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

WARNING!!!!

Downloaded this on my 2019 15 inch. Update went to reboot and now computer is black, nothing on the screen.

It was plugged into the LG Ultrafine 24inch 4k (the one Apple sells directly). After about 20 mins, I unplugged it and plugged it into the Apple power brick. No “charging” sound. I carried it into a closet and closed the door for as much silence as possible at home and put it to my ear. I don’t hear the fans going. Pressing the power button does nothing!

I have a local time machine backup, so i’m not worried about any data loss but it won’t turn on!

Edit: This was resolved by following this procedure https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/apple-configurator-2/apdebea5be51/mac suggested by another MR user and NOT by Apple Support when i called them.
 
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zorinlynx said:
Anyone else pissed off that the MacBooks that can most use this battery management right now, older ones, don't have the feature?

I know Apple wants us to upgrade our hardware but at least don't be so blatant about it.
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They very well could be using a certain battery management controller that only goes back to year model x.

That said, if your battery is already 4+ years old this feature ain’t gonna do much good for its intended purpose (laptop plugged in all the time), the damage is already done.
 
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sakagura said:
Remember when you could take out the battery? Or replace it with a new one? OMG the blasphemy. Can't let customers do things like that. They might start demanding things like RAM and storage upgradability.
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Yeah, I remember. My 13" MacBook 2007 was an inch thick and weighed 5.2 lbs, absolutely porcine by today's standards.

I might be in the minority but I actually like my 2.75 lb. MacBook Air. I'm okay giving up the non-user replaceable battery. To have user replaceable parts requires ports, sockets, components designed as a discrete unit.

A replaceable battery has limited shapes and requires a plastic case. The battery compartment itself requires additional space.
 
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pshifrin said:
WARNING!!!!

Downloaded this on my 2019 15 inch. Update went to reboot and now computer is black, nothing on the screen.

It was plugged into the LG Ultrafine 24inch 4k (the one Apple sells directly). After about 20 mins, I unplugged it and plugged it into the Apple power brick. No “charging” sound. I carried it into a closet and closed the door for as much silence as possible at home and put it to my ear. I don’t hear the fans going. Pressing the power button does nothing!

I have a local time machine backup, so i’m not worried about any data loss but it won’t turn on!
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Try a PRAM reset and an SMC reset.

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

Reset NVRAM on your Mac - Apple Support

If one or more settings stored in NVRAM don't work as expected on an Intel-based Mac, resetting NVRAM might help.
support.apple.com support.apple.com
 
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Kylo83 said:
Still doesn’t fix the audio popping in 16” MacBook :( they said months ago they was working on a fix
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There are thermal expansion pops that come from the hinge as the computer changes temperature. No s/w fix for that.
 
NT1440 said:
Try a PRAM reset and an SMC reset.

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

Reset NVRAM on your Mac - Apple Support

If one or more settings stored in NVRAM don't work as expected on an Intel-based Mac, resetting NVRAM might help.
support.apple.com support.apple.com
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Very familiar with this and unfortunately, doesn’t work at all. Just did a support call with Apple. It’s completely DOA! Coincidence? This particular unit did already have a logic board and top case swap for a sudden shutdown issue in February (as if you tripped over the power cord on a desktop computer) mid typing. Hmmm.
 
I wonder if 10.15.5 fixes the issue of unrequested apps opening on the next startup.

After 10.15.3 was released, apps started opening on startup that had been closed before I shut down my mac. It is almost like I have the "Reopen Windows When Logging Back In" turned on, except it is NOT.

Never had this problem before 10.15.3 was released.
 
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smithrh said:
There are thermal expansion pops that come from the hinge as the computer changes temperature. No s/w fix for that.
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I guess? I’ve never experienced that. But it’s got nothing to do with what anybody is talking about with regards to the popping sounds coming from the speakers.
 
acidblood said:
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).
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It's an app called "Aldente" and it's pretty well known already.
 
pshifrin said:
WARNING!!!!

Downloaded this on my 2019 15 inch. Update went to reboot and now computer is black, nothing on the screen.

It was plugged into the LG Ultrafine 24inch 4k (the one Apple sells directly). After about 20 mins, I unplugged it and plugged it into the Apple power brick. No “charging” sound. I carried it into a closet and closed the door for as much silence as possible at home and put it to my ear. I don’t hear the fans going. Pressing the power button does nothing!

I have a local time machine backup, so i’m not worried about any data loss but it won’t turn on!
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Same issue for me after updating on MacBook Pro 2018 15 inch. Computer is completely bricked and can’t even go into recovery. My older, other two machines took the update just fine.
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smithrh said:
Does anyone know when Catalina is going to finally come out of beta?

/s (or maybe not /s)
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I just like your spotted cow logo haha
 
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auralux said:
Where can I DL the full 10.15.5 DMG?
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You can download the full DMG on a computer running an older version of the OS. My Mojave MacBook Air had no problem downloading the full 8.24 GB DMG of Catalina 10.15.5 via Software Update in System Preferences.

I am currently making a bootable USB thumb drive, the way I always update my systems. That said, a few forum participants have claimed that their systems were bricked so I'll likely hold off a week before trying this out on an external SSD that is reserved for testing.

I would NEVER install Catalina on a regular system without testing it out first, not with Apple's current software QA.
 
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peelage said:
Same issue for me after updating on MacBook Pro 2018 15 inch. Computer is completely bricked and can’t even go into recovery. My older, other two machines took the update just fine.
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I just like your spotted cow logo haha
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What, if anything, were you plugged into when you ran the update?
 
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