The first beta was released in May, followed this week by the market-ready versions of macOS 12.5 and iOS 15.6. In the meantime, many users have installed the updates, which is why an initial conclusion can be drawn regarding the experience. Apple also just contributed more information, what security issues has been addressed in the updates. Since the latest versions do not bring any major new functions, no significant glitches were to be expected. In fact, these are largely problem-free updates.
AirTags charge level is gone
On the other hand, an annoying bug for AirTag owners has crept in – if it wasn’t even a willful decision by Apple. While there was previously a battery indicator in the “Where is?” app whose symbol turned red when the charge was low, the small symbol is now completely missing. There are still warnings via push notifications, but no longer the possibility to check the battery level yourself. The status is also missing under macOS 12.5 and watchOS 8.7, which supports the theory of a deliberate deactivation. It remains unknown whether this was due to a lack of reliability, because some of the information on the icon was not particularly useful.
Mistakes, but they aren’t
As after every system update, there are voices that the battery consumption has increased by leaps and bounds. However, this is not uncommon after updates – once all the background services have done their work (e.g. Spotlight), everything should work as usual again. This is accompanied by the message “not charging” – this is also not a problem of macOS 12.5, but is simply caused depending on the power of the power supply unit when the device just needs all the available charging power for operation.
Bug fixes are noticed
Several users report that Universal Control is finally working smoothly. The sometimes observed behavior of Safari, triggering a “back” without user interaction, seems to have been eliminated. Compared to previous system updates, however, the amount of feedback is remarkably low – supporting the theory that Apple only made minimal adjustments as a finishing touch.