Apple Seeds Fourth Beta of Upcoming macOS Catalina 10.15.5 Update to Developers

[MacRumors]

Apple today seeded the fourth beta of an upcoming macOS Catalina 10.15.5 update to developers for testing purposes, one week after seeding the third beta and over a month after releasing macOS Catalina 10.15.4 with Screen Time Communication Limits, iCloud Folder Sharing, and real-time Apple Music lyrics.

The new macOS Catalina beta can be downloaded from the Software Update mechanism in System Preferences after installing the proper software from the Developer Center.

macOS Catalina 10.15.5 introduces a new Battery Health Management feature for Mac notebooks, which is designed to extend the overall lifespan of a Mac's battery by reducing the rate of chemical aging.

The Battery Health Management feature analyzes the battery health of a laptop and its charging pattern, and in some cases, will preserve battery longevity and health by not charging a MacBook to its full capacity, which can reduce battery life.

When a Mac is used plugged in and the battery is largely kept full, Battery Health Management will kick in and will stop short of a full charge. The feature can be enabled and disabled in the Energy Saver section of the System Preferences app.

Article Link: Apple Seeds Fourth Beta of Upcoming macOS Catalina 10.15.5 Update to Developers

 

[Kylo83]

Build number - 19F83c

as its not an A build there should be more betas next week

 

[jayducharme]

I'm hoping they've straightened out the numerous eGPU quirks. 🤞

 

[nortonandreev]

Build number - 19F83c

as its not an A build there should be more betas next week

Not necessarily

 

[allpar]

But does it fix the crash-on-sleep for computers with T2 chips? And will there be a Mojave fix for those same computers?

 

[Kylo83]

Still doesnt fix the audio popping on new macbooks

 

[petvas]

That's a good question. It doesn't happen all the time on my 16" MBP, but it bothers me. Hopefully Apple will find a solution..
I also hope that the new update will solve the iCloud bookmark sync issue, which affects some users (including myself) and was confirmed to me by Apple Support that there will be a future update that addresses that..

 

[MRrainer]

But does it fix the crash-on-sleep for computers with T2 chips? And will there be a Mojave fix for those same computers?

That is the most important question.
I'm glad I didn't buy a MBP in the end "just" a Mini. But this bug is really annoying.

 

[HNT]

Hope they fixed sidecar freeze on iPad

 

[VictorTango777]

In past versions of MacOS, the Console application was very useful for checking on things such as Time Machine activity, unexpected system shutdowns and reboots. But starting in 10.12 Sierra, the "new" Console application has become practically useless for system administration and troubleshooting use:

Sierra’s Console: promising but incomplete

Even a performing basic check can be an act of supreme intellectual challenge, or is now flatly impossible. Early beta quality.

eclecticlight.co

Welcome to macOS Sierra’s new Console: it’s buried in Terminal

So how do you check your logs to see if backups have been made correctly? Forget Console – you’ve got to use Terminal.

eclecticlight.co

Unfortunately, little has changed in MacOS Catalina version of Console. When the author of these articles wrote "I suspect that the previewers and reviewers never actually tried to do anything purposeful using Console 1.0" he must have been referring to puff pieces such as this one from Macworld:

Hands on with macOS Sierra’s Console: Now it’s easier to get the Mac information you need

Apple has revamped the Console, making it easier to use.

www.macworld.com

Why would Macworld publish such an ignorant, uninformed article?

 

[damienbutt]

I’m still getting kernel panic crashes while sleeping on my MBP 16 with beta 3. This really needs to get fixed.

I also can’t wake up from sleep in clamshell mode without opening and pressing the power button. I have hibernate mode disabled. I also have standby mode disabled. It will wake up if it has been asleep for a short while but every morning it will not wale unless I press the power button which kind of defeats the point of clamshell mode.

Hoping this year's update will be a bug fix and stability update rather than adding loads of new features that will just introduce more bugs.

Steve Jobs would be turning in his grave if he knew the state of macOS right now.

 

[petvas]

Well, even with Steve Jobs we had buggy macOS releases. This has nothing to do with the current leadership, but is a bigger problem that has grown the last years inside Apple.
I hope actually that there will be no major release anymore. Why not just announce what is coming in the next two years and roll it out slowly, feature by feature? I think that this is a much better approach to OS development and would give Apple time to make its OS more stable. I don't want a new OS version each year. I don't need a new OS each year, actually I am happy with what we have now.

 

[MrGimper]

I’m still getting kernel panic crashes while sleeping on my MBP 16 with beta 3. This really needs to get fixed.

I also can’t wake up from sleep in clamshell mode without opening and pressing the power button. I have hibernate mode disabled. I also have standby mode disabled. It will wake up if it has been asleep for a short while but every morning it will not wale unless I press the power button which kind of defeats the point of clamshell mode.

Hoping this year's update will be a bug fix and stability update rather than adding loads of new features that will just introduce more bugs.

Steve Jobs would be turning in his grave if he knew the state of macOS right now.

It's odd that some people are experiencing this. I've had 2x 16" with 10.15.3, 10.15.4, 10.15.5 b3 and now 10.15.5 b4 and experienced no panics or any odd behaviour.
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Well, even with Steve Jobs we had buggy macOS releases. This has nothing to do with the current leadership, but is a bigger problem that has grown the last years inside Apple.
I hope actually that there will be no major release anymore. Why not just announce what is coming in the next two years and roll it out slowly, feature by feature? I think that this is a much better approach to OS development and would give Apple time to make its OS more stable. I don't want a new OS version each year. I don't need a new OS each year, actually I am happy with what we have now.

Especially when a new release only contains minor feature tweaks (tabs or full screen mode) or bundled app updates like safari and mail which should really be deployable outside the main OS. Just go SaaS like Windows

 

[dbeattie]

But does it fix the crash-on-sleep for computers with T2 chips? And will there be a Mojave fix for those same computers?

I bought a new Macbook 16" and installed the update and encountered the problem. Worked with support and they told me to return the computer and get another one. I did that, but paused before updating on the second computer... research showed why my other computer crapped out on sleep. Worked with many support techs and they never provided what Google did in a few seconds. Getting tired of seeing "you have updates waiting.".

 

[H2SO4]

That is the most important question.
I'm glad I didn't buy a MBP in the end "just" a Mini. But this bug is really annoying.

This bug is a killer. My guess is they'll fix it in Catalina, (even if not this release), but leave Mojave to 'suffer'.
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I bought a new Macbook 16" and installed the update and encountered the problem. Worked with support and they told me to return the computer and get another one. I did that, but paused before updating on the second computer... research showed why my other computer crapped out on sleep. Worked with many support techs and they never provided what Google did in a few seconds. Getting tired of seeing "you have updates waiting.".

How old was your MacBook?

 

[vaugha]

Audio popping is still prevalent on 10.15.4 on my 2019 15" mbp while using the tv app. They seriously need to get off their asses and start doing some bug fixes. Also my 2019 mba still has a static image glitch (which again I'm told is a software glitch) on screen wake after a long period of sleep.

Ever since the 10.15.4 the news app starts to crash a lot as well...weird.

 

[MauiPa]

In past versions of MacOS, the Console application was very useful for checking on things such as Time Machine activity, unexpected system shutdowns and reboots. But starting in 10.12 Sierra, the "new" Console application has become practically useless for system administration and troubleshooting use:

Sierra’s Console: promising but incomplete

Even a performing basic check can be an act of supreme intellectual challenge, or is now flatly impossible. Early beta quality.

eclecticlight.co

Welcome to macOS Sierra’s new Console: it’s buried in Terminal

So how do you check your logs to see if backups have been made correctly? Forget Console – you’ve got to use Terminal.

eclecticlight.co

Unfortunately, little has changed in MacOS Catalina version of Console. When the author of these articles wrote "I suspect that the previewers and reviewers never actually tried to do anything purposeful using Console 1.0" he must have been referring to puff pieces such as this one from Macworld:

Hands on with macOS Sierra’s Console: Now it’s easier to get the Mac information you need

Apple has revamped the Console, making it easier to use.

www.macworld.com

Why would Macworld publish such an ignorant, uninformed article?

your complaint is heavy on the invective and short on specifics. It is version 1.1, not the 1.0 referenced in the articles, and short of a filter, which is a user preference method to review and not a capability, I am not seeing what the complaint is actually about. I am sure you could also find a third party program more to your liking.

 

[match14]

Does it fix handoff not working under multi user environment?

 

[luvbug]

Personally, I think this whole year has been a public beta test for the upcoming 10.16.

 

[MrGimper]

Personally, I think this whole year has been a public beta test for the upcoming 10.16.

10.16 "Wuhan"

 

[centauratlas]

Hopefully it fixes some of the photos syncing issues (plus the other stuff listed above). We'll see shortly.

 

[mdriftmeyer]

But does it fix the crash-on-sleep for computers with T2 chips? And will there be a Mojave fix for those same computers?

It isn't tethered to the T2 chip. I get crash on sleeps randomly on a Macbook Pro 13 2015 model.

 

[Mojo1019]

Do you still has the popping sound with the 16inch?

 

[recoil80]

It isn't tethered to the T2 chip. I get crash on sleeps randomly on a Macbook Pro 13 2015 model.

this week I had a crash during sleep on my 16” I read disabling power nap could solve the problem but it was off

 

[Babygotfont]

I'm finally stable across my eco-system (2017 iMac, 2012 MBPr, 2012 MM, Apple Watch Series 3, HomePod(2), HomeBridge Applications (not apples, but I have a lot of HomeKit connected devices via Homebridge), iPhoneX, iPad Pro 10.5 ... I struggled for 1 year getting all sorts of issues figured out / diagnosed ...

I've disabled auto-update on all my devices ... my next update will be on 10.16.XXXXXX when WWDC releases 10.17 beta

I do not trust apples software QA/QC anymore