Apple Releases macOS Catalina Supplemental Update With Fixes for Installation, iCloud Login, and Game Center Bugs

[ridgero]

I recommend Catalina. Seriously. You gotta do your own research though if you still need to use 32-bit apps or if you're a DJ and need to adapt something or something about your workflow with the iTunes library (? I'm not a DJ), other than that I'm finding that the posts here make the problems seem blown way out of proportion. If you read closely there is little substance, a lot of knee jerk reactions to unsubstantiated claims. If you do upgrade, my prediction is one day you'll install 10.15.1 that will fix bugs you never knew existed in 10.15.0. I see the same whining every release, whether it's macOS or iOS. Sure there are bugs. Sure there seems to be more whining this time. It's a new feature release. New feature releases tend to have more visible bugs than 'under the hood' performance/stability releases. Sure some people will be affected. But 99% of people will never actually experience a bug that has any affect on getting work done. I stand by that statistic even though I pulled it out of my ear. Unless you don't care about the new features and are satisfied with Mojave (and still don't feel confident about Catalina), I'd say do the research, then go for it.

I use alot of Native Instrument & Spitfire Audio stuff, both companies don’t recommend to do an update to Catalina.

 

[GeoStructural]

Can anybody report if the Apple Mail problems were completely fixed with this update?

Not for me, I still keep getting random old emails as unread messages. Searching is still hit and miss. I wish I would have not updated.

 

[sugargliderdude]

Not for me, I still keep getting random old emails as unread messages. Searching is still hit and miss. I wish I would have not updated.

clean install with Mojave and then restore with time machine?

 

[Blowback]

985.4MB update to fix icloud and installation issues. I've been using Catalina and really regret, Mojave was way more stable. Sidecar doesn't work (timeout!), iCloud is buggier than ever and now my computer even awakes randomly (powernap is off!). Worst update in years.

B...Apple Tech was able to resolve my ‘time-out’ issue. As I noted on the forum:
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kart said:
A quick google search seems to indicate ALOT of people had this issue during the beta's however, cannot seem to see a fix.

Kart,
..just got off phone with Apple Tech and after almost 2hr. we fixed it...you WILL need AppTech as solution will involve reseting your computers privileges as well some work in Terminal and some password acrobatics. But should work!

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985.4MB update to fix icloud and installation issues. I've been using Catalina and really regret, Mojave was way more stable. Sidecar doesn't work (timeout!), iCloud is buggier than ever and now my computer even awakes randomly (powernap is off!). Worst update in years.

 

[dogslobber]

32-bit apps are still broken...

 

[macrem]

Not for me, I still keep getting random old emails as unread messages.

Huh, was this one of the problems reported? Have the 'data loss' mail problems that were shared on social media been verified by a reliable source?
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32-bit apps are still broken...

& iTunes is still missing!

 

[kdekorte]

Running 10.15.1 Beta (19B68f) and thank god it fixed the memory leak in the music app that caused constant crashes for thousands , lets hope they included it in this release for the general public. My music and movies are in a total mess after Catalina.

Nope Music still leaks really bad. It was using 27GB of RAM after about 20mins of playing.

 

[Alameda]

Interesting... I’ve been trying to update to Catalina for the past hour without any luck. I wonder if this is why.

It downloaded the 8GB update, rebooted... and no update applied. I tried again, it said the download would take two days, then it aborted. I shut down and restarted, now it says the download will finish in ten minutes.
Seems as though Apple has some challenges in pushing out these updates if you’re in the midst of an update.

 

[chrfr]

Well I am on GM like a number. Cannot (after having gotten rid of beta profile) upgrade. Trying to download the full official installer fails near the end and will not let me install. Seems like I need to go back to beta/seed to get updates this is messed up.

Apple was having some download issues earlier today. They seem to have cleared up since then.

 

[dogslobber]

Thanks!

That's a bit up from the GM's 19A582a and 1.0's 19A583...

Hmm...

We GM’d about 2w ago. The numbers you see are the nightly build number.

 

[rishi.talreja]

& iTunes is still missing!

& the version number is still 10.15

 

[KPOM]

Same issue for me

Download Catalina from the App Store.

 

[rjjacobson]

Download Catalina from the App Store.

I did it finished download and failed and failed. I give up on this for now.

 

[atlchamp]

Is it faster for anyone? It seems much snappier for me

 

[Benjasco]

Is it only me or is Mac OS Catalina battery life generally is horrible? Mine doesn’t last up to 3 or 4 hours. Any fix for that?

 

[mattlandahl]

Does it fix the Mac Mini video issues? Probably not. So many problems.

Subscribe to Apple Music, solved. You're welcome.

-Tim

Thanks, that is in my plans but the last time i subscribed to apple music, it removed songs from playlists and library for some reason. I had to restore my library from a backup. I am also hesitant since my library is still processing within the new music app and i have 71,000 songs. Has anyone had issues with Apple Music not uploading their own library seemlessly?

 

[sfwalter]

I stil have the developer profile install and its says "Developer Beta 1" Is this normal for those on the developer track?

 

[xalea]

A trillion dollars can't get it done, apparently. You know you have bad management when..

 

[aerta]

Catalina trashed 1000s of my emails. I'm not touching it until 10.15.3. And even then I'll be wary. Thanks, Apple.

 

[FraySolomon]

I update to a iMac 2019 and install Catalina at first. Zero problems with Adobe, zero bugs, no problem at all at the moment. I allways update new OS with a complete format and zero recovery from system. Is the best way for avoid issuses.
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No problems installing no hangups like others mentioned. Mac mini 2018

same here, i allways update after a full format with no recovery. Clean like water.

 

[atotic]

Since updating my Mid-2012 Macbook has an issue with wakeup from sleep. Every day, instead of a wakeup, it reboots, crashes on reboot, and then asks me whether I'd like to send an error report to Apple. Worked fine with Mojave.

 

[aerta]

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& iTunes is still missing!

Catalina lost 1000s of my emails. Apple tech told me they had had massive problems with it globally and hadn't tested it properly. Advised me to wipe my machine, do a clean install of Catalina, restore my files from Time Machine, and then reinstall all my applications from scratch. No thanks.

 

[ersan191]

Is it only me or is Mac OS Catalina battery life generally is horrible? Mine doesn’t last up to 3 or 4 hours. Any fix for that?

Make sure nothing is using too much battery in Activity Monitor - OneDrive on my mac is a nightmare for example, I have to keep it closed.

 

[jgbr]

bandaid alert

 

[Mydel]

Ditto here. I primarily run Office, because I have to. So I backed up, reformatted, installed, and migrated data. I have a Series 4 Watch, iPad Pro, and a late 2018 MacBook Air. Reading the directions is fundamental. It's just NOT that hard......

Well..I have iPad Pro 2018 and MBP 2018 and side car does not work. Have time out message as well. Actually id works on 13MBP but does not on neither of 15 inch...size matters obviously