![]() Those files are distributed differently than before-the OS volume shrinks from 15.41GB in Monterey to 8.81GB in Ventura, but the size of the Preboot volume increases by around 4.3GB. Advertisementīeginning with the numbers from the M1 Mac, you get around 2.4GB of extra free space with Ventura compared to a fresh install of macOS 12.6. (We've used both a 2020 Intel MacBook Air and an M1 Mac mini for this comparison). The first version of Monterey actually saved Mac users a smidge of disk space compared to Big Sur, but let's take a look at how much space a modern-day Monterey install takes up and how much space Ventura needs in turn. ![]() Saving free space, especially on Intel Macs But as with Monterey, there are no new high-res photos of Ventura or its surrounding environs, a tradition that appears to have ended with Big Sur. The default wallpaper dynamically shifts color throughout the day, and a few additional color-swirl-y wallpapers have been added, plus there's an orange-tinged screensaver included among the returning favorites. The desktop wallpaper continues the post-Big Sur tradition of using colorful abstractions rather than high-res photos for branding, though in this case, the orange-and-blue curves are concrete enough to evoke a California poppy. The Ventura County Star did a cute piece in June about how jazzed locals are to see their city's name up in lights with its redesigned System Settings app, Stage Manager window management, and gaggle of imported iOS apps, maybe the Ventura branding is just playing up that this version of macOS is meant to be friendly to Mac newcomers or tourists visiting from iOS. Or maybe SVP of Software Engineering Craig Federighi just throws a dart at a randomized list of California location names on June 1 every year. ![]() I'm not sure whether we're still meant to infer any kind of deeper meaning from the way Apple names its OS releases-maybe we are, and as a non-California resident, I simply lack the context to understand each codename's subtle intricacies.
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