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Apple Releases macOS Catalina 10.15.4 With Screen Time Communication Limits and Real-Time Apple Music Lyrics

iwans said:
I have had this yesterday too, on my MacBook Pro 15,4 (2018) with Mojave 10.14.6, after I installed new Mojave Security Update. I restarted with resetting Parametric RAM (command+option+P+R) and ThunderBolt 3 port is back alive. I don't know what helped, maybe a simple restart is enough.
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I ended up resetting the SMC, which fixed it. I guess this is an issue with the update - saw another thread about Mac mini users losing their ThunderBolt closest to their HDMI ports.

While futzing with this I came across another quirk: Anyone else notice their keyboard backlight stays illuminated after powering off? Is that new? Or have I just never noticed (to be fair, I never restart unless needed - last time was probably 20+ days ago)?
 
Upgraded my iMac (27-inch, Late 2013) without issues. My external display also works fine. I figured I'd mention that since some were having issues with external displays.
 
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Zackinthebox said:
Nope. Unable to open network drives after about 5 minutes connected, although Finder hasn't frozen for me yet after the network drive disconnects like it used to.
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Thank you!
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Damian83 said:
ok seems we have to wait 16.x macos for fix bugs...
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Yes, Catalina seems the first major OS version I will skip completely, because of the SMB problems. And I am not sure about Mail.
 
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honestone33 said:
From what I read, OS 10.15.4 STILL does not fix issues with Apple's Mail program (I am unaffected by that, as I use Thunderbird as my EMail client).
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dunno which is this bug as im using mail but it doesnt have any issues. instead these are "my" bugs:

apps re-open after a restart even if i have unchecked the box "re-open apps at next start". sometimes i close all apps manually before powering off but they still re-open!

brightness goes all the way up when i turn on AV receiver, even if it's on a different input than imac

tv and itunes apps dont save last position on desktop. every time i restart these apps, they're in a different place than the last one

calculator in notificiation center automatically resets every time i close the center. considering from how much time this "bug" is present (a lot before catalina) i think apple will say: "its a feature not a bug"

and many other minor bugs that are still here and i think will remain forever as no one of them was fixed from catalina's day one
 
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Damian83 said:
apps re-open after a restart even if i have unchecked the box "re-open apps at next start". sometimes i close all apps manually before powering off but they still re-open!
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A similar issue for me, but only on my late 2018 Mac Mini (also happened when I still had my late 2012 Mac Mini). "Once in a while", after COMPLETELY shutting down the Mini (properly quitting any "open" applications I was using (98% of the time it's the Brave browser)), and with NOTHING except a small "utility" called Memory Clean designated to launch at start up, on start up, sometimes Brave would also launch, sometimes Thunderbird would launch, but most of the time things would be normal, ie, only Memory Clean would launch, and I'd be at the Finder (as expected).

This does not happen, nor has ever happened, with my 2017 i5 1.8 Ghz MacBook Air. Really, really weird! Not even sure if a clean, fresh installation of OS 10.15.4 will get rid of that anomaly on the Mini. And just like on the Mini, only Memory Clean is designated to launch at start up.
 
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mountainman said:
Well, something in this update broke Paperless (3.0.71). It will no longer open libraries. Happened on both of my systems. Also found it forced HDR on my 2nd monitor (attached to iMac via USB C). Really hosed up the color profile. At least you can turn that off.
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Yep, Paperless is defiantly broken now.

Did you contact Mariner Software? I don't even know if they know it's broken as I can't see anything online about it.

Edit: Mariner Software has just released an update which fixes the bug
 
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finder appears to be popping up at random times .... I'll be in mail writing an email ... then focus is lost to finder ... happening enough to be annoying but not a deal breaker (yet)
 
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I posted about problems with my Mac Mini update. If your monitor is connected via USB-C try using a different port. If your monitor is connected via HDMI, get a HDMI to USB-C adapter and connect via USB-C. There is a well known bug that the Mac Mini goes to black screen upon restarting when the Mac Mini is connected via HDMI.

Once you change the port, restart into Recovery Mode by holding down option-command-R and reinstall Mac OS from there.

redbeard331 said:
This update bricked my Mac Mini. Of all times for this to happen..
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dosdude1 did answer, and explicitly stated not to install the OS 10.15.4 Combo Updater, as it will cause issues. Funny, seen posts from some folks who have had (at least as of now) no issues with upgrading using the Combo Updater. But I am going to wait until more definitive information comes out.
 
honestone33 said:
Did you make a backup before applying the update?

Also, what model is your Mac Mini? Mine is a late 2018 model, but have not "updated" yet? With all these problematic reports, and specifically with Mac Minis, definitely leaning towards a clean, fresh installation of OS 10.15.4.
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Unfortunately not, it’s a old, late 2012 model, my only time machine backup is an old one from last year.
 
cylack said:
I had no problem with the Combo Updater with my iMac Pro, but it did cause problems with my Mac Mini.
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Hmm, definitely a dilemma! What year/model is your Mac Mini? Mine is a late 2018 model, core i5 processor, 256 gig SSD, and 8 gig of RAM. I just got it back in early February, after selling my trusty, reliable late 2012 model (core i7 processor, 256 gig SSD, 8 gig of Ram).

As it is, I will first make a SuperDuper! backup (actually 2 of them) for both of my Macs to 2 separate external SSDs tomorrow (after first using Onyx and Tech Tool Pro for disk cleanup, maintenance, and repairs). If I were to apply the Combo Updater, and things got hosed, I would (should) be able to restart the machine from that SuperDuper! backup, use Disk Utility there to Erase and Format the internal SSD as APFS, and then either do a SuperDuper! recovery, or a clean, fresh, "virgin" installation of OS 10.15.3, and then a migration of everything else from that just completed backup.
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redbeard331 said:
Unfortunately not, it’s a old, late 2012 model, my only time machine backup is an old one from last year.
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Actually, my late 2012 Mac Mini was working flawlessly before I sold it and got the late 2018 model in early February. I did that for 2 reasons: First, the late 2012 model will, most likely, not support the next version of the Mac OS. Secondly, some financial circumstances, being very positive, came about, and thus it was time to get the late 2018 model.
 
Big improvements to iOS synching in the finder. There is now a progress bar at the bottom and used/free space bar is accurate. I’m glad they finally fixed this very broken part of Catalina.
 
redbeard331 said:
Unfortunately not, it’s a old, late 2012 model, my only time machine backup is an old one from last year.
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I'm using the mid-2012 Mac mini (16gb ram, mod-2Tb SSD internal) w/Apple Display monitor attached ... mine updated w/o issues but I also clean installed Catalina starting with the initial 10.15 release.
 
Damian83 said:
dunno which is this bug as im using mail but it doesnt have any issues. instead these are "my" bugs:

apps re-open after a restart even if i have unchecked the box "re-open apps at next start". sometimes i close all apps manually before powering off but they still re-open!
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This sounds like something could be corrupted on your user account. Have you tried booting into safe mode or a new user account to see if the issue still happens? The last thing I would try is a PRAM reset.

I just clean installed 10.15.4 with migration of user data and the system runs great, no issues so far. I am really enjoying some of the changes in Catalina. Really like the new stacking of like documents on my desktop. Helps with reducing clutter.

I now wait until the 10.x.4 release before upgrading the OS on my Mac computers. And I always do clean installs of major OS releases and combo updates otherwise. May not be necessary but I like to keep my systems as clean as possible.
 
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Taz Mangus said:
I just clean installed 10.15.4 with migration of user data and the system runs great, no issues so far. I am really enjoying some of the changes in Catalina. Really like the new stacking of like documents on my desktop. Helps with reducing clutter.
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How did you get the full installer file for OS 10.15.4? Please provide clean instructions. Every time I go to the APP store, it says that the requested version is not available, but it would let be apply the OS 10.15.4 Updater.
 
honestone33 said:
How did you get the full installer file for OS 10.15.4? Please provide clean instructions. Every time I go to the APP store, it says that the requested version is not available, but it would let be apply the OS 10.15.4 Updater.
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I initially had a issue downloading the 10.15.4 version from the App Store. It would fail to verify when I ran it. I had to try several times but I was successful. I backup the user accounts before I do a clean install. I have the user accounts on a separate partition. I create a bootable installer and erase the OS partition and the user account partition and then install the OS followed by creating each user account and then migrate the user data.
 
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