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Big Sur - Working / Not Working Apps
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For those reporting problems with apps using kernel extensions (kexts) have you looked at https://developer.apple.com/documentation/kernel/installing_a_custom_kernel_extension and considered whether you can get them to load.
I am thinking of apps like Little Snitch and Adguard for Mac. But probably applies to many other apps using kexts.
I am waiting for the public beta otherwise I would have tried myself.
I am thinking of apps like Little Snitch and Adguard for Mac. But probably applies to many other apps using kexts.
I am waiting for the public beta otherwise I would have tried myself.
Finder -- Is anyone else having issues with Finder?? I literally can't interact with any folders on my desktop. I can't access my hard drive via a Finder window. In fact, I can't even interact with Finder's menu. Help!!!
Thanks for that! So far, it seems it's only videos (and usually just the audio part) that don't work. Mozilla are tracking the bug and if it's like when Catalina totally broke Firefox during one of those betas, it'll turn out to be a sandboxing issue that'll get resolved in a few days.
Working:
- Visual Studio Code
- Slack
- Twitch
- Transmission
- Affinity stuff
- Spotify
- GoLand
- WebStorm
- DataGrip
(and most likely most IDEA-based IDEs)
Not working:
- JetBrains Toolbox (can't load Java 7 classes), but don't worry, the IDEs are working fine
- Visual Studio Code
- Slack
- Twitch
- Transmission
- Affinity stuff
- Spotify
- GoLand
- WebStorm
- DataGrip
(and most likely most IDEA-based IDEs)
Not working:
- JetBrains Toolbox (can't load Java 7 classes), but don't worry, the IDEs are working fine
Just opened every app and every utility on my MacBook all at once. Do not see an option to edit the Wiki post. What permissions does one need to edit a Wiki post or can we simply list the working/not working apps in a separate post in this thread?
I did a fresh install on a different partition (I still need my Catalina intact) and was bummed Toolbox didn't work. Fortunately I shouldn't need more than 1, possibly 2, IDEs in Big Sur.
Same. I love that Toolbox, and I was worried when I saw that it didn't work. I hope JetBrains will push a beta maybe so that it works on Big Sur.
They did push EAPs which fixed some early Catalina bugs while it was still in beta, so there is hope.
Feedly initially worked for me. Now, this is all that happens every time it launches.
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Apparently it only crashes when opened in full-screen mode or opened and then maximized.
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Apparently it only crashes when opened in full-screen mode or opened and then maximized.
Feedly initially worked for me. Now, this is all that happens every time it launches.
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Can anyone verify if the mail app is working? I just cant get the main window to open. I can right click and do things like compose new email and stuff but for the life of me, I just cant get the main window to show up for some reason.
Yes, it works.
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It doesn't work for me too. Trying to find a beta.