Magicprefs support for free#
Magicprefs support install#
Magicprefs support update#

In every iteration of macOS since 10.9 Mavericks back in October 2013, Apple has extended the scope of its troubled User Privacy controls, aka TCC.

Magicprefs support for free#

The Xcode 13.1 installer is available for free from the App Store, but in terms of space it will set you back the princely sum of 12.4GB of disk space (and bandwidth). Xcode 12.5.1 simply wonвЂ™t launch on macOS Monterey at all, so if you have reasons for not wanting to move to Xcode 13, be sure to stay off Monterey until youвЂ™re ready to do so. Xcode 12вЂ™s Race Is RunДЄpple has taken a far more ruthless approach to its own development environment, Xcode, and insisted that Monterey users upgrade to Xcode 13 if they havenвЂ™t already.

There will inevitably be some complaints from both users and devs, but really, Python 2.7 has stayed up well past its bedtime. Throwing alerts at users and having users moan at developers worked very well in that case, and weвЂ™re sure it will do in this. We saw this same general вЂscareвЂ™ tactic work quite successfully when Apple wanted to push developers away from kexts in macOS Catalina.

Magicprefs support update#

In Monterey, an app that uses Python 2.7 now triggers a UI alert indicating that the developer must update the app to ensure it will work in future versions of macOS. The first change to be aware of, and not before time many will say, is that Apple are finally pushing people (and themselves) off Python 2. The absolute must-have before you embark on any such вЂњoperating system surgeryвЂќ like this is a full, restorable backup solution.

Magicprefs support install#

We didnвЂ™t notice any install problems on either M1 or Intel Macs, but as always with downloading huge files and installing something as complex as an entire operating system, experiences can vary widely. If youвЂ™re adding Xcode 13 to that (see below), thatвЂ™s another 12GB or so on top. The new version of macOS comes in at a hefty 11GB full update if you are installing from scratch, or as a delta update of between 1 and 2GB if youвЂ™re updating from a beta version (the delta size will vary depending on what version youвЂ™re updating from). Size Matters | Updating or Upgrading?ДЄs well as the right device, youвЂ™ll need space for your new OS if youвЂ™re updating or upgrading an older install. In addition, the newly-announced M1 Pro and M1 Max devices will all ship with macOS Monterey from October 26th onwards.

Here, for convenience, is the list of older Macs that can run Monterey:

For existing devices, nothing has changed on that front since we reported on this back in June. System Requirements | Intel and Apple siliconД«efore we jump in, letвЂ™s just recap what hardware youвЂ™ll need to run macOS 12 Monterey. In this post, weвЂ™ll review the hardware specs for Monterey and then get into some of the changes in the release version that havenвЂ™t been widely reported and which should be of interest to Mac security and admin teams. We did a round up of the main security features in Monterey back in June, and while much of what we said there remains true with the first public release, thereвЂ™s a few security-related differences between the initial beta and this weekвЂ™s public release.

As widely expected after last weekвЂ™s announcement, Apple released macOS 12.01 Monterey, the latest version of its Desktop operating system, on October 25th.