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Apple Releases macOS Catalina 10.15.1 Update With New Emoji and AirPods Pro Support
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Do you have a direct download link for the Catalina Update?
Also direct download links for for Security Updates for Mohave and High Sierra?
Yep. I’m with you. I really miss the old Mac as niche product days .. and community.
thanks -- but that did not work for me unfortunately. does anyone else have a known fix?
All I want from these updates (MacOS, iOS, WatchOS, etc...) are security and bug fixes. Everything else should be 2ndary but I have the feeling that this MacOS/iOS had to do more with the new AirPods, than bug fixes.
Same here. I left for work around 2pm today and it was only half way through with the update, so I decided to put it in sleep mode until I got back home (assuming the download/install would be complete).
Just got back a few mins ago and woke the screen to see that it was still in the reboot process and is now currently finishing the install with 10 mins remaining.
I’m not sure if it was in a suspended state until I woke it, or if it really has been crawling for over 4 hours. Slowest update I’ve had by far..
How hard is it to understand that some software updates require significant effort while some (like adding new emojis) require trivial effort?
What you don't understand is that literally every single program in the OS is dependent on text/string handling. And we've seen that bugs in Unicode software cause multiple real, exploitable security issues on iOS and macOS. Therefore, any time you touch that stuff, it requires great care and testing.
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And how is it hard to understand that Apple should prioritize making the os stable vs adding emojis and then making that a highlight of the update
I performed a fresh install of Catalina with DP 4 in late June on this 2019 rMBP and with this new release of 10.15.1 I am still missing directories at the root level of iCloud Drive that my rMBP running Mojave and my iOS devices running 13.2 release can access, namely iPrint&Scan, Pages, Playgrounds, Shortcuts, Preview, TextEdit and V1Driver. Numbers directory re-appeared in the last beta but with 1/2 the files I had before. Thank God I have backups. Feedback claims more than 10 have reported this problem. Really Apple? How do I escalate this problem? Software quality has gone down the drain. I have fed them feedback with every release but nothing happens. How many others have lost data? The latest incompetence comes with the bricked HomePods with 13.2
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So in other words, in this entire Unicode universe of emoji that is being created, each and every one of them represent a potential new attack vector? Well hells bells, that's another reason to be alarmed at the addition of more useless emojis.
Future headline: Apple to Fix Gender Neutral Emoji Character Bug Causing Devices to Crash in Minor iOS Update
Perfect.
2017 27” iMac and 2015 13” MacBook Pro
On my machines, I am still on Mojave and that 🤬 obnoxious “1 Update” still shows in Apple Menu and “Upgrade” in Software Update. Red dot on System Preferences icon in my Dock is still present as well.
I find this unsolicited prompting to upgrade annoying.
I do not mind Update notifications for existing software on my computer. However, a persistent reminder to “Upgrade” to an NEW version of an operating system that I do not want to install is irritating.
This is annoying to me as a pilot. In aviation, a blinking light or any other type of “Notification” signifies something is abnormal and needs your attention.
The Home app in 10.15.1 is a billion times better.
I have 9 cameras and now I can see them all at once like Mojava only they resize now too which is even better. Earlier versions of Catalina had this annoying side scroll with 4 cameras at most, terrible.
Nice job Apple!
I have 9 cameras and now I can see them all at once like Mojava only they resize now too which is even better. Earlier versions of Catalina had this annoying side scroll with 4 cameras at most, terrible.
Nice job Apple!
It just ****ed my macbook up
It says that I am missing space and I nees to restart. I do that then the apple logo loads and screen goes black im only able to boot it in recovery mode
Omfg I have a lot of work data on my macbook HELP IM LOSING MY ****
It says that I am missing space and I nees to restart. I do that then the apple logo loads and screen goes black im only able to boot it in recovery mode
Omfg I have a lot of work data on my macbook HELP IM LOSING MY ****
I love a sentence that begins with "macOS Catalina 10.15.1 is a fairly significant update, introducing new emoji characters that were added in iOS 13.2 earlier this week"
How far we have come...
How far we have come...
I am finding it a heck of a lot more stable than it was when I downloaded it on release day. For one thing, shared drives no longer need to be manually connected to (in my experience at least) and I'm not getting any more kernel panics either.
Time will tell. It all depends on your usage and workflow. I purely use my iMac for pleasure after driving taxis all day.
there is pre-alpha, alpha, beta, gold master... and Apple should invent the "Safe" release.
Honestly, with $60B at the bank, you have all the resources to make near perfect software. Maybe Apple should spin the Mac division to its own company and the fans/user base should buy it.
Honestly, with $60B at the bank, you have all the resources to make near perfect software. Maybe Apple should spin the Mac division to its own company and the fans/user base should buy it.
This would be excellent. Combine the Mac platform with the makers of the likes of Logic X, Filemaker etc, dump the toy makers into a separate bin. It makes a lot of business sense.
Or the one where you can't drag documents onto apps in the Dock...
Edit: Actually, it's been fixed! But they didn't bother to list it in the release notes
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Hmmm. Came to see if there were more hints about the 16” MBP or a fix for the email issues. Neither.
I kinda wish Apple would return to a tick-tick release schedule.
For all the whining about QC issues, 10.14 was probably the most solid release since 10.6. 10.13, 10.11, and 10.8 were pretty solid too. 10.12 was pretty good too. The 10.9-10.10 was probably the roughest for me—and even then, it’s not like my machines weren’t functional.
10.15 looks like it’s in that camp. I’ve put off the upgrade because I don’t have a setup for Sidecar and don’t have any pressing desire for Catalyst. Seems like the more user-facing changes go into a release the more issues there are.
The Mail issue is the main thing stopping me though. I don’t think I’ve ever been bit by an issue like that but reading up on the issue scares me.
(Why is upgrading and importing Mail always a pain? Both upgrades and profile migrations always go though the importing nonsense.)
I kinda wish Apple would return to a tick-tick release schedule.
For all the whining about QC issues, 10.14 was probably the most solid release since 10.6. 10.13, 10.11, and 10.8 were pretty solid too. 10.12 was pretty good too. The 10.9-10.10 was probably the roughest for me—and even then, it’s not like my machines weren’t functional.
10.15 looks like it’s in that camp. I’ve put off the upgrade because I don’t have a setup for Sidecar and don’t have any pressing desire for Catalyst. Seems like the more user-facing changes go into a release the more issues there are.
The Mail issue is the main thing stopping me though. I don’t think I’ve ever been bit by an issue like that but reading up on the issue scares me.
(Why is upgrading and importing Mail always a pain? Both upgrades and profile migrations always go though the importing nonsense.)
After updating my Mac Mini (2018) to 10.15.1, Bluetooth is unavailable. I've deleted ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth.plist and done an SMC reset. Bluetooth is still unavailable. Anyone else experiencing this? Any other suggestions on how to fix this error? (It worked perfectly prior to installing today's update)
1. “Safe” is running the previous version of the OS on the latest release. The only annoyance with Apple is new machines can’t downgrade and they’re weird about certain features.
Why do new AirPods require a new version of the OS? When I upgraded my Apple Watch to a Series 3 the unlock with watch feature didn’t work until I upgraded to 10.13. Kind of a drag and kind of odd. I wish they’d maintains the previous version better until the next point release. So keep 10.14 getting certain updates/fixes until 10.16 is released, then 10.15 becomes “safe.”
Either that or flag every third version as LTS.
2. Forget the idea that a huge pile of cash can produce “perfect” software. Google can’t. Apple can’t. Microsoft can’t. Governments can’t. Militaries can’t. Banks can’t. Universities can’t. It’s not even a matter of will. Maintaining software is an absolute hell made worse by the fact that virtually everything depends on millions of lines of code that are imported.
The hardest thing about software development is trying to figure out all the possible ways users will use and abuse what you’ve created and even the best QA department in the universe will only be able to cover a fraction.
This is a problem that’s likely to get worse long before it gets better.
That link states no such thing. Do you know the difference between a numerical code and computer code? If, for example, a new block of emojis between 0x3f29a0 and 0x3f29af were to represent variants of a programmer wearing different propellor hats, that’s merely a new collection of images that can be referenced, and their descriptions. The algorithms for handling descriptions, such as suggesting an emoji in a message, already exist.