macOS Monterey Working/Not Working Apps

[Blackriton]

What printer are you running and are you using "airprint"?

I dont use AirPrint and I am using a HP Printer. With Acrobat I get an error message "your ink is almost empty" (they are new in fact) and printing is not starting. With Preview no error message and printing runs smoothly............I checked the printing prefs in Acrobat but couldn't find what's wrong in them........

 

[Martyimac]

I dont use AirPrint and I am using a HP Printer. With Acrobat I get an error message "your ink is almost empty" (they are new in fact) and printing is not starting. With Preview no error message and printing runs smoothly............I checked the printing prefs in Acrobat but couldn't find what's wrong in them........

I would suggest to delete the HP printer, reset the print system, then try and find and install the printer and selecting airprint instead of the HP driver. It can't hurt to try.

Reset MacOS printer settings - https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/reset-mac-printing-system-solve-a-problem-mh14001/mac

 

[Blackriton]

I would suggest to delete the HP printer, reset the print system, then try and find and install the printer and selecting airprint instead of the HP driver. It can't hurt to try.

Reset MacOS printer settings - https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/reset-mac-printing-system-solve-a-problem-mh14001/mac

Thanks for your help. As printing with Preview works flawlessly, I will wait for Monterey final RC and HP will have for sure a new driver designed for Monterey.Resetting the print system with Monterey still in beta may be risky.........

 

[SalisburySam]

for testers please: what about

1- TorGuard VPN
2- Ninox Database
3- Opera browser

 

[Martyimac]

Thanks for your help. As printing with Preview works flawlessly, I will wait for Monterey final RC and HP will have for sure a new driver designed for Monterey.Resetting the print system with Monterey still in beta may be risky.........

Okay, but Monterey betas for me, at least the last 2-3 have been as good, if not better, than Big Sur.

 

[gwhizkids]

Thanks for your help. As printing with Preview works flawlessly, I will wait for Monterey final RC and HP will have for sure a new driver designed for Monterey.Resetting the print system with Monterey still in beta may be risky.........

This is the smart course. Though printing from Acrobat may work for some, it’s not working for you (or me). If you need the ability to print and have a working way of doing so, I’d advise you not to disturb that. I expect to see Monterey released in final in the next 2-3 weeks.

 

[DaveFromCampbelltown]

for testers please: what about

1- TorGuard VPN
2- Ninox Database
3- Opera browser

Opera browser currently working in Beta 9. I have not noticed any problems with any previous version either.

 

[gilby101]

1- TorGuard VPN

Works for me.

 

[jayamohan27]

Thanks for this thread ,it will be advantage for new mac buyers

 

[billhelm]

Mac OS twitter client seems to have broken in the latest beta released this week. Crashes on load for me. Tried reinstalling

 

[Zippy3505]

Mac OS twitter client seems to have broken in the latest beta released this week. Crashes on load for me. Tried reinstalling

For me as well

 

[billhelm]

For me as well

I got it working again by using CleanMyMac to uninstall and reinstalling. Might have corrupted a settings file. We'll see how long it lasts.

 

[Macintosh IIcx]

I don’t see any specific mention of Adobe InDesign?

That app and the first version of any macOS have a long history of not working flawlessly together so if anybody have it up and running for production I would be thrilled to hear.

 

[EugW]

Working:

Citrix (disable audio to stabilized connection)

Is Citrix still flaky this way?

Microsoft Office

That's great, but what is the oldest version that works, supported or not? My primary machines are on Office 2016 and are staying there as long as possible since they are individually licenced. (No need for a 365 subscription.) Also, does Office 2011 run?

Not working:

Logitech Camera Settings (can't detect camera plugged in)

I'm glad I returned my Logitech cam last month.

NordVPN (won't connect, tried to add VPN config profile to system but nothing happens)

Ouch. That's disappointing.

 

[gank41]

Working:

Is Citrix still flaky this way?

That's great, but what is the oldest version that works, supported or not? My primary machines are on Office 2016 and are staying there since I have individual licences. (No need for a 365 subscription.) Also, does Office 2011 run?

I use Citrix Workspace often every day and have zero stability issues and no need to change any settings at all to make things work.

As far as Office 2016 goes, their support ended Oct 2020, and Big Sur was released a month after. It’s hard to say whether it’ll work at all, let alone on an M1 Machine.

End of support for Office 2016 for Mac - Microsoft Support

Support for Office 2016 for Mac ended on October 13, 2020. Your Office 2016 apps will continue to function but we recommend you upgrade to Microsoft 365 to stay secure.

support.microsoft.com

 

[EugW]

I use Citrix Workspace often every day and have zero stability issues and no need to change any settings at all to make things work.

As far as Office 2016 goes, their support ended Oct 2020, and Big Sur was released a month after. It’s hard to say whether it’ll work at all, let alone on an M1 Machine.

End of support for Office 2016 for Mac - Microsoft Support

Support for Office 2016 for Mac ended on October 13, 2020. Your Office 2016 apps will continue to function but we recommend you upgrade to Microsoft 365 to stay secure.

support.microsoft.com

Office 2016 works perfectly on Big Sur for me, but that's on Intel. However, I won't update to Monterey if Office 2016 is problematic on that OS.

Because I don't have any more 2016 licences, one of my secondary machines is running Office 2011. (I do understand the risks.) However, that machine is only running 10.11 El Capitan anyway. I may replace it with an M1 Pro or M2 machine in the coming months though.

BTW, Office 2011 is sooooo much faster than Office 2016...

 

[snerkler]

Thanks for the list, most helpful. I'm hoping to upgrade to the 16" M1 Max MBP (which will be shipped with Monterey and wondered if anyone can tell me if the following are compatible please as I can't see them on the list?

Korg M1 plugin for Logic
LennarDigital Sylenth1 plugin for Logic
Native Instruments plugins for Logic
Roland Cloud
Steinberg Retrologue 2 plugin for Logic
Wavesaur RaveGenerator 2 plugin for Logic
Xfer Records Serum Plugin for Logic

 

[adamryan1983]

Thanks for the list, most helpful. I'm hoping to upgrade to the 16" M1 Max MBP (which will be shipped with Monterey and wondered if anyone can tell me if the following are compatible please as I can't see them on the list?

Korg M1 plugin for Logic
LennarDigital Sylenth1 plugin for Logic
Native Instruments plugins for Logic
Roland Cloud
Steinberg Retrologue 2 plugin for Logic
Wavesaur RaveGenerator 2 plugin for Logic
Xfer Records Serum Plugin for Logic

Well you're kind of asking if they are both Monterey and m1 compatible.

 

[snerkler]

Well you're kind of asking if they are both Monterey and m1 compatible.

Well I guess I am, although from what I can tell Rosetta should take care of the M1 vs Intel Chip compatibility so it is more about the OS 👍

 

[samwa3]

Plex is still crashing instantly pretty soon after starting on my M1 machine with Monterey 12.0.1

 

[Johnnyangel]

With the latest Monterey beta, the CZUR Aura Mate software no longer works, as it does not see the USB-connected scanner.

 

[RoboCop001]

Global Protect VPN is working for me.

What version of Global Protect are you using?

 

[fisherking]

Plex is still crashing instantly pretty soon after starting on my M1 machine with Monterey 12.0.1

M1 thing? no issues here on my intel mac, same OS...

 

[samwa3]

M1 thing? no issues here on my intel mac, same OS...

Thanks for testing this. Yes, maybe it's exclusive to M1. It used to work fine on the same machine while still on Big Sur, though. Good thing I can just use the iOS/iPadOS app instead. The interface is not ideal but plays fine.

The error is always the same
terminating with uncaught exception of type std::runtime_error: Log: Error handling format string 'Download %s of %s progress %s of %s bytes (%d%%)': invalid type specifier

Maybe something changed about Rosetta emulation.

EDIT: Ok actually seems not Monterey-related, not even Mac-related at all. Updating Plex to 1.35.1.2632-c6783c78 manually solved all problems.

https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/pu8k70

Sorry! Well I hope this helps at least someone who thought their Plex crashing was due to updating macOS

 

[RoboCop001]

For those of you who are successfully using GlobalProtect VPN, can you confirm which version you're using? My work currently deploys version 5.2.7-37 and I'm hoping that is compatible.