{"id":34825,"date":"2022-01-27T22:33:21","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T03:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=34825"},"modified":"2022-11-10T08:26:48","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T13:26:48","slug":"macos-12-3-beta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/27\/macos-12-3-beta\/","title":{"rendered":"macOS 12.3 Beta"},"content":{"rendered":"

Juli Clover<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The iPadOS 15.4 and macOS Monterey 12.3 betas that Apple released today introduce support for Universal Control, the long-awaited feature that’s designed to allow multiple Macs and iPads to be controlled with a single mouse and keyboard.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Federico Viticci<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Holy wow Universal Control is incredible.<\/p>\n

This is me moving between a MacBook Pro, an iPad mini, and an iPad Pro using just the MacBook trackpad and keyboard. It’s aware of position, lets you drag files, and supports iPadOS gestures.<\/p>\n

The hype was real and it all just works 🤯<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Federico Viticci<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Fortunately, you can use both Universal Control and Hot Corners at the same time: just drag the iPad display a bit higher in the configuration UI. In this case, I can use the bottom left Hot Corner just fine.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

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Apple<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Python 2.7 was removed from macOS in this update. Developers should use Python 3 or an alternative language instead.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Rich Trouton<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Apple has not included a Python 3 runtime with macOS Monterey, so the removal of Python 2.7 from macOS 12.3 and later will mean that Apple is no longer shipping a Python runtime as part of macOS.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

mikeymikey<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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It ships with \/usr\/bin\/python3 - which is a stub - that the first time you run it, it will GUI prompt<\/em> you to install Xcode or Developer Tools<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Jeff Johnson<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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There’s no distinction anymore between major and minor OS updates. Apple seems happy to not only add but also remove features in minor updates.<\/p>\n

Stability and compatibility be damned.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

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Joe Rossignol<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Dropbox today announced that users who update to macOS 12.3 once that software version becomes available may temporarily encounter issues with opening online-only files in some third-party apps on their Mac.<\/p>\n

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Dropbox did not provide any further details, but Microsoft recently said<\/a> macOS 12.2 will be the last version that supports its own cloud storage service OneDrive’s current online-only files implementation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Jeff Johnson<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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What’s coming is simply that Apple is removing the special exemptions for the old deprecated kernel extensions of Dropbox and Microsoft, thus forcing them to switch to the File Provider API, which already exists. There’s nothing new coming.<\/p>\n

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The system manages the local copies and mediates between the user and the file provider. So there’s a loss of direct 3rd party control, and any bugs in the system are practically impossible to work around.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Stephen Hackett<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I can easily see Apple saying something vague about security and moving on without a real explanation for moving to take features away from users of other cloud services than its own.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n