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Not running the betas and Monterey is stable for me so far, but I wanted to add my voice to the disquiet re. Apple’s software quality. The Mx memory leaks are particularly concerning.

This seems to be on a downward trajectory with seemingly no recognition or contrition from the senior leadership there.

With Apple being famously opaque, it’s hard to know what’s going on though.

However, they seem to have forgotten the feature that Apple used to be famous for: ‘it just works’.

(ok I know that Apple did not have a mythical bug-free past, but I’d contend that my point still stands).

Do the engineering teams want to pause to optimise and fix bugs? (engineers usually do).

Or are they lashed to the mast by marketing, who need a ‘narrative’ of features for WWDC in case people en-mass migrate to Android/Windows?

At least though, on MacOS we can revert to an earlier - more stable - version of the OS (though it’s not exactly easy). With iOS & iPadOS - no such luck.
 
Some bugs present in beta3:

New bug:
  • Display gamma table operations (this manipulates the displayed colors) are totally broken in this beta. This affects apps like MonitorControl (in software dimming mode), flux, Lunar etc.
Existing bugs still present:
  • Virtual display mirroring when the virtual display is the mirror main still breaks sleep (affects Sidecar, Airplay mirroring, BetterDummy, DisplayLink etc).
  • Spaces swiping + hotkeys still do not work properly on extended mirrored screens.
  • The AirPods Pro cutout issue some M1 users are experiencing on Monterey is still happening
These might be low level issues, but still patiently hope for a fix. :)
 
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since i updated to beta 3 my airpods 2 doesnt switch automatically between iphone and macbook anymore.
It switches to iphone but its not switching automatically to my mac after (i have to manually click the pop-up banner to connect them, or choose them from BT menu).
I did not have this issue in beta 2.

Does someone have the same issue?

Or is there a way to downgrade to beta 2?
 
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Yup! As I reported above tap to click on my Magic Trackpad also experiencing this issue!
It it is very big bug that needs to be squeezed asap. Ever sinds macOS 12 beta 4 (pre-release) this was introduced.
Now at macOS 12.1 beta 3 and it is still not fixed.

This is a so obvious issue that hits almost everyone who uses tap-to-click on any MBP (Intel or M1).
 
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For anyone asking about 120hz fixes in this latest beta, I'm seeing some clear improvements in framerates with Chrome but Safari still appears to be locked to 60hz.
 
I urgently ask everyone with the trackpad issues (everyone with a MBP?) takes a peek here:


Please fill a bug report for this (link in the forum thread). Apple says it is no issue and cannot reproduce it (reported in several bug tickets) which is very cumbersome to say the least.
 
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Please explain what you mean with 'Silent clicking'. If you are referring to tap-to-click .. it's still there (but works very unreliable).
Gone ...

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Funny, with all the talk about Apple's decreasing software standards, I think I remember having major issues with betas from years ago, seemingly (at least to me) even more functionally fundamental issues than many of those cited here. I remember the same (wrong thread, I know, but I'm combing topics for a sec!) issues on iOS, with major functions busted if I dared to try an early beta. Don't have that anymore.
 
Funny, with all the talk about Apple's decreasing software standards, I think I remember having major issues with betas from years ago, seemingly (at least to me) even more functionally fundamental issues than many of those cited here. I remember the same (wrong thread, I know, but I'm combing topics for a sec!) issues on iOS, with major functions busted if I dared to try an early beta. Don't have that anymore.
Every year people say the same thing, Apple's standards have been lower and lower blah blah.People have very short memories.
 
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I urgently ask everyone with the trackpad issues (everyone with a MBP?) takes a peek here:


Please fill a bug report for this (link in the forum thread). Apple says it is no issue and cannot reproduce it (reported in several bug tickets) which is very cumbersome to say the least.
It’s about time Macrumors makes front page of this tap to click issues! Maybe that will get Apple’s attention.
 
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Anybody experience the screen colors going crazy - everything turning red, green, purple and basically unreadable, after installing B3? I restarted and the screen would be normal but eventually (several minutes) turn back to the colors being messed up. I rolled back to B2 and no issues.
 
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