Mac OS Catalina: more trouble than it’s worth (Part 2)
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Re: Mac OS Catalina: more trouble than it’s worth (Part 2)
#2The biggest issue I have with Mac upgrades is that for me, it doesn't cache the upgrade.
My internet is weak, not as great in speed and bandwidth as US so it downloads 4gb and then fails. Then it starts from 0 sgain.
I expected Apple of all companies to cache downloads.
Frankly, it caches only the first 500MB. I do not know why.
Any workarounds?
Re: Mac OS Catalina: more trouble than it’s worth (Part 2)
#3The biggest issue I have with Mac upgrades is that for me, it doesn't cache the upgrade. My internet is weak, not as great in speed and bandwidth as US so it downloads 4gb and then fails. Then it starts from 0 sgain. I expected Apple of all companies to cache downloads. Frankly, it caches only the first 500MB. I do not know why. Any workarounds?
I think you might be able to use the Apple developer downloads site to get the whole installer
Re: Mac OS Catalina: more trouble than it’s worth (Part 2)
#4I've actually kept postponing upgrading to Catalina (I'm still on Mojave) because I want to keep iTunes. I have a lot of stuff there I don't really want scattered all over the place, and I always felt iTunes was underrated.
Re: Mac OS Catalina: more trouble than it’s worth (Part 2)
#5The biggest issue I have with Mac upgrades is that for me, it doesn't cache the upgrade. My internet is weak, not as great in speed and bandwidth as US so it downloads 4gb and then fails. Then it starts from 0 sgain. I expected Apple of all companies to cache downloads. Frankly, it caches only the first 500MB. I do not know why. Any workarounds?
Frankly nowadays (on most systems) you need a decent connection. I would perhaps connect from another connection (if you have the opportunity) for the download itself.
Re: Mac OS Catalina: more trouble than it’s worth (Part 2)
#6I have heard enough horror stories about stability and security prompts that it’s the first macOS release I’ll probably skip. Can’t afford to lose a day or more of productivity to fiddling with my OS.
Re: Mac OS Catalina: more trouble than it’s worth (Part 2)
#7Also worth reading John Gruber's complaints, over and above bugs:
> But I don’t know a single expert Mac user who is not seriously annoyed by the heavy-handed security design of Catalina. Not one. Every single expert user I know is annoyed. That is a bad place for MacOS to be. MacOS 10.16 needs a serious course correction to fix this, and if 10.16 goes the opposite way — growing even more heavy-handed in restricting professional Mac users from just using their machines as they want and expect to — I genuinely fear for the future of the Mac as a platform for serious computer users.
https://daringfireball.net/2020/02/my_2019_apple_report_card
Re: Mac OS Catalina: more trouble than it’s worth (Part 2)
#8I've actually kept postponing upgrading to Catalina (I'm still on Mojave) because I want to keep iTunes. I have a lot of stuff there I don't really want scattered all over the place, and I always felt iTunes was underrated.
How are you going to solve this?
I'm in a similar position, having several music apps I bought a while ago that won't work in Catalina. But I have to upgrade because it's my development machine. So far my plan is to upgrade my MacBook Pro to continue develop software, and leave my Mac Pro with Mojave to compose music. I wonder how others deal with this.
Re: Mac OS Catalina: more trouble than it’s worth (Part 2)
#9I've heard these upgrade stories since the 90s (on Mac).
It got better a few years back, and it's back again at hit or miss but in the end it's like backup strategies: it's basic knowledge at this point but still needs to be repeated.
If your mac is a production machine, don't jump on any of the updates, decide if you need the update then check your programs one by one.
If you can, pop into the Apple Store to test the system.
I'm not defending Apple, I'm not victim-blaming, it's just an advice to avoid the misery of going past the point of no return.
Re: Mac OS Catalina: more trouble than it’s worth (Part 2)
#10I've actually kept postponing upgrading to Catalina (I'm still on Mojave) because I want to keep iTunes. I have a lot of stuff there I don't really want scattered all over the place, and I always felt iTunes was underrated.
Really wish there was an open source music player similar to the OLD iTunes. It was a joy, back then.