Am I the only person that doesn't have any significant issues with Catalina? I'll admit, some of the permissions-related pop-ups are a bit annoying, but overall it's been a rather stable macOS version for me (developer, working mostly in Xcode and JetBrains IDEs).
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)
#62Am I the only person that doesn't have any significant issues with Catalina? I'll admit, some of the permissions-related pop-ups are a bit annoying, but overall it's been a rather stable macOS version for me (developer, working mostly in Xcode and JetBrains IDEs).
Nope. Catalina from the first release on 4 macs, all work fine. Also at work, hundreds of upgrades went through with no problems. Apple and any hint of problems seem to be clickbait fodder these days. Almost seems like a coordinated pr effort.
Good for you that you don’t have any problems, others do. Regression type problems.
Re: Mac OS Catalina: more trouble than it’s worth (Part 2)
#63Am I the only person that doesn't have any significant issues with Catalina? I'll admit, some of the permissions-related pop-ups are a bit annoying, but overall it's been a rather stable macOS version for me (developer, working mostly in Xcode and JetBrains IDEs).
The only issue I have with Catalina is that I can't figure out how to disable password auth for sshd since the config is basically read only now. Ended up using Wireguard and disabling external SSH access.
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#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not sure what the issue is either, once you add the necessary permissions for your apps, it doesn't ask again. Only complaint is Apple seem to ignore long-standing bugs that have been there for years, like monitors switching around every time you dock your MacBook. They should make a Snow Leopard-like release and clean out their bug tracker.
This isn’t something I’ve encountered and I dock to three different desk setups most days. It’s typically good enough that it remembers the correct layout for multiple of the same type of monitor once configured. Is your monitor sending the serial number correctly?
Re: Mac OS Catalina: more trouble than it’s worth (Part 2)
#65Am I the only person that doesn't have any significant issues with Catalina? I'll admit, some of the permissions-related pop-ups are a bit annoying, but overall it's been a rather stable macOS version for me (developer, working mostly in Xcode and JetBrains IDEs).
The AirPlay icon in the menu bar also flashes between Sidecar, Airplay, and nothing at all. I had to remove it for my sanity. Speaking of Sidecar... performance is abysmal. Not on Sidecar itself, which is actually really snappy, but it brings everything else to its knees. Probably because windowserver goes nuts with CPU usage...
My monitor isn't correctly detected when using an eGPU, but it works fine with Thunderbolt. I had to create a custom EDID with known good values for it to work properly. Luckily this was something I could fix on my own.
Oh, and every few weeks Finder will just give up and die, which has the interesting effect of preventing the Feedback application from gathering logs. Nothing will compel it to come back to life and rebooting just sits there. The only way out is to hold down the power button. This one might be SMB related, as I have a lot of shares going on and Finder might not like something that is happening with them at any given time. I've never quite isolated what's going on.
I also get T2 crashes every few weeks. They must be making progress, though, because it seems like every update the crashes get further and further apart.
Other than that... it's the same old macOS as before for me.
Re: Mac OS Catalina: more trouble than it’s worth (Part 2)
#66Am I the only person that doesn't have any significant issues with Catalina? I'll admit, some of the permissions-related pop-ups are a bit annoying, but overall it's been a rather stable macOS version for me (developer, working mostly in Xcode and JetBrains IDEs).
Nothing here. It’s been as easy an upgrade as I can remember. My company’s IT team kept sending emails not to upgrade but I haven’t had an issue. I think they mostly were tired of dealing with early release headaches from Chrome not asking for permission to control the whole screen for sharing. Google Meet worked just fine with Safari so I never noticed that problem. I do however dislike Music. I added iTunes back wi…
I still use Music.app for my Apple Music streaming though.
Re: Mac OS Catalina: more trouble than it’s worth (Part 2)
#67Am I the only person that doesn't have any significant issues with Catalina? I'll admit, some of the permissions-related pop-ups are a bit annoying, but overall it's been a rather stable macOS version for me (developer, working mostly in Xcode and JetBrains IDEs).
Mostly OK, but I'm caught pretty badly with the 16" automatic graphics switching bug - whenever I try scrolling on browsers it tries to engage the discrete GPU, which freezes the screen for a few seconds. Had to disable auto switching, and it hasn't been fixed in the latest update. I expect this will be fixed on the next Intel driver update. Other than that, things are fine. Not annoyed by the security, and Apple is…
Re: Mac OS Catalina: more trouble than it’s worth (Part 2)
#68Edit: 2000s not 2010s
Re: Mac OS Catalina: more trouble than it’s worth (Part 2)
#69Am I the only person that doesn't have any significant issues with Catalina? I'll admit, some of the permissions-related pop-ups are a bit annoying, but overall it's been a rather stable macOS version for me (developer, working mostly in Xcode and JetBrains IDEs).
It should not have been released in the state it was in at the time.
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#70I used to be a huge fan of Dashboard. Why they had to remove it is beyond me.