This is literally a developer preview for testing of non-final software on test devices.
What in the world are people expecting? Am I missing something?
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Apple Seeds Eighth Beta of macOS Monterey to Developers
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What in the world are people expecting? Am I missing something?
We must be close to new MBPs. Every Apple store in Australia plus retailers are now out of stock on all 16in models
Safari they pushed for big sur isn’t beta and that’s plagued with bugs and iOS 15 final has loads to, 3 months of beta testing for what?
I mean sure, Safari 15 is sub-optimal, and I've had a couple of weird quirks on iOS 15.
But it's incredibly foolish to think that nothing was done in those periods of testing.
It's interesting that outside of the MacRumours echo-chamber there tend to be far fewer people with major gripes regarding Apple software.
But really, this thread isn't even about those, it's about macOS Monterey which is still an in-dev piece of software.
It will ship with bugs but everything in software and hardware design and building is a compromise. It will never be perfect. Perhaps they need to re-evaluate their release schedule or prioritize different components, but to say they aren't a "real team" is very silly.
Ultimately decisions for this kind of product is made months if not years in advance. It's too bad that it doesn't always please everyone, and hopefully they can learn from feedback but it is what it is.
We're in perpetual beta, nothing gets finished, barely anything gets fixed, many new issues tacked on
I had the same issue having massive stuttering when scrolling (up or down), but it seems to be fixed.
I am seeing the issue that bytez01 sees and it is on an Interl MacBook Pro. Monitor is recognized as connected and all USB ports on the monitor are working (like usb mic) but screen stays dark and monitor is not showing in the display settings
One thing I am looking forward to is being able to wipe a Mac without reinstalling macOS like you can with an iDevice.
mine is not an M1. I assume they are starting not to support the intel ones anymore?
Probably. Intel Mac is literally dying and I suspect apple will drop Rosetta 2 much faster than they claim to be.
For some reason my trashcan Mac Pro won’t let me install dev 7 or 8. When I do software update it goes through the process but the current version always is avail to download and install again. ???
I know this forum isn't about Safari but it is no longer a great browser. Brave offers better options, security and page rendering across platforms.
It was not just them. It was a known issue with Beta 7. Obviously did not affect everyone, but I have the same issue too. Looking forward to the public release.
It is NOT fun LOL. If the next (current) beta did not fix it, I was going to go back to Big Sur.
I can imagine - that one would have been the end of me. I scroll all day. Pretty much all I do. Sit and scroll.
Beta 8 has SERIOUS ISSUES with Thunderbolt screens which remain dark on Intel Macs--M1 Macs may be OK. If you use TB (and maybe DP too) for external displays DO NOT update to beta 8 or you'll be rolling back to beta 7.