Big Sur beta 11.6.6 available

[davidlv]

Oh, one more thing;
Apple has released a beta (Release Candidate) for macOS 11.6.6 to patch, at least, 2 serious security holes that were patched in Monterey 12.3.1, but not in Big Sur or Catalina at that time.
See this page to get the Release Candidate 1: https://mrmacintosh.com/macos-big-sur-full-installer-database-download-directly-from-apple/
See this page for a more detailed explanation: https://www.macintouch.com/

 

[AlixSPQR]

11.6.6 RC3 came April 27. Soon stable?

 

[davidlv]

11.6.6 RC3 came April 27. Soon stable?

I have very little feedback on that as I am now using Monterey with OCLP as my main OS, but I have seen no issues when booted to the #3 beta, I assume the real update will be released fairly soon.
Edit: Opps not the real deal, but a step ahead, RC 4 of 11.6.6 released to the developers channel.
Also available on the Mr. Macintosh page.

 

[AlixSPQR]

I have very little feedback on that as I am now using Monterey with OCLP as my main OS, but I have seen no issues when booted to the #3 beta, I assume the real update will be released fairly soon.

Yes, thank you. I also use OCLP, but ran into problems with Monterey, so I'll keep using Big Sur in the foreseeable future.

 

[AlixSPQR]

11.6.6 stable came today.

 

[pshufd]

I'm surprised that there isn't a long thread on user experiences. I'm about to upgrade and came to check to see what the impressions are of it. I guess I'll just upgrade one of my systems and see how it goes.

 

[davidlv]

I'm surprised that there isn't a long thread on user experiences. I'm about to upgrade and came to check to see what the impressions are of it. I guess I'll just upgrade one of my systems and see how it goes.

I am running an iMac similar to your 2014 iMac 27 i7. Mine is an i5, and it runs both Big Sur 11.6.6 and Monterey 12.4 with OCLP 0.4.5 very well. I prefer Monterey, but really, there is little difference.

 

[pshufd]

I am running an iMac similar to your 2014 iMac 27 i7. Mine is an i5, and it runs both Big Sur 11.6.6 and Monterey 12.4 with OCLP 0.4.5 very well. I prefer Monterey, but really, there is little difference.

I have two issues with Monterey: some websites become unreachable after the system is up for one to two weeks. The other is memory leaks. I didn't have this problem with Big Sur summer of 2021 but there was an update which probably backported bugs from Monterey. I have the same problem with Monterey. My solution is to just reboot the system once a week. It would be really nice if these were fixed in this update which is why I wanted to see if anyone has reported problems with it.

 

[jdw13]

I'm surprised that there isn't a long thread on user experiences. I'm about to upgrade and came to check to see what the impressions are of it. I guess I'll just upgrade one of my systems and see how it goes.

Updated yesterday, and have observed no issues at all so far (MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014) with USB mouse, and to external USB disks on 4-port USB 3 hub by Anker).

 

[conmee]

Installed 11.6.6 on Monday and Safari 15.5 yesterday. I use Firefox so can't say what improvements/differences there are in Safari. My MacBook Pro (2019, Core i9-2.4Ghz, 32GB, 1TB, Vega 20) ran hot for half a day, likely indexing, etc. Today I'm running my usual Mail, Firefox with a few tabs, Messages, and two work-related Windows 10 VMs in Parallels (4 Cores, 8GB RAM each), and iStat shows fans bouncing between 0% and 20%, 21GB RAM in use, and CPU at 127 degrees Fahrenheit running at 1.75GHz... not doing much at the moment except typing this comment.

Anything specific folks are expecting or looking for?

P.S. I'm using a Brydge Stone Pro TB3 dock which I like. I have no problems with peripherals connecting, although I don't run an external monitor. External USB drives, USB keys, Logitech camera all work fine. It has a small rubber strip on top that let's you set the MacBook on top of it and with its tapered design, props up the MacBook for a better ergonomic angle for the keyboard and raises the screen a bit. But what I've noticed is it becomes quite hot and when I use it to prop up my MacBook, it transfers a bit of heat to the MacBook, so my fans are on in the 30-40% range most of the time doing my usual work. When I just prop the MacBook up with these Lazy Couch things I bought back in 2015, it elevates the MacBook and runs cool most of the time. Anyhow, just wanted to mention my dock configuration as well.