July 2021 - Mr. Macintosh

macOS Monterey Beta 4 Update (21A5294g) is Live! What’s New?

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macOS Monterey Beta 4 (21A5294g) is now available for Developers.

UPDATED 07/28/21

Apple just dropped macOS Monterey Beta 4, let’s jump in and find out what’s new!

Apple initially mentioned in the Beta 4 patch notes that Universal Control was available. The reference in the patch notes has been removed! I can confirm this as in Beta 4 the Advanced Button was removed from the display preferences pane.

Live Text is also now available for all Macs that support macOS Monterey. Previously this was an M1 Monterey only feature.

Monterey Beta 4 is now available as a software update, and IPSW M1 restore file. The Full installer is not available yet.

My what’s new in macOS Monterey Beta 4 Video!

macOS Monterey Beta 3 Patch Notes Summary

1. New Features – 3
2. Known Issues – 18
3. Resolved Issues -18
4. Deprecations – 3

1. Apple Links
2. Mr. Macintosh articles of interest for Apple Silicon & macOS Monterey
3. Undocumented macOS Monterey Beta Update changes & fixes
4. Monterey Release History
5. macOS Monterey Full Installer.app
6. macOS Monterey Update sizes for Intel and M1
7. Apple Silicon M1 Firmware Update
8. Intel T2 BridgeOS Update
9. Apple Silicon IPSW Restore file Update
10. Safari Update
11. What’s new for enterprise in macOS Monterey
12. Security Content of macOS Monterey
13. macOS Monterey Release Notes / Patch Notes / Changes

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macOS Big Sur 11.5.1 Update (20G80) is Live! What’s New?

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macOS Big Sur 11.5.1 Update (20G80) is now available for all users!

UPDATED 07/26

Apple just dropped the new macOS Big Sur 11.5.1 Update. Let’s jump in and find out what’s new in this update!

The Big Sur 11.5.1 update fixes a serious exploit where an application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Apple says the following –>

Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212622

My recommendation is to update your Big Sur devices ASAP.

macOS Big Sur 11.5.1 Patch Notes Summary

0 – New Features
0 – Resolved Issues
1 – Security Fixes

Mr. Macintosh macOS Big Sur 11.5.1 update video!

macOS Big Sur 11.5 Update (20G71) is Live! What’s New?

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macOS Big Sur 11.5 (20G71) is now available for all users!

UPDATED 07/24/21

Apple just dropped the new macOS Big Sur 11.5 Update. The update is usually released alongside iOS. We instead got a second release candidate of 11.5. The build version of RC1 was 20G70. The new build is 20G71. Apple did not provide any information on the differences between 20G70 & 20G71. It has been about one and a half months since Apple released 11.4. Let’s jump in and find out what’s new in this update!

macOS Big Sur 11.5 Patch Notes Summary

1 – New Feature
2 – Resolved Issues
2 – New Enterprise Features
7 – Enterprise Changes/Fixes
35 – Security Fixes

Mr. Macintosh Video on the macOS Big Sur 11.5 Update in only 5 min!

macOS Monterey Beta 3 Update (21A5284e) is Live! What’s New?

macOS Monterey Beta 3 (21A5284e) is now available for Developers.

UPDATED 07/14/21

Apple just dropped macOS Monterey Beta 3, let’s jump in and find out what’s new! Apple also added Universal Control settings to the Display preferences pane under advanced, but the feature still does not seem to be working yet.

Monterey Beta 3 is now available as a software update, full installer and IPSW M1 restore file.

macOS Monterey Beta 3 Patch Notes Summary

1. New Features – 3
2. New Known Issues – 28
3. New Resolved Issues -32
4. New Deprecations – 3

Mr. Macintosh macOS Monterey Beta 3 Update in 5 min video!

1. Apple Links
2. Mr. Macintosh articles of interest for Apple Silicon & macOS Monterey
3. Apple Articles of interest related to the macOS Monterey Update
4. Undocumented macOS Monterey Beta Update changes & fixes
5. Monterey Release History
6. macOS Monterey Full Installer.app
7. macOS Monterey Update sizes for Intel and M1
8. Apple Silicon M1 Firmware Update
9. Intel T2 BridgeOS Update
10. Apple Silicon IPSW Restore file Update
11. Safari Update
12. What’s new for enterprise in macOS Monterey
13. Security Content of macOS Monterey
14. macOS Monterey Release Notes / Patch Notes / Changes

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You can now Virtualize macOS on an M1 Mac with macOS Monterey!

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macOS Monterey can now run in a Virtual Machine on an M1 Mac using Monterey’s new virtualization framework!

We’ve been waiting for over seven months for this ability! The first OS to be virtualized was Ubuntu Linux, then came the ARM version of Windows 10 in late November of last year. Now we can virtualize macOS Monterey on an M1 Mac.

Hopefully QEMU, Parallels & VMware are not far behind.

I will walk you through the entire process. (UPDATE! KhaosT just released an updated GUI interface, more info at the bottom of the article)

My video walking you through the process of setting up a virtual machine that can run macOS Monterey!

Requirements & Instructions (Modified Original Instructions)

Download links are at the bottom.

Apple Silicon M1 Mac (running macOS Monterey)
Xcode 13 (Beta)
Apple Configurator 2
macOS Monterey IPSW
Empty dmg image (This will be your system storage, name it disk.dmg, you can create it from Disk Utility)

First Time Setup

1. Clone this project from Github save as zip for use in Xcode. Open zip in Xcode Beta.

2. Click the Run Button (VM will build)

3. Quit the app when “Virtual Machine” window showed up, move disk.dmg into the app’s container

4. Run it again

5. Open Apple Configurator 2, if everything works, There should have a VirtualMac in DFU mode

6. Temporary disable macOS Firewall and iCloud Private Relay (Apple Configurator 2 can’t restore VM with those features enabled) Both are default off if you did not turn them on or sign in with your AppleID

7. Drag macOS 12 IPSW file into Apple Configurator 2, click Restore to install macOS

8. When AC2 finishes the install you should be done and your vm should boot to macOS 12 Setup Assistant!