Month: August 2021

macOS Monterey Beta 6 is now available for Developers.

UPDATED 8/31/21

Apple just dropped macOS Monterey Beta 6. This release comes almost 3 weeks after Beta 5 and one week after iOS 15 Beta 7. It looks like Apple has now moved to a weekly beta release schedule for iOS. It will be interesting to see if Apple will do the same for macOS Monterey. Let’s jump in and find out what’s new in this update.

1. Beta 6 is now available as a Delta update & M1 IPSW Restore File
2. Full Installer & Public Beta now available
3. Universal Control = NOT ENABLED
4. SideCar Preference pane is MISSING! (Still works through display pane)
5. New Kernel Panic Feedback Assistant Report Message
6. Change in Safari Tabs Layout (auto collapse tabs & show color moved)

macOS Monterey Beta Patch Notes Summary

• 1. Enterprise – 1
• 2. New Features – 4
• 3. Known Issues – 12
• 4. Resolved Issues – 10
• 5. Deprecations – 6

Table of Contents

• 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. Apple Silicon IPSW Restore file Update
• 7. macOS Monterey Update sizes for Intel and M1
• 8. Apple Silicon M1 Firmware Update
• 9. Intel T2 BridgeOS 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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