10.5.4 Wiped out all my user settings

[H. Flower]

I just updated to 10.5.4, but now all my preferences and user settings have been wiped out, as if its a new computer.

I've spent hours configuring it a certain way.

What do I do?

 

[honestone33]

Did you make a backup before you updated?

 

[H. Flower]

Of course.

Would rather not revert, 10.5.3 was incredibly buggy for me.

Any way to retrieve all the settings?

 

[honestone33]

Of course.

Would rather not revert, 10.5.3 was incredibly buggy for me.

Any way to retrieve all the settings?

What I will be doing after making my final SuperDuper! backup of both of my Macs currently running OS 10.15.3 is to do a clean, fresh installation of OS 10.15.4, then do a migration/copying of needed files, folders, settings, apps, etc. That has always worked for me.

Usually, I would just apply the OS 10.15.4 Combo Update, without doing such a migration. But, given it has been quite a while since OS 10.15.3 has been released, and with all the issues I am seeing folks have with just updating to OS 10.15.4, I am definitely going to do a clean, fresh installation.

OS 10.15.3 has not been buggy for me, but of course I make a concerted effort to keep both of my Macs "lean, mean, and clean".

 

[H. Flower]

I'm going to suck it up and just reconfigure everything.

But before I do that, I want to give the Mac OS team a big shout out:






Well done, you guys are continuing to do a bang up job !!!!!!!

 

[Minipudding]

Well done, you guys are continuing to do a bang up job !!!!!!!

I second that: https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...ed-up-after-security-update-2020-002.2227824/

 

[rychencop]

the only issue that i have noticed so far is that my fans on my iMac are constantly on. pram reset did nothing.

 

[frou]

Thunderbolt ports stopping working? Shutdown becoming glitchy? All settings being wiped?

Boy, I'm filled with confidence to hit that Software Update button

 

[rychencop]

yeah...what happened to their "we are going to focus on releasing stable updates?"

 

[bob_stan]

Nothing happened to my user settings when I updated. As another person commented, one of the top usb ports on my 2019 Mac Pro was inoperative until I did a NVRAM reset. So far I have had zero other problems. YMMV.

 

[honestone33]

Nothing happened to my user settings when I updated. As another person commented, one of the top usb ports on my 2019 Mac Pro was inoperative until I did a NVRAM reset. So far I have had zero other problems. YMMV.

Cool! If I see many more positive reports, I just might do an update using the OS 10.15.4 Combo Updater.

 

[LuisN]

the only issue that i have noticed so far is that my fans on my iMac are constantly on. pram reset did nothing.

Try resetting SMC

 

[crjackson2134]

Cool! If I see many more positive reports, I just might do an update using the OS 10.15.4 Combo Updater.

Just make sure you have a bootable backup ... verify the backup ... If it's all good, then go for it...

 

[honestone33]

Just make sure you have a bootable backup ... verify the backup ... If it's all good, then go for it...

Exactly! In fact, no matter which way I go (clean, "virgin" installation of oS 10.15.4, or update with the Combo Updater), I would not do it until, at the earliest, late Saturday afternoon, as I will do my usual Saturday computer-related tasks (while also cleaning our town home):

1. Run Onyx and Tech Tool Pro to do disk cleanup, maintenance, and repairs.
2. Run SuperDuper! and make 2 backups/clones for each of my Macs to 2, separate external SSDs.

But yes, your advice is much appreciated. Hopefully others will use it also!