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macOS Monterey 12.1 Fixes Major Tap to Click, YouTube HDR, and Charging Bugs

collin_ said:
Makes more sense to me to just wait for a more mature version to update rather than updating immediately and then making a huge deal about inevitable day 1 bugs in the first release that are bound to quickly be fixed. Yes Apple could and should do better but macOS is one of the largest and most complex pieces of software ever created and was developed when everyone was working from home due to a global pandemic.
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New Macbook Pro machines came (and continue to ship) with buggy Monterey software. We had no choice. Memory leaks and slow performance are not acceptable with the new Macbook Pro
 
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WilliamG said:
I wonder what causes that? I've had my 16" Max laptop since day 1, and never encountered it...
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I‘m not sure of the cause, I have a M1 MacBook Air with 8GB of RAM. I will have only 2-3 apps open, none of them power user apps, and the free memory will gradually decrease to zero, then memory swaps. I installed a utility that alerts me to zero free ram and it allows me to free up unused RAM. I have to do this every 20 minutes or so while using the computer.
 
I was literally about to schedule a genus appointment because of the track pad issue on my m1 air, I was starting to think it was hardware related! I'm glad I saw this.
 
WilliamG said:
I wonder what causes that? I've had my 16" Max laptop since day 1, and never encountered it...
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It's only happened to me a couple of times on my 14" MacBook Pro, I've only noticed by checking the activity monitor. No idea what's causing it.
 
I'm glad the first version of Monterey I'll use will be 12.2.
Feels like a good point to start.
 
Realityck said:
Never saw this issue that some encountered, but Google still hasn't enabled HDR, you have to use dev menu- user agent to Microsoft Edge, or Chroma - Windows to run HDR YouTube, rather then the current SDR limitation on a 16" M1 Max MBP. Running RC on two M1 Macs.
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I can watch youtube HDR on my Mac Mini M1.
What is this story exactly? Is it a specific bug with the new MBpro? I'm asking as I'm getting one delivered next week.
 
kingtj1971 said:
Is there ANYTHING we can't blame on the "pandemic"?!

Come on.... I agree Mac OS is very complex and sure to have some bugs on release day. But if your software team is working from home instead of in the office, that's no excuse to do an inferior job! If they can't be trusted to test their code when some supervisor isn't looking over their shoulder in person, then they didn't hire the right people for the job.
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Amen. Nevermind the resources apple has and minor update's for this release overall And They set their own release date. They don’t need to arbitrarily release every fall take the time and make it right, or stop doing an annual release a new feature updates once or twice a year. They don’t need to arbitrarily release every fall take the time and make it right, or stop doing an annual release a new feature updates once or twice a year.
 
MacAddict1978 said:
Amen. Nevermind the resources apple has and minor update's for this release overall And They set their own release date. They don’t need to arbitrarily release every fall take the time and make it right, or stop doing an annual release a new feature updates once or twice a year. They don’t need to arbitrarily release every fall take the time and make it right, or stop doing an annual release a new feature updates once or twice a year.
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You don't have to upgrade. Only time it is an issue is when you buy a new Mac with the new OS loaded. Personally, I like new OSes dropping every year for FREE. Nobody is twisting my arm to upgrade and I can get new features if I decide to upgrade.
 
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throAU said:
It only enables hdr for hdr content
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So it can do both SDR and HDR at the same time? Like HDR in the video and SDR on the rest of the display?
DeepIn2U said:
macOS Montery can handle HDR content.

However that's just the system OS.
Content from the source local file or streaming must be provided by the service provider. If that code in the medium (stream) or the source app that is displaying the source (Chrome/Safari/etc) is displaying HDR content correctly, and the OS is not 'getting it' that's what needed to be fixed I guess.

PS: How is tap-to-click a something "Major" or a major bug?
even with accessibility constraints/restrictions one could just click, right? (well those with MS may not be able to- thinking while typing).
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The issue is, if you play HDR content in a window, does it know to not change the colors of everything else on screen besides the HDR video?
metapunk2077fail said:
The washed out interface thing is a Windows thing. macOS has been able to display HDR since High Sierra. It's even better in Monterey now and with XDR displays.
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Windows does a terrible job, agreed. Since that's all I am familiar with I am more curious with the experience of jumping back and forth between SDR and HDR content. Like, what happens when you play an SDR and HDR video at the same time? Or when you alt-tab from an HDR video to a photo?
 
nutmac said:
What about the infamous memory leak bug?
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Freeangel1 said:
what about the Memory leaks? was that too hard to fix or figure out??
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falkon-engine said:
What about that damn memory leak ?? Eating gigabytes of memory for no reason ?
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827538 said:
Issues I want to see resolved on my 14" MacBook Pro:

  • Memory leaks
  • A slight dip in audio about 2 seconds into Youtube videos
  • Safari 120Hz
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t0rqx said:
How about the memory leak, SD card reader issues and systemwide 120hz Promotion…
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BenLeong said:
Until they address and fix the ridiculous memory leak, I won’t buy one. Hoping they get it handled soon.
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Wxchaser said:
My 3 main concerns:

  1. No Universal Control (yet)
  2. Memory leakage
  3. MagSafe charging "bug" (have yet to use it charging from dock and external display)
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The memory issue has been fixed. I've been running the developer preview for over a week.
 
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collin_ said:
Makes more sense to me to just wait for a more mature version to update rather than updating immediately and then making a huge deal about inevitable day 1 bugs in the first release that are bound to quickly be fixed. Yes Apple could and should do better but macOS is one of the largest and most complex pieces of software ever created and was developed when everyone was working from home due to a global pandemic.
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My first 0% Rotten Tomatoes score for a post here. Where is my Razzie Award?
 
I hope macOS 13 is a bug fix release like macOS High Sierra (10.13) was. They haven’t done one in a long time.
 
Great, but I don't see a fix for hundreds of webcam models not working (the image is extremely dark). Machines used for Zoom business, chatting with family, etc. are all broken.
 
cinelliman88 said:
New Macbook Pro machines came (and continue to ship) with buggy Monterey software. We had no choice. Memory leaks and slow performance are not acceptable with the new Macbook Pro
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And that is why there is a 12.1 release coming out very soon. No OS is perfect at launch.
I work in QA as a senior software tester. Even for a very small program you can have many many edge cases that the developer didn't think about. On a project like macOS there are literally millions and millions of possible permutations and combinations of possible use cases. It is not humanly and machinely possible to find and test all these. So through the process of customer feedback you have to try to weed out as many pain points as possible as soon as possible. And this is what Apple is doing fast and efficiently.
Yes it sucks to have to deal with these early version bugs, but at least Apple cares enough about their customers to quickly release fixed versions. Not every company is this proactive.
 
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4jasontv said:
So it can do both SDR and HDR at the same time? Like HDR in the video and SDR on the rest of the display?

The issue is, if you play HDR content in a window, does it know to not change the colors of everything else on screen besides the HDR video?

Windows does a terrible job, agreed. Since that's all I am familiar with I am more curious with the experience of jumping back and forth between SDR and HDR content. Like, what happens when you play an SDR and HDR video at the same time? Or when you alt-tab from an HDR video to a photo?
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On macOS the HDR window will be HDR and other windows will continue using the display profile.
 
Was the tap to click bug and memory leak bug only on the new MacBook Pro’s? I have an M1 Air and have had none of these issues
 
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