Amid lockdown, I am scared to update.
macOS Catalina 10.15.5
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Re: macOS Catalina 10.15.5
#172Earlier quoted context omitted.
The "ignored" flag caused macOS to NOT offer the update to the new major version every once in a while (a little popup in the top right corner). It also made the Software Update app report that there are no updates available. After installing this update, the Update app reports the update to Catalina even though I have ignored the update previously on this machine. This does not mean that Mojave is not getting any mo…
Is there a patch somewhere that turns the nag off permanently? I'm definitely not updating several of my machines to Catalina in the next years, and the nag is just an useless distraction.
There was a Mac911 article[1] by Glenn Fleishman which detailed how to do this back in October of last year.
I have the following in a file called Catalina.sh:
sudo softwareupdate --ignore "macOS Catalina" && defaults write com.apple.systempreferences AttentionPrefBundleIDs 0 && killall Dock
Unfortunately - unless I'm mistaken - 2020-003 means this script is toast.
[1]: https://www.macworld.com/article/3447396/how-to-stop-getting...
Re: macOS Catalina 10.15.5
#173Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why do you guys put up with this? Do you like pain? Edit: I'm not trying to troll, I genuinely want to know why people put up with this. I bounce between Linux and Windows and have no loyalty to either of them. I've settled on Windows with WSL2 on my desktop but I'm tempted again to install the new Fedora on my Thinkpad. Is it the lock in? With my hardware I can run anything I want except for macOS. Once you buy Appl…
I've got a brand-new 2019 16" and am dealing with the widespread crashes on wake from sleep. Honestly, it's a harder decision to send it back than you might think, for several reasons: 1) The hardware quality of other OEMs is bad too. Lenovo has really gone downhill. I sold my maxed-out X1 Carbon 7th Gen, which in less than a year: a) came with an LTE card that never worked for more than an hour at a time; b) had the…
Have you considered System76?
I have a similar issues with OEM's laptop quality years ago with both HP and Dell. System76 laptops have been a pleasure to use.
The new Lemur Pro has a 10th gen CPU, does not have a numpad, and does have an FHD panel. They claim up to 14 hours of battery life on Linux. (21 hours coding on VIM.)
https://system76.com/laptops/lemur
https://www.fosslinux.com/36826/system76-lemur-pro-a-linux-l...
Re: macOS Catalina 10.15.5
#174I have Catalina on a iMac Pro, a 16inch and 15 MacBook pro and for what it worth have hit zero issues.
"works on my machine"
Re: macOS Catalina 10.15.5
#175Battery 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.
I'd rather leave it to the OEM to determine the best setting (knowing their batteries and charge circuitry), but have the option in OSs that run on devices whose OEM hasn't done so.
on a mac those are the same thing
Re: macOS Catalina 10.15.5
#176I've been an Apple guy since 1984 when I was 12, and Catalina has finally pushed me to Linux for my daily driver. I'll still keep Apples around due to Apple's mostly excellent ecosystem execution, but... something has gone missing lately
Re: macOS Catalina 10.15.5
#177Re: macOS Catalina 10.15.5
#178Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've got a brand-new 2019 16" and am dealing with the widespread crashes on wake from sleep. Honestly, it's a harder decision to send it back than you might think, for several reasons: 1) The hardware quality of other OEMs is bad too. Lenovo has really gone downhill. I sold my maxed-out X1 Carbon 7th Gen, which in less than a year: a) came with an LTE card that never worked for more than an hour at a time; b) had the…
Have you considered System76? I have a similar issues with OEM's laptop quality years ago with both HP and Dell. System76 laptops have been a pleasure to use. The new Lemur Pro has a 10th gen CPU, does not have a numpad, and does have an FHD panel. They claim up to 14 hours of battery life on Linux. (21 hours coding on VIM.) https://system76.com/laptops/lemur https://www.fosslinux.com/36826/system76-lemur-pro-a-linux…
If he's (reasonably!) not happy with Lenovo's build quality, he's absolutely not going to be happy with Clevo.
Re: macOS Catalina 10.15.5
#179> 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…
I just had a MBP fixed (it was quick!) due to it swollen up one day. It would not lie down flat on a table and the trackpad was useless. Obviously could not close the screen either. How common is this?
Re: macOS Catalina 10.15.5
#180Since 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…
Why do you guys put up with this? Do you like pain? Edit: I'm not trying to troll, I genuinely want to know why people put up with this. I bounce between Linux and Windows and have no loyalty to either of them. I've settled on Windows with WSL2 on my desktop but I'm tempted again to install the new Fedora on my Thinkpad. Is it the lock in? With my hardware I can run anything I want except for macOS. Once you buy Appl…
That question presumes that crashing is the only axis upon which computer users experience pain.
Linux users said the same thing in 1996. It didn’t work then, either.
Anyone working on desktop Linux should know they’ve hit saturation with their current approach. What‘s missing or broken that’s causing Mac users to prefer a system that crashes once a day?