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OtinG · 03-31-2022, 03:15 PM

My MacBook Air M1 came with macOS 12.2 loaded. I tried to update it but it keeps saying it is up to date, which isn't true since 12.3 has been out for a while now. Plus I just heard that Apple released 12.3.1 today, so I tried again, but it still says "up to date". Not sure what is going on with that.

I must say the MacBook Air M1 is certainly snappy, loads even master bloatware like Adobe LR and PS really fast. So far I’m very impressed, especially since I paid about $500 less for it than I did for the MacBook Pro way back in early 2015, and it has 4 times the SSD storage too.

Monterey is pretty good, except they gave it that crappy iPadOS style of Safari where the Bookmarks keep closing. It is taking a while to figure out where Apple moved settings though since I’ve been running on Mojave which is three updates back. So far all the apps I’ve installed are designed for the ARM architecture, including the Adobe bloatware and MicrosoftOffice365.

The only slight issue I’ve had was in trying to run ethernet via a few different ethernet to USB A adapters coupled to two different USB A to USB-C adapters. It would periodically lose connection. This morning the Belkin ethernet to USB-C adapter I ordered from the Apple Store arrived and it seems to be working quite well so far.

ETA: This evening the MacBook Air M1 finally discovered the macOS 12.3.1 update. I guess it blocked 12.3 since 12.3.1 was about to be released. Update went okay, but after it restarted my Anker hub which has the power cable, HDMI cable running to my Dell 25" monitor, the Samsung 2TB external SSD, and a Logitech mouse dongle wouldn't connect. Tried two additional restarts as well as unplugging and plugging in the hub. Nothing would get it to connect. Finally I plugged in just the power cable and that connected. Once I unplugged the power cable and plugged it back into the hub and plugged the hub back in, it all started connecting again. PITA. Way to go Apple. When it comes to software they are rotten to the apple core. Interestingly enough the new ethernet to USB-C dongle I got today from Apple connected as soon as the first restart.

03-31-2022, 03:15 PM	#74
OtinG Old Gadget Guy Posts: 1,913 Karma: 6854865 Join Date: Jun 2018 Device: Oasis 3, iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPad mini 6, iPad Air 2020, Alexa Devices	My MacBook Air M1 came with macOS 12.2 loaded. I tried to update it but it keeps saying it is up to date, which isn't true since 12.3 has been out for a while now. Plus I just heard that Apple released 12.3.1 today, so I tried again, but it still says "up to date". Not sure what is going on with that. I must say the MacBook Air M1 is certainly snappy, loads even master bloatware like Adobe LR and PS really fast. So far I’m very impressed, especially since I paid about $500 less for it than I did for the MacBook Pro way back in early 2015, and it has 4 times the SSD storage too. Monterey is pretty good, except they gave it that crappy iPadOS style of Safari where the Bookmarks keep closing. It is taking a while to figure out where Apple moved settings though since I’ve been running on Mojave which is three updates back. So far all the apps I’ve installed are designed for the ARM architecture, including the Adobe bloatware and MicrosoftOffice365. The only slight issue I’ve had was in trying to run ethernet via a few different ethernet to USB A adapters coupled to two different USB A to USB-C adapters. It would periodically lose connection. This morning the Belkin ethernet to USB-C adapter I ordered from the Apple Store arrived and it seems to be working quite well so far. ETA: This evening the MacBook Air M1 finally discovered the macOS 12.3.1 update. I guess it blocked 12.3 since 12.3.1 was about to be released. Update went okay, but after it restarted my Anker hub which has the power cable, HDMI cable running to my Dell 25" monitor, the Samsung 2TB external SSD, and a Logitech mouse dongle wouldn't connect. Tried two additional restarts as well as unplugging and plugging in the hub. Nothing would get it to connect. Finally I plugged in just the power cable and that connected. Once I unplugged the power cable and plugged it back into the hub and plugged the hub back in, it all started connecting again. PITA. Way to go Apple. When it comes to software they are rotten to the apple core. Interestingly enough the new ethernet to USB-C dongle I got today from Apple connected as soon as the first restart. Last edited by OtinG; 03-31-2022 at 09:37 PM.