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Apple Seeds Fifth Beta of macOS 12 Monterey to Developers [Updated]
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If your not interested in content clearly indicated in title, it’s pretty easy to skip the article. I am interested in features that are coming and changes that are evolving. So I willingly and appreciatively choose to read the ariticles.
While I agree that overall software quality and QA on Apple's part has gone downhill, with some egregious regression bugs lost in a seemingly eternal limbo of not being addressed for years on end on account of not being “critical” enough for Apple engineers to care, you seem to be failing to appreciate just how much bigger and more complex Apple's market is these days.
Also, FYI, don't let my badge and post count fool you; in my case, look at join date instead. My first Mac was an iMac G4 USB 2.0 which came preinstalled with Jaguar and bundled with Panther upgrade discs. Those were, indeed, “the days”, but we paid through the nose for upgrades (I bought a boxed copy of Tiger for €120, IIRC, and paid for all ESD upgrades on the MAS right until the last one, having only skipped SL because my 2009 iMac came bundled with it). And the same should go for everyone else here, even if it's the other way around or anything in between; maybe our fellow forum-goer simply joined us later on or even bought a Mac much, much later, but that doesn't mean they didn't reach the same conclusion just by staying informed – maybe even as far back as way before buying their first Mac, yes – and looking objectively at the current state of affairs.
The switch to Intel brought about an explosion of choice and different possibilities (remember Steve Jobs' old, cutesy 2x2 product matrix for the then recently revamped Mac line? Yeah, neither do I), as well as third-party software and peripherals galore. How many really critical bugs were related to the latter, with external hard drives getting mysteriously erased, audio interfaces suddenly not working at all, etc., remember those? Yeah, that's why public betas are essential, as developers alone can't cover the entire gamut of configuration combinations.
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They’re getting close to feature lock and now just squashing bugs. If it’s not in the next beta or two, it won’t be a launch feature. Probably.
What is a corner in rounded building? 😄
AirPower was a nice vaporware. Announce something and abandon it. That wasn’t how Apple operated. They would have things ready and then announce them. I cringe at how people love this.. announce in September, available in November.. etc.
But UC is likely more important to them considering it enables better use of iPad.
My first Mac was a IIcx in 1989. At least by the time OS X came around, you know Apple was going to survive. In the early 90s that was far from certain.
I'd probably say yes. By the looks of it Monterey feels like a faster version of Big Sur...
Updated fine on MacBook Air 2017 model. Now trying out compact tab view in Safari once again. It was buggy and unusable in beta 4.
2 Questions for Monterey beta experts:
1) Do I need to install beta 4 before beta 5 will show up? (I installed beta 4 and it broke Final Cut Pro (v 10.5.4), so I reinstalled the first public beta, and now it tells me beta 4 is available as an upgrade (again), but it doesn't give me beta 5...)
2) Anyone using Final Cut Pro successfully with beta 5? The problems with beta 4 were impossible to overcome; it mostly crashed on startup, but if not, then it crashed soon after, even when I wasn't doing a thing in the app... I don't want to install 5 if FCP isn't working in it either!
Follow up note: Thanks for your responses. I did eventually see beta 5 (in the place of 4) available for install; I've installed it and I'm having no problems with Final Cut Pro X (on an i9 Intel Mac). So, all's well so far...
1) Do I need to install beta 4 before beta 5 will show up? (I installed beta 4 and it broke Final Cut Pro (v 10.5.4), so I reinstalled the first public beta, and now it tells me beta 4 is available as an upgrade (again), but it doesn't give me beta 5...)
2) Anyone using Final Cut Pro successfully with beta 5? The problems with beta 4 were impossible to overcome; it mostly crashed on startup, but if not, then it crashed soon after, even when I wasn't doing a thing in the app... I don't want to install 5 if FCP isn't working in it either!
Follow up note: Thanks for your responses. I did eventually see beta 5 (in the place of 4) available for install; I've installed it and I'm having no problems with Final Cut Pro X (on an i9 Intel Mac). So, all's well so far...
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IMHO the problem isn't how many beta they push but instead how they work in communicating with the testers. They have to be WAY more transparent in how they handle and follow the reports, in what under the hood' changes they implent from the start of the new OS, in what to test. This will give betas more purpouse.
I can't believe that one of the major new features that they advertise (and most discussed) is the 'new' safari... really a brand new OS release and they update a standalone app? Updates in Maps from beta to beta? We need to talk about M1 support, ethernet, wifi, metal, firmware, ... all the "boring" stuff that they don't let us know what they are working on.
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Same for me, but no worries just push the send report button the machine still works.
My first Mac was the first (original) Mac in April 1984! Still have it in storage with all the original peripherals and software.
Quick question: Is Mail Privacy Protection already implemented?
In my case and when enabled, none of my received e-mails is able to privately load remote content. 2 days ago, I received an e-mail from Apple (survey about my MBP) and remote content could not be loaded. Apple's own mail!
In my case and when enabled, none of my received e-mails is able to privately load remote content. 2 days ago, I received an e-mail from Apple (survey about my MBP) and remote content could not be loaded. Apple's own mail!
Strange. I have been using FCPX 10.5.4 without any problems on my M1 macmini on beta 1-4. And still seems to work well on beta 5.
So, a brand new MacOS coming out soon, and they still haven't fixed the Bluetooth lagging/disconnecting bug in the previous version. Unless they miraculously fixed it in 11.5.2 coming out today?