Except when it doesn’t. Like for example with macOS Ventura, where lots of people had huge problems with audio dropouts on USB interfaces.
The problem was never really acknowledged by Apple (as usual), but “magically” fixed in Sonoma (without any mention in release notes).
Leaving many users with the dilemma that they should upgrade to Sonoma asap to fix the USB problems, but on the other hand should wait with upgrading because maybe their DAWs or plugins are not compatible with Sonoma yet.
Yeah my piano doesn't work with macOS Ventura suddenly. Audio dies after 2 minutes. I'm only using it for monitoring so I just plug bloody headphones in it and be done with the computer.
The audio HDMI output from my MacBook M1 Pro since release always had choppy buffer loops. That is until one of the most recent software updates. Finally it 'just works'.
I agree that it's a problem. But also, you don't have to upgrade to the latest OS. Most people wait to see if there are any problems before they upgrade.
I think this applies to most things in life. Especially programming libraries at software companies. It's almost assumed that something will break when you upgrade any kind of system.
Except when it doesn’t. Like for example with macOS Ventura, where lots of people had huge problems with audio dropouts on USB interfaces.
The problem was never really acknowledged by Apple (as usual), but “magically” fixed in Sonoma (without any mention in release notes).
Leaving many users with the dilemma that they should upgrade to Sonoma asap to fix the USB problems, but on the other hand should wait with upgrading because maybe their DAWs or plugins are not compatible with Sonoma yet.