macOS Tahoe 26.1 - Bug fixes, changes, and more

[flowrider]

^^^^Mine don't:



Lou

 

[sgtaylor5]

^^^^Mine don't:

View attachment 2576566

Lou

Then I don’t know what to say. I’m not going to waste any more time trying to fix it.

 

[Adora]

I'm on the last RC (25B77). (25B78) is not showing up, so I'm downloading the full installerView attachment 2575872

Edit - I used the Link above and downloaded the installer, but that Installer did not work for me.

I ended up using this terminal command:

softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer --full-installer-version 26.1

That worked fine

Lou

I used it to update from the RC and it worked fine. Maybe the download was corrupted or not really finished.

The last time I downloaded a full installer with Safari was Beta 4 and it was about 2GB smaller than it had to be. I downloaded the 15.7.1 installer at the same time and there were several interruptions for both downloads.

I was able to install the package file, ran the installer and it was downloading everything again before the installation started after more than 30 minutes but it didn't show it was downloading anything, there was just a time indicator.

This time it rebooted almost immediately.

There must be a problem with Safari or Apple's severs. It isn't possible for me to download more than one file or doing anything without all downloads interrupting every few minutes. This time there wasn't any interruption because I downloaded the 15.7.2 installer after 26.1.

My main browser is Firefox but I sometimes use Safari for Apple stuff only. When I leave the window open with only one tab and one download it is always working and doing other stuff in Firefox in the meantime doesn't disturb the download.

I often tried to download several IPSW files at the same time from the Developer account and it never works without interrupting every few minutes a few files and then again other ones. That's very annoying. At least it doesn't start from the beginning when I reload every file about 20 times.

Next time I try if it's the same in Firefox. I need to download the iOS and iPadOS 26.2 IPSW files for several devices and use them to update. I think I already tried that and it was even worse because every interrupted download started from the beginning what for most other downloads isn't the case in Firefox. Maybe that's why I still use Safari for those downloads. But I am not sure.

 

[Adora]

Sequoia is rock solid.

I already planned to downgrade after the RC update last week, maybe I'll do it in the next days. For the second time now. I already did it after updating from 26.0 Beta 3 to Beta 4 and came back when the last Beta (8 or 9) before the RC had been released.

To me it seems Tahoe is getting worse with every update, no matter if final beta or final.

I even think Developer Beta 1 had been the best version. I updated on day one on my main Mac and everything just worked.

 

[flowrider]

I used it to update from the RC and it worked fine. Maybe the download was corrupted or not really finished.

The last time I downloaded a full installer with Safari was Beta 4 and it was about 2GB smaller than it had to be. I downloaded the 15.7.1 installer at the same time and there were several interruptions for both downloads.

I was able to install the package file, ran the installer and it was downloading everything again before the installation started after more than 30 minutes but it didn't show it was downloading anything, there was just a time indicator.

This time it rebooted almost immediately.

There must be a problem with Safari or Apple's severs. It isn't possible for me to download more than one file or doing anything without all downloads interrupting every few minutes. This time there wasn't any interruption because I downloaded the 15.7.2 installer after 26.1.

My main browser is Firefox but I sometimes use Safari for Apple stuff only. When I leave the window open with only one tab and one download it is always working and doing other stuff in Firefox in the meantime doesn't disturb the download.

I often tried to download several IPSW files at the same time from the Developer account and it never works without interrupting every few minutes a few files and then again other ones. That's very annoying. At least it doesn't start from the beginning when I reload every file about 20 times.

Next time I try if it's the same in Firefox. I need to download the iOS and iPadOS 26.2 IPSW files for several devices and use them to update. I think I already tried that and it was even worse because every interrupted download started from the beginning what for most other downloads isn't the case in Firefox. Maybe that's why I still use Safari for those downloads. But I am not sure.

No - It was the right size - 17.3GB

Lou

 

[whgmkeller]

My display camera's don't work anymore after Tahoe update. I have two older 27inch Thunderbolt Displays connected to my Mac Studio M1 and I use the camera's for MS Teams, FaceTime, Zoom, and-so-on. After Tahoe update, the camera's have stopped working in all apps.

Anyone else have this problem?

I have looked for solutions and have tried a specific terminal command - no success. I have tried specific settings for screen time and privacy - no succes. I have tried shutting everything down and removing from power - no succes.

I'm still looking for a solution.

Willem

 

[ascender]

Is anyone else experiencing delays when pasting text into certain applications? I seem to have it with a few different 3rd party apps since moving to Tahoe and it doesn't seem to be fixed in 26.1 either, but seems to be something really fundamental to be broken.

 

[Nomad_UK]

Updated Mac Studio to 26.1 yesterday, and this morning my display gets no connection. Verified the display is working by plugging it into my MacBook (gee, good thing I have more than one Mac, and one that I didn't update!). Tried rebooting, various other stuff, and finally tried Reviving it from the MacBook. This has not worked, and I am now facing having to wipe the Studio and restore from backup. I gather this is not an unusual occurrence.

Maybe instead of wasting time on Liquid Ass and AI, neither of which anybody asked for and nobody wants, and handing gold trophies and multimillion dollar bribes to the ****wit in chief, Apple could spend a couple of years just fixing outstanding bugs and testing the OS.

 

[TimCrapple]

I believe the screen sharing login is required when you have FileVault enabled. So, it is a security issue and it was this way on Sequoia, at least for me.

Thanks, after some digging I discovered this was the case. Not sure why it was still working in 26.0.1, but it's on me since I usually keep my server a full version behind

 

[oric1]

I did a clean install of macOS 26 when it came out, and 3 printers were added: a Brother laser printer and 2 Epson inkjets (R3000 and P900). They were all working fine.

After upgrading to 26.1 on Monday, I sent a PDF document to the laser. A message popped up on the screen: you need to install a printer before printing. What??? After opening Settings/Printers and Scanners, I realized that the update had removed all 3 printers. I had to reinstall them and they are now available.

Nomad_UK is right, they need to spend more time on fixing their many bugs before playing with their toys.

 

[gank41]

At some point on the RC, and continues now, my Photos App Library got borked and I had to start a Repair which then starts a restore from iCloud.. Well, that was quite a while ago and it's just not finishing/reconciling. I've restarted, and even installed macOS 26.1 over itself from a USB installer. I've got another Mac and an iPhone and iPad that are all syncing up just fine.. It's just my M1 MacBook Pro having this issue. I'm at a loss.. I know it can sometimes take days to finish, but it's been more than days by now. I'm looking at close to a week+ now.

 

[tehabe]

I noticed that in 26.1 moving the cursor around in the file name of the Save as dialog is extremely slow and lags way behind the keyboard. I used the Feedback Assistant to report this issue but I doubt anyone will read anyway.