I would like to know as well. I'm a similar the same issue. I have a SC2 I unboxed yesterday. Let me explain and excuse me, I'm very new to this. Heres what I am using. Mac Book Pro 2021 M1 chip, SCAL 5 and SC2. I am using the USB connection. Here is how I setup the SC2 for print and cut.
1) Calibraion

Buy me some sparkle!I don't sell software, I USE it!So this is what the latest version is like, as of July 2018. If you previously purchased Sure Cuts A Lot 2, you can use Sure Cuts A Lot 5 to make your designs and then send it to Sure Cuts A Lot 2 for cutting with your Cricut Personal/Expression/Create/Cake machine. Sure Cuts a Lot cannot directly cut with the Cricut Explore/Maker or Brother ScanNCut. Buy me some sparkle!I don't sell software, I USE it!So this is what the latest version is like, as of July 2018. Berkeley Electronic Press Selected Works.

Here are the screen shots of the settings.

Make The Cut

Sure Cuts A Lot Pro 5

After I click next the head moves to position to be aligned. There is nothing on SC2 display. NOTE: the very first time I did this the display did change on the SC2. The SC2 longer show any change to the screen.
So at this point I should able to move the SC2 head around using the softer as it says in the directions. It does nothing. I have reinstall the SCAL 5, rebooted the computer and SC2 cutter and reinstalled the software. At this point I am stuck. As for regular function if I was to just cut/pet the image, it works fine. I have also tried to find the individual driver to reinstall. I could not find it. So I reinstalled the software. The last Picture is just the regular cut.
Another NOTE:
If I were to hit the button with the cross hairs and select Y for 'mark by computer' then select 'Looking for mark' 1,2,3,4 then enter. with will say 'cut' it will do nothing, but make a humming sound. Some time it I select the cross hairs and select 'mark with computer' it say cutting and start humming.
Hope this makes sense.