They don't sync automatically. I will get messages on my iPad (iOS 11) and my iPhone (iOS 10) but not my MBP (High Sierra PB2). I can still answer the messages from my mac and that's when I'm flooded with all the messages that were missing at once.
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They don't sync automatically. I will get messages on my iPad (iOS 11) and my iPhone (iOS 10) but not my MBP (High Sierra PB2). I can still answer the messages from my mac and that's when I'm flooded with all the messages that were missing at once.
Add one more to the pile! I even did a clean install of Sierra, and it still won't install it.
If anyone figures this out, please share!
I've looked all over the webs for a possible answer, and no luck...anyone else?
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Rather oddly, my 2016 15" MBP is now backing up with TimeMachine just fine. My 2017 iMac 4k did a single full backup but now refuses to back up again always saying its "in use." Completely removing the time machine disk and deleting the previous backup will let me do a full backup, but then incremental backups fail. The other 5 macs in my house continue to back up to this time machine disk just fine.
None of my messages have synced since I updated to PB2. The old behaviour, of messages coming flooding in when I woke up the MacBook from sleep isn't happening either. I just don't get anything.
I had to rebuild my fusion drive before I could install my TM backup. I hope your drive is OK. I had to execute a low level command in Terminal.
I first installed the PB 2 on a bootable external SSD to see if it is usable. After I was convinced that there were no major issues, installed also on my main partition (I know it made no sense when I could just continue trying it on external device and stayed on Sierra on the main partition , but I wanted to experience APFS which I couldn't select on the external drive).
Geekbench CPU score seems to have increased while GPU OpenCL score for Radeon Pro 450 is around 11k which doesn't seem good. It could be an issue with GeekBench though since I had no issues during my regular usage that involves graphics (Sharing VRAM to virtual machines, Streaming 1440p video or playing Besiege). Another thing I notices is that Steam, which never closed properly unless I force quit, now closes as soon as I click "Quit Steam".
Some issues I noticed so far:
1) I cannot connect my iPhone's hotspot over WiFi or BT. Fortunately, tethering through cable works and I can temporarily be OK with this issue.
2) Empty Trash function seems to not work. Each time, I have to open the Trash and remove the items one by one.
2) Scrolling on Safari seems to be noticeably slower.
3) Occasional Touch Bar bugs such as volume or brightness sliders responding with lag.
Overall, I like High Sierra enough to ignore these bugs, not that I recommend just everyone to install it.
Geekbench CPU score seems to have increased while GPU OpenCL score for Radeon Pro 450 is around 11k which doesn't seem good. It could be an issue with GeekBench though since I had no issues during my regular usage that involves graphics (Sharing VRAM to virtual machines, Streaming 1440p video or playing Besiege). Another thing I notices is that Steam, which never closed properly unless I force quit, now closes as soon as I click "Quit Steam".
Some issues I noticed so far:
1) I cannot connect my iPhone's hotspot over WiFi or BT. Fortunately, tethering through cable works and I can temporarily be OK with this issue.
2) Empty Trash function seems to not work. Each time, I have to open the Trash and remove the items one by one.
2) Scrolling on Safari seems to be noticeably slower.
3) Occasional Touch Bar bugs such as volume or brightness sliders responding with lag.
Overall, I like High Sierra enough to ignore these bugs, not that I recommend just everyone to install it.
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AFS (Apple File Service) or APFS (The new filesystem in MacOS High Sierra)? If APFS, Google Drive will probably have to be updated after High Sierra goes public in order to work with the new filesystem. For a temporary fix, I found that Dropbox seems to be working fine in High Sierra, but for other file-related apps like Boxcryptor, the new file system isn't recognized properly.
Question #1
has anyone tried RAID with APFS
creating a raid volume and formating as APFS
well if the answer to the first question is yes, that is possible to create a RAID volume using APFS
Question #2
can that volume be use to install mac os and boot from it
Question #3
or will that RAID volume will only work as a data storage volume
meaning none bootable
as soon as PB3 is release and planing to find the answer to those questions
but if anybody has any info please share it
thanks
has anyone tried RAID with APFS
creating a raid volume and formating as APFS
well if the answer to the first question is yes, that is possible to create a RAID volume using APFS
Question #2
can that volume be use to install mac os and boot from it
Question #3
or will that RAID volume will only work as a data storage volume
meaning none bootable
as soon as PB3 is release and planing to find the answer to those questions
but if anybody has any info please share it
thanks
OK, Icaras, Jason… guys, you may find this interesting. I have rebooted my Macbook, holding down the D key. Then selected the option to reinstall the system. And right now I am on (dramatic pause, Hitchcock-like music) 17A306f, i.e. Developer Beta 3 or Public Beta 2 (AFAIK, the build number is the same).
WARNING!!
backup before installing! Public beta2 screwed my 13" MBP 2016 w/ touchbar. I installed it from app store, it seemed to go well until about 95% of the way then froze. I tried all the usual options (fsck/repair volume, safe mode, reset pram, reinstall). Eventually I had to erase and re-partition the whole drive as I ended up with a 500GB APFS as well as a 500GB HFS+ at the same time (on a 500GB drive). I can't believe they released a public beta with such a serious blocker defect.
It may have been because I used to have a bootcamp partition, I don't know, but that is no excuse.
Now that its installed , I notice every UI action is super laggy. e.g. click finder with the mouse - and it take about a half second to open.. same with alt-t from there. Folks this is on the fastest pcie storage around - it should have zero perceivable lag. The pattern repeats. Everything you try to do is lagged by a split second making the whole thing feel super slow.
Edit: This is only slightly worse than sierra. I guess I was expecting more after working on windows where everything opens instantly on far less hardware when you ask it to.
Also lots of slow UI animations when you really start using it. Worse then sierra which is the whole point of this release.
UI (once slowly loaded) does seem a bit snappier but nothing that couldn't be explained from optimized drivers. Going from my 15" MBP MY14 to nvidia's driver on sierra was way more of an upgrade then this.
Definitely don't recommend installing this yet!!
Edit2: I feel the only optimized part of this whole release is four-finger up mission control. That has become nice and smooth. Sadly, its the only part so far. A
Edit3: actually scratch that, with enough exercising there are still <60fps animations (eg. judder/slowdowns)
backup before installing! Public beta2 screwed my 13" MBP 2016 w/ touchbar. I installed it from app store, it seemed to go well until about 95% of the way then froze. I tried all the usual options (fsck/repair volume, safe mode, reset pram, reinstall). Eventually I had to erase and re-partition the whole drive as I ended up with a 500GB APFS as well as a 500GB HFS+ at the same time (on a 500GB drive). I can't believe they released a public beta with such a serious blocker defect.
It may have been because I used to have a bootcamp partition, I don't know, but that is no excuse.
Now that its installed , I notice every UI action is super laggy. e.g. click finder with the mouse - and it take about a half second to open.. same with alt-t from there. Folks this is on the fastest pcie storage around - it should have zero perceivable lag. The pattern repeats. Everything you try to do is lagged by a split second making the whole thing feel super slow.
Edit: This is only slightly worse than sierra. I guess I was expecting more after working on windows where everything opens instantly on far less hardware when you ask it to.
Also lots of slow UI animations when you really start using it. Worse then sierra which is the whole point of this release.
UI (once slowly loaded) does seem a bit snappier but nothing that couldn't be explained from optimized drivers. Going from my 15" MBP MY14 to nvidia's driver on sierra was way more of an upgrade then this.
Definitely don't recommend installing this yet!!
Edit2: I feel the only optimized part of this whole release is four-finger up mission control. That has become nice and smooth. Sadly, its the only part so far. A
Edit3: actually scratch that, with enough exercising there are still <60fps animations (eg. judder/slowdowns)
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Interesting. Ok I’ll have to try this tomorrow. Too late and I’m too sleepy right now to deal with a catastrophic issue if it were to occur lol. I will check back in to let you know if get the same success.
Trying it right now...here were my steps...
1. Download High Sierra from Mac App Store
2. Go through regular Install Process
3. Install fails and reboots into normal Sierra log in screen
4. Restart and hold down D
5. Runs check, says no issues found, takes me to Safari Support Page
6. I quit out of that and select "Re-Install"
7. It's currently going through the install process, however, it's saying it's installing macOS Sierra...will update when done.
Pawel, was there anything you did different?
UPDATE: It didn't work. I'll try one more time and see if it will recognize the "Install High Sierra" for the re-install of the system.
UPDATE 2: Same steps, same result....isn't this the definition of insanity? Tried it with Command-R as well, still just shows installer for Sierra. Not sure what you did Pawel that's different than what I did.
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Crazy memory leaks with this one also. I keep seeing popups that I have run out of application memory but not really doing much. I noticed kernel_task is currently using 7.00GB (!!) and I have one safari window open (after using it heavily for a morning)
Ah thanks for trying it. I don't think I have the heart to do it at this point and the very random nature of this issue is definitely insanity at work. Might just wait for third public beta at this point.
I'm currently running Sierra on my Mac Pro, which has an SSD for the boot drive, but my user data is on an internal SATA drive, I'm wondering if this change in file system with Sierra High is going to cause problems.
***Fingers Crossed*** New release of 12.6 maybe allows for updating to happen...
*Updates to 12.6........
***Goes through trying to install High Sierra....
Computer restarts back into Sierra only snappier now!
Damn this update / lack of update!
Sorry for late answer. I am not sure either. However, Public Beta 3 is now available and, guess what, it is not installing either. So I will try to solve it again and this time I will record my steps and get back to you.
OK, here's what I did:
System version: 17A306f (Developer Beta 3 = Public Beta 2, but the same had worked for PB1 before).
The system would not update to DB4/PB3, it would only restart without installing a new version.
- I restarted macOS, holding "D" key while restarting.
- "macOS Utilities" window appeared.
- I selected "Reinstall macOS" (2nd option from the top) and clicked "Continue".
- "macOS High Sierra Beta" window appeared, I clicked "Continue" again.
- The license was displayed, I clicked "Agree" and then "Agree" again in the disclaimer window.
- I selected the installation disk in the next window and clicked install.
- The computer restarted, I entered my password and the actual installation began with black screen and installation time (about half an hour) in white.
After logging in again, the system version is 17A315i now (i.e. DB4/PB3).
Hope this helps!
For me, holding down the "D" key goes through a 3 minute diagnostic, then restarts into a safe mode loading a safari window, but it doesn't give me access to a macOS Utilities window.
If I use "Command R" when restarting, I can get to that screen, but I only have the option to reinstall Sierra, it doesn't give me the ability to use the High Sierra installer I have downloaded.
Are you sure it's "D" you are using when restarting?