Well, the other thing I've recently discovered in the last year is, Linux is better than macOS for cross platform gaming, unless you have an Apple Silicon mac, it seems. I have Steam and Heroic installed on macOS, but even with Sonoma, I have games for windows where the cut scenes won't play video, just audio, and it seems like it's because of the need for Vukan to take the place of DirectX in some cases, that seems to only be on Linux, and M Series Macs. I'm in a really unusual place these days, because, I have better solutions than macOS for some things, yet there are one or two things that sill make macOS better, but in this case, the latest version isn't required. So, the mac isn't a one stop solution for me anymore like it used to be years ago.
Well, I don't do any gaming.. My main thing about macOS is the syncing of Photos and files across all devices, as well as all the movies and music I've purchased in "iTunes". Only way to have all that on linux is to start all over again(which is what I started to do on this 2012MBP with LM).. Movies wouldn't be an issue but spending that money again would be. Plus all 26,000 photos/videos I have in my Photos library would be a monumental manual task of importing all of those with all meta data intact. I think I'll stick with Sonoma on this 2012 and be happy for a couple more years till I can afford a new Mx Mac.
I have access to all my content through my streaming devices, and iPhone, so a computer isn't mandatory for me there. The big thing I like about Linux over macOS at this point is it was designed from the start for circumstances like we face with macOS+OCLP, Linux can be changed / modified freely unlike macOS. On the other hand, macOS has specific features I use, that make things easier on me such as text message forwarding, so I don't have to get frustrated trying to type on a touch screen, or frustrated with dictation being accurate, or not. I for one, would not have an issue paying Apple for support on older macs, or paying them to run their services on a third party OS. I didn't mind paying the $130 upgrade for Mac OS X in the day. Likewise, I wouldn't mind financially supporting projects like OCLP, if they would hire developers who could fix the limitations on unsupported by Apple installs. They could hire developers to write updated device drivers, to improve performance for example. In the case of Linux, well, if macOS was more like Linux in the the sense of being able to remove the parts of the OS incompatible, or parts people don't need, or want, would also make things easier to deal with. For several years now, macOS has been Unix first for me, and macOS second in terms of how I use the OS, and expect from it. The only Apple specific things, mentioned above are mainly used here as a form of accessibility aid, and nothing more. I really want ti get out of the Apple ecosystem all together, but haven't found a 100% solution yet because having been an apple user as long as I never really looked outside until recent years, and some of the alternatives. I found, work better for my workflow, but not 100%.
I've read from others that FileVault can cause problems with unsupported installs on certain models. The main one being the password not being accepted and the person being locked out. I don't personally use FileVault here, but I have seen mentions of it not working while reading through the threads.
it was to help show that the update still applied successfully with a 2 version old KDK. Usually Apple releases a new one, or at least it's only one version difference. Mr. Macintosh wanted to try the update first to make sure it wouldn't break for people who didn't know what they were doing and looking to those of use who have experience dealing with failed installs. So, I didn't need his confirmation, I just happened to have a successful update as did he on two separate versions that confirmed together it was safe to apply, at least on a newer unsupported mac.
is 14.8, mainly just another security update, or is Apple still adding features / fixing bugs?
Thank you for the info. I'll just wait until the final release comes out. I'm in a unique position here, where I don't need the latest version of macOS to do my daily tasks. my iMac officially supports Monterey as it's latest OS, and while some apps have dropped support, it's not major enough that I couldn't keep using it, especially since my main browser is Firefox, with Chrome as secondary, which are still currently supported under Monterey, and while Safari 17.6 works fine as well, Safari was never a browser I really trusted because of early compatibility with sites, I just never embraced it as my main browser, and had to use Firefox, or Chrome anyway. With that said, I finally decided on Sonoma as a reliable upgrade via Open core, but it really doesn't given me much over Monterey, even with the latest updates it supports.It will be released with Safari 26 (what is still in Beta) when the final version of Tahoe is released. I can't say if other features are added. In the Sequoia 15.7 RCs there is nothing new if you don't install the Safari 26 Beta update. At least I haven't found anything.
RC3 was probably the security update, released two days earlier. But there must be any bug fixes in the first two ones or maybe it got just prepared for Safari 26. There are no release notes. Also no firmware files in the Developer downloads.
My three updates were all just called 15.7, I only remember the last one was much smaller and included security fixes in the text. No word about RC in any update .I thought it was already the final version.
I saw it later in an article here but only for 15.7 RC1 and 2, there was no word about a Sonoma 14.8 RC and 15.7 RC3 was also not mentioned when it got released only the first and second one.
Sequoia is the recent version and they only wrote about the new Tahoe Beta as if 14.8 and 15.7 don't exist. There were also Ventura Betas or RCs released together with the first two 14.8 and 15.7 RCs.
The articles about the first two RCs of 15.7 were only copy and paste, it was a standard text mentioning release notes that don't exist. Very bad journalism here.
macOS Release Notes | Apple Developer Documentation
Learn about changes to the macOS SDK.developer.apple.com
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Well, I just went back to that window and I see it clocking on Checking for updates... Whenever it does that all it does is clock.. It never finishes. Very annoying I can't see any updates available. I wonder if I have to resort to doing a full USB installer of 14.7.8?...
