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

[hudson1]

For those of us who actually use the Dashboard and have STUFF on there, like sticky notes with actual information on them - what happens after updating? I know the Dashboard is gone, but what happens to the active widgets?

Ars Technica has your answer:

"The bulk of Dashboard's widgets (including the weather, calendar, world clock, and calculator) could already be replicated in the Today view in the Notification Center. If you had sticky notes stored in Dashboard, upgrading to Mojave moves them to the Stickies app. I suspect a small faction of Dashboard die-hards will lament the demise of a treasured workflow or declare these substitutes to be Not Good Enough, but the rest of us won't notice."

macOS 10.15 Catalina: The Ars Technica review

iPad apps come to the Mac and old 32-bit apps go away in a wide-ranging update.

arstechnica.com

 

[AtomicDusk]

How can we download the release copy for clean install if we are on the public beta? I cannot find the download link.

On my birthday too. Thank you, Apple.

Happy Birthday!

 

[Lnds500]

I lost connection to the server and now it starts all over again

 

[dionysos283]

This whole notarized apps thing still has my worried. 😕
Can someone confirm, that non-notarized apps from the internet still work fine?
Thanks!

 

[coldwaves]

Does anyone know where the update is stored? I had a failed download and would like to delete and start over.

I’m wondering about this too. I have a few failed downloads and would like to delete those partially downloaded file.

 

[Ritsuka]

This whole notarized apps thing still has my worried. 😕
Can someone confirm, that non-notarized apps from the internet still work fine?
Thanks!

Nothing will change for the end users.
Developers will have to notarize the apps if they signs them. Unsigned apps will run the same as before.

 

[Heineken]

My installation froze at 2 min left (2014 15" rMBP). Is it just my machine?

I have issues since like beta 6, it stays in setting up screen forever. Try installing from usb stick.

 

[EdwardC]

Updated on my '18 Mini, '17 Air and '13 iMac all seems to be good. I'm glad to say the PDF images on preview are no longer blurry as they were on Mojave.

 

[travelsheep]

Remember kids, 32-bit apps are NOT supported on Catalina.

nooooo.. my MS Word 2008 !

 

[waquzy]

For those who are struggling to see the update in either the software update, or in App Store. Search for macOS Catalina in the App Store and you will find it there.

 

[MacsRgr8]

Hmm.. got this on my 2017 iMac.
On 2018 MBP all sees fine.

 

[Jim Lahey]

Is anyone able to tell me if UltraEdit Mac 18.00.0.66 is 64-bit and compatible with Catalina? My research skills are failing me this evening. I cannot upgrade if it will brick UltraEdit, and I can't see a separate 64-bit download on their website.

Thanks!

 

[Martyimac]

One note on the newest iMac, something behind the scenes has really kicked the fans up, I'm at 15 minutes left and not sure if I have stalled out or not.

 

[nattK]

Hmm.. got this on my 2017 iMac.
On 2018 MBP all sees fine.

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Seeing it on my 2017 iMac as well

 

[ulkeshkosh]

So yeah, I have to wait until at least November to upgrade because Armor (a HIPAA-compliant server host) uses VMWare and requires SSL VPN-Plus by VMWare for VPN capability. That is the ONLY app I have that is 32-bit and it's not slated to be updated until "sometime this month." While I _should_ probably wait to update anyway, I don't like being forced to because a host requires proprietary VPN clients that aren't updated in the proper amount of time. They've had months to support Catalina and have failed miserably. Also, instead of using proprietary software, maybe support standards that OSes have built-in. _sigh_

 

[PhillyGuy72]

Would LOVE to update this in my newer iMac...like right now.
Sorry Apple, I have to wait given the recent day 1 releases.

 

[ulkeshkosh]

One note on the newest iMac, something behind the scenes has really kicked the fans up, I'm at 15 minutes left and not sure if I have stalled out or not.

It's probably just Finder running its indexing.

 

[Martyimac]

It's probably just Finder running its indexing.

Maybe, down to 8 minutes and the fans are slowing down.

 

[Ojiisan]

Downloading now.... like to live on the edge. Fingers crossed no problems!

 

[the_color_orange]

Just upgraded and I can say battery life sucks. *sarcasm*

 

[Chris The Bipolarbear]

Happy Birthday!

Restore defaults from Beta Builds. Restart then do a software update that will give you the option to download a new installer.

 

[Christian 5G]

Waiting for some reviews

 

[BillyBobBongo]

Hmm.. got this on my 2017 iMac.
On 2018 MBP all sees fine.

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Saw this on my MacBook Air too. Started the download again and now it's installing.

 

[NMBob]

nooooo.. my MS Word 2008 !

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Even the uninstaller is 32-bit. Is 2012 the next option? Their 'always online' version isn't going to work for me.

 

[BornAgainMac]

It feels good to shed all that 32-bit code from my newest Mac. Now my Apple Watch and my newest Mac are now living in a pure 64-bit goodness.