Like everyone else that has installed Ventura, the first, and most immediately noticeable item is: System Preferences have been replaced with
System Settings, lifted almost directly from iOS/iPadOS. In fact, the Preferences menu in all Apple apps has become the
Settings menu. Like it or hate it, my immediate reaction is, "at least it consistent across Apple OS variants", which IMHO is as good thing. One thing that has not changed is the download and install time estimates are still wildly inaccurate until the final ten minutes which are dead accurate. The initial estimate started out at 2 1/2 hours and a bit over half an hour I was up and running in Ventura. So far...
- Sounds Source is broken, but a Ventura fix is promised by fall
- Carbon Copy Cloner 5 won't run, but there is a version 6 beta available
- ScanSnap Home that was broken in Monterey 12.5 beta 5 works in Ventura
- DEVONThink 3 plugin for Mail is broken
- there has been an update to Safari Technology Preview
- ???
...and this is only fifteen minutes after booting. All-in-all not bad at all for a first public beta.
Now it is time for iOS 16 and iPadOS 16.
