macOS Monterey Working/Not Working Apps

[fisherking]

So far not too bad. Logic Pro 10.6.2 obviously flawless. It rescanned all my plugins and I did get a few that crashed validation and aren't working. What sucks is I use the PSP Fetpressor and Nexcellence on everything.

PSP
Fetpressor
Nexcellence
OldTimer
OldTimerME
Twin-L

Sonible EntropyEQ+
Exponential Excalibur, R4

SoundToys, Arturia, D16, Brainworx, SSL, everything else is up and running.
Ableton Live seems to be ok but I cant open a single project of mine because they all have PSP Nexcellence in them and opening one (or even inserting the plugin in a new song) crashes the whole app. My entire Waves bundle failed on the first scan 'due to an internal error' but rescanning fixed em all, and most of mine are out of date 11.0 plugs. Thankfully my MOTU 828x fired right up, my MPC still mounts to the desktop so I can back it up, and go figure the frigging eMagic AMT8 of all things is still working in Monterey. Everything else seems to be great so far, my Affinity apps are good, VMWare Fusion, MAME, DOSBox, etc. Audiofinder isn't opening though, and the dev has been MIA for awhile kinda thinking he may have abandoned it or gone elsewhere. Hopefully that will come soon, I need that thing to manage/edit my sample library.

@deef , no go on Rogue Amoeba. ACE needs an update as always. Audio Hijack tells me the OS is unsupported and won't run.

That sucks about XLD. I just bought a couple albums off Bandcamp while I was waiting for the beta to download about an hour ago. Now I have to use SOX or something to convert em since Audiofinder is dead at the moment.

this is a 'test' version of XLD that works fine on monterey: XLD os12 (this is a direct DL...)

 

[dvst8s]

Bit late, but if you disable audio on the Citrix desktop, the connection is stable. Seems to be issue with notification sounds causing the disconnect.

This has been driving me crazy, this worked for me. Thanks!

 

[Monotremata]

this is a 'test' version of XLD that works fine on monterey: XLD os12 (this is a direct DL...)

Grabbed it last night then remembered I have Xact sitting right next to it, still works great! Monterey was neat but my time with it is done for now, restored my Big Sur backup this morning. Those plugins Im missing effectively killed me opening up any of my Ableton Live projects with them in it, and Ive got no other spring reverb that sounds like Nexcellence so Im waiting it out. Had big issues with my wifi too. At random points Safari starts throwing up blank 'You are not connected to the internet' pages, when Im still connected to Wi-Fi, everyone else in the house is surfing just fine. I wasn't even able to connect to my router despite still having a 192.168.x.x address and being connected to the network. I thought Private Relay was doing it (it seems Little Snitch and my VPN software mess with it) so I shut it off and had no trouble for the rest of last night. When I was killing time before 'going to work' this morning it dropped my connection again so I spent that hour before clocking in restoring my system. Didn't have time to look into the wifi issues until now so if I can find a fix maybe Ill go back.

The system seems a lot 'snappier' than Big Sur and aside from the plugins and the network issue, everything else was working beautifully. I actually even dig the new wallpaper in it, where Big Sur's color splash was just butt ugly. Maybe Ill go back when they finally put in the Monterey landscape wallpaper, I do love looking at our lovely California coast haha.

 

[DaveFromCampbelltown]

Some results based on running it for a day or so.

1. The current version of Monterey doesn't cope with USB attachments very well, especially some hubs (which may included built-in hubs, like in my WD MyBook Duo). It works best when there are no USB thingies plugged into the back of my iMac. This meant digging out the original flatpak keyboard that came with the iMac, that I really hate so much...
2. Security is ramped up a bit more. It really doesn't like running software from unidentified developers, and can respond with a Crash Error.
3. Normal software like Firefox, Brave, Office, LibreOffice, WPS Office, Pages, TeXLive, Joplin, BBEdit all install ok and run.
4. Again, I had to dequarantine LyX, even though the same version of LyX runs happily on Catalina and all versions of Big Sur up to 11.5.
5. Fontbook wants to install fonts into /System/Library/Fonts, but it can't because it is locked. Fonts have to be manually installed into ~/Library/Fonts.
6. Every time i reboot, it reset the brightness to the middle of the scale, and I like it a bit dimmer.

I have had to reply to my own post...

I just realised that BBEdit is NOT working properly. It installs, opens and edits files properly, but you can't see the text in the pane. I have tried a number of different colour schemes and fonts, to no avail.

I can open up BBEdit, type a few words, save the document and view it in another editor, just not in BBEdit.

Any ideas?
Running Monterey 12 Beta 2 on a late 2015 iMac.

 

[jamauai]

No, Cisco AnyConnect does not work, even with latest 4.10.01075 release from May 21. I learned the hard way and had to drive in to the office.

I keep getting this error: "The VPN client was unable to successfully verify the IP forwarding table modifications. A VPN connection will not be established." Can't seem to get around it..

Meant to post this earlier. Here's an update from Cisco regarding AnyConnect not working in macOS Monterey. Also confirmed the temporary workaround is unchecking the "Allow local (LAN) access." box.

 

[MuGeN PoWeR]

can anyone confirm me following apps working on Monterey?

1. Pulse Secure
2. Intellij
3. Pycharm
4. Github Desktop
5. Teams/Outlook
6. Insomnia
7. VS Code

Thanks

 

[hatfielddesign]

Cannot get Sketch 72.1-73.1 to work. Gives me 1 bounce and nothing.
macOS 12.0 Beta (21A5268h)
any suggestions?

 

[adamryan1983]

can anyone confirm me following apps working on Monterey?

1. Pulse Secure
2. Intellij
3. Pycharm
4. Github Desktop
5. Teams/Outlook
6. Insomnia
7. VS Code

Thanks

Intelli J - works
Pycharm - works
Github Desktop - works
Teams/Outlook - works
VsCode - works

 

[MuGeN PoWeR]

Intelli J - works
Pycharm - works
Github Desktop - works
Teams/Outlook - works
VsCode - works

Thanks. can you please check this app as well. Pulse Secure

AnyConnect | UConn Software Catalog

The Cisco AnyConnect Client is a software application for connecting to virtual private networks and provides anyone with a current Active Directory account ...

software.uconn.edu

 

[ErikGrim]

Thanks. can you please check this app as well. Pulse Secure

AnyConnect | UConn Software Catalog

The Cisco AnyConnect Client is a software application for connecting to virtual private networks and provides anyone with a current Active Directory account ...

software.uconn.edu

I mean it runs, but wether it actually connects only people with access to the uconn VPN can tell. Just in general VPN is a bit hit and miss on Monterey.

 

[MuGeN PoWeR]

I mean it runs, but wether it actually connects only people with access to the uconn VPN can tell. Just in general VPN is a bit hit and miss on Monterey.

yup I updated and it seems to be working fine. Thanks!

 

[Six Mac Abs]

Is the tested NordVPN app the MAS version or the direct DL version from the Nord site?

 

[Six Mac Abs]

AdGuard is working fine

Adguard & Lulu work fine for me!

MacBook Air (M1, 2020)

I am here to report that for 14 hours I have found DP1 to be frigging amazing. Far and away the most seamless OS upgrade I have ever performed, beta or not. I had exactly ONE app that flat out refused to run, and all it did was crash gently into a crash report window. Another app needed to install a System Extension that required me to restart into Boot Options and reduce my Security Policy before I could get them approved for loading. And then it worked fine. EVERYHING else has worked great. Not one hiccup.

I haven't had enough time to really explore all over the place, but one thing that I was eager to check into was the new built-in 2-factor authentication feature, and I can report that it works flawlessly. I was using OTP Auth before, and thought that was an excellent Mac/iOS/iCloud combo solution, but now I don't even have to go and GET codes to enter, it all happens automagically. It's fantastic!

• 1Blocker 3.16.1 (works flawlessly)
• AdGuard 2.5.3.955 release (works flawlessly)
• Airflow 3.3.1 (works flawlessly)
• Audiobook Builder 2.1.2 (works flawlessly)
• Carbon Copy Cloner 6.0.1 (gives message about unsupported operating systems, then allows you to continue anyway, and seems to work fine. I wouldn't necessarily use it for a restore, but definitely to do a backup)
• Cisdem PDFMaster 4.0.0 (crashes on launch)
• CleanMyMac X 4.8.4 (works flawlessly)
• DAEMON Tools 8.2 (requires System Extensions and rebooting twice to get up and running, then works flawlessly)
• Deliveries 9.1.2 (works flawlessly)
• Downie 4.2.6 (works flawlessly)
• Droplr 5.9.5 (works flawlessly)
• ExpressVPN 10.3.0 (works flawlessly, but after connection, got a message that it conflicted with iCloud+ Protected Browsing)
• FE File Explorer Pro 3.0.4 (works flawlessly)
• ff·Works 2.3.2 (works flawlessly)
• Filmage Screen 1.3.1 (works flawlessly)
• Fission 2.7.0 (message about unsupported operating systems, allows you to proceed anyway, seems to work fine)
• Friendly Streaming 5.9.7 (works flawlessly)
• Google Chrome 91.0.4472.77 (works flawlessly)
• HandBrake 1.3.3 (works flawlessly)
• IINA 1.1.2 (works flawlessly)
• iMazing 2.13.8 (works flawlessly)
• KeyboardCleanTool 3 (works flawlessly)
• Linguist 2.4 (works flawlessly)
• Facebook Messenger 97.11.116 (ONLY item to indicate needing Rosetta to continue, works flawlessly)
• Meta 2.0.5 (works flawlessly)
• OTP Auth 2.17.4 (works flawlessly)
• Pacifist 3.6.2 (works flawlessly)
• Permute 3.6.4 (works flawlessly)
• Plex 1.31.1 (works flawlessly)
• PlistEdit Pro 1.9.2 (works flawlessly)
• Radio Silence 3.1 (works flawlessly)
• Remote Desktop 3.9.4 (works flawlessly)
• Signal 5.4.0-beta.4 (works flawlessly)
• Skype 8.72 (works flawlessly)
• Spotify 1.1.60.668.gff09d345 (works flawlessly)
• Tampermonkey 4.11.6117 (works flawlessly)
• The Unarchiver 4.3.0 (works flawlessly)
• Transmission 3.00 Nightly (works flawlessly)
• WhatsApp 2.2119.6 (works flawlessly)
• Yate 6.5 (works flawlessly)
• zoom.us 5.6.6 (works flawlessly)

An intermittent but very annoying problem where nearly all my "messaging" apps (Messages, Signal, Facebook Messenger, etc.) would stop playing notification sounds has gone away. They seem totally consistent in always playing them now.

SMB network connections seem more reliable.

Podcasts app continues to occasionally not remember my specified window placement and size.

Everything else has been seamless so far - KNOCK ON WOOD.

I'm NOT a developer, but the way I see it, with Catalina they introduced the split system and data volumes with "firmlinks" to make it appear as one unified file system, and System Integrity Protection (SIP). Lots of stuff was badly broken right from the start. Big Sur introduced the cryptographically Signed System Volume (SSV) and totally eliminated kernel extensions in favor of system extensions, while also making it much harder to install and authorize and load them, so many other things badly broke. Introducing the M1 architecture brought changes to all things related to the Restore/Install/Security boot-up modes, and the way of making external drives bootable. With Monterey, it does not SEEM to have nearly as many fundamental architecture changes that appear to be breaking apps. In the past, I would DEFINITELY already have had an app freeze or crash or a kernel panic by now. This time: nothing - flawless!

-Pete

AdGuard does not work fine if you are using iCloud Private relay and network extension filtering in AdGuard.

@petekjohnson; Stating that AdGuard works flawlessly is completely incorrect!
**NOTE** Anyone reading his post and basing their decision on whether to install the Monetary Beta should take his 'tests' and subsequent report with a pinch of salt and err on the side of them most likely not being accurate at all (sorry, but true). If anything, AdGuard is partially working - Maybe that can be added as a section on the Wiki, which I think we usually have?

The issue needs to be fixed by Apple, not AdGuard. Their team have reported the bug to Apple and are awaiting a fix / further info.

Some sources:
What is network extension filtering in AdGuard?
GitHub issue
AdGuard Forum Post

Current workarounds:
Disable iCloud Private Relay
Switch to proxy based filtering in AdGuard
Put up with Ads or a non-fully functional browser - Some sites won't load at all
(Take your pick)

 

[RSmith2023]

Anyone able to get a connection on VMware Horizon? I was hoping things would be close enough that it would work.

 

[gilby101]

AdGuard does not work fine if you are using iCloud Private relay and network extension filtering in AdGuard.

There also tangles between private relay and consumer VPN services.

My view, at present, is that private relay is for the general user who has done/knows nothing about privacy protection. Those who are using VPN services and/or Adguard have already taken privacy into their hands and should turn off private relay. Then AdGuard and most VPN services work fine.

It will be interesting to see what changes there are in beta3.

 

[MuGeN PoWeR]

I am unable to access GitHub repo if I turn on iCloud private relay. anyone else also facing the same issue? I am also connected to VPN while accessing the repo!

 

[Six Mac Abs]

I am unable to access GitHub repo if I turn on iCloud private relay. anyone else also facing the same issue? I am also connected to VPN while accessing the repo!

Disable private relay. Also, read the post above yours for a brief and accurate overview of the current situation regarding VPN and Private Relay use.

 

[brsilb]

anyone havung a problem when trying to put a password in app, the app closes?

 

[KibJ]

Beta 3 reset my safari toolbar again, also reset launchpad customisation.

It also untrusted the root certificate for Adguard Pro for some reason

 

[cmChimera]

having the same Remote Desktop, but I think it is when it is trying to resolve the gateway for me.

It's crashing for me too. It happens as soon as I press tab from the user field to the password field or if I click in the Password field. It happens when attempting to log in or when trying to add an account in settings.

Has this behavior changed on Beta 3? I've since saved the password so I may not see an issue anyway, but just curious.

 

[KibJ]

anyone havung a problem when trying to put a password in app, the app closes?

Has this behavior changed on Beta 3? I've since saved the password so I may not see an issue anyway, but just curious.

The crash still happens with beta 3 when trying to enter a password, it looks like it crashes because of the secure field.

If you tick the 'Show Password' box before typing anything in, it lets you type the password without crashing.

 

[Pudlo]

There also tangles between private relay and consumer VPN services.

My view, at present, is that private relay is for the general user who has done/knows nothing about privacy protection. Those who are using VPN services and/or Adguard have already taken privacy into their hands and should turn off private relay. Then AdGuard and most VPN services work fine.

It will be interesting to see what changes there are in beta3.

in beta3 Adguard stopped working even with private relay turned off ;/ (i mean Adguard works but there is no internet with Adguard being turned on)

 

[MuGeN PoWeR]

Disable private relay. Also, read the post above yours for a brief and accurate overview of the current situation regarding VPN and Private Relay use.

yeah thats what I did.

 

[mlemonds]

Has this behavior changed on Beta 3? I've since saved the password so I may not see an issue anyway, but just curious.

I am still having the same crash on b3. waiting for a software update from Microsoft too, but no luck.

EDIT: see below

 

[mlemonds]

The crash still happens with beta 3 when trying to enter a password, it looks like it crashes because of the secure field.

If you tick the 'Show Password' box before typing anything in, it lets you type the password without crashing.

this solved the problem for me. I just changed to ask each time I log in and then since the cursor defaults to the use field it gives me time to hit the show password box and I can connect.