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Apple Releases macOS Catalina 10.15.5 With Battery Health Management Features, Fix for Finder Freezing

There is a noticeable delay when typing on an external keyboard after upgrading. Anyone experiencing the same?

edit: removed the keyboard from bluetooth and repaired it. seems to work fine now
 
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sau93 said:
Currently running MBP mid-2010 with High Sierra. Planning to upgrade to MBP 16 (base model).

Is it real disaster? As I understand, it's better to wait for stability with new Catalina before any purchases?
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Well, I am enjoying my 16" MBP and Catalina is actually very stable. Of course there are bugs here and there, but this is the case with all operating systems. Yesterday I was using my Surface Pro running the latest Windows 10 version, and suddenly the system began behaving erratically. Everything slowed down and no matter what processes I killed with the Task Manager, only a reboot helped. I was in the middle of a conference call and it was really bad..
Such a thing never happened to me when using macOS. Never.
 
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sau93 said:
Currently running MBP mid-2010 with High Sierra. Planning to upgrade to MBP 16 (base model).

Is it real disaster? As I understand, it's better to wait for stability with new Catalina before any purchases?
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Nah- should be fine... some depends on how you've updated in the past- in-place operating system upgrades, or application/data import from prior releases.

Best case is to start with a clean operating system install (from Internet recovery) if you don't care about Garage Band and other extraneous apps. If you don't mind those extras, boot up what came on it and proceed...

Next best thing to do is install your applications individually and then copy user data from a backup of your old system.

If you don't want to go through that hassle, run Migration Assistant and import your applications and user data from your old system (in target mode or from backup).

I've upgraded in place from Mojave (on a 12" that got Catalina ~2 weeks after it was released) and then migrated that data to a 2020 MBA, installed from scratch (on both 2020 MBA and MPB) and restored data from another Catalina backup (from an MBA to an MBP). All of those worked flawlessly and there have been no stability or excessive heat issues.
 
Ok to run AlDente with the new battery management together? Or it's better to choose one over the other?
 
tribeaumes said:
I hope this fixes the sleep kernel panic issue that my 16'' MBP has been doing almost daily.
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It fixed the issue on my 16" with the 2nd beta of 10.15.5
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Jon M said:
It's an app called "Aldente" and it's pretty well known already.
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You got a link to that bud? I did a search on "Aldente macos" and the search returned nothing other than pertaining to pasta!
 
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Got the notification to update my MacBook 13" Early 2015 and let it go ahead. Ended up with a bricked MacBook with a black screen and the white Apple logo and the progress bar frozen at what I guess in near complete (see photo). Left it half an hour - nothing, so switched off and on again. Came up with same logo and progress bar. Tried again, restarting into Restore mode and opted for reinstall Catalina - ended up with the same frozen screen.

Only thing I can think of is that I had to have the battery replaced earlier this year when it totally failed, using a local Mac repair shop as the wait at the Amsterdam genius bar was too long. So I am wondering if a "non-Apple" battery is blocking the new battery-saving feature in the update?

And can I now restore to a Time back-up?

This annoys me as even though they say the battery feature is only for 2016 MacBooks my machine was still telling me to update.
 

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falconman515 said:
It needs to fix the issue with Mail popping up all the time!

Seems like Sooo often I close a window and the damn Mail window is open right behind it when I never actually brought it up! so annoying.
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Yep, this drives me nuts, too, especially when I'm watching a YouTube video, for example, full screen - and then bam, it splits in two as Mail takes over. I did notice it's something to do with some kind of authentication failure as it's like Mail is popping up to show you an error, but then the error goes away. This happens with my Gmail account and it's driving me insane, as it has done for ages now.
 
ionutc said:
Oh it's exactly like a car if you just get something you like. If the app you need only runs on windows you can still get a mac, it's just preference. Spend the time, switch to another OS if you need to what's the problem? What numbers? he is right about people complaining about not getting the latest features on old hardware - there are people here complaining about how new macs don't have enough power then saying ”my 2012 15” is still getting the job done”. And it's not software that you bought either, as a lot of apps that don't have a subscription model need upgrade in 2-3 yrs if you want the latest OS.
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Go into the Apple store and ask to borrow a phone for a day telling them you MIGHT buy it when you return.
I remember having a test drive in a £42K car for a weekend.
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Detnator said:
Indeed, you’re right. It’s not free. It’s included in the price of the hardware. But how easily people forget that when they complain about the price of the hardware.

Nothing is free. Everything of any financial value is paid for - by the customer/end user - one way or another. Even “free” open source software has a price. It all depends on the business model. My comment that macOS upgrades are “free” is in a particular context.

The point is: the fact that someone can buy a Mac and then upgrade the OS for years without paying any more money for that counts for something. You can’t do that in the Windows world.
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Sounds like you're in agreement.
 
Geordiekeith said:
Got the notification to update my MacBook 13" Early 2015 and let it go ahead. Ended up with a bricked MacBook with a black screen and the white Apple logo and the progress bar frozen at what I guess in near complete (see photo). Left it half an hour - nothing, so switched off and on again. Came up with same logo and progress bar. Tried again, restarting into Restore mode and opted for reinstall Catalina - ended up with the same frozen screen.

Only thing I can think of is that I had to have the battery replaced earlier this year when it totally failed, using a local Mac repair shop as the wait at the Amsterdam genius bar was too long. So I am wondering if a "non-Apple" battery is blocking the new battery-saving feature in the update?

And can I now restore to a Time back-up?

This annoys me as even though they say the battery feature is only for 2016 MacBooks my machine was still telling me to update.
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This update is not only for the battery management feature - it's 10.15.5, the sixth version of Catalina. You just won't get the battery management feature with your 2015 MacBook.
 
Nütztjanix said:
This update is not only for the battery management feature - it's 10.15.5, the sixth version of Catalina. You just won't get the battery management feature with your 2015 MacBook.
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Not worried about the battery feature, I do not have my MacBook as it will not restart with 10.15.5 except is Restore mode!
 
edubfromktown said:
I suggest you perform a system management controller (SMC) reset and see if that resolves your issue.

Reset the SMC of your Mac - Apple Support

The SMC manages power and hardware behavior on your Mac. This troubleshooting article explains when you should reset it, what issues it can fix, and how to perform an SMC reset depending on your Mac model (Apple Silicon, Intel with T2 chip, or older Macs)
support.apple.com support.apple.com
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It did. Feels as fast as before now and stopped crashing.
 
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Steve121178 said:
That may take a while as Apple's focus is on iOS, which begs the question - Why was iOS 13 a stinking turd from day one?
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My guess is far too many features were scheduled for last year's releases (iOS 13, iPadOS 13, macOS 10.15, etc.). The rigid schedule (all need a beta in June, all except macOS need a final in September to ship on the new iPhones, and macOS needs a final not long after to stay in sync with stuff like Reminders) then screwed up the quality.

As a result, they had to resort to workarounds like shipping the new iPhones with iOS 13 with 13.1 already pre-announced, and skipping 13.0 altogether for iPads.

Short of changing the entire schedule, the best bet is to reduce the feature set.
 
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I updated my OS to 10.15.5 with software Update, then I thought doing the combo, doesn't work, used to work although it's been ages that I did use a combo.
Is it preventing me to update because I am already on 10.15.5?
 
kiwi45 said:
Ok to run AlDente with the new battery management together? Or it's better to choose one over the other?
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I would just go with AlDente and disable the battery management feature Apple provides. I don't think it would be wise to run both at the same time.
 
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