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Re: macOS Catalina 10.15.5

#21
> ”Addresses an issue that may prevent password entry on the login screen”

I’m still on Mojave 10.14.6 and this hits me from time to time, maybe once a month or so. Very annoying bug. Great if they have finally fixed it!

Re: macOS Catalina 10.15.5

#22

> Major new releases of macOS are no longer hidden when using the softwareupdate(8) command with the --ignore flag. This change also affects macOS Mojave and macOS High Sierra after installing Security Update 2020-003. As a Mojave user, not happy about this.

They did this just to annoy the scores of people who refuse to upgrade to Catalina.

Re: macOS Catalina 10.15.5

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post #18

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I do. I rarely need to take it anywhere.

This destroys battery. You do need to charge and discharge the battery frequently.

This is an extremely bad UI for battery management logic. If that is the case, a computer that is always plugged should discharge and re-charge the individual battery cells one by one to enlarge their lifespan.

Re: macOS Catalina 10.15.5

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post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I do. I rarely need to take it anywhere.

This destroys battery. You do need to charge and discharge the battery frequently.

Seems strange that they don't put code in to repeatedly drain the battery to 90% and then charge it again when plugged in, if that were the case.

Re: macOS Catalina 10.15.5

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post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I do. I rarely need to take it anywhere.

This destroys battery. You do need to charge and discharge the battery frequently.

How frequently? Could you please point us to some source?

I also keep my MBP plugged in almost all the time. Long ago I had a MacBook Air and I absolutely wrecked its battery pretty quickly by doing a full cycle every day.

Re: macOS Catalina 10.15.5

#27

Software Update isn't showing me 10.15.5 yet. Others? On my 2019 16" I've definitely noticed that Zoom calls slow stuff down by a lot. Would be great if that gets fixed here.

Press ⌘+R in System Preferences – Software Update (really)

Re: macOS Catalina 10.15.5

#29
Did anyone face any issues installing the update? I have been lucky till now as I have never faced issue while updating. But then I read news reports that say people faced issues and macbooks were bricked while updating. So I thought from now on I would wait few days before I update.

Re: macOS Catalina 10.15.5

#30
post #10

It's crazy that even dot releases are a full 3.6G download

Binary patching hasn't been a thing for years unfortunately. Even bigger wreck on consoles these days, where an update can be 50+ gigabytes...

Where are you getting 50+ GB console updates?
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