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Apple Seeds First Beta of Upcoming macOS Catalina 10.15.4 Update to Developers

mdriftmeyer said:
I've had zero issues. Then again I worked at NeXT and Apple and have been running variants of OS X back from when it was NeXTSTEP. I know this OS.
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The issues have been mainly to do with graphics switching, especially if machine is never rebooted, where the graphics will become very choppy, and then several sleep wake cycles it will be fine again.

Also anything to do with samba can crash the finder, anything to do with authentication to active directory (which uses samba) can freeze the machine.

Not everybody uses the machine in this way, and therefore won’t experience the issues.
 
urbanmacUser said:
If you are an Enterprise admin with Macs bound to AD, mobile accounts and FileVault you will know it’s all of them, the hardware is irrelevant, although new 16” MBP seem to be KPing a lot due to BridgeOS on the T2.
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xnsys said:
I’ve experienced exactly the same, and because we couldn’t downgrade the 16” and got fed up with the crashing, they have been returned - there is the whole synopsis in a thread on here.
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Same issue with us. Catalina has been one of the worst releases for Enterprise in a very long time. There are some real showstopper bugs, this one being the biggest, that keep going unfixed release after release.
Please tell me that this beta fixes the AD/FileVault/Keychain issue.
 
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I hope they finally fix the issue with the MacBook Pro 16-inch when connected to an external monitor, it’s been impossible for me (and a bunch of other people) to work with an external monitor with the new MacBook Pro 16-inch and this is a huge problem for me.
In my case just by browsing the web with an external monitor connected the machine will get really hot and the fans will go like crazy (all the way up to 5000 RPM).
 
xnsys said:
It can be, create a shell script that you double click on - then just type your password and it will resolve.

I tend to find killing the finder doesn't always result in good news, I've had the finder stick when doing this and requiring the whole machine to be powered off - sometimes harshly.
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I've resorted to creating a LaunchAgent that does a "killall sharingd" every 5 minutes. Stupid I have to do it, but it works! I've forgotten I have the issue.

On my system "sharingd" runs under my username, so no need for the sudo. Might save you entering a password.
 
sblundgren said:
I've resorted to creating a LaunchAgent that does a "killall sharingd" every 5 minutes. Stupid I have to do it, but it works! I've forgotten I have the issue.

On my system "sharingd" runs under my username, so no need for the sudo. Might save you entering a password.
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I'm kicking myself - I should have checked that - yes it does run as the local account and so the sudo isn't needed - schoolboy error - I'm just used to sudo'ing everything 😂
 
The big things should come in build 10.15.5 (beta) - Metal API update. As from the head of OTOY company statement, they hopes that the x.5 beta version will fits for launch their Octane GPU renderer (maybe Redshift will come too), which was announced at WWDC. :)
 
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sblundgren said:
I've resorted to creating a LaunchAgent that does a "killall sharingd" every 5 minutes. Stupid I have to do it, but it works! I've forgotten I have the issue.

On my system "sharingd" runs under my username, so no need for the sudo. Might save you entering a password.
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is it possible to share this magic file of yours?
 
Zackinthebox said:
is it possible to share this magic file of yours?
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Create a file named com.fixes.killsharingd.plist in folder ~/Libraries/LaunchAgents with the contents:

Code: 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.fixes.killsharingd</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>killall</string>
        <string>sharingd</string>
    </array>
    <key>StartInterval</key>
    <integer>300</integer>
</dict>
</plist>

Then I think you can just log out and log back in. You can also do (I believe) a launchctl load <path to filename>
 
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yockster said:
did this fix the Mac mini EGPU issue finally?
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What issue is that?
I’m running an RX5700XT in a Sonnet eGFX eGPU and have no problems with 10.15.3.
Can you clarify exactly what issue you’re having?
 
Squuiid said:
What issue is that?
I’m running an RX5700XT in a Sonnet eGFX eGPU and have no problems with 10.15.3.
Can you clarify exactly what issue you’re having?
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I have the issue, that when you boot up your Mac mini with connected eGPU it will end up in a white (or sometimes black screen). Then you need to reconnect the eGPU to start the Mac.
So far as I know is this only a problem with Polaris Cards (RX580, RX590, etc.)
 
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Fingers crossed for Mac mini 2018 eGPU fixes. Hopefully the Navi boot screen support that was working back in 10.15.1 will be restored to the boot ROM...
 
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They need to fix photo syncing and visibility of albums that are in folders on Apple TV. Quality control has been lacking still.
 
Squuiid said:
What issue is that?
I’m running an RX5700XT in a Sonnet eGFX eGPU and have no problems with 10.15.3.
Can you clarify exactly what issue you’re having?
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Do you see the initial boot screen (Filevault, option to select boot drive)? I have the same setup and lost that with upgrade from 10.15.1 -> 10.15.3. I also get occasionally stuck with black screen upon warm reboot with eGPU attached.
 
lqd said:
The big things should come in build 10.15.5 (beta) - Metal API update. As from the head of OTOY company statement, they hopes that the x.5 beta version will fits for launch their Octane GPU renderer (maybe Redshift will come too), which was announced at WWDC. :)
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Is this update in the pipeline for sure? I edit video and there have been a lot of complaints about Metal acceleration not working, especially on the 16" MBP and Adobe apps. It seems like Metal and/or that AMD card are in bad need of a driver update.
 
I’m hope for some sort of attention to be given to People in the Photos app. You can’t even sort people by name yet.
 
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iCloud folder sharing is here.

This beta killed my installed iTunes. Fortunately a reinstall fixed it.
 
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urbanmacUser said:
If you are an Enterprise admin with Macs bound to AD, mobile accounts and FileVault you will know it’s all of them, the hardware is irrelevant, although new 16” MBP seem to be KPing a lot due to BridgeOS on the T2.
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That's been my problem as well. It's been a real pain. I found a workaround that's not ideal but at least the iMacs we have are stable now. BTW, one thing I found that helped was to go into Recovery mode and reinstall MacOS. It puts the new .3 in, but it runs a bit better and eliminates some of the glitches (but not all).
 
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