Apple Releases macOS Catalina 10.15.7 Supplemental Update With Security Fixes

[Morod]

The kernel is updated by this supplemental update.
After the update:

Darwin Mac.local 19.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 19.6.0: Thu Oct 29 22:56:45 PDT 2020; root:xnu-6153.141.2.2~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64

Before the update:

Darwin Mac.local 19.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 19.6.0: Mon Aug 31 22:12:52 PDT 2020; root:xnu-6153.141.2~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64

So kernel wasn’t updated?

Look at the last 3 numbers of each code line. There's a difference.

 

[Benz63amg]

Catalina has become the Vista of Apple

Catalina is great, What is it you don’t like about it?

 

[cmaier]

Catalina has become the Vista of Apple

Nobody has ever said that before.

/s

 

[Maconplasma]

Catalina has become the Vista of Apple

There's nothing wrong with Catalina. After a couple of updates it's been perfectly fine. You're trashing it just because. 🙄

 

[DinkThifferent]

Catalina is great, What is it you don’t like about it?

There's nothing wrong with Catalina. After a couple of updates it's been perfectly fine. You're trashing it just because. 🙄

I know, but like Vista, Catalina’s image has now been badly damaged.

Windows Vista was a fine OS after Service Pack 1 but its image never recovered in the public eye

 

[posguy99]

So, you pronounce Big Sur a disaster, even though it hasn't been released yet? Another very objective post on MR /s

Apple can't get Catalina right, and you think a major paradigm shift like Big Sur has any sort of chance? Might be worth bothering with around WWDC '21, not before.

 

[dspdoc]

Catalina has become the Vista of Apple

Not even close.

 

[DinkThifferent]

Not even close.

Read my second reply

 

[crescentmoon]

Are you saying the FIRST initial release of Big Sur is more stable than the latest release of MacOS Catalina? your statement is absurd, it will take months for Big Sur to be anywhere near “Stable”

Catalina has been superb and rock solid on my 2017 MacBook Pro..

Very stable for my 2010 mac pro....

 

[Joniz]

Last time I updated with one of these, on Mojave, they broke screensavers with photos.

Don’t know if they’ve fixed that one yet.

 

[Joniz]

Catalina has become the Vista of Apple

I was feeling the same way until recently, when I got a new Mac Mini & Time Machine wouldn’t restore to it with Mojave. So put Catalina on it, migrated what I needed, and I’m surprised by a) how I’ve have no problems, and b) it looks no different than Mojave.

Things that changed, though, is that unlock with my Apple Watch works 100%, but I think that has to do with the new hardware, plus now I can unlock passwords by double clicking my watch and, really, sidecar is amazing.

Glad I finally updated.

 

[JosephAW]

What I don’t like is iCloud file sharing folders can only be created by iOS 13 and Catalina and not Mojave.
So to create a shared iCloud folder for my iOS 12 iPhone it was something tricky to do but is working.

 

[mithion]

It's a big ass install for 3 security fixes at 1.2Gb running latest catalina stable version. I wonder why they are so inefficient with their patching.

 

[DinkThifferent]

It's a big ass install for 3 security fixes at 1.2Gb running latest catalina stable version. I wonder why they are so inefficient with their patching.

Catalina is the final OS for a few Macs (MBP Mid 2012 comes to mind) so that's why Apple keeps fixing bugs instead of focussing everything on Big Sur

 

[KALLT]

It's a big ass install for 3 security fixes at 1.2Gb running latest catalina stable version. I wonder why they are so inefficient with their patching.

It contains more than these security fixes. That is just what Apple publicly documents. They still update lots of other components at the same time, without saying what these changes do. macOS supplemental updates are nowadays akin to iOS “patch” updates.

This whole update has updated kernel extensions (lots of hardware drivers), firmware updates and an updated image for the recovery volume, among other things. If they update app or kext bundles, then they usually update the whole bundles that have changed, not just the actual changes in the files (probably for code-signing reasons).

 

[lowlymarine]

There's nothing wrong with Catalina. After a couple of updates it's been perfectly fine. You're trashing it just because. 🙄

I guess that means it really is Apple’s Vista, then.

 

[Natzoo]

What if you're still on Mojave because it runs so smoothly and the endless stories of the dumpster fire that's Catalina are a deterrent not to update?

I am still on Mojave but held off on the security update from September, do you know if the issues have been resolved for that?

 

[chrfr]

I am still on Mojave but held off on the security update from September, do you know if the issues have been resolved for that?

That was fixed about a week after it was first released.

 

[Terron]

Did they fix the Sleep/Wake kernel panic????

 

[Martyimac]

Last time I updated with one of these, on Mojave, they broke screensavers with photos.

Don’t know if they’ve fixed that one yet.

Yes it was fixed, I was also affected by that bug.

 

[Terron]

Because its just a security update. Glad they are maintaining 10.15.7 after the kernel issues were resolved from 10.15.6.

Not for everybody! I still have to use Amphetamine app to keep my Mac from Kernal Panics every time it sleeps.... I hope they fixed that

 

[currentinterest]

I use Catalina everyday for hours performing a variety of tasks and have yet to have had an issue with it. It has been a delight to use for me.

 

[radamo]

Catalina has become the Vista of Apple

I guess but I have been running Catalina on a 2019 iMac since last December and have had ZERO issues.

 

[Unsupported]

Why don't they have a minor version number instead of calling it a supplemental update?

I just updated and there is no way to tell whether or not the update actually happened.

Go to "About This Mac" and option click the Version number...

 

[Maconplasma]

I guess that means it really is Apple’s Vista, then.

Let the trolling go. Vista had problems from start until it was fixed and "renamed" to Windows 7. Catalina had a few issues from the start (like most newly-released OS's) and Apple took care of it. Catalina runs amazing now and I use it daily to run my business. Please take your hatred for Apple somewhere else.