Big Sur - Working / Not Working Apps

[DaveFromCampbelltown]

Was anyone able to upgrade to the full version with Big Sur RC2?

I was able to do an upgrade from 11.0.1-20B55022a to RC2-11.0.1-20B28 with no problems. It took about 25 minutes on an SSD.
However, it didn't seem to be as stable as I wanted. Just niggly little things that sometimes happen when you do an substantial update on top of another update.

So, I downloaded the full installer and, as I mentioned above, did a full install on an external Fusion drive. This is been incredibly stable, allowing me to do multiple things at once without them tripping over each other, like download files, updating other files, running Virtual Machines (Parallels), copying to and from my local server all simultaneously. No, it wasn't super fast, but my iMac is getting on a bit, like it's owner, and we are both a bit creaky, but still functional.

I will be running this version for a few weeks, and then might make the full transfer from Catalina to Big Sur. I have never been particularly happy with Catalina. It reminded me a bit of Vista, which was a trial run for Win 7. It seems Catalina was Apple's Vista, with a lot of good ideas, but which weren't implemented properly. Big Sur seems to have got them right.

Anyway, if you can, I would recommend a clean install from the full 11.0.1-20B28 installer, rather than incremental updates. It just seemed to work better for me.

BTW, I just noticed that there is a new version of Big Sur up, build 20B29 as well as 20B28. Does anybody know what the difference is?

 

[ixjosemi]

What about:

- Github Desktop
- iTerm2
- Pycharm

Thanks in advance fam!

 

[pcd213]

What about
- VMWare Horizon
- Lifesize

I need these for home-office, anyone knows if they work?

The VMware Horizon issues I experienced yesterday could have been because of Apple’s server issues

 

[NoIdentity]

Anyone knows if he following software works:

Davinci Resolve
Fusion 360
Scrivener
Sigma Photo Pro
Silverfast
VDMX

 

[jgrove]

Nik (DxO) Collection doesn't work correctly, the installer fails, and if you upgraded to Big Sur the Plugins work when manually selected, but the selective tool in PS 2021 doesn't work and neither does the brush tool (Which needs fixing as its the most popular function)

Capture One 20 works but you may loose your open with settings and it doesn't seem possible to get them back.

 

[urbZZ]

The VMware Horizon issues I experienced yesterday could have been because of Apple’s server issues

Jup, seems so:

I can confirm VMware Horizon & Lifesize are working fine.

 

[mataklap]

Hi guys, want to upgrade but perhaps here people know if the following apps still work?

Autocad 2018
Sketchup pro 2018
Rhino 6

 

[pcd213]

Jup, seems so:

I can confirm VMware Horizon & Lifesize are working fine.

There still is quite a delay in logging in after inputting your credentials. Not sure if that's a spillover from yesterday's server debacle or if Big Sur is to blame.

 

[coach_ditka]

Bluebeam Revu for Mac 2.1 has stopped Working

I am seeing the same thing

 

[loekf]

Added to the list: DigiKam doesn't work at all. Just freezes, no open windows. Both the current release and the beta.

 

[Heat_Fan89]

I can't find the "Junk Mail" and "Trash" folders in the Mail app. Are they gone? I installed Big Sur over Catalina so i'm not sure if that could have contributed to the problem if they are still there.

 

[Martyimac]

I can't find the "Junk Mail" and "Trash" folders in the Mail app. Are they gone? I installed Big Sur over Catalina so i'm not sure if that could have contributed to the problem if they are still there.

Hover your mouse next to the word favorites, a + sign in a circle will show up, click on that and a box appears allowing you to select which folders you want in your favorites. I have done it, works well.

 

[Nishko]

Any idea if Capture One Pro 12 works on Big Sur?

 

[jgrove]

Any idea if Capture One Pro 12 works on Big Sur?

V13 (20) works, I don't think earlier versions will.

 

[Marios7]

Please someone could help me only installing this damned software AGNC (https://www.corp.att.com/agnc/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2020/05/agnc_mac_2.2.03001.pkg) and confirming me that is at least working/correctly opening on Big Sur?
I spent my last 2 days asking AT&T onto every social and official site without having a simple answer... thank you in advance lads! 🙏🙏🙏

 

[ttjost]

Can anyone confirm if Parallels 15 runs on Big Sur?
There was an update (supposedly), but I wanted to double-check.

 

[Laurie65]

I HATE this OS. First, you can't clear the history in Safari. Worst of all it is making the fans run on my MacBookPro. I will use FireFox until Apple straightens this mess out. Also what is with taking the battery percentage and moving it into System Preferences? They should have left that alone! Now I have to go into System Preferences to check the Battery? A pain in the a * *. Because of the pandemic hold times are awful and I can't make a Genius appointment. I am so sorry I installed this OS. It is horrible!!

 

[Weaselboy]

Arq Backup (6.2.46) doesn't seem to be working correctly. I always get the error "Error: Failed to create APFS snapshot: Operation not permitted"

I get that also, but the backups seem to be working okay. I sent an email to the dev and will let you know what he says.

Edit: Here is the temp fix from the dev.

Sorry about the error. As a workaround, we would ask you to uncheck the "use APFS snapshot" option from the backup set configurations (click "Edit" > go to the "Options" tab) for now.

We will get back to you shortly with a fix.

 

[Vlad2000]

Has anyone tried OpenConnect-GUI on Big Sur? I need it to connect to my company network.

 

[elite953]

Vuze not running properly and freezing at the same time on Mac OS Big sur

 

[michael31986]

Anyone using Pulse Secure 9.1.7 with Big Sur? I m not sure it will work. I keep hearing conficting answers from Pulse secure.

 

[antonrg]

Has anyone tried DaVinci Resolve 16 with BigSur yet?

 

[virginblue4]

I HATE this OS. First, you can't clear the history in Safari. Worst of all it is making the fans run on my MacBookPro. I will use FireFox until Apple straightens this mess out. Also what is with taking the battery percentage and moving it into System Preferences? They should have left that alone! Now I have to go into System Preferences to check the Battery? A pain in the a * *. Because of the pandemic hold times are awful and I can't make a Genius appointment. I am so sorry I installed this OS. It is horrible!!

Why can't you clear your history? Click on the history tab and then scroll down and click 'clear history'.

Also, you can put the battery icon back into the menu bar. Go into System Preferences, Dock & Menu Bar, Battery and then turn on Show in Menu Bar and Show Percentage.

 

[jc1350]

Anyone using Pulse Secure 9.1.7 with Big Sur? I m not sure it will work. I keep hearing conficting answers from Pulse secure.

We use that and it worked fine for me. Verified I could get to internal-only resources.

 

[jc1350]

I added VeraCrypt to the first post. It requires FUSE for MacOS (formerly OSXFuse). The FUSE team released a pre-release version (4.0.2) that works with 11.0.1, but they changed library paths which broke VeraCrypt.