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Apple Seeds macOS Catalina Beta 9 to Developers [Update: Public Beta Available]
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Companies that don't/refuse to re-write will get left behind by those who do.
I do happen to play media through iTunes on my mac, but iTunes needs to die. It is well overdue, it is the worst software Apple have ever made in terms of UI and is actively responsible for many people never even buying anything Apple makes. it's that bad - it is the first and only experience a lot of PC users have with Apple software and it is complete trash.
So. They need to replace the functionality. The seperate TV and Music apps (that already exist on iOS) make sense.
You may not use the news app, but it, along with the tv and music apps above is another opportunity to real-world-test the IOS/MacOS API compatibility. If you don't use it... don't use it? Delete it?
Like it or not the mass market wants the features apple is rolling out. Don't use them/like them? Ignore them. There's plenty of other new stuff in new macOS releases that are good things. Like Apple watch for security prompts, etc.
IMHO apple is the only OS vendor actually doing anything new and exciting (essentially making applications that work across different form factors with the same data for different devices), Microsoft are still back-pedalling from the Windows 8 UI disaster, that was massively panned even in Windows 8 betas, but MS ignored the feedback and crashed and burned in the market.
Linux? Well... (and i say this as a Linux user both at home and at work) - they've finally been dragged kicking and screaming into the base level of functionality that we should have had on desktop unix 20 years ago (almost... OS X came out in 2001 from memory and even back then was more feature complete as a desktop).
but catalina seems like alpha software, even when its soon launch
I’ll do my best. AppleTV app does not have ability to load content from large libraries. So, if you purchased a ton of TV shows or movies, you can’t stream and the library tab always fails to load.
So, the more money you once spent is no longer supported in the streaming world. (Small libraries work, but again, big library = big customer)
Anyway, I hope that clarifies. I’m highly reluctant to get rid of iTunes because as sloth-like as it is, at least it works.
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I read on twitter b9 is still really bad. What are you finding?
I may not upgrade until the end of the year for Catalina or iOS 13. Something is really offf with Apple.
Is it me, or does someone say this every beta? It's a beta, y'all, and I've seen much worse betas.
Have you reported your issues to Apple, or are you just waiting for someone else to do it for you ??
Can the spiteful people go away and the really helpful people share their experiences with this new Beta?
They do, but it's not usually this buggy at the end of September. iOS 13.1 is also still quite patchy, just not as bad. tvOS 13 by contrast seems extremely stable, although with some terrible new features making it feel just as frustrating.
It fixed my Messages (iMessage) notification bug whereby they often came in with no sound or badge icon, and those options would randomly disappear from Sys Prefs / Notifications.
Someone above asked where the cloud docs are ... they've not moved since the previous beta and are in
~/Library/Mobile Documents. A few betas ago they were in ~/Library/CloudStorage but no longer.
One of my Applescripts is still failing. I doubt it's a permissions issue as it just sets alarms on calendar events but the error message is like a short story and "more than 10" is logged against my Feedback.
Mail notifications still occasionally don't work properly. This has been the case for years.
What else ... ah yeah, sometimes after waking from sleep the laptop won't access the WiFi despite the WiFi icon stating it's reconnected ok. I have to toggle it off/on. This has also been the case for years.
Someone above asked where the cloud docs are ... they've not moved since the previous beta and are in
~/Library/Mobile Documents. A few betas ago they were in ~/Library/CloudStorage but no longer.
One of my Applescripts is still failing. I doubt it's a permissions issue as it just sets alarms on calendar events but the error message is like a short story and "more than 10" is logged against my Feedback.
Mail notifications still occasionally don't work properly. This has been the case for years.
What else ... ah yeah, sometimes after waking from sleep the laptop won't access the WiFi despite the WiFi icon stating it's reconnected ok. I have to toggle it off/on. This has also been the case for years.
I was starting to think it was just me. I frequently need to restart my Mac to get back online. This is despite it behaving like it's connected. Pages just don't stop loading and there is never an error message. Same in Mojave and High Sierra.
I sometimes get a (!) in the WiFi icon which means there's no internet access. However, I can't access the router homepage or a connected NAS, which means there's actually no LAN access either. For me, toggling WiFi off/on solves the issue and I don't have to reboot. It's still irritating though, as it surprises me Apple can't consistently fix something almost everyone with a laptop uses.
What’s holding this wine mixer back for so long? Sorry, I have been out of touch lately with any news Apple related.
There are a few of those issues in macOS though. For me the biggest one is how pinch to zoom stops working under heavy usage, so you need to open trackpad settings and turn it off and on again. As a designer, this is an absolute productivity killer. It happens daily, it's widely reported, they're aware of the issue, and it never gets fixed.
Luckily, I've never had that. I guess I never put my laptop under heavy enough usage! Also, I tend to use Firefox and their pinch-to-zoom is crap anyway
Broke my heart when neither Borderlands 2 (needs update) or The Pre-Sequel (32-bit) worked yesterday when I loaded up beta 9. Oh well. Minor issues - very stable otherwise. While I won't back up to Time Machine again quite yet, this is good.
On the topic of games, trying to launch Minecraft and BL2 then force-quitting them after a couple failed launches prompted the process "watchdog" to kernel panic yesterday. Dunno what that was all about.
On the topic of games, trying to launch Minecraft and BL2 then force-quitting them after a couple failed launches prompted the process "watchdog" to kernel panic yesterday. Dunno what that was all about.
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Downloaded the PB this morning and everything appears to be working more smoothly. The issues for me all start from sleep/wake, but so far nothing has crashed during sleep and there have not been any forced restarts.
That's my experience of it so far, be good to hear from others.
That's my experience of it so far, be good to hear from others.
I'm really not having any significant issues on this beta. Music is still a little basic, as are Podcasts and Apple TV apps. Even so I'm enjoying them, and sound quality in Music seems a little better, that could be placebo though, or I've changed something else without realising. Anyone else notice anything sound quality wise? Still can't tell Siri to play something on a speaker in a different room, but that didn't work for me on Mojave either.
Apple Watch allows me to unlock different apps and security features. VMWare Fusion is running well. All other main Apple apps seem OK to me at the moment.
It seems stable enough, definitely nothing that makes me want to tear my hair out. Reasonably fast and smooth too. Obviously now that I've said that my Mac mini will set itself on fire.
Apple Watch allows me to unlock different apps and security features. VMWare Fusion is running well. All other main Apple apps seem OK to me at the moment.
It seems stable enough, definitely nothing that makes me want to tear my hair out. Reasonably fast and smooth too. Obviously now that I've said that my Mac mini will set itself on fire.
iCloud Music uploads aren't working properly; Music is separating songs out of complete albums which are tagged exactly the same, verified in about 3 tagging apps I have that confirm they're all part of the same album. It's also not picking up album art which is part of the metadata of the album in question. Time will tell. I doubt what I've written here comes as any surprise to iTunes users over the years...
Hi all,
I finally took the leap and installed Catalina ... all seems to be working well except sidecar only seems to work once then requires a Mac reboot to work again. The second time I try to launch Sidecar it does connect but just shows a black screen on the iPad, a reboot fixes it.
Anyone else experiencing this ? Is there a quicker way to get it working again without a reboot ?
thanks
Adam
I finally took the leap and installed Catalina ... all seems to be working well except sidecar only seems to work once then requires a Mac reboot to work again. The second time I try to launch Sidecar it does connect but just shows a black screen on the iPad, a reboot fixes it.
Anyone else experiencing this ? Is there a quicker way to get it working again without a reboot ?
thanks
Adam
And I thought I was the only one with this issue. Drives me nuts with Mojave. Happens constantly using FCPX.