Good news of bugs fixed, including 77 security bugs. Bad news of those carried over from Monterey, and some newly added in Ventura 13.0.
Finder
Changed installers, post-update security mayhem, Stage Manager for those sensitive to motion, memory leaks, an Endpoint Security bug, and more.
Stage Manager on its own is sufficient reason to want to upgrade to Ventura. Here’s why you need to try it out.
What are the penalties in staying with Monterey, if you choose not to upgrade to Ventura, or your Mac isn’t supported? Please report serious bugs we should know about.
Dragging a file to copy/move it from one location to another used to be simple. Now it’s complicated by iCloud, dropbox behaviour in AirDrop and Universal Control, and more.
Will Monterey 12.5 fix the memory leak in the Find feature in the Finder? That looks increasingly unlikely, and may influence your decision as to whether to upgrade.
By any measure, Monterey’s 12.3 update is very substantial, introducing major new features like Universal Control and Spatial […]
macOS now adds special permissions to standard folders including your Home folder, and its special folders inside it. This explains those ACLs and how to fix them.
According to Apple, macOS Monterey 12.2.1 fixes a serious bug which could drain the battery of Intel notebooks […]
We can expect Universal Control in macOS 12.3, but when will Apple get round to fixing the severe memory leak in the Finder’s Find feature?
The Eclectic Light Company 