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Monterey vs Big Sur - does Monterey feel like a polished Big Sur, or like a whole new OS?
#1
Been on Big Sur on my M1 Mini for the past 9 months. Generally it has been pretty stable and is working well. But I have 4-6 nags/glitches/bugs that have persisted through the various BS point updates this year. Working through my handful of bugs is something I can work on, but have already spent time on several of them with no lasting solution. So, I'm reluctant to spend much more time on them if a better, more mature OS would address them.

Of the Monterey users out there, how does it feel compared to BS? Generally more stable? Like a polished version of BS? Or, just a new OS with its own set of bugs/challenges?

Should I consider upgrading to solve all my problems? Or just stick with BS for now? Any recommendations? Let's leave aside any compatibility issues with individual apps as part of this upgrade question, and just focus on the OS for the sake of this scenario.

FYI, a few of the issues that I've encountered and tinkered with solving:

-Time Machine stopped working
-"Desktop" icon disappears from finder sidebar
-Some windows are found moved 95% offscreen upon waking from sleep. Several different apps.
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#2
Can't speak to Time Machine as I haven't been using it.

No issues with Finder sidebar.

Only wake from sleep is the not uncommon one for Intel based Mini's. Has nothing to do with the OS version. This issue alone is pushing me to upgrade to a M1 based device (MBA or Mini) earlier than I had planned.
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#3
"Never update." --Chopper
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#4
Where is the Monterey dynamic background image???

This is the Big Sur background image;



This is the Catalina background image:



This is the Yosemite background image (one of them):

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#5
Monterey Dynamic Wallpaper - (not by Apple, though)

https://dynamicwallpaper.club/wallpaper/la4wfuwtkg
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#6
Monterey annoyances
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#7
Finder column width Bugis the most annoying one mentioned the above article.

Monterey is a big nothing burger.

It fixed nothing!

It added ....... whatever it added I haven't noticed it yet.
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#8
ka jowct wrote:
Monterey annoyances

That's a great job. I'll give that a whirl.
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#9
ka jowct wrote:
Monterey annoyances

Another take from the same place:


https://eclecticlight.co/2021/10/31/last...e-winning/
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#10
Wait a week or so for the update before upgrading.
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