They need to add new crap to justify a yearly release to help cut off support for older macs and drive new sales!
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Apple Seeds Second Release Candidate Version of macOS Monterey 12.1 to Developers
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I'm more excited for 12.1 than I was getting Monterey. I want my new ultra fast Mac to feel polished and not suffering from memory leaks.
Unlock with Apple Watch had been broken for me but RC1 fixed it.
right clicking on the LaunchPad dock icon is displaying apps in ascending alphabetical order again 
too long of having to search through a reverse order is over ... sooooo good
too long of having to search through a reverse order is over ... sooooo good Oh yea how so? Id love to see actual facts. I use quartz debug which displays actual frames as you scroll on safari; how bout u?
? I take my eyes, focus them on the screen, and then I flick my fingers across the trackpad to initiate a scroll.
Fine software development.
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I do not think they'll publicly announce they have memory leaks, but instead fix it quietly. Like the whole SSD write issue (never had it on my M1 AIR, but a lot of people had it fixed) in Big Sur.
almost certainly true, and while it's early days (20 mins in) RC2 does appear to have had a dramatic effect on the reported memory usage of some apps ... HandBrakeXPCService under Monterey 12.0.1 and 12.1 RC1 was allocating over 1.5Gb RAM on transcode, the same file being re-transcoded under RC2 a mere 418.3. Dock was my other noticeable freak, regularly taking 2Gb ... it's too early to tell, but it seems stable at a much more realistic 78Mb (again unlike RC1) (though while writing this, it has increased to 81.2Mb)
Well then clearly your settings must be set to 60hz. I use a 120hz phone, 120hz ipad, 144 monitor for my desktop and this macbook pro with the latest RC build. I think I know 120hz or close to it when I see it
Your eyes must not be working properly or you must be on stock software =)
It seems swift is just trash enough to build their own operating system; I installed the RC 2, and yet there’s bugs and while the memory leak is not as big as before it stills happening.
The RC2 still does NOT fix the `cmd + tap` bug. The issue of having to tap 3 times to open a link in the background, for example, still persists on my 14" MBP. Until this issue gets fixed, I don't think we can call the trackpad issues marked as 'fixed'.
thanks for your thoughts everyone, I'm in these forums since quite some time but rarely ever engaged, because most questions are being answered somewhere here
now on the memory leak topic.. I own a 16"MBP M1Pro 32GB 1TB and must say, I really really like this machine, BUT the software/OS is indeed the worst I've witnessed in my last 16years of Apple user experience. don't get me wrong, I still believe they'll manage this at some point, but never have I had such a feeling of "they don't mind" loosing a few customers for now. they'll probably come back. I know creators that are literally not ready to do business right now due to this silly memory leak, in good hopes with this (still) fancy machines.
I'd like to know how many returns Apple will receive during their prolonged refund policy over the holidays. I told myself to wait for the 12.1 to be released. if Lightroom with gpu acceleration on or off is still causing memory outages with my setup, I'll return it. this can't be for a >3,5k€ piece of technology.
now on the memory leak topic.. I own a 16"MBP M1Pro 32GB 1TB and must say, I really really like this machine, BUT the software/OS is indeed the worst I've witnessed in my last 16years of Apple user experience. don't get me wrong, I still believe they'll manage this at some point, but never have I had such a feeling of "they don't mind" loosing a few customers for now. they'll probably come back. I know creators that are literally not ready to do business right now due to this silly memory leak, in good hopes with this (still) fancy machines.
I'd like to know how many returns Apple will receive during their prolonged refund policy over the holidays. I told myself to wait for the 12.1 to be released. if Lightroom with gpu acceleration on or off is still causing memory outages with my setup, I'll return it. this can't be for a >3,5k€ piece of technology.
So in the second RC, the USB mounting problems are worse for spinning disks, and better for SSD's. What apple giveth, they taketh away.
These software issues are the worst in a long time... and the last 21 months we've had a pandemic... lots of workplace disruptions.... there's no way they are unrelated... no way it's just a coincidence. Be patient guys....
That's been fixed for me since at least RC1, maybe the beta before (can't remember).
My iMac M1 updated from RC1 to 21C5045a, but with the same developer profile my MBP M1 Pro does not update.
Odd.
Odd.
Based on that screenshot the issue appears to be with the Apple Watch and not the Mac. Check that your logged in with your Apple ID on the watch by going to the Watch app on your iPhone -> General -> Apple ID. You should see your Apple ID listed on the screen, if not, you should have the option to login with the correct Apple ID.
My AW is logged into my iCloud account, but thanks. This has been a perpetual problem with almost every other release of Monterey