Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Apple just released the macOS Monterey 12.4 Update! In this video I'll go over all the new features & changes + bug fixes, update details, security fixes and OpenCore Legacy Patcher 0.4.4 News. CHAPTERS BELOW!
UPDATE: Right after this video was released, OCLP 0.4.5 was released. I will have an update video on it tomorrow, stay tuned.
0:00 Monterey 12.4 Update Welcome and intro
0:17 Full List of Apple software update releases
0:43 12.4 Update in System Preferences
1:02 12.4 Update sizes
1:16 How to refresh to check for the 12.4 update again
1:28 How long did it take to install the 12.4 Update?
1:41 macOS Monterey 12.4 BuildVersion
2:09 M1 & BridgeOS Firmware Updates
2:24 Safari 15.5 Update
2:34 12.4 Full Installer & M1 IPSW Restore File
2:46 Monterey 12.4 Patch Notes
3:04 Universal Control is now out of Beta!
2:22 Important compatibility note on Universal Control in 12.4
3:49 Clock & Date and time changes for M1 Notch
4:11 Podcast.app changes
5:06 New Studio Display Wallpaper added
5:20 Keyboard Input sources change
4:43 Fix for Mac Pro 2013 Sleep wake panic - firmware update
6:09 What’s New for Enterprise in macOS Monterey 12.4
6:25 Security Content of the 12.4 Update 54 FIXES!!
6:53 Apple Studio Display 15.5 Firmware Update
7:25 Who cares about benchmarks?
7:32 OpenCore Legacy Patcher 0.4.4 & 12.4 updates
9:10 12.4 Double date & clock on non-metal Macs
9:38 WWDC 2022 & macOS 13
9:58 Should you install the Monterey 12.4 update?
The macOS Monterey 12.4 Update was released on May 16th, 2022.
Apple also released
iOS
iPadOS 15.5 (19F77)
tvOS 15.5 (19L570)
audioOS 15.5 (19L570)
watchOS 8.6 (19T572)
macOS
Big Sur 11.6.6 (20G624)
Catalina 2022-004 (19H1922)
Xcode - 13.4
Command Line Tools for Xcode 13.4
Apple Studio Firmware Update 15.5 (19F77)
macOS Monterey 12.4 Update Article
mrmacintosh.com/macos-monterey-12-4-update-universal-control-no-longer-in-beta
Apple Security Updates Page
support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222
About the security content of macOS Monterey 12.4 Update
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257
macOS Monterey 12.4 Apple Patch notes
support.apple.com/en-us/HT212585
What's new for enterprise in macOS Monterey
support.apple.com/en-us/HT212586
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Download Full macOS Monterey & Big Sur M1 Apple Silicon IPSW Files
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Apple just released the macOS Monterey 12.4 Update! In this video I'll go over all the new features & changes + bug fixes, update details, security fixes and OpenCore Legacy Patcher 0.4.4 News. CHAPTERS BELOW!
UPDATE: Right after this video was released, OCLP 0.4.5 was released. I will have an update video on it tomorrow, stay tuned.
0:00 Monterey 12.4 Update Welcome and intro
0:17 Full List of Apple software update releases
0:43 12.4 Update in System Preferences
1:02 12.4 Update sizes
1:16 How to refresh to check for the 12.4 update again
1:28 How long did it take to install the 12.4 Update?
1:41 macOS Monterey 12.4 BuildVersion
2:09 M1 & BridgeOS Firmware Updates
2:24 Safari 15.5 Update
2:34 12.4 Full Installer & M1 IPSW Restore File
2:46 Monterey 12.4 Patch Notes
3:04 Universal Control is now out of Beta!
2:22 Important compatibility note on Universal Control in 12.4
3:49 Clock & Date and time changes for M1 Notch
4:11 Podcast.app changes
5:06 New Studio Display Wallpaper added
5:20 Keyboard Input sources change
4:43 Fix for Mac Pro 2013 Sleep wake panic - firmware update
6:09 What’s New for Enterprise in macOS Monterey 12.4
6:25 Security Content of the 12.4 Update 54 FIXES!!
6:53 Apple Studio Display 15.5 Firmware Update
7:25 Who cares about benchmarks?
7:32 OpenCore Legacy Patcher 0.4.4 & 12.4 updates
9:10 12.4 Double date & clock on non-metal Macs
9:38 WWDC 2022 & macOS 13
9:58 Should you install the Monterey 12.4 update?
The macOS Monterey 12.4 Update was released on May 16th, 2022.
Apple also released
iOS
iPadOS 15.5 (19F77)
tvOS 15.5 (19L570)
audioOS 15.5 (19L570)
watchOS 8.6 (19T572)
macOS
Big Sur 11.6.6 (20G624)
Catalina 2022-004 (19H1922)
Xcode - 13.4
Command Line Tools for Xcode 13.4
Apple Studio Firmware Update 15.5 (19F77)
macOS Monterey 12.4 Update Article
mrmacintosh.com/macos-monterey-12-4-update-universal-control-no-longer-in-beta
Apple Security Updates Page
support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222
About the security content of macOS Monterey 12.4 Update
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257
macOS Monterey 12.4 Apple Patch notes
support.apple.com/en-us/HT212585
What's new for enterprise in macOS Monterey
support.apple.com/en-us/HT212586
Support Mr. Macintosh
patreon.com/mrmacintosh
paypal.me/mrmacintoshblog
Download Full macOS Monterey & Big Sur Installers InstallAssistant.pkg - mrmacintosh.com/macos-12-monterey-full-installer-database-download-directly-from-apple
Download Full macOS Monterey & Big Sur M1 Apple Silicon IPSW Files
mrmacintosh.com/apple-silicon-m1-full-macos-restore-ipsw-firmware-files-database
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![[FIXED] The Recovery Server Could Not Be Contacted Error! High Sierra Internet Recovery Error](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ouNQS36dIBw/mqdefault.jpg "[FIXED] The Recovery Server Could Not Be Contacted Error! High Sierra Internet Recovery Error
Are you trying to install macOS High Sierra from recovery or internet recovery and are getting the error The recovery server could not be contacted ? THIS IS A NEW ISSUE & NOT THE DATE AND TIME OR CERT ISSUE! In this video, I will show you 3 ways to fix the issue. CHAPTERS BELOW
Command
This is the full command to run in terminal to change the apple software update server url from https to http in nvram
nvram IASUCatalogURL=http://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/others/index-10.13-10.12-10.11-10.10-10.9-mountainlion-lion-snowleopard-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog
URL with spaces because of YouTube formatting is removing the full URL just remove the space after each /
http://swscan.apple.com/ content/ catalogs/ others/ index-10.13-10.12-10.11-10.10-10.9-mountainlion-lion-snowleopard-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog
NOTE! IF YOUTUBE DOES NOT SHOW FULL COMMAND PATH VISIT MY ARTICLE BELOW
https://mrmacintosh.com/how-to-fix-the-recovery-server-could-not-be-contacted-error-high-sierra-recovery-is-still-online-but-broken/
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0:00 Welcome and intro
0:30 MrMacintosh.com Article link
0:42 Quick review of the 3 different ways to fix this issue
1:11 What is the root problem of this issue?
2:38 Fix Option #1 Boot to a newer version of macOS Internet Recovery
3:39 Fix Option #2 Boot to macOS High Sierra USB Drive
3:58 Fix Option #3 If you can’t do #1 or #2 Change SUS URL = connect to recovery server
4:28 If you are using macOS recovery from Command R make sure you are connected to WIFI first!
4:39 Just to be sure, make sure your date and time are correct in macOS terminal with the date command
4:55 Showing a demo of how macOS High Sierra recovery fails
5:28 Walkthrough step by step fix changing the macOS Recovery SUS URL for the recovery server issue
8:51 Let me know if you have any questions! + macOS Sierra Recovery is also broken!
Huge thanks goes out to dhinakg for helping me investigate this issue! You can follow him on twitter here = https://twitter.com/dhinakg
Main article link on now to fix the macOS High Sierra The recovery server could not be contacted error!
https://mrmacintosh.com/how-to-fix-the-recovery-server-could-not-be-contacted-error-high-sierra-recovery-is-still-online-but-broken/
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