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Apple Releases macOS Big Sur 11.5.2 With Bug Fixes

Hopefully this fixes the audio glitches I have been experiencing when typing in applications and listening to audio in Music and Spotify.

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Glitchy audio in apps Music and Spotify when typing

I started noticing this yesterday, when typing in any web browser (Safari, Chrome or Firefox), audio playing in the background (Music or Spotify) glitches out. Anybody else noticing this? its not as severe in Safari, but its really bad in Chrome and Firefox). I noticed its becoming more apparent...
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My Intel MBP is no longer connecting to my Sonnet eGPU anymore after this update.....

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(It's an Apple thunderbolt cable).


Edit: Works in left USB C ports but not the right USB C ports anymore. (Always used eGPU with right USB C ports due to desk orientation).

Weird. Oh well.
 
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Still not showing on my MacBook Air M1… strange…

Any one else ?

Thanks
 
I just installed it on a Mac mini with two Thunderbolt Display connected to it. They broke thunderbolt, after trying a lot of times, I could boot it up, but the thunderbolt displays only shows video, anything connected to them doesn't work... (FaceTime camera, usb, etc.) Ethernet seems to work.

I had problems with 11.5.1 and was hoping they fix it with this update, but this is much worse!
 
Updates are so slow on MBA M1 that it's a long downtime every time.
 
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papachasama said:
I just installed it on a Mac mini with two Thunderbolt Display connected to it. They broke thunderbolt, after trying a lot of times, I could boot it up, but the thunderbolt displays only shows video, anything connected to them doesn't work... (FaceTime camera, usb, etc.) Ethernet seems to work.

I had problems with 11.5.1 and was hoping they fix it with this update, but this is much worse!
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Thanks for the ‘heads up’. Won’t upgrade anyway, since things work reasonably well for the moment (lots of new bugs since 11.3, but known bugs can be worked around). When bugs start affect my backups, I get a bit wary ;-)
 
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I just installed it on a Mac mini with two Thunderbolt Display connected to it. They broke thunderbolt, after trying a lot of times, I could boot it up, but the thunderbolt displays only shows video, anything connected to them doesn't work... (FaceTime camera, usb, etc.) Ethernet seems to work.

I had problems with 11.5.1 and was hoping they fix it with this update, but this is much worse!
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Yep, they broke something with thunderbolt. I cannot get my eGPU to work on the right side USB C ports - won't even power the laptop.

Works on the left side tho.
 
BigMcGuire said:
Yep, they broke something with thunderbolt. I cannot get my eGPU to work on the right side USB C ports - won't even power the laptop.

Works on the left side tho.
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Already tried changing the thunderbolt connectors, it doesn't seems to work for me.

More info about the Mac mini I'm using:
Mac mini (Late 2014), 2.6GHz Intel Core i5 (two cores), 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3, Intel Iris 1536 MB.

I was having problems booting up this Mac mini with Big Sur 11.5.1 and two thunderbolts display (daisy chained), but after this update just the video and ethernet seems to work... not even keyboard is recognized if connected to the Thunderbolt Display usb, not FaceTime cameras...

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Jerry Fritschle said:
The Sealed System Volume, introduced in Big Sur, is a factor in the size. While the SSV has substantial merit, it also restricts how small a "delta" update can be. This could be a minor patch, but one is still faced with this size of a minimum download.
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It's not the SSV that generates the large updates, it's the monolithic pre-baked dyld cache. You now need to install that every time the system is updated instead of generating it on the fly.
 
SRQrws said:
Hope they fix the M1 iMac issue with connecting to Homepods via Airplay after waking from sleep.
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Nope. Didn't fix the problem. Very disappointing to not be able to listen to >$1,500 worth of Homepods without rebooting the iMac every time it wakes from sleep.
 
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Hope they fix the M1 iMac issue with connecting to Homepods via Airplay after waking from sleep.
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No kidding! Drives me crazy! Also looses synchronization with lips and speech of YouTubers...not sure if it includes movies. I can't try my HomePod minis right now...family member sleeping.
 
RumorConsumer said:
Ive had some odd lag since 11.5.1 on a very fast intel mac. I wonder if this will resolve it. Like little lag hiccups every few minutes that began with that update.
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Interesting that you mention that. Expect things like that to get worse and worse... eventually your Intel Mac will be rendered virtually useless towards the remaining updates for it. Then you will HAVE to get an M1 Mac. I've suspected this was the case for a loooooong while. And, same thing for the M1 Macs (and all Apple devices). That's how they make their money. They eventually render what you have as unusable, if you refuse to stay onboard their profit boat... they push you overboard, then haul you back in when you buy their latest technology.

Just because I'm happy to own an M1 Mac, doesn't mean I'm not aware of their practices. It's better you know the devil's tactics when you choose to play with the devil. Apple... Microsoft... same devil... different suit and tie. :)
 
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Nope. Didn't fix the problem. Very disappointing to not be able to listen to >$1,500 worth of Homepods without rebooting the iMac every time it wakes from sleep.
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Even more disappointing is the problem exists in the Monterrey public beta -- at least it did in the first version I downloaded. If this isn't fixed in the final release, my Homepods are going to become duckpin bowling balls very quickly.
 
Apple_Robert said:
Am I mistaken or didn't Apple start requiring developers to be specific about what changes are in a released update? If so, that should apply to Apple as well, in my opinion.
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interesting, hadn't heard of thattbh, and all the iOS updates I received today (7) had no specifics ...
But, what better way than to lead by example?
 
jz0309 said:
Unspecified bug fixes - I don’t like the tone of that. Please just be honest on what has been fixed Apple!
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With something the size of macOS, it's either going to be one or two bugs or several hundred. Apple isn't going to want to release a huge fix list like that.
 
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