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Re: macOS Catalina 10.15.5

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Post by vbezhenar »

kstenerud wrote: post #24
inapis wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

What they should do is to allow user to switch between standard (works like now) mode and battery-conservation mode, where user does not care about battery and system does its best to preserve battery health. I'm using my laptop on charger 99% of time and when I need to transport it, I could switch that mode few hours in advance.

Re: macOS Catalina 10.15.5

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Post by vhbit »

diimdeep wrote: post #3

> The battery health management feature in macOS 10.15.5 is designed to improve your battery's lifespan by reducing the rate at which it chemically ages. The feature does this by monitoring your battery's temperature history and its charging patterns. > Based on the measurements that it collects, battery health management may reduce your battery's maximum charge when in this mode. This happens as needed to ensure tha…

after update status of the battery switched from normal to "service required"

Re: macOS Catalina 10.15.5

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Post by MperorM »

Since Catalina I have been getting daily freezes, where the entire operating system locks up. I can still move the cursor around and audio keeps playing as well, but everything else is completely frozen.

Once in a while the freeze lasts so long the computer crashes resulting in a crash report:

Termination Reason: WATCHDOG, [0x1] monitoring timed out for service

Termination Details: WATCHDOG, checkin with service: WindowServer returned not alive with context:

unresponsive work processor(s): WindowServer main thread

I am at my wits end to what can be causing this. Is anyone else experiencing similar freezes?

Re: macOS Catalina 10.15.5

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Post by lxgr »

Battery health management sounds great!

I wish there was a way to customize this, though: Thinkpads have (on Linux) allowed setting thresholds for "charge only when less than" or "charge only up to" for many years now.

Given that such primitives must also exist as part of 10.15.5 now, I hope that somebody will figure out how to modify the default behavior.

Re: macOS Catalina 10.15.5

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Post by snazz »

reaperducer wrote: post #79
dividedbyzero wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think I'll rather take the battery performance hit than bear with (near-?)constant fan noise.

My favorite nerd hysteria conspiracy theory is that Apple runs its computers hot and fans loud in order to sell AirPods.

I think the goal of running Macs hot is to prevent the fans from kicking in for most use-cases. If you're running twelve virtual machines and compiling Chromium simultaneously, then you might need earplugs.

Re: macOS Catalina 10.15.5

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Post by zerkten »

MperorM wrote: post #93

Since Catalina I have been getting daily freezes, where the entire operating system locks up. I can still move the cursor around and audio keeps playing as well, but everything else is completely frozen. Once in a while the freeze lasts so long the computer crashes resulting in a crash report: Termination Reason: WATCHDOG, [0x1] monitoring timed out for service Termination Details: WATCHDOG, checkin with service: Win…

Sounds like what they were talking about on the atp.fm podcast recently.

Re: macOS Catalina 10.15.5

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Post by logical_proof »

MperorM wrote: post #93

Since Catalina I have been getting daily freezes, where the entire operating system locks up. I can still move the cursor around and audio keeps playing as well, but everything else is completely frozen. Once in a while the freeze lasts so long the computer crashes resulting in a crash report: Termination Reason: WATCHDOG, [0x1] monitoring timed out for service Termination Details: WATCHDOG, checkin with service: Win…

I am! It only happens when I am on multiple monitors (clamshell opened or closed) and usually when I am in a video conference (zoom, hangouts, and G2meeting). Thought it was overheating.

Re: macOS Catalina 10.15.5

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Post by jorisw »

azangru wrote: post #73

Anyone using Node.js for work who has updated to Catalina here? How did it go? I heard there were problems with node-gyp, but didn't investigate further. Everything running smoothly now? Any gotchas?

I use Node.js all day, no change here after updating. I use n to manage Node.js versions.

Re: macOS Catalina 10.15.5

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Post by Wintamute »

emrikol wrote: post #88
m1h4 wrote: post #31

Still having a (at least one of the multiple different) kernel panic during sleep: panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff801e29169c): Sleep transition timed out after 180 seconds while calling power state change callbacks. Suspected bundle: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily. Thread 0x2754. Ever since moving to a brand new 16" MBP there isn't a day that passes wihout me being welcomed by the crash report dialog…

I have the same. Every day. I've done a lot of searching, and some people think that certain external monitors might be "the issue"--which I use. It didn't seem to be an issue before Catalina though.

Hmm, same for me perhaps. New MBP 16 and Catalina connected to a external monitor via USB-C (a HP Z27 4K UHD).

If I leave it to sleep for a long duration, then it panics when waking from sleep and just black screens for a good few minutes, then turns on the fans full blast for like 2 seconds and reboots.

I've taken to just shutting down completely when finishing work and not letting sleep.

Re: macOS Catalina 10.15.5

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Post by snazz »

tannhaeuser wrote: post #46
i2shar wrote: post #10

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

Btw does anyone know how to test-install a newer OS other than with Mac OS' upgrade option burning through 6gb+ downloads supposedly also replacing the OS rather than installing it onto an external disk? I've got an unused old mini that's still on the OS it came with - way out of date. I even went to an Apple dealer to get Mojave onto an SSD drive last year, only to find out that the mini needs a firmware update for…

Can you not just back up the current SSD and repeatedly OTA it to the last supported version? That would be my solution.
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