{"id":32768,"date":"2021-06-08T14:56:38","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T18:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=32768"},"modified":"2021-06-13T19:19:45","modified_gmt":"2021-06-13T23:19:45","slug":"macos-12-monterey-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/08\/macos-12-monterey-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"macOS 12 Monterey Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/macos\/monterey-preview\/\">Apple<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/macos\/monterey-preview\/features\/\">features<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macstories.net\/stories\/macos-monterey-the-macstories-overview\/\">John Voorhees<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2021\/06\/07\/apple-announces-macos-12\/\">Mitchel Broussard<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/macos\/monterey-preview\/\"><p>Connect, share, and create like never before. Say hello to exciting new FaceTime updates. Explore a redesigned and streamlined Safari. Discover and invent powerful new ways to work using Universal Control and Shortcuts. Stay in the moment with Focus. And so much more.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eclecticlight.co\/2021\/06\/08\/which-macs-will-run-macos-12-monterey-the-answer-isnt-simple\/\">Howard Oakley<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/eclecticlight.co\/2021\/06\/08\/which-macs-will-run-macos-12-monterey-the-answer-isnt-simple\/\"><p>You may recall my rather pessimistic speculation as to which models might be supported by macOS 12 last week, which ran[&#8230;] I&rsquo;m delighted to report that Apple&rsquo;s confirmed list of supported models is considerably more generous[&#8230;]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2021\/06\/08\/macos-monterey-here-are-the-features-exclusive-to-m1-macs\/\">Jos&eacute; Adorno<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2021\/06\/08\/macos-monterey-here-are-the-features-exclusive-to-m1-macs\/\"><p>With the second major software update to take advantage of the Apple Silicon, here are the features Apple introduced that will be only available to its Macs with proprietary processors.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/07\/wwdc-2021-links\/\">WWDC 2021 Links<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/23\/macos-11-0-big-sur-announced\/\">macOS 11.0 Big Sur Announced<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p id=\"macos-12-monterey-announced-update-2021-06-13\">Update (2021-06-13): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2021\/06\/09\/macos-monterey-features-for-m1-macs-only\/\">Joe Rossignol<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2021\/06\/09\/macos-monterey-features-for-m1-macs-only\/\">\n<p>Apple has not explained why any of these features are not available on Intel-based Macs. For what it&rsquo;s worth, Google Earth has long offered an interactive 3D globe of the Earth on Intel-based Macs both on the web and in an app.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tidbits.com\/2021\/06\/11\/the-real-system-requirements-for-apples-2021-operating-systems\/\">Josh Centers<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/tidbits.com\/2021\/06\/11\/the-real-system-requirements-for-apples-2021-operating-systems\/\">\n<p>Overall, maintaining support for old devices while restricting certain new features to more capable recent models is a great strategy. That way, fewer people are forced to buy new hardware just to participate, but the new features encourage hardware upgrades for those who want to take advantage of them.<\/p>\n<p>Let&rsquo;s dig into the details, first for iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, moving on to macOS 12 Monterey with side trips for Universal Control and AirPlay on Mac, and finishing off with watchOS 8.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eclecticlight.co\/2021\/06\/12\/what-isnt-changing-in-macos-monterey\/\">Howard Oakley<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/eclecticlight.co\/2021\/06\/12\/what-isnt-changing-in-macos-monterey\/\">\n<p>Over the last few years, major versions of macOS have brought huge changes which many users are still wrestling with: a brand new file system (APFS in 10.13), privacy controls (10.14 onwards), loss of support for 32-bit code (10.15), notarization (10.15), startup volume groups (10.15), and sealed system volumes (11), for example. This year there don&rsquo;t appear to have been any such shocks coming in the new.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple (features, John Voorhees, Mitchel Broussard): Connect, share, and create like never before. Say hello to exciting new FaceTime updates. Explore a redesigned and streamlined Safari. Discover and invent powerful new ways to work using Universal Control and Shortcuts. Stay in the moment with Focus. And so much more. 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