{"id":28548,"date":"2020-04-02T17:12:45","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T21:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=28548"},"modified":"2020-04-15T16:01:11","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T20:01:11","slug":"the-case-for-postponing-macos-10-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/02\/the-case-for-postponing-macos-10-16\/","title":{"rendered":"The Case for Postponing macOS 10.16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macobserver.com\/columns-opinions\/editorial\/postpone-macos-10-16-till-2021\/\">John Martellaro<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.macobserver.com\/columns-opinions\/editorial\/postpone-macos-10-16-till-2021\/\">\n<p>We&rsquo;re all struggling to stay safe and secure in macOS 10.15 Catalina or even 10.14 Mojave. And since new apps are being pressed into service for working at home, the last thing we need is a new version of macOS with its traditional teething pains&mdash;especially in post WWDC betas. We don&rsquo;t need any rugs pulled out from under our collaboration apps. Let&rsquo;s focus on stability and security until the pandemic has completely dissipated.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Our developer heroes have been complaining for years that they just can&rsquo;t keep up with the fast-evolving structural and security changes in macOS every 12 months. A six month delay in 10.16 would provide critical time to iron out the kinks in their apps due to changes in Catalina. Not to mention relaxing stress on the developers due to concern for their family&rsquo;s health.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The other big reason: allowing more time to polish Catalina.<\/p>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/31\/macos-10-15-4-broke-ssh\/\">macOS 10.15.4 Broke SSH<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/16\/the-pace-of-macos-updates\/\">The Pace of macOS Updates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/24\/macos-10-15-4\/\">macOS 10.15.4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/13\/wwdc-2020-to-be-online-only\/\">WWDC 2020 to Be Online-only<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/11\/mail-data-loss-in-macos-10-15\/\">Mail Data Loss in macOS 10.15<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p id=\"the-case-for-postponing-macos-10-16-update-2020-04-15\">Update (2020-04-15): <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/colincornaby\/status\/1245827893722112000\">Colin Cornaby<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/colincornaby\/status\/1245827893722112000\">\n<p>I&rsquo;d prefer to see macOS (and iOS) move off the yearly schedule. But we&rsquo;re also now dependent on these major upgrades for significant SwiftUI advancements.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s less maintainable but I kind of wish SwiftUI started as a standalone library, like the Swift Standard Library.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Freerunnering\/status\/1245869747763171328\">Kyle Howells<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Freerunnering\/status\/1245869747763171328\">\n<p>If every release is buggy for 6 months then with a multi year release cycle they are mostly stable.\nWith a yearly release cycle everything is a perpetual mess.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cdfinder\/status\/1245977706132656128\">Norbert M. Doerner<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cdfinder\/status\/1245977706132656128\">\n<p>I will skip 10.15.x completely. Far too many bugs and problems. Unbelievable.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Martellaro: We&rsquo;re all struggling to stay safe and secure in macOS 10.15 Catalina or even 10.14 Mojave. And since new apps are being pressed into service for working at home, the last thing we need is a new version of macOS with its traditional teething pains&mdash;especially in post WWDC betas. 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