Apple Releases macOS Sequoia 15.5

[star-affinity]

Still get max 165 Hz in 15.5 when going ”Variable” on the display I have connected to my M4 Pro Mac mini.
Used to be able to go all they way up to the max 240 Hz in Sequoia 15.3 and earlier. Hmm…

 

[Amigastu]

Why does the Mac never get the wallpapers included in the iOS and iPadOS releases? Not much of a leap to get from an iPad size wallpaper to a Mac desktop wallpaper surely.

 

[Donkey Man]

Agreed. Sequoia feels like abandonware at this point

A .1 update for THAT? Apple can’t even get basic version numbering right these days. Just oust Timmy already and get Musk on board for some real innovative thinking.

 

[Ad47uk]

Or, don't rely on Apple to do your parenting for you?

Hear, Hear.

 

[Ad47uk]

A fair few major updates, is macOS always like this? Just seems no sooner than I downloaded one update then there is another.
Maybe i should have stayed with Sonoma

 

[delsoul]

Still hasn't fixed the weird bug that shows a very low storage being used, but down below it shows way more space being used. For example, the bar says 50gb out of 512 being used...but down below, it says 40gb of apps, 45gb of documents, etc....Way more hard drive space actually being used but bar visual is completely wrong.

 

[M3Stang]

Wonder if there are any new rosetta updates like in 15.4.

 

[jontalk5]

Unbelievable they still haven't fixed AirDrop disappearing from the Finder sidebar.

Nor did they fix the Applications bug in the side bar..Just installed it hoping they read bug reports, but its obvious they don't. Seems to work fine as of now

 

[Edgecrusherr]

external USB drives disconnecting randomly since big sur, but here's (another gimmick feature nobody cares about) instead!

I've been having a heck of a time with external drives since Ventura. I haven't updated to 15.5 yet, but I isn't see any documentation regarding this.

 

[Morgenland]

Nor did they fix the Applications bug in the side bar..Just installed it hoping they read bug reports, but its obvious they don't. Seems to work fine as of now

Don't know what you both are talking about

 

[Markwebbvt]

I never thought a post about an OS update would turn into generational warfare and live combat.

I wonder if 15.5 fixes iPhone mirroring. I love the feature, but very buggy, works half the time

I'm surprised the mods haven't removed the extraneous and unnecessary warfare. 🙅‍♂️

 

[East_Bay_Mac]

I'm not putting anyone down; my statement still stands. It's not the job of a device manufacturer or software provider to parent. That's a fact, not putting anyone down. I get that some of these tools can be a useful necessity in certain circumstances, but screen time is absolutely on the parent.

Just like all the parents who claim it's the fault of Epic that their kids spend all their time on Fortnite and steal their cards to buy in-game items. No, that's a parenting issue.



I fully appreciate how hard it is to control device usage, social media was around with my children, there were plenty of other risks throughout time, today is just a different time, different risks/concerns. It was no easier then.



All of my children had an iPhone by around 2011. They each had an iMac as well. Sorry if that triggers you, but that doesn't seem too hard to achieve.

You just don't get it, or at least from my perspective... and that's fine. Or perhaps you do and don't care. I never once stated that Apple needs to parent my children; that's my job. However, when the tools that my children have in front of them are readily available to many of their peers and can be easily abused, that's where many of us need to speak up. Nothing more, nothing less.

As I mentioned, there is ample evidence to show that I am not alone in this, and this has been an issue for many years that remains unaddressed. Your situation appears to have been different, so kudos to you. This is not a one-way street, so please have empathy and respect for others who voice this concern. Take a moment to see it from my perspective and that of many others in similar circumstances.

 

[EuroChilli]

Can someone please tell me whether it will finally enable iPhone screen mirroring in EU? Because otherwise seems like nothing changed really 🥲

That will only happen when both Apple and the EU get over themselves.

It is weird. I went to South Africa on holiday a month ago, screen mirror worked perfectly down there, still with my Belgian Apple ID account. Back in Belgium; sorry, screen mirror not available in your region. So this begs the question; how are they actually 'policing' this? Why should they care where I am when I want my devices to 'talk' to each other, off the public internet?

 

[brunerd]

Well it might be one bullet point for consumers but over in What's new for enterprise in macOS Sequoia there were quite a few things that needed to be fixed:

macOS Sequoia 15.5​

• macOS now supports the DHCPv6 Fully Qualified Domain Name option.
• The Location Services pane is no longer incorrectly skipped during setup when MDM skips user creation and a user is created outside of Setup Assistant.
• Resolves an issue where Mac computers updating from macOS 15.4 with Platform SSO configured may start up in Recovery until FileVault is disabled.
• Resolves an issue where Command Center presents repeated alerts that a screen-sharing application is accessing your screen.
• Platform SSO keys no longer fail attestation.
• Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) client is deprecated and will be removed in a future version of macOS.

 

[ShiftHappens]

Yay - have been spared in the past, but this upgrade bricked my MBP M1 Max:

 

[swealpha]

I really hope they fixed the wifi-drop every 40-45min i have on my mbp m3 after upgrading to Sequoia !!!!!!

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/wifi-keeps-dropping-after-sequoia-15-4-1-update.2456703/

 

[JosephAW]

Wondering if it’ll blow out my data volume again like the previous release.
Weird thing it told me my Time Machine back up was corrupt, I boot into Mojave and do a check disk and it says it’s fine, I boot back to Sequoia and it says the disc is corrupt, formatted and did another back up, hopefully it’ll hold.
Did they dumb down disc utility?

 

[macamazing]

Sorry if I am hijacking this thread but I have a question for you experts. I was trying to fix an MS Outlook window sizing issue on a Macbook Pro. I went to the upper left where the red, yellow and green dots are clicked on the green and then there was a dropdown which said full screen and some other stuff. I accidentally chose something like "move everything to the left of the screen".

Now the main display is totally black and the only thing showing is the dock. No menu bar at the top. If I click on any app in the dock, it opens briefly and then quickly moves to the left off the screen. How can I get out of this mode? I am even unable to restart or shutdown the machine.

I would rather not hold down the power button to shut it down and I am not certain that if I did it would not come back the same way.

Any ideas guys. This is really annoying. I hope I accurately described what I did/chose, because it happened so quickly.

What a PITA due to my heavy handedness.

By the way, only using one monitor, the macbook display.... Is this a Stage Manager thing?

Thanks!

 

[aptay10r]

I really hope they fixed the wifi-drop every 40-45min i have on my mbp m3 after upgrading to Sequoia !!!!!!

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/wifi-keeps-dropping-after-sequoia-15-4-1-update.2456703/

I've been running all the betas and have never had an issue with wifi on my M3 MBP. No matter with wifi I've connected to. It's been rock steady. Maybe have a chat with a Genius in store if you're near one? At least it will be another wifi network to check it against.

It's weird it's every 40-45 minutes though.

 

[iPodTouch4Life]

Since MacOS 15.4 I have had major issues with airdrop, Universal Clipboard, and any continuity feature. I have submitted bug reports multiple times and they haven’t addressed them. Anyone else experiencing this?

It’s been a real buzzkill for productivity. I was used to being able to copy something from my iPhone or iPad and just paste on my Mac. Can’t even use my iPhone camera for conference calls. Wish they would fix these major bugs!

 

[fastred]

Or, don't rely on Apple to do your parenting for you?

or don't be so judgmental and unsympathetic?

 

[Madonepro]

FYI
Today, I ran the software update on my M3Pro MBP, and downloaded 15.5. J left my computer to do other things, and came back to start up screen asking me to input my region.
I inputted where I am, and in then asked me how I wished to set it up, without any options to ignore etc.
After a few attempts, I just went with it, and set it up as new.
After restarting, the old username was offered to login, the then the new one!
As I store everything in the cloud, I’ve just gone ahead and decided to clean install it from scratch.
I’ve done last of updates without issue, but not sure if it’s me, or something else.
The other bizarre thing was , erase all contents and setting me came up with an error message saying not supported!

 

[JosephAW]

Yay - have been spared in the past, but this upgrade bricked my MBP M1 Max:
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Last sequoia update 15.3 whacked my data volume and had to do a format and reinstall and Time Machine restore. Make sure you have a good backup before installing.

 

[JosephAW]

Maybe I’ll wait for a dot 1 update before installing. Always feel better with a dot 1 update.

 

[Killa78]

4 actually. And they all turned out well. Doctor, Scientist, Teacher and Accountant, and all under 30. My parenting skills and control of smartphones, laptops, tablets and everything else all before these tools existed.

Anything else?

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