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Poll: Are you happy with Sonoma 14.1
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Sorta soon to tell though in general quality has improved since Catalina and newer maybe...
These days I install security and OS updates when they become available and haven't any issues.
I always make a backup first, just in case!
These days I install security and OS updates when they become available and haven't any issues.
I always make a backup first, just in case!
I installed the prod release this morning and have no audio issues on my Studio Base Max.
Haven't messed with RC's or beta's in years... might that have something to do with your issues?
It is not possible to upgrade from RC to final because the RC is the final.
I've not installed any beta, I upgraded from 14.0 final to 14.1 RC and I've encountered the described problems.
I think it could be a macOS+AirPods Pro 2 pairing problem. If I don't connect my AirPods to my Mac the problem disappear... but I would need to use my earphones to make meetings, calls, etc...
There is a difference between the 14.1 RC and the final version. Did you try to update? (with 14.0, the RC and the final were the same) You have to turn beta updates off.
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RC is a developer term (release candidate) and I'd be shocked if Apple started using that to indicate final version. If so, whomever decided that should be drawn and quartered.
For example: https://www.macoscompatible.com/story/macos-sonoma-141-rc-released/
Check your build number. The official release is 23B74.
RC was 23B73 but no update found.
I tried now a full reinstall from recovery (without losing data). Now it results 23B74, I hope this can solve.
At the moment, I have kept my AirPods Pro 2 unpaired from the Mac. I will check whether the pairing will lead to the same problem again.
If build 23B73 has such a serious bug that build 23B74 fixes and Apple does not allow those who installed the RC to upgrade, they are making it difficult for many users to work with macOS...
All of my on-screen widgets went away. I can just put them back but I hope that I don't have to do this with every release.
I use EasyRes to set resolutions and the only options now are 120 hz. I used to always set it to 60 hz but I think that macOS downsamples to whatever is reasonable with what's being displayed.
I installed the update just over 4 hours ago and got 23B74. Someone must have made a production boo boo on the 14.1 release (or a chaos monkey wreaked havoc... hence my avatar LOL).
Best course of action would be to call 800-my-apple and see if a tech can sort out your issue.
Well, I can't add the widgets back. So it appears, at least for me, that on-screen widgets are broken.
Usually macOS reboots itself after the update if needed. So maybe somebody slipped up in QC there.
Stuff happens and we are human...
Even with old systems that are outside of the "window", Apple support has been very gracious and helpful in my many years of experience interacting with them.
Not always a slam dunk- no harm in calling 800-my-apple and see what they have to say when an issue causes significant disruption.
The problem with Safari if you want to link a file to a title on the Weebly website is not solved.
When you copy a text frame from imdb in Firefox or Brave to Pages the result is an empty textframe.
There are still some issues. Therefore I continue to use Sonoma on an external SSD.
There is an improvement in 14.1 but I wait until more issues are solved.
When you copy a text frame from imdb in Firefox or Brave to Pages the result is an empty textframe.
There are still some issues. Therefore I continue to use Sonoma on an external SSD.
There is an improvement in 14.1 but I wait until more issues are solved.
Nice! I've got Catalina and Mojave running on two systems (and "last supported" OS X versions on 2011 Mini's and older systems).
Daily driver Studio Base Max runs the latest and greatest OS and updates with no issues.
I do not use Safari on any system or device... Duckduckgo or Firefox primarily and SRWare Iron if/when the others don't play nice.
Absolutely not, staying on Ventura until the latest Xcode version forces me to update.
The old adage for mission critical software: if it works, don't touch it unless strictly necessary!
The old adage for mission critical software: if it works, don't touch it unless strictly necessary!
After two days... the problem returned also with 23B74 and it starts every time my AirPods Pro 2 try to connect to the Mac of pass between Mac and iPhone, but the timing change: sometimes after a few minutes from the reboot, sometimes after about 1 hour.
It's very a big problem for me.
Wish they would fix the file sharing bug that was introduced in 13.x. If file sharing is turned on and you reboot the computer, you must disable, reboot, then reenable it. Same thing happens with upgrading.