Apple Seeds New Public Beta of macOS Monterey

[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 fourth beta comes two weeks after Apple released the third macOS Monterey public 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.

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.

Article Link: Apple Seeds New Public Beta of macOS Monterey

 

[sapbasis]

Here we go again. Not seeing it for M1 MacBook Air. Spoke too soon. Downloading now.

 

[BornAgainMac]

Someone yesterday sent me a photo of a bird and wanted to know if there was an app that would identify it. I wonder if that Focus mode would have identified the bird correctly using Monterey. I ended up using iBird Pro and manually identified the bird.

 

[Braderunner]

Someone yesterday sent me a photo of a bird and wanted to know if there was an app that would identify it. I wonder if that Focus mode would have identified the bird correctly using Monterey. I ended up using iBird Pro and manually identified the bird.

What?!

 

[BornAgainMac]

What?!

This feature. There is more info about it in the WWDC keynote and on Apple's website.

"With Live Text, Macs can now detect text in photos or provide details on animals, art, landmarks, plants, and more in images."

 

[Braderunner]

This feature. There is more info about it in the WWDC keynote and on Apple's website.

"With Live Text, Macs can now detect text in photos or provide details on animals, art, landmarks, plants, and more in images."

Oh...you said Focus mode.

 

[vagos]

"With Live Text, Macs can now detect text in photos or provide details on animals, art, landmarks, plants, and more in images."

It's still text detection since bird is the word.

 

[BornAgainMac]

It's still text detection since bird is the word.

At 22 min into the WWDC keynote the technology works with identify objects in the photo in addition to text.

 

[velocityg4]

It's still text detection since bird is the word.

Well, everybody knows that the bird is the word

 

[FNH15]

Just a word of caution. If you rely on Outlook, the app does not work in this beta.

 

[JosephAW]

Doesn’t work on my 16gb i7 quad core nvidia gforce mbp. Oh well.

 

[ksgant]

Universal Control in this yet?

 

[reubs]

How stable is this? Kinda tired of waiting around, but I also want to 'do my part' to help beta test. ?

 

[l0stl0rd]

Anyone else have this after the update, when checking for updates.

 

[ignatius345]

How stable is this? Kinda tired of waiting around, but I also want to 'do my part' to help beta test. ?

Every year about this time I get impatient and install a MacOS beta and then regret it. I'm gonna hold my fire this year, for once!

 

[Realityck]

How stable is this? Kinda tired of waiting around, but I also want to 'do my part' to help beta test. ?

Very stable. Been running it for a day.

 

[bulbousnub]

Just a word of caution. If you rely on Outlook, the app does not work in this beta.

Outlook working fine? macOS 12.0 21A5304g

Doesn’t work on my 16gb i7 quad core nvidia gforce mbp. Oh well.

Ah, yes, 9-10 year old hardware that was support was discontinued for last year anyways.

Universal Control in this yet?

Nope, not yet.

 

[jimelj]

Anyone else have this after the update, when checking for updates.

Getting the same thing after updating to BETA 5

 

[jimelj]

Just a word of caution. If you rely on Outlook, the app does not work in this beta.

Outlook working normally on this beta, for me at least.

 

[Realityck]

Anyone else have this after the update, when checking for updates.

Yes since beta 4 Apple added Administrator authentication needed after download/preparation was completed before it installs. This is the dialog you see after the the system has been updated when you look at Software Update.

 

[Bobout]

Well, everybody knows that the bird is the word

Damn it now that song is in my head.. thanks. ?

 

[PBG4 Dude]

Anyone else have this after the update, when checking for updates.

I got this after the update, but I normally use a non-admin account. This is the first beta where I’ve seen this message though.

 

[parsleyme]

Just a word of caution. If you rely on Outlook, the app does not work in this beta.

Yeah - it killed Outlook for me... any tips on getting it to work appreciated. If I reinstall from earlier Time Machine backup will I get the previous version of the beta?

 

[Minuteman3]

Add an other with a dead Outlook (FWIW I'm running the "New Outlook" version and up to date with the latest release)!! Luckily MAIL still runs so I'm OK for the short run. If it's OK for others, maybe it's a M1-related issue?

Ken

 

[thgoepel]

Yeah - it killed Outlook for me... any tips on getting it to work appreciated. If I reinstall from earlier Time Machine backup will I get the previous version of the beta?

You might to get on the latest Beta of Outlook and that one will work. Had the same issue but with the Aug 10 Update Outlook is working and no beachballs anymore. You can get it when you subscribe to the BETA channel.
Outlook Version that works is: 16.53 (21081001)