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ChadTimothy

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May 24, 2020
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Hey All, this is my first time posting.....

I have a iMac 2012 with 32gb ram, a 256 SSD and a i3440 processor. I bought the computer second hand an upgraded myself, I really like it. Late last year I installed Catalina, since I didn't have it long before I didn't have anything to compare it to but it started freezing every now and again. Since I am now using it more for work while working at home it has become more of a problem as I am required to record a lot of my work with LOOM, a freeze and restart can sometimes wreck a whole hour long loom or even worse it can happen in the middle of a ZOOM call which is super embarrassing.
I'm pretty sure its related to a error in the console similar to this
IOAccelFenceMachine::fence_timeout(IOTimerEventSource *): IntelAccelerator prodding blockFenceInterrup

since I have gone back to Mojave I haven't had the problem.... Which is great... kind of.....

Whilst using Catalina I became really accustomed to using the new notes, in particular a small mostly overlooked feature which is auto sorting on checklists. It's a new feature to notes 4.7 and is only on Catalina. I have no idea why it can only be on Catalina surely it could be something that was available on Mojave.

So I've already spent a lot of time researching the above error and I don't know how to fix it, its stupid because it doesn't happen in Mojave. So since I have given up there I was wondering if anyone knew a hack or workaround that could get note 4.7 onto Mojave...

Bonus points if you knew the solutions for the block fence error. (I am considering replacing the CPU to try and fix it)
 
Notes 4.7 requires system libs which is only compatible and available in macOS Catalina, therefore it will not run on Mojave.
 
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