When Catalina first came out, HN was flooded with articles about how bad it was. Now, a few weeks later, is it safe to update my mac? I've backed up everything, but would still hate to have my personal laptop performing on a subpar level when I need it for photoshop, iterm2, xcode, firefox, etc.
Ask HN: Is it safe to update to macOS Catalina (10.15.3)?
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Re: Ask HN: Is it safe to update to macOS Catalina (10.15.3)?
#2It's fine and not noticeable.
Re: Ask HN: Is it safe to update to macOS Catalina (10.15.3)?
#3It depends on what all you use, at least GPGTools Mail plugin and MacOS FUSE (At least SSHFS) still don't support Catalina.
Re: Ask HN: Is it safe to update to macOS Catalina (10.15.3)?
#4i am running the Catalina 10.15.1 both on a Macbook pro retina 13 inch early 2015 and an iMac Retina 4K 21.5 inch 2017.
For java/kotlin/angular/node/typescript/flutter development and system admin tasks.
Both run a lot better than Mojave ever did.
Re: Ask HN: Is it safe to update to macOS Catalina (10.15.3)?
#5We just got bite by a bug were Catalina would randomly delete some Wireguard tunnels. A temporary workaround to restore them has been published in the Wireguard client but Catalina doesn't feel stable at the moment.
Re: Ask HN: Is it safe to update to macOS Catalina (10.15.3)?
#6Curious if anyone is running it on a mid 2013 air?
Re: Ask HN: Is it safe to update to macOS Catalina (10.15.3)?
#7i am running the Catalina 10.15.1 both on a Macbook pro retina 13 inch early 2015 and an iMac Retina 4K 21.5 inch 2017. For java/kotlin/angular/node/typescript/flutter development and system admin tasks. Both run a lot better than Mojave ever did.
In what way? I only just upgraded to Mojave from Sierra, and consider it now usable enough, even though there are still obvious, stupid bugs. I would be surprised if Catalina had fewer of those already.
Re: Ask HN: Is it safe to update to macOS Catalina (10.15.3)?
#8my recommendation is to wait until it will become stable, if you dont need any particular new behave.
Re: Ask HN: Is it safe to update to macOS Catalina (10.15.3)?
#9i am running the Catalina 10.15.1 both on a Macbook pro retina 13 inch early 2015 and an iMac Retina 4K 21.5 inch 2017. For java/kotlin/angular/node/typescript/flutter development and system admin tasks. Both run a lot better than Mojave ever did.
In what way? I only just upgraded to Mojave from Sierra, and consider it now usable enough, even though there are still obvious, stupid bugs. I would be surprised if Catalina had fewer of those already.
Mojave security "enhancements" kept the imac's I/O ( even with a SSD ) crawling, with the beachball hanging even on the most trivial I/O operations.
Re: Ask HN: Is it safe to update to macOS Catalina (10.15.3)?
#1010.15.2 is not even released yet, never mind 10.15.3