Apple seeds macOS 12.2 to public with rebuilt Apple Music, minor updates
Apple has issued macOS Monterey 12.2 to the public, bringing a number of minor updates including an AppKit version of Apple Music and bug fixes.
macOS Monterey
The macOS 12.2 update is the second major point release to Apple's macOS Monterey operating system. It's a more muted update that brings incremental changes to the Mac.
For example, Apple has rebuilt the Apple Music app using its native AppKit, which should make the app much more fluid and responsive.
In addition, there are updates to ProMotion scrolling on Safari, making for smoother animation on MacBook models with a variable 120Hz refresh rate.
While there were signs that Apple was working on bringing Universal Control to macOS 12.2 in the background, the feature did not materialize in the latest update. This comes after the feature was officially delayed until Spring 2022.
The build number for macOS 12.2 is 21D49, up from 21D48 in the release candidate.
Mac users can now download macOS Monterey 12.2 from the software update pane by clicking on the Apple logo in the top menu bar, selecting About This Mac, and then clicking on Software Update.
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macOS Monterey
The macOS 12.2 update is the second major point release to Apple's macOS Monterey operating system. It's a more muted update that brings incremental changes to the Mac.
For example, Apple has rebuilt the Apple Music app using its native AppKit, which should make the app much more fluid and responsive.
In addition, there are updates to ProMotion scrolling on Safari, making for smoother animation on MacBook models with a variable 120Hz refresh rate.
While there were signs that Apple was working on bringing Universal Control to macOS 12.2 in the background, the feature did not materialize in the latest update. This comes after the feature was officially delayed until Spring 2022.
The build number for macOS 12.2 is 21D49, up from 21D48 in the release candidate.
Mac users can now download macOS Monterey 12.2 from the software update pane by clicking on the Apple logo in the top menu bar, selecting About This Mac, and then clicking on Software Update.
Read on AppleInsider
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The ethernet connection is connected to a LAN port on an Orbi RBS850 - a Wifi 6 satellite in a mesh network - and appears to be functioning normally.
ifconfig shows en0 is UP, and examination of my Home profile in System Preferences->Network shows the IP address of the Ethernet adaptor at the same address as en0, and shows its status as Connected. Set Service Order … shows Ethernet at the top of the list.
Configuration of the Ethernet port shows I have it configured Manually with 1000baseT (which is all the LAN port supports) full-duplex with a Custom MTU of 1492. AVB/EAV Mode is enabled.
Speed Test using a server in my suburb shows I'm currently getting 706 mbps down 41.6 mbps up, though it is the middle of the day and the router and satellite are using a wifi 6 backhaul (no whole home ethernet).
I'm still running Monterey 12.1.
Still, it's saved me some bug reporting for now.
And didn't Apple develop SwiftUI for developing cross-platform apps with deeper per-platform variations?
Between the Mac, the phone, the iPad, AppleTV and the Watch, all I am doing is constantly updating. It's frikkin' laughable at this point, and I am -- as I have no doubt many others are -- tired of it.
Apple is becoming worse than Microsoft ever was.
If so, when I upgrade my MBAir M1 (16GB of ram and 1TB Apple SSD) tomorrow to 12.2, I expect the install will take just as long as on the fully tricked out new 14" M<BPro. So what time consuming casual process turns all these cores on? Does Safari turn on more than one core.
Sort of a disappointment to find few true multi core apps for the simple daily tasks that eat up much of my day.....
Hoping this is the fix!