macOS 12: All the little things!

[coffeeplease]

Is this new in 12.1? Private browsing now says "Private".

 

[srbNYC]

Is this new in 12.1? Private browsing now says "Private".
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I think it is new, and I like it!

 

[KoolAid-Drink]

As an addition to my wiki post update, here's an image of Archive Utility and the two new compression methods.
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Nice find! It was actually introduced in Big Sur, though.

Compress and decompress files using AppleArchive

A new feature in Big Sur, which provides ready access to fast, efficient compression and decompression. Here’s first look and test app.

eclecticlight.co

 

[KoolAid-Drink]

Is this new in 12.1? Private browsing now says "Private".
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Seems to be, 12.0.1 presently doesn't show the "Private" text.

 

[allan.nyholm]

Nice find! It was actually introduced in Big Sur, though.

Compress and decompress files using AppleArchive

A new feature in Big Sur, which provides ready access to fast, efficient compression and decompression. Here’s first look and test app.

eclecticlight.co

Yes, but Archive Utility as a built-in Apple service hasn't been able to compress the two archives. Hence Cormorant.
Am I mistaken?

 

[Bob1985]

Every year I upgrade to the latest macOS xx.1 version and honestly I never notice any difference in anything from year to year - except for maybe the background photos. Either I'm a very narrow user or Apple is working on the wrong things.

 

[MacGizmo]

Every year I upgrade to the latest macOS xx.1 version and honestly I never notice any difference in anything from year to year - except for maybe the background photos. Either I'm a very narrow user or Apple is working on the wrong things.

You definitely have a very narrow scope of use if you don't notice any difference in anything. Personally, along with the 5-10 major features, I notice a dozen or so little things that get little-to-no mention from Apple in the keynote that make much more of a difference in my daily use than any of the tentpole features.

 

[Diskutant]

In open/save dialogs pressing the ⌥ option key shows a usable path bar.

 

[macrlz9]

In open/save dialogs pressing the ⌥ option key shows a usable path bar.

Sounds interesting, can you post a screenshot?

 

[KoolAid-Drink]

Sounds interesting, can you post a screenshot?

Not the OP, but here you go. Note that you have to hold down the option key for a few seconds for the path box to populate.

 

[Diskutant]

Here in dark mode:

 

[fivenotrump]

Music visualizer on M1 Macs:

12.0.1 and 12.1 Music.app runs /System/Applications/Music.app/Contents/XPCServices/VisualizerService_x86.xpc/Contents/MacOS/VisualizerService_x86

rather than

/System/Applications/Music.app/Contents/XPCServices/VisualizerService.xpc/Contents/MacOS/VisualizerService: Mach-O universal binary with 2 architectures: [x86_64:Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64] [arm64e:Mach-O 64-bit executable arm64e]

 

[tim.rand]

Interesting how Time Machine now counts the number of changes to be backed up.

 

[MacGizmo]

Interesting how Time Machine now counts the number of changes to be backed up.

I could swear it's always done that... but I've never watched it that closely to know for sure.

 

[srbNYC]

If you get really bored, empty your Safari caches, open your Start Page, and watch all your favorite bookmarks' favicon fill in like magic.

 

[EugW]

Has the storage's free space reporting been changed in Monterey?

My 500 GB drive is showing 419 GB free, but with 262 GB used and 184 GB of purgeable data. About 170 GB of that is Photos.

I seem to recall on other machines that prior to Monterey, the purgeable data wasn't included in the free space, but I could be mistaken.

 

[fivenotrump]

/etc/paths.d/100-rvictl contains the single line
/Library/Apple/usr/bin
-- a directory which does not exist

 

[gilby101]

/Library/Apple/usr/bin

It exists on my macOS 12.1 (with Xcode) and contains rvictl.

 

[fivenotrump]

It exists on my macOS 12.1 (with Xcode) and contains rvictl.

yes, that's it! One of my Macs has Xcode installed, the other doesn't.

 

[skiabox]

Huge difference from Big Sur.
Fans was going at 3000 rpm when I connect two external 4k monitors to my macbook pro 16, with Big Sur.
Now the system remains silent with the two 4k monitors connected with the fans starting at 1767 rpm all the time.
Well done apple!

 

[gilby101]

Huge difference from Big Sur.
Fans was going at 3000 rpm when I connect two external 4k monitors to my macbook pro 16, with Big Sur.
Now the system remains silent with the two 4k monitors connected with the fans starting at 1767 rpm all the time.
Well done apple!

Whilst it is good that you are happy, that could be read the other way. To keep fans quiet, the CPU (and GPU?) is throttled back sooner and so your MBP is able to do less work (or takes longer to do it).

The fan/temp/cpu relationship is often changed with macOS updates. I remember my 2019 iMac when new the CPU was being throttled back to control temperature and so the fan was very quiet. But now it more readily uses the fan and maintains a higher CPU speed. For me that is a better balance.

 

[cool11]

When I open the lid on my new mbp,
the mac boots (monterey).
How can I stop this?
I want to be me to decide when to power on the mbp.

 

[tmoerel]

When I open the lid on my new mbp,
the mac boots (monterey).
How can I stop this?
I want to be me to decide when to power on the mbp.

You can't.

 

[adrianlondon]

When I open the lid on my new mbp,
the mac boots (monterey).
How can I stop this?
I want to be me to decide when to power on the mbp.

Hold the power button for 4 seconds. The apple logo will come on (and the chime if it's set) then it'll power straight off.

 

[cool11]

You can't.

What about a solution like this?
Is this any kind of dangerous?

How to disable auto boot in MacBook Pro when the lid is opened?

My new MacBook Pro powers on automatically when the laptop lid is opened. Can I disable it ? If yes, then how to do it ?

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