Plus the handful of supplemental updates to follow...
There were 3 supplemental updates for 10.14.6, so hopefully a fix is still forthcoming...
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Apple Releases macOS Catalina 10.15.6 With New Apple News Features and Fix for USB Issue
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Plus the handful of supplemental updates to follow...
There were 3 supplemental updates for 10.14.6, so hopefully a fix is still forthcoming...
Wish I could say the same. Hopefully this fixes the battery going flat when the computer is put to sleep.
Hopefully, this is all good, since there will likely only be security updates for this machine from this time forward.
Catalina hasn't been horrible and it has been more reliable than Windows 10 on my other machine that has eaten itself several times lately after updates.
Catalina hasn't been horrible and it has been more reliable than Windows 10 on my other machine that has eaten itself several times lately after updates.
After the installation was complete on my 16" MBP, I typed in my password as requested and then connected my external devices (display and Thunderbolt dock). The system immediately froze (no mouse movement on screen) and the fans went full blast for about 1 second. It then rebooted on it's own and came back with "your computer restarted due to a problem." Seems to be working OK now with everything connected, but I didn't like that.
It is there still. You have to option click something. Google it.
I do a SMC and PRAM reset after I do an install.
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I downloaded and installed the combo update. It seemed like the computer rebooted maybe 4 times during the install and it took maybe an 1 hour to complete the install. Everything seems to be running fine after the combo update.
Ive held off on Catalina as there arent any features I really care about compared to the large amount of complaints about Catalina.
However, the one thing that would tempt me is whether Messages is any better in Catalina vs Mojave?
However, the one thing that would tempt me is whether Messages is any better in Catalina vs Mojave?
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Dosdude1 is working on a Big Sur patcher at the moment. So all hope isn't lost yet.Not if you’re using a 2012 or older Mac.
Looks like they still haven't fixed the auto dark mode bug where it doesn't turn on until a full hour after your local sunset.
The update is not showing up for me in software update or apple store update page.
EDIT: Now it shows.
EDIT: Now it shows.
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Don't let yourself get distracted...Mojave is far from being bug-free, but compared to Catalina...since 10.15.6 arrived it is just plain sure that Catalina will never ever reach the stability normally required for a productive environment. Maybe Big Sur will, maybe not...from my point of view it is not unlikely at all that macOS will remain as unstable as alternatives like Windows 10, maybe even worse considering the complexity of the current architecture shift and the insane amount of "features" announced at the WWDC ("features" in quotation marks as a feature which does not work reliably is IMHO worth much, much less than no feature at all)...bottom line, if you have a Mojave Installation which serves your needs, just stay with it, skip Catalina and hope Big Sur becomes a lot better than Bug-alina...the minor differences in Apps like Messages are certainly not worth the hassles...
I was guessing that .6 would to that for Dave and Mike (CCC) and all us cloners. But where did you see that? I just checked Dave's blog and it's still the same one from the .5 bug on May 28th.
thanks I will stay with Mojave. There are some bugs even in Mojave that drive me nuts, like I can’t move the FaceTime audio Window. this bug came in high Sierra and guess won’t ever be fixed.
Isn't it bad enough when you run an operating system that's enabled to run on your hardware? I'd hate to think how Big Sur would run on my mid-2012 MacBook Pro, even if Catalina runs well.
Yes, that issue was fixed about a week after discovery.
Well I've heard people on the unsupported mac discord server and macrumors forum discussion that the mid-2012 macbook pro runs Big Sur just fine. It even comes with graphics acceleration out of the box due to its metal capable gpu. Plus I have a mid-2010 Imac running Catalina (that doesn't even have a metal gpu), and it runs just fine with an SSD and 8gb of ram. So i could imagine the 2012 macbook pro to have minimal issues on Big Sur. For now, we'll just see what will happen later on.
My experience with 16'' MBP kernel panic during sleep/wake-up is quite different. 10.15.3 worked fine, 10.15.4 re-introduced the problem, 10.15.5 worked fine and I had zero kernel panic. I just hope that they are not messing up again in 10.15.6. I use Dell P2415Q 4k display.
This problem stopped for me after the 10.15.5 update. MBP 16"Wonder if they finally fixed this issue - my new MBP 16" has been experiencing a lot of kernel panics, while Apple Support could only tell me they're working on a fix.
10.15.5 & 10.15.4 = Wake from Sleep Kernel Panic on 16" MBPro (2019)
Does your 16" MacBook Pro 2019 Kernel Panic or Restart when you wake it from sleep after installing the Catalina 10.15.4/5 Update? Latest Info + Workaroundsmrmacintosh.com
Here's hoping they fixed the USB/Thunderbolt dock problems, which for me were:
- USB-C dock and accessories plugged into it would stop responding after a while and would not work again until reboot
- Putting my MBA to sleep while a Thunderbolt dock (different than the USB-C dock mentioned above) is plugged in would cause the computer to restart after some time (usually overnight)
- USB-C dock and accessories plugged into it would stop responding after a while and would not work again until reboot
- Putting my MBA to sleep while a Thunderbolt dock (different than the USB-C dock mentioned above) is plugged in would cause the computer to restart after some time (usually overnight)
So for my Mojave install... having read the security notes, apparently all I got was a vim update. 😁
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Actually I'm running Mojave, and it still does. What changed is the softwareupdate command line tool now tells you "The ability to ignore individual updates will be removed in a future release of macOS."
The GUI System Preferences "Software Update" tool doesn't honor that setting any more, though. You can still get it to ignore Catalina, but you have to jump through hoops - and you have to redo it after each macOS update. You can script it to make it easier though.
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Actually I'm running Mojave, and it still does. What changed is the softwareupdate command line tool now tells you "The ability to ignore individual updates will be removed in a future release of macOS."
The GUI System Preferences "Software Update" tool doesn't honor that setting any more, though. You can still get it to ignore Catalina, but you have to jump through hoops - and you have to redo it after each macOS update. You can script it to make it easier though.
Code:
#!/bin/sh
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# die_catalina_die
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# Latest attempts to circumvent Apple's nagging to upgrade a perfectly
# functional computer to the hot mess known as Catalina.
#
# References: https://tinyapps.org/blog/202005070700_remove_catalina_notification_badge.html
# https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/software-update.html
#
#
# Changelog: Initial script written 2020-05-28
#
#
#
sudo softwareupdate --ignore "macOS Catalina"
defaults delete com.apple.preferences.softwareupdate LatestMajorOSSeenByUserBundleIdentifier
softwareupdate --list
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Oh, cool! I didn't see one for my 13-inch MacBook Pro. Any idea what this new firmware release fixes?
That update took almost 20 minutes. Ridiculous. 16in MBP.
This is what I have done since 2013. It has worked like a charm. By the .6 release usually all my third party software and hardware is working fine, or enough time has passed to find a suitable replacement. Catalina is the first iteration that has me scared to upgrade.