MacOS Monterey beta

Apple has released the developers version of all its operating systems to be released in the fall. Here is a quick dive into one of them—MacOS Monterey.

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Center for Environmental Studies

Published

June 9, 2021

So yesterday, Apple introduced the next set of operating systems for iOS, MacOS, tvOS, iPadOS, and tvOS as well as a bunch of interesting upgrades for all the new hardware. I took the plunge with installing it on my M1 Macbook and here are some thoughts on items as I see them evolve.

Overall

Overall, most things work out of the box with no problems.

  • R, RStudio (minus git as described below)
  • Mail - I wish they would add “send later” but works great and has more privacy functions.

Safari

It is still REALLY FAST and new layout for the tabs.

Safari with tabs and address bar integrated