Apple Releases macOS Ventura 13.5.1 With Fix for Location Services Bug

[RGPphotog]

What exactly is a Eligible Mac? This update is not appearing on either of my M1 series Macs.

 

[Pinkyyy 💜🍎]

Are there time when it is not free ever? I wonder why even bother mentioning that.

Yeah, actually back in the early OS X days you had to pay for major OS upgrades..

Apple stopped doing that in 2013 with Mavericks.

https://www.geekwire.com/2013/pay-mac-os-upgrade-apple-cfo/

 

[Pinkyyy 💜🍎]

Software Update is vastly better than the previous incarnation, but I still don't trust it.

The 13.5.1 package was listed as being 734MB, but upon downloading, it showed as 1.87GB.

Quite big for a single big bug fix.

Yeah, I also noticed that. That was a little strange..
The update was pretty quick for me though, didn’t really take so long.

 

[xraydoc]

Yeah, I also noticed that. That was a little strange..
The update was pretty quick for me though, didn’t really take so long.

I'm not sure how large the update was for me, size-wise (I didn't look), but it took several minutes to install. Longer than I expected. And it seemed to 'reboot' a couple of times (three or four iterations of the progress bar). Got worried for a second or two, but finally successfully completed.

 

[DuongHuuPhuc]

OMG, I just think to reinstall the macOS after work but read this post this morning 👏🏼

 

[svish]

Glad to hear that the bug is fixed with this update

 

[Any name]

I don't think you're truly comprehending and appreciating how massively complex software development is, particularly in a connected world, with users demanding more-more-more... and things are supposed to never break? 👀

Some users might need a modular OS where they can disable the bloat they don’t need but they must eat crow because development means bloating and pinging

 

[minik]

Back in the day, major updates cost money.

I remember waiting in line outside the Apple Store for the annual $129 upgrade disc.

 

[sashavegas]

Some users might need a modular OS where they can disable the bloat they don’t need but they must eat crow because development means bloating and pinging

My thought exactly. Bare OS and several modules such as cloud separate, intertaitment(tv,music,podcast,news), financial (stock,etc) and productivity(all additional gimmicks)
That would be ideal case

 

[duncandb]

I'd like to know if this fixes the Ventura bug where Time Machine causes serious corruption on internal disks when creating APFS snapshots, under allocation and over allocation errors etc. This problem happened on a 2019 Intel Mac.

 

[DCIFRTHS]

I can't find combo updaters for Ventura on Apple's site. Can anyone tell me how to locate them? I've tried a lot of searches here, but only older operating systems appear in the search results. Thanks!

 

[George Dawes]

I've read sonoma is the new snow leopard !!

GIMME GIMME GIMME !!!!

 

[cthart]

A 12Gb download to fix this one bug? Come on Apple, you can do better than this.

 

[Esqueue]

Has anyone else found that System Settings > General > About doesn't work any more?

 

[cthart]

Now please fix the black widgets bug.

 

[unrigestered]

3.5 weeks - one bug.

that's because of the non-functional Location Services, they didn't know where to look!

 

[DCIFRTHS]

Took a while, but at least the issue has been finally resolved 👍🏻
Hopefully there are no other bugs or issues on this version..

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The pink for the background in the toggle switches is spot on for your user name

 

[Pinkyyy 💜🍎]

I can't find combo updaters for Ventura on Apple's site. Can anyone tell me how to locate them? I've tried a lot of searches here, but only older operating systems appear in the search results. Thanks!

I’m not really sure if understood correctly, but is that what you’re looking for ?

What's new in the updates for macOS Ventura - Apple Support

macOS Ventura updates improve the stability, performance, or compatibility of your Mac and are recommended for all macOS Ventura users.

support.apple.com

 

[Pinkyyy 💜🍎]

The pink for the background in the toggle switches is spot on for your user name

Haha, yep I know right 😁

 

[chrfr]

I can't find combo updaters for Ventura on Apple's site. Can anyone tell me how to locate them? I've tried a lot of searches here, but only older operating systems appear in the search results. Thanks!

Combo updaters have not been a thing since macOS Catalina (10.15). You just need to either use software update (which works fine) or download a full Ventura installer and run it.

 

[PyerCoffin]

This update doesn't fix Google Maps Chrome, Edge and Arc not being able to pinpoint me.
It only works in Safari..
It did fix the above software appearing correctly in Settings/Location Services...
Any ideas?
Thanks!!!

 

[katbel]

Great job Apple, I can now see location settings BUT they somehow broke search within System Settings so I can't find anything else

Has anyone else found that System Settings > General > About doesn't work any more?

Two reports of other bugs

Has anyone else got these bugs ?

Or restarting your computer is everything working as it should?

 

[Pinkyyy 💜🍎]

Two reports of other bugs

Has anyone else got these bugs ?

Or restarting your computer is everything working as it should?

Not for me. Both seem to be working perfectly fine.

 

[Esqueue]

Has anyone else found that System Settings > General > About doesn't work any more?

UPDATE: after two restarts About has reappeared.

 

[Esqueue]

Two reports of other bugs

Has anyone else got these bugs ?

Or restarting your computer is everything working as it should?

After two restarts, About has reappeared.