455: Your Yanking Force

Monterey Upgrade

John Siracusa shares his experience upgrading to MacOS Monterey, highlighting the importance of preparing backups due to potential issues with older Macs. He notes that while the upgrade was smooth for his modern Mac, some older models may face problems with the bridge OS update, potentially leading to bricked devices 1. Casey Liss and Marco Arment also discuss their upgrades, with Marco's numerous computers making it hard to track which ones have been updated 2.

If you have a modern Mac, a very up to date one, and you're wondering, is Monterey okay? Monterey twelve 0.1 or whatever, whatever the version is that like doesn't ship on hardware, but like that you get when you upgrade, it's been fine for me.

--- John Siracusa

John advises caution for those with older Macs, suggesting they wait for more information before upgrading.

   

USB Issues

Marco Arment discusses connectivity issues with USB devices on Macs running Monterey, noting that the problem seems to be related to the M1 chip and the new OS. He mentions that using a USB-C cable that only supports USB 2.0 speeds can temporarily resolve the issue, although it results in slower data transfer 3. Casey Liss shares his experience setting up his new MacBook Pro, emphasizing the importance of using tools like Homebrew Bundle for efficient software installation 4.

There's something going on with these machines. Slash Monterey and USB. Three storage devices.

--- Marco Arment

Marco hopes for a software update to address these connectivity problems soon.