macOS Catalina users.

Article Link: Apple Releases New macOS 12 Monterey Public Beta

 

[jz0309]

downloading onto my MBA

 

[Armendegga]

Let's see if this fixes the horrible lag with the Magic Trackpad on my iMac.

 

[GadgetBen]

Nice small file sizes this year for each update.

 

[5097842]

I will download it and once again be disappointed that they still won’t let me revert to the Safari tab configuration I had in macOS 11. Having tabs above the favorites bar doesn’t make sense to me and slows me down. At least iOS 15 allows me to replicate the iOS 14 Safari setup.

 

[Lucas Curious]

can anyone confirm if Beta 6 has Pregnant Person emojis? 🏳️‍🌈

 

[Randel.D]

Hoping (but not expecting) I can use my Outlook again after this update (M1 MacBook Air)…

 

[mr_hyde]

can anyone confirm if Beta 6 has Pregnant Person emojis? 🏳️‍🌈

Do you mean something like... (see attachment)?

 

[Lucas Curious]

Do you mean something like... (see attachment)?

Yes but a man

 

[jasoncarle]

You say that but...

 

[ph001bi]

You say that but...

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Same here. We're two betas behind iOS, and it's not happening. What's going on? I am in the UK if this has any bearing on the roll-out.

 

[Razorpit]

Yes but a man

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😂 That’s not a pregnant man. That’s man after eating burritos and drinking beer.

 

[macbookm1airlover]

Downloaded to my M1 Air now...no major issues thus far.

 

[Davaus]

Build number 21A5506J, compared to previous # 21A5304g. Curious, after a longer wait for it.

 

[Razorpit]

Looks like it’s finally time for me to upgrade to Big Sur. 😂

 

[coolman124]

can anyone confirm if Beta 6 has Pregnant Person emojis? 🏳️‍🌈

its for 2022 so not yet

 

[jasoncarle]

I think that while I was writing that the thing was preparing for it in the background. There was a process running called NRDUpdated and it's purpose is to update the recovery partition from what I can find via google.

However, it restarted to this...

 

[BWhaler]

Can't wait. This looks like a great update.

 

[Aragornii]

Hoping (but not expecting) I can use my Outlook again after this update (M1 MacBook Air)…

This update fixed my Outlook freezing and crashing problem caused by the last update. Hopefully it sticks.

Also appears to have fixed my time machine backups from being local only.

 

[Phantom-fa]

You say that but...

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I had the same thing after the last beta, but it quite happily updates to the latest beta today without a problem, and it is now back to the normal message saying: Your Mac is up-to-date - macOS Monterey beta 12.0

 

[Phantom-fa]

I think that while I was writing that the thing was preparing for it in the background. There was a process running called NRDUpdated and it's purpose is to update the recovery partition from what I can find via google.

View attachment 1825801

However, it restarted to this...

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I had the same issue on my M1 Mini, but not on Intel Mini.

 

[ivanpasic]

Apple today seeded a new public beta of the macOS 12 Monterey beta to public beta testers, allowing non-developers to test the new macOS Monterey software ahead of its public release. The updated beta comes just a day after Apple released the sixth macOS Monterey developer beta.

Public beta testers can download the macOS 12 Monterey update from the Software Update section of the System Preferences app after installing the proper profile from Apple's beta software website.

macOS Monterey introduces quite a few major updates for the macOS operating system. Universal Control, for example, lets a single mouse, trackpad, and keyboard be used across multiple Mac or iPad devices, and it's now possible to AirPlay directly to a Mac from an iPhone, iPad, or even another Mac. Universal Control isn't out yet, but we're still hoping it makes it into the Monterey launch.

Safari has an updated tab bar and support for Tab Groups to keep tons of tabs organized, and FaceTime now features support for spatial audio, Portrait Mode (M1 Macs only) and Voice Isolation for cutting out background noise. A SharePlay FaceTime feature lets Apple TV users watch TV, listen to music, and share their screens with one another.

Shared With You, another new feature, keeps track of the music, links, podcasts, news, and photos that people are sent in Messages, highlighting it in the relevant apps. Notes has a new Quick Note feature for jotting down thoughts, and the Shortcuts app is now available on the Mac.

A dedicated Focus mode helps people stay on task by cutting out background distractions based on what's going on, and there's an updated Maps app with a whole slew of new features. With Live Text, Macs can now detect text in photos or provide details on animals, art, landmarks, plants, and more in images. The new beta adds Live Text support for Intel Macs.

Mail Privacy Protection hides IP and prevents tracking through invisible pixels, and iCloud Private Relay keeps Safari browsing protected. There are many other new features in ‌macOS Monterey‌, with a complete overview available in our macOS Monterey roundup.

Apple has also released new public betas of iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and tvOS 15, and a fifth beta of Safari 15 for macOS Big Sur and macOS Catalina users.

Article Link: Apple Releases New macOS 12 Monterey Public Beta

Is anyone experiencing a bug with the calendar app - it takes forever to launch for me and also takes very king to update the events when I switch weeks…..

 

[drumcat]

Outlook works again.

 

[shadowv4x]

Looks like it’s finally time for me to upgrade to Big Sur. 😂

did you mean Bug Sur?

 

[JackieTreehorn]

Odd, but it is still not showing up on my iMac and MBA.