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macOS Catalina 10.15.5 beta 5 (19F94a) - May 20th.
macOS Catalina 10.15.5 beta 5 (19F94a) - May 20th.
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Apple Seeds Fifth Beta of Upcoming macOS Catalina 10.15.5 Update to Developers [Update: Public Beta Available]
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They FINALLY FIXED the dock not disappearing after the Mac is restarted or Shut Down!
All macOS releases have it too.
Just open Safari and type the following into the address bar:
Code:
applefeedback://Or search for Feedback Assistant in Spotlight.
Complains about Apple taking time to make sure the release is correct and also them not releasing it today. This is actually hilarious.😂
One would hope. The latest beta didn't help with syncing photos from the Photos app to iOS devices (for large libraries mostly). Hopefully this one will.
Thing is, shouldn't annoy any Mac user, even if it was there - you shouldn't have to shutdown or restart a Mac unless it's for updates - but with this OS it's a 3x daily routine having to reboot for one thing or another.
Can someone post the release notes for 10.15.5? I wonder if the following issues have been resolved:
- iCloud Bookmarks not getting migrated to Cloudkit. Synchronisation of bookmarks and reading list does not work
- Slow Wifi after resuming from standby if Apple Watch unlock is configured
- Kernel Panics when resuming from standby if Power Nap is enabled
Fair enough, though I like to shut down even every couple days to give the hardware a break. I know others are having issues (which sucks), but I’m not necessarily a power user, so my use case is a little different in terms of uncovering bugginess.
macOS Catalina 10.15.5 Release Notes | Apple Developer Documentation
Update your apps to use new features, and test your apps against API changes.
Just one single issue resolved? I don't believe it. I hope Apple is just fixing things that they just don't mention..macOS Catalina 10.15.5 Release Notes | Apple Developer Documentation
Update your apps to use new features, and test your apps against API changes.developer.apple.com
Hmmm...so they pick now to break their streak of releasing the Public Beta within an hour or so of the Dev? An old bug popped up in the current Public Beta - losing Bluetooth connectivity to the mouse pad and keyboard. This needs to go away...hopefully in this release.
Suit yourself. Personally, I just bought a new 13" MBP because it's the best machine for my photography hobby. macOS is awesome - I can't imagine using anything else for photography.
MR continually fails to mention one really important aspect of 10.15.5, which is the support for OTOY's Octane rendering software. There's some serious under-the-hood stuff going on with Metal to make Octane (and possibly other apps) work, which probably has important implications for GPU support, yet it's never even mentioned in these 'news' stories.
I should add Bluetooth issues to your list. You can find more information on Apple's communities forum. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8150033
It drives me crazy at least 2-3 times a week and I have to restart my MacBook Pro every time it happens.
Sweet! That drove me crazy. Would someone tell me how they screw stuff like this up that has always worked to begin with?
I haven't even made the leap to 10.15 yet because I don't want to lose my oh-so-handy Dashboard widgets! 🥺 .... and I don't have enough free space on my drive. That's an important factor. 😆😆
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Software is COMPLEX. I wish users would appreciate that a bit more. It's truly amazing how well they manage to keep their OS's working as well as they do. It's not like they can write code once and have it work perfectly forever more. Software is very organic with lots of moving pieces that need to be kept updated over time to stay compatible with new features, etc.
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Software is COMPLEX. I wish users would appreciate that a bit more. It's truly amazing how well they manage to keep their OS's working as well as they do. It's not like they can write code once and have it work perfectly forever more. Software is very organic with lots of moving pieces that need to be kept updated over time to stay compatible with new features, etc.
I hope this fixes MBP 16 freezing/stuttering when utilizing the iGPU (or automatic graphics switching option is enabled), and the sleep kernel panics. Wouldn't hold my breath though. It's Apple, you know..
Why do all these articles for 10.15.5 only talk about the battery saver and not about what bugs are being fixed.
If you go by what MR keeps saying, you'd only think there was only one thing new in this update.
If you go by what MR keeps saying, you'd only think there was only one thing new in this update.