{"id":26917,"date":"2019-10-15T15:51:01","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T19:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=26917"},"modified":"2025-07-03T18:44:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T22:44:33","slug":"catalina-system-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/15\/catalina-system-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Catalina System Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"

Patrick McCarron<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The (null) version of Mac OS Catalina is finally out!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Dave Mark<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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And my Catalina install grinds to a screeching halt.<\/p>\n

Logged in, got the “Find My” screen (see pic), tapped Continue, and I’ve been frozen for about 15 minutes.<\/p>\n

Regret doing this? Why yes, yes I do. 😐<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Peter Cohen<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Stuck in an endless iCloud authentication loop after upgrading to Catalina? This fixed it for me.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Christina<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Aaaand another edge case hit: If you are stuck in an iCloud Terms and Conditions loop after upgrading to #Catalina, go to System Preferences > Internet Accounts, click the “inactive” Apple ID used for iTunes\/App Store, wait for Terms and Conditions sheet to appear and agree.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Matthias Gansrigler<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Wow, Catalina seriously f**** up Bluetooth connections. To Apple devices. Like the Magic Trackpad. Only reacts after a 1-2 second delay.<\/p>\n

Never experienced that in the beta.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

David Sparks<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Blasted through my flagged email this morning on my Mac. Interesting issue though. Apple Mail now has a different flag count on every device I own: Mac - 0; iPad - 90; iPhone - 29. All running latest (non beta) releases.<\/p>\n

Ugh.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Chris W<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Love how Apple’s new Music app is so lightweight and free of bloat compared to iTunes<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Gus Mueller<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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In 10.15 AppleFileServer is sandboxed, and it’s unable to read any volumes that I have shared out to Kirstin since upgrading. I guess I can fix this, but how is anyone that’s not a developer supposed to handle this?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Tyler Hall<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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My wife’s local account password (not iCloud) on her iMac is an all-lowercase, seven character, simple English word.<\/p>\n

Upgraded to Catalina. No problem.<\/p>\n

iMac went to sleep. Woke up. Will no longer accept her password. 🤷‍♂️<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Corbin Dunn<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I upgraded my laptop to macOS Catalina. No problems, so I did my older iMac yesterday. That was a mistake...I’m now trying to figure out why my login won’t work and where my data went (ah...readonly volumes....)<\/p>\n

I used to always relocate my home directory to another partition when I did development on macOS so I could install multiple versions and use the same home dir. Apparently this really confused the migration to Catalina, and really messed up stuff.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Mike Epstein<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Worse still, when you update a phone, tablet, or computer to the new version of Reminders, all of the updates you’ve created using that device will be deleted<\/a> across all platforms, new and old. <\/p>\n

Even if you’ve upgraded, though, there’s still a chance that you could lose your info. The new Reminders app asks you to confirm the update the first time you turn it on. If you’ve made Reminders on your iOS 13 or iPad OS device using a secondary app or process before opening the app, those reminders will get deleted when you open the app and press “upgrade now.”<\/p>\n

Windows users are also getting hit especially hard by the change. The new iCloud web app supports the new version of Reminders, but Apple says the iCloud for Windows app “can’t see iCloud Reminders” after the update.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Armin Briegel<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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System Image Utility is gone from macOS Catalina.<\/p>\n

It is not possible to build a NetBoot or NetInstall nbi based on Catalina.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Steve Troughton-Smith<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Judging by the Catalina GM seed, macOS Catalina is gonna ship with nonfunctional SceneKit in Catalyst on older Nvidia GPU-powered Macs (like my 2012 iMac). If you have SceneKit in your app, it will just render as an empty scene on these configurations. No workaround for users<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Simon Gredal<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I’m able to buy a $0.99 Catalina-incompatible 32-bit app from Mac App Store.\nIt even lies to me and say that it will work on my Mac.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Dave DeLong<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Turns out that sharing Maps collections only shares a snapshot. Recipients can’t modify your collection. This leaves joint trip-planning as impotent as it was before. (FB7372447)<\/p>\n

And of course, collections don’t exist on Mac. 🤦‍♂️ (FB7372437)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Michael Flux<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Gotta say, Catalina is without a doubt the most shitshow macOS update in years.<\/p>\n

On a completely fresh install to eliminate any potential upgrade bugs, somehow everything from photos to iCloud Drive to system apps have large enough bugs to prevent basic usability.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Issues I’ve run into:<\/p>\n\n