It actually is fixed now, it's the first thing I checked after the update
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Apple Releases macOS Catalina 10.15.5 With Battery Health Management Features, Fix for Finder Freezing
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It actually is fixed now, it's the first thing I checked after the update
Is there any Mac OS update that isn’t free? Seems like a pointless point.
That's the point of this update; Macs that are plugged in all the time won't be mercilessly topped off to 100% continuously.
That said, limiting this feature to only 2016 and newer Macbooks is rather irritating.
Hope it fixes the multiple issues introduced by the previous release:
1. Crash after awaking from standby
2. Touchpad and keyboard unresponsive after awaking (sometimes even the external Bluetooth keyboard/mouse assistant showing up, like no keyboard/mouse was detected)
3. iPhone keeps “ejecting” when trying to WiFi-sync
1. Crash after awaking from standby
2. Touchpad and keyboard unresponsive after awaking (sometimes even the external Bluetooth keyboard/mouse assistant showing up, like no keyboard/mouse was detected)
3. iPhone keeps “ejecting” when trying to WiFi-sync
Only starting with OS X 10.9 in October 2013 were major updates free, before that they were $19.99, $29.99 or more.
That reminds me of what we had to do at work, back in the Snow Leopard days.
The Snow Leopard update was not free, and due to some quirk or issue they were not able to sell us a bulk license, so we had to go ahead and order a few dozen retail copies to upgrade our department Macs. The big stack of 30-something boxed Snow Leopard install discs arrived soon after.
Since we only had to buy the copies for software licensing reasons and could upgrade everything using OS imaging, only one of those discs ended up being unwrapped. We still have the stack of Snowmeow discs, all shrinkwrapped, in a cabinet somewhere. What a waste.
I'm so glad Apple finally made the upgrades free. They already make plenty on the hardware and services!
OS X 10.2 (Tiger) in 2005 cost $129.95.
EDIT: I meant:OS X 10.4 (Tiger) in 2005 cost $129.95.
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Those were UPGRADES, not UPDATES. There is a difference. Updates have always been free... because they're mostly bug fixes, with only the occasional feature addition.
I know for a fact this is a clear case of planned obsolescence by Apple.
How do I know this?
Because I have written some software to do precisely what Apple is doing here, as a "weekend" project (OK, took a little more than a weekend, but not that much more). If I may say so myself, it's a much better implementation than Apple's, because I control when I want the computer to charge or not. And it has been successfully tested on computers that are older than 2016, including my wife's 2014 MacBook Air, which I monitor closely. So technically nothing prevents Apple from implementing this on older computers.
Before anyone asks: I could easily post this code on GitHub, or sell it, or whatever. But I can't do that because knowing Apple, they'll find a way to restrict access to this API (who knows, maybe they already did on 10.5.5? Though I can't say if the API they're using is the same I'm using.)
I just wanted to point out that Apple is doing this on purpose to get people to upgrade. I know theories of planned obsolescence abound, but rarely can you confirm them like I just did (as a matter of fact, anyone reading this can't really confirm what I'm saying as I'm not showing the code or the app; but I don't care, because I know it's true).
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.
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.
Waiting for the 10.15.5 combo update to be released.
why is there no battery management option for ipad now when even MacOS has it?
The quality of macOS is down hill since the Yosemite release.
Damnit, just ran the update and my iMac 17,1 is still stuck on firmware 170.0.0.0. A lot of people have this problem; I wonder if Apple is ever going to address it?
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At this point I'm thinking since it's an older model iMac and the firmware update failure doesn't seem to break anything, they're just going to leave it alone.
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iPads got an update to do this a while back. If your iPad is plugged in full time it won't stay at 100% forever.
Firmware update failure in iMac Retina 5K 27-inch Late 2015 with Catalina
Catalina upgrade may fail to update EFI firmware correctly in some Mac models, notable iMac17,1. Check your firmware!
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At this point I'm thinking since it's an older model iMac and the firmware update failure doesn't seem to break anything, they're just going to leave it alone.
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iPads got an update to do this a while back. If your iPad is plugged in full time it won't stay at 100% forever.
I hope this fixes the sleep kernel panic issue that my 16'' MBP has been doing almost daily.
Nowhere. Apple does not distribute their OS that way. You can wait until 10.15.5 shows up on the MAS and grab the installer.
I'd like to give this a shot but I never updated past 10.15.3 because of crashing issues I kept reading about.
Has the 10.15.5 solved any of those problems for anybody yet?
Should I stay on 10.15.3 a little longer on my 16" or do you think it's time to update?
** Just checked my system preferences... I don't see 10.15.5, it's still telling me 10.15.4 is available, weird...
Has the 10.15.5 solved any of those problems for anybody yet?
Should I stay on 10.15.3 a little longer on my 16" or do you think it's time to update?
** Just checked my system preferences... I don't see 10.15.5, it's still telling me 10.15.4 is available, weird...
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"- Fixes an issue where System Preferences would continue to show a notification badge even after installing an update"
lol
lol
Mojave was solid.
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They do that all the time sadly, claim stuff is fixed when it isn't.
Guess the battery management features doesn’t apply to older MBP. My early 2015 doesn’t have it after the update.
I disabled it on my 16" MBP. I prefer to always have the full battery capacity and if the battery goes bad, I can always replace it.