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How is your experience with Monterey in compare to BigSur?
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How fast? Well what I mean is approximately how long did it take? I'm also on a MBP 2019
Edit metadata. Have a compact list view. Search by year, comment, genre or other criteria. Select search results and put in a collection.
I thought that wasn't possible in Big Sur either but either way that's a shame. I guess you can edit in iTunes (using retroactive) and then import to books...
I also noticed the faster boot time. Big Sur's boot time was slow in comparison to Monterey.
I'm happy with Mac OS Monterey so far
I used a DB browser for SQlite to edit directly, but most edits don't stick. Apple reverts edits based on what's in the book's data.
For Apple, Books is just another monetization app. They want to sell books, and don't care about user's needs to keep order in their library.
I'll just make an app of my own. That's what the sad state of the Mac has come to.
One noticeable change... I signed in this morning and my screen resolution on my Dell 27" is dramatically BIGGER.Shares about performance & battery life is welcomed
want to understand if i should upgrade my maxed out 2017 MBP 15'
I tried to make it smaller in System Preferences but it makes everything way too small.
Should I try using SwtichResX and what settings would one suggest?
Thanks.
Agreed. I do a clean install almost every year. Makes a difference.Yes, however, all my MacBook Pro's (as of now) are Intel based and are still much, much faster than the same MBP's running macOS Big Sur!
I was busy on launch day, and even though I was able to get an order in for a new 16" MacBook Pro with M1 Max with 10-core CPU/32-core GPU as well as 400GB/s memory bandwidth, I will not be getting it until late November...which sucks, but that is on me.
However, as I said earlier, these Intel MBP's are running amazingly fast, even my 13" Early-2015 MacBook Pro. Also, I have noticed that they are not running near as hot as they were on macOS Big Sur. That could be due to me always fresh-installing the new version of macOS every year.
We will see how these Intel models continue running as the year goes on, and more updates to Monterey are released. This feels like a very "Snow Leopard" type release.
Edit: I am a firm believer in fresh installs each year. I know there is a debate every year on these very forums about if they really do anything, or if you would see the same speed increase if you would just upgrade over the previous version of macOS. I think a fresh install is the way to go for sure.
Much slower on restarting. Safari and Firefox take forever to load. things just appear to be slower . then something uploaded today, not sure. Things are just slower. time Machine is alway finding thousands of files to back up, so I don't know if it is incrementally re indexing. Back blaze slow - I might start with i Drive. Oh and trying to access web pages on some sites with safari won't work, so I have to use firefox. Ack, Ack, ack...
2017 Air: I'd like to say a better overall experience, 'snappier' and bugs squashed, but frankly, I've not noticed anything to write home (or here) about. Sometimes feel our expectations (for good or ill) override the reality. And, to be honest, I probably use less than 20% of the device / OS capabilities, so there's that.
Apple's tendency to add stuff that usually takes a 3rd Party reviewer to find and point out (a sign of poor industrial design on the OS front) dissuades me from possibly using the device to its full capabilities.
Apple's tendency to add stuff that usually takes a 3rd Party reviewer to find and point out (a sign of poor industrial design on the OS front) dissuades me from possibly using the device to its full capabilities.
IF in the spring, the wife decides not to retire, I am still alive (big factor) and I have my iPhone paid off, I will update to the new iMac and start over. If not, here we are .
This thing is slow . I don't know that if in the upgrade the operating system needs to update or re-index. I guess I have no choice but to give it time.
This thing is slow . I don't know that if in the upgrade the operating system needs to update or re-index. I guess I have no choice but to give it time.
It felt like I only waited 20 minutes or so from pressing the "install" button to login prompt. It was the smoothest upgrade ever. I upgraded every programs/drivers (ie. NTFS for Mac, SoftRAID, etc.) prior to install so everything worked fine after the upgrade. I actually think that things are feeling a bit more "snappy" even.
I am noticing now that a lot of my slowdown seems to be coming from time Machine re indexing and reloading. When I went to Big Sur it was faster, I think this is going to take some time when everything is re indexed. I do notice that Safari seems faster, but then Earlier this morning about 3amCDT things were going down on Centurylink so right now I am hoping I see something improved.
I still am waiting to find out what are the advantages of this new os for the intel based processors like mine.
I still am waiting to find out what are the advantages of this new os for the intel based processors like mine.
Quite a few issues. New M1 iMac and external hard drives are sluggish. Safari still hit and miss, more miss, still easier to fire up firefox for browsing. Desktop and screensaver images borked. Photos is a drag. Doesn't feel any quicker and some operations in Photos are slower than my 2013 iMac.
Not overly impressed at the moment. At least the sound sounds better.
Not overly impressed at the moment. At least the sound sounds better.
Anyone else having this problem?
I read about SMB problems in Catalina, so I waited for the .4 version or so before upgrading. I don’t have SMB problems in Big Sur, but I am hesitating to upgrade to Monterey.
I have just tested it on my system. Transferring files via SMB is not as fast with macOS as it is with Windows, and it is not as fast as using AFP on macOS. However it wasn't too bad. I was transferring files at up to 80 Mbytes/sec, compared to 100 Mbytes/sec with Windows/SMB and macOS/AFP.
Thank you both. I am glad to hear that SMB is working on Monterey.
Actually, I was more concerned about MacOS not connecting to SMB at all. This was a problem in Catalina and you had to use a trick in Finder to get it working.
I still see Time Machine trying to churn out files to my external drive. Sort of thinking I should wait a few weeks to see if it ever gets back. I see now it is not how many files but now listed as a percent backed up .like 17% done 325 mb. geez Slower than slow.
I would abandon time machine and use Carbon Copy Cloner with a fast external disk - fast and reliable.
For me all seems to work well. The only really big problem is that my ACD is stuck at max 50% brightness and there is no way to change this. The brightness slider is greyed out. This bug was already present in one of the betas I found out, but it still is there in the official release. Using a third party tool fixes the ability to change the brightness, but it cannot change >50% brightness.
Otherwise no problems so far.
Otherwise no problems so far.