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Apple Seeds macOS Catalina Golden Master to Developers
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FFS this news kills me! I absolutely HATE the security on Mac. It's not a good thing, it's just illogical, dumb and lazy from them. I was so hoping the latest OS would remove some of the stupidity but it sounds like it has gotten worse.
How is it logical that I have to use my password to log into my MBP at least 5 times a week when I have a perfectly good fingerprint scanner.
How is it logical that I can't use my fingerprint for EVERY password request.
If I have just logged in, why the hell do I have to put my password in again to install something?
If I log in as an admin... then please apple, treat me like an admin, stop making me put my password in to unlock the settings app.
If I download something from the net, it warns me EVERYTIME that it isn't an authorised developer, am I sure I want to install it. I can only say no... yes doesn't exist, I am forced to open setting, then security, then click "open anyway"
Couple this with the bugginess that is Macos, it gets even worse - sometimes when trying to update/install or do anything icloud related - it pops up saying I have to put my icloud password in and it'll pop up instantly a few times in a row for some broken reason - needing my icloud password each time, but for different purposes.
Gah... even typing this post makes me ask myself why I'm still using these piles of junk lol
To prevent something which would otherwise be scripted to run at startup. imagine how many malicious program would take advantage of that...
Okay, but that is presuming I install something malicious? Which I wouldn't... and even if I did, that is my risk to take if I turn down the security on my mac.
I only have problem with the prompts regarding notifications for existing apps which I have already configured! The upgrade should take this into consideration and not ask me again and again.
Anyway, the issue is not that big. It's just irritating. Once you got the OS up and running with all apps you will barely notice the security measures in place. Of course, if you install new apps all the time then it can be a frustrating experience. I would bet that the majority of users do not install new apps very often..
Yeah if it was only installing apps, then I wouldn't be bothered - but it's that on top of every other security prompt for every other task - they start to pile up.
I have forgotten the exact details now, but I think it was when I was installing Outlook and adding an IMAP email address to it. It triggered (not exaggerating) about 50+ password prompts as it tried to access hundreds of different files. I ended up copying my password and spam pressing: paste return, paste return. It did it for every email address i had to add - which was 3 or 4.
Anyone else see significant corespotlightd memory usage (currently at 3.04 GiB) after upgrading?
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There is no public beta for this build yet, and I'm guessing there won't be; it will probably ship as final instead.
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There is no public beta for this build yet, and I'm guessing there won't be; it will probably ship as final instead.
I guess to state the obvious, the GM is for developers and the public release is the 'actual' release.
heh? How am I running it then? I registered yesterday for the public beta and download it. It is build 19A582a
This is the GM seed. Of course we will have to wait and see if there will be another build, but I highly doubt it.
What if I install GM today which will be Final in a future. Will the beta dissapear from the name?
This one won't be final. If you don't update to the release version, you'll see Beta labeling.
still thinking we will see the public release today?
https://www.apple.com/macos/catalina/ still shows just october. no release date just going to show up out of the blue available for everyone?
https://www.apple.com/macos/catalina/ still shows just october. no release date just going to show up out of the blue available for everyone?
I won't be upgrading due to the dropping of 32-bit support. I feel this is going to catch ALOT of people off guard when their applications stop working.
I gave up and powered off, held my breath, crossed my fingers and restarted. It's fine.
Lucky you. I’ve got issuesin Mojave that are still here 12 months on and issues that date back to years old versions of MacOS that somehow still haven’t been fixed.
Unlikely. There was one Danish Apple web page that listed October 4 for a few days but that was corrected and was likely in error.
I don't undersatnd why they are dropping support for 32bit, so if they dropped it, what do I get as the end user? I am currently using MacOS that supports 32Bit and everything is fine and snappy.If you can support older software, why not? its even more convenient.
Notification sucks compared for Dashboard, not sure why they will abandon dashboard since its the same idea implemented in the new iPadOS and the Notification Center. it shoud have gotten a lot more love, at a press of a key you get accces to a lot of data and tools like unit converters and such.
not sure why it wasn't any more popular.
Notification sucks compared for Dashboard, not sure why they will abandon dashboard since its the same idea implemented in the new iPadOS and the Notification Center. it shoud have gotten a lot more love, at a press of a key you get accces to a lot of data and tools like unit converters and such.
not sure why it wasn't any more popular.
Agree. There have been several of these "long lasting" versions of macOS. Tiger, Snow Leopard, Mavericks, El Capitan, and now Mojave
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My guess is still on the day of the rumored apple event for the new MBP and MP, October 29.