I have a 2019 16" MBP and too feel this pain... I'm typing this from my 2014 15" MBP running Mojave... I used to use this for everything and now use it for most things and my shiny new 16" for tasks which this one can't handle as well. I wish I could merge the two. I've looked into everything and managed to install a back up of Mojave on a virtual machine. I've used Fusion and Parallels... the later works better in my opinion. Just mentioning it in case you fancy running Mojave that way. It works for me with some apps but not others.
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Apple Releases macOS Big Sur 11.2.2 to Prevent MacBooks From Being Damaged by Third-Party Non-Compliant Docks
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I literally just had to send in my late 2019 MBP 16in because it was 100% bricked/wouldn't turn on out of the blue. I was on Catalina, used a USB-c hub, awaiting repair. Well s***.
Stop buying products that don’t support USB Type C connectors or TB-3 And you won’t have a problem. That and you can get rid of a lot of you power bricks as well ,
Fair point but for the uninitiated lurking thru the forums to learn ans soak up knowledge, we should be as correct as we can for their benefit.
What a coincidence. I just ordered an Anker hub for my M1 Air yesterday to be delivered tomorrow and I was getting worried about this issue. Hopefully, this will prevent any of that now.
My 2020 i5 Air worked great with my Dell WD19 dock but my M1 didn't at all. Maybe this will fix that.
What, this ridiculous workaround that doesn't even work in all versions of Win10? https://superuser.com/questions/957267/how-to-disable-automatic-reboots-in-windows-10
Also, given that Windows is the kind of thing you don't use by choice, rather in a managed environment or on random shared PCs, the defaults matter.
It's a few clicks away in both Windows 10 Home and Pro and is the default setting. Keep reaching with half a decade old Google search results.
Windows 10 Home
A HyperMac dock fried my Air (2018) sometime last year. The Air just died and they had to replace the logical board or something. AppleCare FTW but also WTF.
I also wonder how can an OS update fix a problem that has likely more to do with wiring than with software.
I also wonder how can an OS update fix a problem that has likely more to do with wiring than with software.
not really. USB-C/TB4 does not read SD cards. All HDMI cables are same on both ends, you have to get out of your way to find HDMI<-->USBC cable (unless future tvs have USB-C input for tv signal). Ethernet ports don't work via USB-C, still need dongle. AUX too.
Haven't discovered anything else yet but I imagine we'll see the white paper soon. Took about 25 minutes to update on my 2017 MBP.
Yeah, turns out they added that 2 years ago. Took them long enough. Sorry, haven't used that trash in like 3y.
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I was downloading the 11.2.2 update right before my Microsoft Teams meeting, and you get the prompt saying it's going to restart and can just dismiss it. I've always like preloading an update until i'm ready to restart. Windows does that too with update+shut down or update+restart.
Regardless I'd pick Big Sur over Catalina any day. The update model here where it does half it while you are doing things far surpasses the old OSX releases.
Yosemite might have been the most annoying release ever during the OSX series because they went to a new method for the WiFi stack and kept trying to fix it with updates and then ultimately pulled it for the old method.
Regardless I'd pick Big Sur over Catalina any day. The update model here where it does half it while you are doing things far surpasses the old OSX releases.
Yosemite might have been the most annoying release ever during the OSX series because they went to a new method for the WiFi stack and kept trying to fix it with updates and then ultimately pulled it for the old method.
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After this update, the wallpaper I set remains on the log-in screen even after rebooting.
Same on my 2018 MacBook Pro the wallpaper remains on the login screen .... Hmmmmm
Really miss the days of tiny delta updates on Snow Leopard and prior. OS updates almost never required a restart unless a firmware update was bundled. The update itself barely took minutes to finish.
I swear this happened to me too! Just got mine back after almost 2 weeks at service. I put a tread out there but had no idea until reading this that I bet this was root cause. I run 3 external monitors.
You can also just press Command+R in the Software Update preference pane to trigger a refresh.
This is a great thing, I've had my M1 Pro crash twice because I plugged it into an USB-C SSD through a hub. Once leading to the disk being no longer writable.