Apple Seeds Fifth Beta of macOS 12 Monterey to Developers [Updated]

[gank41]

----0-Regardless of whether major updates are paid or free, I'm among the folks who still feel like they should go back to a year-and-a-half or multi-year release cadence. Some things just need more time to bake.

That I will definitely agree with. For iOS & iPadOS even, the yearly cycle has worked “ok”, but not macOS.

 

[BRY83]

You know what Apple should do? Go back to strict private betas for some of its releases. Just have established app store developers be the beta testers and internal company testers. This will reduce the high concentration of saturated junk articles just telling us there is a beta 123456789 etc. This is not targeted at Macrumors, it goes for even Windows 11 too. The tech sites, Youtubers have oversaturated the content they deliver with every little thing Apple does these days. Coverage needs to be a little more value added and meaningful. Also, the element of surprise is missing.

A strategy I would recommend the company could use is, every other year, have a public beta, and just let it be the last two betas before GM that users get access to. Also, make only be for the stability and clean up releases (aka Snow Leopard, High Sierra).

I agree with you. The number of videos on youtube and articles out there make me laugh. All the iOS or iPadOS update videos with "Look, they changed the camera icon by removing the shutter button" don't serve anything. Completely irrelevant information to waste people's time when the most sought out features of the new OS can't yet be demonstrated.

 

[Mr. Dee]

I agree with you. The number of videos on youtube and articles out there make me laugh. All the iOS or iPadOS update videos with "Look, they changed the camera icon by removing the shutter button" don't serve anything. Completely irrelevant information to waste people's time when the most sought out features of the new OS can't yet be demonstrated.

YouTube should include a blocker for those videos. ‘Sorry, but there are already three top rated videos about this topic. Upload denied’.

 

[ph001bi]

I am on the beta program and I am not seeing this update. Are you sure it's not just dev only at this point?

Beta 5 is a bust, Outlook crashes as soon as you try and open an email. Strangely Apple hasn't released Beta 6 yet while they have it for iOS, tvOS, and the Watch. The bugs might be more difficult to address this time around.

 

[Ansath]

Beta 5 is a bust, Outlook crashes as soon as you try and open an email. Strangely Apple hasn't released Beta 6 yet while they have it for iOS, tvOS, and the Watch. The bugs might be more difficult to address this time around.

MacOS betas always end up out of step with the iOS Beta releases, once those went weekly. This year is no different. I expect MacOS beta next week.

 

[ph001bi]

MacOS betas always end up out of step with the iOS Beta releases, once those went weekly. This year is no different. I expect MacOS beta next week.

One more week using Outlook online then.

 

[TomA]

I read all of the marketing literature on Monterey...
and I'm trying to figure out why this isn't just called Big Sur 11.6.
I guess covid work-at-home means not much work is getting done at Apple?