Apple Releases macOS Catalina With Find My, Screen Time, and No More iTunes

[rlarsen_eu]

How is paragon (NTFS for Mac) working? Their KB says: "The current version NTFS for Mac 15.5.53 remains functional after installation under macOS 10.14 and macOS upgrade to 10.15 Beta." Is this still true in final release?

Second. I also need to use Paragon!

Just update to the latest v15.5.62 then it is working.

 

[topgunn]

Like many people, I plan to hold off on Catalina for a while until I'm sure I won't miss 32-bit app support.

Does Apple continue to provide downloads for older OS's (e.g. Mojave) for a long period of time? I'm wondering how hard it will be if I need to install or re-install Mojave six or 18 months down the road.

Download it now, while you still can, to be safe.

 

[GeneralChang]

How many like myself are using a 32 bit version of PhotoShop?
You know, the pay once installed version that works great and needs no update which I use almost daily.
I won't be upgrading to Catalina because I won't be taking out a monthly subscription from Adobe.
Adobe must be over the moon about this update.

I kinda just moved to other editors...

 

[Shanghaichica]

Same 8.09 GB, but my download time was 5 minutes (I’ve got a fast connection). Working on installing now.

I have a fast internet connection but it’s stalling. It took about an hour to download the first time then it threw up an error saying it couldn’t verify. Started the downloading the update all over again and crawling at a snails pace.

 

[Timothy Leo Crowley]

Beta's have been great and it will only improve.

 

[Sparkie_e]

Been stuck here for the last 45 mins.....
Anyone else experienced this?

 

[fozz3d]

Been stuck here for the last 45 mins.....
Anyone else experienced this?
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Same for me........going to leave it and have a snooze.

 

[petvas]

Been stuck here for the last 45 mins.....
Anyone else experienced this?
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It happened to my iMac...A reboot fixed it

 

[Release]

I did the full install and when it restarted I was still on Mojave. Now downloading again.

V strange.

Yup, same thing here. Trying this again.

 

[rlarsen_eu]

It happened to my iMac...A reboot fixed it

I also had this in some of the beta releases, and for me it was a problem with some System Language settings that needed to be changed . but yeah, a reboot fixed it for me too.

 

[ChrisN718]

Sign out of iCloud and back again.

This is what I had to do to get rid of the constant "Update Apple ID settings" prompt.

 

[Stephen.R]

yea, i'm sure it would be buggy af too to use it for something big...

Performance may be a problem if it’s graphics intensive particularly but “buggy”, is unlikely.

 

[NMBob]

I'm ready to install Catalina.
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That island picture looks like the fallen over, or made that way, Jedi statue/mountain in Rouge One.

 

[AccenT]

Ok I have some issues with the new apps that are split from iTunes. It feels like iOS now, which I don't like.
First off, in Music when you open an Album, it doesn't open it on the same page as before, it opens a new page - which I definitely not enjoy.
In Podcasts - I used to have podcasts that I wasn't subscribed and was able to stream episodes either I downloaded them or not. Now they don't show up at all.
In Books - I used to have Audiobooks that were split into chapters. Now I can't even open up to see what's playing.

Another weird gimmick - starting to play a podcast should stop music from playing.

 

[alexandr]

Performance may be a problem if it’s graphics intensive particularly but “buggy”, is unlikely.

ok, good to know, thanks! have not yet experimented with it)

 

[jlc1978]

Ha

This update is killing Team Fortress 2 on the Mac due to the 64-bit requirement.

TF2 is a very casual game for me. Every now and then I jump on a server, have some fun, and jump out. It's not going to be worth it for me to get a Windows machine or a boot camp partition to keep playing, which means when I finally do upgrade to Catalina I'll probably be done with TF2.

This makes me extremely sad. All because Apple developed this weird hatred of 32 bit code.

Have you considered running Mojave in a VM?

 

[odoy]

I'm ready to install Catalina.
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how did you create a usb stick? with Catalina the old method does not work

 

[chevyorange]

Installed and working fine on my 2015 MBP.

 

[wozwebs]

Mine rebooted and it’s stuck on the black screen with Apple logo and ‘Estimating time remaining...’ with the progress bar at about 10% and it’s been like that for about an hour now. Reboot with button at the back do you think? Doesn’t look like anything is happening.

 

[Chris The Bipolarbear]

spent 2hours downloading then the dreaded network connection error "back to the start"

 

[MacBird]

I have a fast internet connection but it’s stalling. It took about an hour to download the first time then it threw up an error saying it couldn’t verify. Started the downloading the update all over again and crawling at a snails pace.

Same here, I restarted the computer and then the download was fast, just a few minutes for 8 GB.

 

[CWallace]

How many like myself are using a 32 bit version of PhotoShop? You know, the pay once installed version that works great and needs no update which I use almost daily. I won't be upgrading to Catalina because I won't be taking out a monthly subscription from Adobe. Adobe must be over the moon about this update.

I still have rare occasion to use CS 5.5, but that has been wonky on macOS for multiple releases now, so I finally just set up a 10.7 VM to run it as it doesn't give me any grief. So when I eventually go to Catalina, I'll continue to use the VM to run it.

 

[unQuestionable]

So I'm on Catalina Public Beta from a few weeks back(stopped updating after the keynote). How do I upgrade from this Beta to the public release?

Edit: Searched the App Store and found this direct link:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/macos-catalina/id1466841314?mt=12

 

[Chris The Bipolarbear]

how did you create a usb stick? with Catalina the old method does not work

once it actually downloads I will try to work it out you will need a 16gb stick as it is now over 8gb not the 4gb of previous releases
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So I'm on Catalina Public Beta from a few weeks back(stopped updating after the keynote). How do I upgrade from this Beta to the public release?

remove the enrolled in the beta software program restore defaults

 

[Wedlock]

I've installed Catalina half an hour ago but now i have problems with my eGPU grrrrr
When the system boots i see the Apple logo and then lots of colored stripes and then my monitor isn't showing a picture anymore, i have to unplug it and insert it again or else no go.
Anybody else with eGPU experiencing this ?