Apple Releases Revised macOS Catalina Supplemental Update

Anybody else been having issues with smb shares over your home network? finder locking onto it and not letting it go. Having to force close finder sometimes freezes it all and have to reboot
 
Chris The Bipolarbear said:
Anyone who is having difficulties updating and Needs to download full installer?
Open terminal and run this script.
softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer
Leave terminal open whilst it downloads. It downloads to your applications Folder. To check you have correct installer right click get info New installer was created 17th October and is version 15.0.34. see screen shot correct installer is shown on left.View attachment 871559
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Worked for me. Thanks!
 
I’m not touching Catalina for a long time
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PastaPrimav said:
There is no reason to make excuses for them. Apple is making a lot of mistakes, and their once-famous quality has taken a huge plunge. The culture in post-Jobs era has finally started to shift, and the result is, expectedly, bad
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^^^ this
 
CaTOAGU said:
In other words, if you have already successfully installed the original Supplemental Update there is absolutely no need to install this one.
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While I agree, it makes one wonder what was changed in '/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/OSInstaller.framework' that Apple felt was important enough to release a second update.
 
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Peadogie said:
While I agree, it makes one wonder what was changed in '/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/OSInstaller.framework' that Apple felt was important enough to release an update.
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My guess would be due to these items in the release notes:

This update:
- Improves installation reliability of ‌‌macOS Catalina‌‌ on Macs with low disk space
- Fixes an issue that prevented Setup Assistant from completing during some installations
- Resolves an issue that prevents accepting iCloud Terms and Conditions when multiple ‌‌iCloud‌‌ accounts are logged in
- Improves the reliability of saving Game Center data when playing Apple Arcadegames offline
 
Based on a couple of reports I trust it turns out to be an updated security certificate. They used one about to expire on the previous version.
 
Ultra Male said:
Is there a way to check if I have the first supplemental update or the new one?
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Click apple Logo top right, About this Mac, System report, Software.
Look at system version if it is macOS 10.15 (19A603) its the vastest "second Supplemental release" if it is (19A602) then its the "First Supplemental Release"
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Chris The Bipolarbear said:
Anyone who is having difficulties updating and Needs to download full installer?
Open terminal and run this script.
softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer
Leave terminal open whilst it downloads. It downloads to your applications Folder. To check you have correct installer right click get info New installer was created 17th October and is version 15.0.34. see screen shot correct installer is shown on left.View attachment 871559
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The terminal script worked great
Thanks 😀
 
Apple cannot possibly test every conceivable conflict. So they release the "beta" versions to be tested. After all the bug reports are in, they hope they have caught all of them, then they release the update to the wider user population. Each one of us has different Macs, with different combination of settings and a vast variety of apps. More bug reports then flood in from the users, finally Apple develops the fixes and releases the incremental updates. There are so many variables at play that there is bound to be some hiccups. Usually, it is better to wait before installing an update, just to allow the first bugs to be worked out. Just sayin'...
 
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I'm having some problems with my connection to the NAS ever since Catalina. Sometimes it just won't connect to it and it's impossible to access the files until i end the finder process. Not sure what that is about.
 
macuser99999 said:
Catalina Island is beautiful but Apple's Catalina OS sucks bigtime. I'll NEVER upgrade to it until they bring back 32-bit support.
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LOL, looks like you're going to be on Mojave for a long time. You're not alone though, I'm staying with Mojave too. Taking away 32 bit support has been a real killer for me.
 
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