Thank goodness. My Mid 2014 MacBook Pro is fine. I think this will be the last update until I get a new iMac. Just waiting for the redesign before I jump ship.
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macOS Big Sur Update Bricking Some Older MacBook Pro Models
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I have a 16 inch MacBook Pro and me and some other Reddit members are noticing that our machines are running much hotter now, especially upon boot up.
If you had read and understood what I was saying and not excluded some of the critical words in my post you wouldn't have a defense here. I said that buying a Mac doesn't entitle you to endless free upgrades of an OS. Apple is offering their OS upgrades free NOW, but years back customers had to pay $129 for an OS upgrade even after dropping $5000 for a system. I don't think Microsoft is giving constant free upgrades to Windows 10 for very old computers are they?
Why? If Apple says my 2014 MBP is supported then I expect it to be supported without issues. I installed Catalina on day one without issues, but I will wait until this issue is confirmed fixed.
Buy me a computer future boy.
Still not understanding your point. 2013/2014 MacBook Pro's ARE supported by Big Sur. This, according to Apple. Thus, those systems shouldn't be having an issue like this.
End of discussion.
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No one has the time to debug issues likes this.
I mean, that's the reason why people are paying Apple.
You seemed to be suggesting that people with 2013/2014 Macs should expect there to be major bugs with Big Sur on their Macs, as if it was their fault for not having a meow modern Mac.
You've missed the point. To average computer users, the way that Apple has presented major OS updates to users, is through the same control panel that minor updates and security updates are through. This mechanism hides minor updates, showing just the Major update. Thus uneducated users think they are installing a minor update. Have had this problem with numerous clients who accidentally upgraded to Catalina and lost important (to them) software, because they thought they were doing "the right thing" by installing what they thought were stability/maintenance updates.
If Apple's quality control is so bad that these sorts of issues are slipping through quality control, then Apple needs to a) make it clear that their major updates are major updates, and b) have a warning that updating might cause instability.
Yep they are. Windows 10 gets frequent feature updates, twice a year I believe. These work on machines going back to 2005/2006, and for people who had Windows 7, Windows 10 was a free upgrade for a deal of time. So yes, Microsoft is giving constant free upgrades to Windows 10 for very old computers. (and 2013/2014 do not qualify as 'very old')
That's interesting. At the same time:outrageous! This sound just like Microsoft's Windows 10 activity to me and should be boycotted by all of us users accordingly!!!
here's Obdev's response (little snitch dev company) regarding these privacy issues. They phrased it rather nicely. What it basically means, apple is whitelisting all their telemetry communication making it so that no 3rd party app or user can prevent let alone detect it. Network firewall rules must now prevent your Macs from telling Apple and others what Apps you run and when and where. Bypassing VPNs.... really... I'm losing it!
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There’s an ongoing discussion about this problem in various online media, and we assume that Apple will address these concerns in a future macOS update.
Also here:
TL;DR
•No, macOS does not send Apple a hash of your apps each time you run them.
•You should be aware that macOS might transmit some opaque information about the developer certificate of the apps you run. This information is sent out in clear text on your network.
•You shouldn’t probably block ocsp.apple.com with Little Snitch or in your hosts file.
So I wouldn't judge just yet…
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c) Stop forcing users who rely on software like XCode to update just to get the latest version.
Yeah and show me where I stated that 2013/2014 Macs weren't supported. You won't find any post of me stating or suggesting such. If you can't understand what I said then I can't help you any further. Now end of discussion.
My 2012 classic is done with updates, so glad to sit this one out.
Last year was the first year I skipped an entire OS version on my Mac since the early 00s. This doesn’t encourage me to change that trend any time soon.
So have you because that's not what I suggested or said. Oh the saltiness.
This is simply nonsense.
Ha, that's not at all what I asked. I asked if Microsoft was giving free OS upgrades, not feature or software updates. Apple has done that since the first release of Mac OS X. Let's see when the next major version of Windows comes out if all Windows users get it free of charge. 🙄
why I still run Mojave, I do not see any positives upgrading Other than losing features like dashboard sticky nots, no 32bit support etc..
Correct. I have no idea what you said. And neither do a lot of people here I imagine. So either rephrase it, or just accept that you didn't communicate whatever point you were trying to make very well.
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I admit my update policy is wrong, but I always wait for about 3 months before updating any of my machines to the new major release... Please do not follow my example, update quickly, and report all the issues you encounter, this is very useful for me to read!
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I admit my update policy is wrong, but I always wait for about 3 months before updating any of my machines to the new major release... Please do not follow my example, update quickly, and report all the issues you encounter, this is very useful for me to read!
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My late 2013 MBP w/16 mb RAM upgraded without problem. I didn’t put any of the betas on it.
I'm going out by bicycle like now...
Don't worry MaciOS still good for phones and tablets
I also like alternatives to Windows OS
with a bit of luck in those next years Sony releases an Operating System to be used as personal OS
ARM laptopts.... huawey has one also, isn't? and due problems with Google they needed to made their own Linux Distribution out of Android
if you want good hardware get it, don't buy an overpriced piece of metal
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Google Drive Filestream stopped working after the last Mojave update a few days ago. I had to do a Cmd-R reinstall and that fixed it. Quite annoying that I can’t install the most recent security update.