Apple Macs with M1 chip finally get Bluetooth fix with macOS Big Sur 11.2

But reported screensaver problem hasn’t been cured, seemingly

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AppleMacs with the newM1 chiphave received an important fix forBluetooth gremlins which have proved seriously disruptive, thanks to a fresh update for macOS Big Sur.

Version 11.2 of Apple’soperating systemisn’t a big update, but it does provide some important fixes including the (recently promised) solution to those wireless woes, with Apple noting that Bluetooth reliability is “improved” in v11.2.

Big Sur 11.2also delivers a cure for those who have been experiencing problems with an external monitor getting a black screen, when hooking it up to a Mac mini (M1, 2020) while using an HDMI to DVI converter.

Password problem

Issues with saving edits to ProRAW format images in the Photos app have been solved, too, andiCloudDrive sync flaws as well, plus Apple has resolved a problem whereby System Preferences would fail to unlock when entering the correct admin password.

Speaking of System Preferences, head here and click on Software Update to grab version 11.2 for yourself. Those with affected MacBook or Mac mini M1 machines will doubtless want to do so quickly if they are suffering at the hands of that Bluetooth bug.

Unfortunately, there’s no mention of a solution for the other annoying bug we’ve seen reported by some users in recent times, namely thescreensaver randomly popping upon M1-powered Macs. So presumably that’s a fix for another day, even though from what we heard on the grapevine, the11.2 beta supposedly provided a cure.

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Darren is a freelancer writing news and features for TechRadar (and occasionally T3) across a broad range of computing topics including CPUs, GPUs, various other hardware, VPNs, antivirus and more. He has written about tech for the best part of three decades, and writes books in his spare time (his debut novel - ‘I Know What You Did Last Supper’ - was published by Hachette UK in 2013).

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