Mac OS Catalina: more trouble than it’s worth

Post by Razengan » Tue, Oct 22, 2019, 9:23 AM UTC

lostgame wrote: post #131

Razengan wrote: post #50

I still love macOS but Catalina has been the buggiest beta and release that I can recall. When we saw betas of x.1 before there were even GMs/release candidates of x.0 we knew it was going to be rushed out the door. Even after release it's still randomly losing files. Just yesterday my purchased music downloads just disappeared. No explanation (unless I trashed and emptied them in a fugue state). They were still show…

>> it's still randomly losing files. Whoa, no. That is a huge code red for me as a creative. Especially in the music folder. I work at all crazy times of day and night, inspiration hits, and is often impossible to replace. Not alright.

Post by toyg » Tue, Oct 22, 2019, 9:28 AM UTC

morrick wrote: post #138

whalesalad wrote: post #42

> my desktop workhorse, a 2017 4K retina iMac > 5400 rpm hard drive as its main internal volume Regardless of OS, the author _really_ needs to bail on the 5400rpm HDD and get a solid state disk in there... especially if you're gonna call it a workhorse!

When it was time to get that 4K retina iMac, I only had money for one built-to-order upgrade. It was a tough decision. It was either leaving the internal 1TB hard drive and choose to have 16GB of RAM instead of the base 8GB, or choosing a 256GB internal SSD and keeping the base 8GB of RAM. Since RAM in that 21.5-inch retina iMac is only upgradable at purchase, not down the road, I opted for the 16GB of RAM and stayin…

Post by komoreba » Tue, Oct 22, 2019, 9:33 AM UTC

sjwright wrote: post #254

komoreba wrote: post #252

When reading articles like this, I always wonder whether it was that different way back when: Did macOS change less disruptively five years ago? I switched to using macOS just recently (Mojave being the first I really used), so I might not know. I notice myself being less and less open to radical new change and being more willing (and able) to just stick to something that works for me. I have tinkered a fair lot in m…

This is far and away the most disruptive major update to macOS in recent memory. My experience of the past few major versions have been almost entirely seamless.

Post by woutr_be » Tue, Oct 22, 2019, 9:47 AM UTC

AhtiK wrote: post #213

kranner wrote: post #180

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sidecar is officially supported only on 2016 and later MacBook Pros. https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT210380#systemrequirements I use a 2015 MBP too, so I'm glad to hear it does work and thanks for the workaround.

Could you double-check if it's really a 2015 and if it's early or something else, what cpu? My early 2015 shows error for Sidecar/not enabled and supposedly requires at least a Skylake CPU. EDIT: my Q was more likely to woutr_be, where it was enabled..

Post by 0x0 » Tue, Oct 22, 2019, 9:57 AM UTC

m0xte wrote: post #229

teekert wrote: post #205

My father feels the same, he initially started using apple because he felt his Windows machine was using too much of his time for bs. Now he just upgraded to Catalina and Photos stopped working with this Synology based library, even I, a computer nerd, have already spend an hour at the problem. We are about done. I feel that Windows 10 would be just fine for him (or maybe I can get him sold on Ubuntu). Where pictures…

Photos is one reason I always end up back on windows. My photo library is windows explorer and the file system. It just works. And it’s not hidden in any weird opaque and fragile abstraction. Every time I’ve used macOS (I’ve had three MacBooks and two iMacs) I have to fight them. And I’m not up for that.