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Apple Releases New macOS 12 Monterey Public Beta
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When the official release is out, will there be the new MBP announcement? Can’t wait for that, my wallet is ready!
Only seeing 21A5506j on my computer currently. Says no update available. Will try downloading the entire beta from the link above.
Currently installing from the same link. Never saw the update come through either.
All I can say is I pre-ordered the “Monterey for Dummies” book by Bob “Dr. Mac“ Lavitus and that has a release date of October 26, so assuming that they’re going to have the general release for people to install before the book comes out, the final release candidate should come out before the 26th.
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.
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. When released, Universal Control will let 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.
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 (coming in a Monterey update) will let 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.
Article Link: Apple Releases New macOS 12 Monterey Public Beta
Tried this and it's stuck with the progress bar at the end but "About 52 minutes remaining" for several hours now.
It's borderline impossible to install this beta for me on my M1 MacBook Pro.
Also seeing this. Frustrating enough that I'm considering taking the effort to go back to Big Sur on my Air.
Also, they still haven't fixed the issue with machines waking up unresponsive on a KVM switch. That one's been there since the beginning of the public betas. Makes my mini pretty much unusable with my nice KVM monitor. I am in the process of rolling that one back to Big Sur.
Oh really hoping for a mid-October release, but is an early October release unrealistic?
I actually have the KVM issues on Big Sur on my M1 MBP as well. I thought maybe it was the brand of dock (It is a dell dock), so I was going to try hooking it up directly to the monitor and using that as my dock. We'll see what happens.
Interesting. I never had any issues with Big Sur. I’ll keep an eye out, reinstall of Big Sur is just about done.
Joseph: Did your install complete? I'm still do not see PB7 available for download via Software Update. Anyone know if it was pulled?
Should have thought about that. Just completed reinstall and now on PB7.
I am not noticing any trackpad issues on MBA M1 after reinstall. I don't recall any issues before, though.
Hey all, looks like there's a workaround for this.
In accessibility settings under pointer control, disabling "Spring-loading delay" seems to fix the scrolling issue. It's odd because they aren't really related, but it seems to have done the trick on my machine.
In accessibility settings under pointer control, disabling "Spring-loading delay" seems to fix the scrolling issue. It's odd because they aren't really related, but it seems to have done the trick on my machine.
