Apple Releases macOS Sierra 10.12.4 With New Night Shift Mode

After checking the updates, the only updates I have are for KeyNote, Pages and Numbers, no Sierra 10.12.4, I am running 10.12.3 right now.
 
As I'll be upgrading from Mac OS X 10.10.5 I'm going to do a clean install, use Migration Assistant and run OnyX after it has completed. Good idea?
 
m4v3r1ck said:
As I'll be upgrading from Mac OS X 10.10.5 I'm going to do a clean install, use Migration Assistant and run OnyX after it has completed. Good idea?
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No, as in my reply to (some) others, there is no need to do a clean install, I started using OS X from the beginning (10.0b) and never reinstalled the OS, not even when Apple went from PPC to Intel.
Just make sure you make a backup before you install in case something gets messed up, it happens but it's rare.

gtkriz said:
also no night shift after update on my 2011 MacAir.
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In this thread you can find links whether or not your Air is compatible, it needs Metal support, without it it can't use Nightshift.
 
The unlock with apple watch feature no longer works... it tries and tries to unlock, but it fails and demands a manual entry of the passcode.
 
turning off two factor authentication
lexvo said:
I had the same thing. Three reboots in total and a thick gray bar about halfway the install process.
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Works for me. It even seems to open faster than before.
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now I have figured it out. It was OnyX app that created problems. Uninstalling the app, fixing disk permissions made it work fine.
 
Mlrollin91 said:
Is the boot-up progress bar different with 10.12.4? Its a thick grey bar instead of a thin one.
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My boot-up progress bar on the iMac also changed to a thick grey one too and there was a long beeeeeeep when it first booted which was unusual.
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critter13 said:
no night shift appearing on my 2010 mac pro, can't find documentation around compatibility? anyone?
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No night shift option here on my 2011 iMac but its okay because I have no intention of using it.
 
Does Sierra correctly report available disk space yet? I tried it when it was released and discovered that it reported how much space you "could have" if you ran their nonexistent cleaning tools, so I went back to El Capitan.
 
Bricked my 2016 m3 rMB. Halfway through it gave me an error message and said it had to restart. Now I enter my password at the log in screen and get stuck on a black screen. Not f***ing impressed Apple.
 
I read through this thread and didn't see an issue that's come up on two of my older rMBPs with an nVidia dGPU - the CUDA driver doesn't load, and the Pref Pane indicates that the driver needs to be updated and that an update is not available. FYI.
 
Anybody else noticing display color changes on full-screen Netflix (especially on red color, it sort of blinks/dimming for a millisecond, just enough to clearly notice) after installing this update on the MacBook Pro 15" Touch (2016)? Didn't see them before the update (but device is in production since 3 days).

note. Nightshift was not activated; auto-energy balance enabled (if switched off, artifact goes away); already tried PRAM-reset: no fix.
 
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Wow - the second listed feature at
https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT207536
Is
  • Adds Siri support for cricket scores, schedules, and player rosters from the Indian Premier League and International Cricket Council.
Glad to see Apple gives this priority over Mail sorting bugs and server connection bugs.

Now installed on a Macbook...
Mail sort (by clicking on column header) still not working :( (note it updates the Mail database the first time Mail is opened)
Wifi connection seems more reliable - connected to Time Capsule with strongest signal
Black screens for several minutes at a time during installation
 
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sirjorj said:
Does Sierra correctly report available disk space yet? I tried it when it was released and discovered that it reported how much space you "could have" if you ran their nonexistent cleaning tools, so I went back to El Capitan.
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?? What? That was your reason to switch back to an older version of OS? Not sure if serious...

You get both info: real free space, and potential maximum free space.
 
It seems I've lost the ability to resize (I don't mean to resize the file, I mean to resize the display of) PDFs in Preview by dragging the corner of the file. Anyone else have that problem?
 
Paapaa said:
?? What? That was your reason to switch back to an older version of OS? Not sure if serious...

You get both info: real free space, and potential maximum free space.
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I installed it. I went through my standard 'new system tweaks', which included having the drive icons on the desktop show the free space. The new os was wrong about that number. I tried to roll with it and see how it would let me get to that much free space, but I found nothing that worked. If an OS can't even accurately tell you how much free space you have on the storage device, what good is it?
 
I am stuck at the login screen... the cursors keeps spinning and spinning and spinning.

Update: Only took to reset the SMC, PRAM, boot into safe mode, shut down, rinse and repeat that it finally let me log into my account. Next macOS... I'm doing a clean install.
 
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someone enlighten me here- do I have to use nightshift buried in system pref's display option tab?

or is there a menubar add-on to see it and adjust it on the fly?

edit- I see its in Notification Center.

I actually like that. Already have enough going on on my menubar, with iStat, etc.
 
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