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Big Sur - Working / Not Working Apps
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I don't use TunnelBack, so I don't know about that one, but I use Pulse Secure 9.1.7 daily for my bread and butter and it have worked with no issues for me since BS Dev Beta 1 (currently running on Dev Beta 5)
I use this on <shudder> Windows 10 for work and it sucks. I doubt it will work until a couple months after formal release.
Same issue I have with Bit Dender. Meanwhile, my renewal deal came and went. So probably going back to EST. Sorry for the tangent/ Hope you figure thisout. Let's wantch.
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PCalc 4.7 functions OK, but the display gradients don't display correctly. Should look like this:
On Big Sur Beta 5, looks like this:
The developer has been notified, and has confirmed that the gradients in Big Sur are messed up.
On Big Sur Beta 5, looks like this:
The developer has been notified, and has confirmed that the gradients in Big Sur are messed up.
I am not enrolled to get the betas. I wanted to find out if there is anyone using a Xerox 6280 printer and find the printer driver is working correctly in the Big Sur betas.
I talk the MacPaw and they said it's not ready yet. They sent me v4.7.0b1 for BigSur. Now everything is ok.
The Parallels fix isn't working for me. The app now tries to reinstall Parallels Tools and consistently freezes at 3%. I've removed and reinstalled Parallels 16 several times and made the change to my VM settings - no joy. Will see what the next beta brings and/or another solution from Parallels.
Not working:Please click EDIT below to add your working or NOT working app. Please try to add it alphabetically. Feel free to also comment in a reply any additional details you would like to share.
Working
- 1Blocker
- 1Password
- 3D Slicer
- 4K Video Downloader
- A Better Finder Attributes 6
- A Better Finder Rename 11
- Adium
- Adobe Creative apps (Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, etc)
- Affinity Designer
- Affinity Photo
- Affinity Publisher
- Aja System Test Lite
- Alfred
- Alt-Tab
- Amphetamine
- Antidote 10
- AppCleaner
- Arduino IDE
- AS Timer
- Atom
- Atom with PlatformIO
- AutoMounter
- AutoPani Giga
- balenaEtcher
- Bandwidth+
- Banktivity 7
- Battery Health
- BBEdit
- BetterSnapTool
- BetterTouchTool
- Bitwarden
- Blackmagic Disk Speed Test - works on DB5
- Black Out
- Blender 2.83.5
- Boom 2 (works AFTER reinstall/reboot)
- Brackets 1.14
- BTT
- Bumpr
- Caffeine 1.1.3
- Calibre
- Camtasia 2019
- Canary Mail
- Canon IJ Scan Utility Lite
- Capture One 20
- Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC) - ver. 5.1.20-b1 works fine
- Chrome
- Cisco Anyconnect 4.8.03036
- I had to disable SIP and re-install the app. I had to leave SIP disabled even after installation.
- Cisco Webex Meetings 40.4.12.8
- Cisdem Video Converter 5.4.0
- Citrix Workspaces
- CleanMyMac
- CleanShot X
- CloudMounter
- Commander One 2.4.2.3218
- Complete Anatomy 2021 6.0
CrossOver 19.0.2( No longer working in Beta 3)- Currencier
- Cyberduck (FTP client) (version as of 12 august, works)
- Dash
- DB Browser for SQLite
- DBeaver
- Deepl
- Devonthink
- Diagrams
- Diablo 3 (blizzard game season 21 patch)
- DiskMark
- dJay Pro
- DjVu Reader Pro 2.4.1
- Docker (stable channel)
- Dolphin Emulator
- Downie 4
- Dropbox latest beta https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-desktop-client-builds/Beta-Build-101-3-422/td-p/432874
- Enpass
- EPub Converter 20.6.1 (AniceSoft)
- eqMac
- EtreCheck
- EventScripts
- Evernote
- Expressions (Regex App)
- ExpressVPN
- Facebook Messenger
- Fantastical
- Feedly
- ff-Works 2.1.2
- Filemaker (Pro 18 Advanced)
- FIleZilla (FTP client)
- Final Cut Pro X 10.4.8
- Firefox Developer Edition (version 79.0b6 on Dev Preview 2)
- Flotato
- Flux
- FontBase
- Forklift
- FreeYourMusic
- FruitJuice (Battery management)
- Gamepad-Tool
- Garmin Express 6.16.0.0 (just to add version no.)
- Garmin Virb Edit
- Geekbench 5
- Gemini 2.6.4
- Get Backup Pro 3.5.5
- Ghostery Lite
- Google Drive File Stream (working as of Dev Beta 4 | Drive Version: 41.0.2.0)
- GoPro Quik (working as of Dev Beta 3)
- Git-Tower
- GitFinder
- GitKraken
- Google Earth Pro 7.3.3
- Grammarly
- GrandPerspective
- Guarda Wallet
- Handbrake
- HyperDock
- Illustrator CC 2020
- Image2Icon
- iMazing
- Insomnia
- iTunes (sometimes slow to register clicks)
- Irvue
- JPEG Mini Pro
- Jump Desktop 8.5.15
- Keka
- Kindle
- Kodi 18.7
- LastPass
- Libre Office 7.0.0.3
- Little Snitch 5 Technology Preview
- Logic and plugins (734 validated) - be careful! 9 of my essential plugins don't show, & 1 developer says they need to rework the AUs, which they'll get to with the official OS release...
- Logitech (G-Hub) v 2020.6.58918 verified with a G502 Mouse
- LuLu
- Magnet
- Magoshare Data Recovery (but title bar not readable)
- Mamp
- Mathematica
- Mathworks matlab
- Memory Clean
- Mendeley
- MenuBar Stats
- Merlin Project
- Meshlab
- Meteorologist
- Microsoft Edge Beta
- Microsoft Remote Desktop
- Microsoft Remote Desktop Beta
- Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft To Do
- Microsoft Office 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote) - Insider Fast & App Store Versions
- Mindjet MindManager 13.1.115
- Mindnode
- Moom 3.2.17
- Mos
- MuteKey
- MySQL Workbench
- NeoFinder 7.5.2
- Neptunes
- NetBeans 12.0
- News Explorer
- Nextcloud
- Nextcloud client
- Next meeting
- Nikon ViewNX-i
- NomAD (Active Directory/Kerberos client)
- Notability
- Notion
- Nova (b15)
- Numbers
- Numi
- OmniDisk Sweeper
- Omnifocus (version 3 not working if installed fresh)
- OmniGraffle Pro 7.1.6
- OmniOutliner Pro 5.6.1
- OmniPlan Pro 3.14.2
- OneDrive
- OpenEmu
- OpenSCAD
- OpenVPN Connect 3
- OTP Auth
- Pacifist 3.6.2
- PHPStorm
- Pages
- Papers.app
- Paprika Recipe Manager 3
- Parallels 16 (Working for some users)
- Kernel Panic Fix - Issue is related to Parallels hypervisor kext. You can switch to the Apple hypervisor under "Hardware - > CPU & Memory -> Advanced Settings" of your VM's settings, works for now until Parallels can fix it with an update.
- Parcel
- Paste (Clipboard manager)
- Pastebot
- Pattern (Regex App)
- Photoshop CC 2019 & 2020
- Pixelmator Pro
- Plex Media Server 1.19.4
- PopClip
- Popcorn Time
- Postman
- Privado VPN 1.2 (both for IKEv2 and Open VPN protocols)
- ProFinder
- ProWritingAid
- PrusaSlicer
- PureVPN
- Pulse Secure VPN Desktop Client 9.1.7
- PyCharm
- qBittorrent
- Qbserve
- Quickbooks Online Mac App
- Quicken
- Quiver
- Rainbow
- Rectangle
- Relax Melodies
- Resolutionator
- RetroArch
- Royal TSX beta available => https://support.royalapps.com/support/solutions/articles/17000027755
- RunAway
- ScreenFLow
- Scrivener
- Segger Embedded Studio
- Sensei
- SheepSaver
- Shotcut
- Signal 1.34.2
- Simon
- Sip 1.2
- Slack
- SlidePad
- Sketch
- SnagIt 2020 (some crashing until you download update)
- SnippetsLab
- Soda Player
- SomaFM Radio Player
- Spark Email
- Sparkle 2.8.9
- Spectacle
- Speedtest
- Spotify
- Starry Night Pro Plus 8
- Steam and Steam Games (Updated Beta Client)
- Step Two
- Studio 3T
- SurfShark
- Synology Drive
- Teamviewer
- Telegram
- Temperature Guage
- Textmate
- TextExpander
- Tiles
- Timestamp Photo and Video
- Tinkertool
- Transmission
- Transmit
- Tweetbot
- TypeFace App
- Ulysses
- Uncluter
- Uplet
- Viscosity OpenVPN Client (v1.8.2)
- Visual Studio Code
- VLC
- VueScan
- WeatherPro
- Website Watchman
- Whatsapp Desktop
- WiFi Signal (Correct colour in Menubar with 4.3)
- Wipr (Safari ad blocker)
- Wireguard
- XMind Zen 9.1.3
- Xquartz
- Zoom (5.2.1)
Not Working
- 3Dconnexion/3DxWare 10.6.5 (boot failure after restart, had to uninstall in Safe Mode)
- Abstract (crashes)
- AdGuard is stuck on Off without being able to turn it on
- "AdGuard for safari" extension is working.
- Adobe Bridge 2020. Crashes when you attempt to open image from the app.
- Adobe Libraries
- Ableton Live (early test crash on open, but could be plugins cause)
- AltDeploy (Mail plugin is incompatible with macOS 11 Mail app version)
- Airmail (Freezes after turning on) EDIT: It looks, that it's working.
- Background Music (crashes as soon one wants to play music)
- Bartender (Menu bar icons will appear to be hidden, but attempting to expand the menu will trigger Siri)
- Beyond Compare (UI glitches and flickers, making it virtually unusable)
- Bit Defender Antivirus for Mac (System Extensions will not load)
Blackmagic Disk Speed Test- works on DB5- BongioviDPS (no audio)
- Box Drive and Box Sync
- BusyCal 3.10.2 (latest release) - "The application can't be opened -1" Error Message
- Chronosync 4.9.10 (can't create or open synchronizer documents)
- CrossOver 19.0.2
- DaisyDisk (Shows as READ-ONLY) - Confirmed by DaisyDisk staff in email that a future update will correct issue but app does not work correctly as of now. Its Read Only until later update...
- Day-O
- Default Folder X (loads in manu bar but open/save doesn't work)
- Deliveries 3.2.3 (cannot add new packages)
- Deluge 2.0.3
Docker (edge channel)- Drobo Dashboard
- fre:ac (Open but no UI elements)
- Garmin BaseCamp (hangs on beta 3)
- Garmin Express (causing kernel panics on beta 3)
- GPG Mail 4.1 (part of GPG Suite 2020.1)
- Google Backup and Sync (Still broken in Big Sur Public Beta 1)
- GIMP-2.10 (It said developer requisition access , approve on Apple Watch.)
- GNUcash 4 (crash on normal launch, "permission denied" if attempted from Terminal.)
- iBackup
- InsomniaX (Version 2.1.8) - unable to toggle "Diable Lid Sleep" option.
- iSkysoft Video Converter Ultimate (crashes on app start)
- KakaoTalk (crash after login)
- Kyocera printer driver p6230cdn
- LetterOpener (Mail.app plugin)
- Lite Icon 4.1
- Little Snitch 4 (kernal programming deprecated by Apple. This is being rebuilt and will release in the Fall.)
- Lulu (kernel programming deprecated by Apple)
- Luminar 4 (crashed after exporting, stopped working afterwards)
- MacUpdate
- Mailbutler
- MailSuite
- MyCloud from Swisscom
- Netspot
- Nikon Capture NX-D (displays garbled images and UI)
- OBS Studio
- Onyx
- Papyrus Author
Parallels (stopped working again with Beta 4)Updated to Parallels 16 (still not working for everyone on Big Sur)
- Issue is related to Parallels hypervisor kext. You can switch to the Apple hypervisor under "Hardware - > CPU & Memory -> Advanced Settings" of your VM's settings, works for now until Parallels can fix it with an update.
- DFPen (Launches but won't display PDF content)
- Plex Media Player 3.0.0.32-d310c89b6
- Rekordbox
- RightFont
- Samsung Portable SSD
- Splashstop Streamer (SR
- Sony Content Transfer for Mac version 1.5.0.04260 - Same for Beta 5. Well, it's Sony. We'll be lucky of they release.
- StreamerDaemon keeps crashing -- see ReportCrash in Console)
- SoundSource (developer website says they are working on update)
Steam and Steam Games- Streamlabs OBS
- Tactical Sailing
TinkerTool- Tor Browser
- TripMode
- Ultimaker Cura
- Unison (usenet newsreader)
- Vanilla
- Visual Studio (launches but crashes when trying to open a solution)
- VMware Fusion 11.5.6
- VNC Viewer (Launches but black screen when connecting to a server)
- Waterfox
- Windscribe VPN (can't load kext)
- Wondershare UniConverter 11.6.7.5
- WD My Cloud (software loads but won't mount disk)
- Xbox360 Controller driver (won't install)
- Xtrafinder
Sort of Working
- Adobe Acrobat Reader DC (strange app rendering, imposible to sign documents with certificates)
- Amadeus (sometimes crashes)
Carbon Copy Cloner(latest official ver. does not work, but latest beta version does)- Dozer (does not keep the menu bar items hidden properly)
- Postbox (works but there are some font display issues and text on dropdown menus doesn’t show properly)
- Indesign CC 2019 & 2020 (GPU preview is very glitchy, CPU preview is only sort of glitchy)
- Parallels
(1,2,t,y keys NOT Working) - use Keyboard macro in preferencesBeta 3 - not loading due to version check - use shell script or terminal:
SYSTEM_VERSION_COMPAT=1
open /Applications/Parallels\ Desktop.appNot working on Beta 4 - looking for driver- Updated to Parallels 16
- Beta 5 - Parallels causes a kernal panic and shuts down system when launched
- Issue is related to Parallels hypervisor kext. You can switch to the Apple hypervisor under "Hardware - > CPU & Memory -> Advanced Settings" of your VM's settings, works for now until Parallels can fix it with an update.
- Pixelmator (Original)
- Launches, but black canvas on old and new projects
- VMware Fusion Technical Preview 16530630
- Will not work on unsupported CPUs like Xeon Westmere, which generally can be made to support Big Sur
- Missing Intel EPT MMU support and XSAVE
- Would need a legacy CPU option in VMX to force Catalina style KEXT and hypervisor
- Memory leaks in the guest virtual machine cause intermittent kernel panics, similar to the known error with macOS Catalina 10.15.6
Mostly Working
- Contexts (window entries have slight colour glitches when Cmd-Tab is used, but works)
- Discord (App works fine but closing the app with x stops the window from re-opening, requiring a restart of the application, minimising works though)
- Find Any File (a little quirky, ie tries to search 'hardware' first (change that to the drive you want to search)
- Firefox (No Offical support, cannot be downloaded from site using beta,
audio/video issues with YouTube, unable to play Spotify, Hulu, Netflix, etc.Nightly version 79.0a1 (2020-06027) resolves video/audio playback issues. Intermittent glitching of YouTube onscreen graphics still present. Checkboxes do not work.)- Forecast Bar (issues with the dark menu bar icons and Big Sur's dark menu bar in light mode)
- iStat Menus - Functions OK when in dark mode. In light mode the Big Sur menu bar appears to stay dark which causes the iStats font to be unreadable (dark text on dark background)
- Pathfinder (some pop-up windows wrong size)
- Private Internet Access (issues with the dark menu bar icons and Big Sur's dark menu bar in light mode)
- Resilio Sync (issues with the dark menu bar icons and Big Sur's dark menu bar in light mode)
- Trickster (some misaligned graphic)
duplicate anihilator for photos
photosweeeper X
webcam settings app
Audiobook Builder crashed for me when exporting a project, but they already released a fixed version here: https://www.splasmata.com/?p=3426 This new version 2.1.1 works fine on Big Sur.
They sent me the beta also. It ran for an hour and still didn't finish so I quit it and followed up with support. They stated it is a known issue and the app isn't ready yet for Big Sur.
