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How is Sonoma on M Series Macs Now?
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I've got it on an M1 MacBook Pro, and I've never noticed any problems with it. Maybe it's different for people who put it on different hardware or who have software compatibility issues with specific software?
M2 Mini here - for the most part, it's fine. I get the occasional 'disk eject improperly' banner and the disappearing icon for same on my desktop, but that's been around so long on Macs - with no apparent interest by Apple in fixing it - its practically a feature.
Also problematic connectivity using HDMI on Mini to HDMI on monitor, but that resolved by switching to USB-C Mini to HDMI monitor (another 'known issue'); while I have had some connectivity issues between computer and iCloud, as accessed via webpage. Very nearly broke senior support staff at Apple until a partial workaround achieved. No one there knows if that's the OS or iCloud. Great.
Also problematic connectivity using HDMI on Mini to HDMI on monitor, but that resolved by switching to USB-C Mini to HDMI monitor (another 'known issue'); while I have had some connectivity issues between computer and iCloud, as accessed via webpage. Very nearly broke senior support staff at Apple until a partial workaround achieved. No one there knows if that's the OS or iCloud. Great.
Interesting.
I never had a spontaneous "disk eject improperly" in all those years, unless I disconnected it myself too soon.
My experiences with so called "Senior experts" at Apple support is reason enough to 'replace' them by fora like this one.
;JOOP!
Been running it on a Mac Studio M1 Max and a MacBook Pro M1 (Touchbar generation) since its initial official release without any major problems.
My use cases are rather basic, however, I am not running any specific software and I haven't attached any specific hardware. So your mileage may vary.
My use cases are rather basic, however, I am not running any specific software and I haven't attached any specific hardware. So your mileage may vary.
I installed version 14.0 the day it came out on my 14" M1 Pro MBP and I never noticed any major issues
I have been on the latest release, as they have come out, since day 1. No show stopper issues, but I have seen "edge cases", things that break in certain situations, but no functions that just don't work.
For example, things get out of sync with devices and iCloud, Handoff/Universal Clipboard has stopped working a couple of times, some minor file sharing connect issues between Macs (that is fixed by a reboot). I had one time that Apple Pay was disabled on a Mac - I fixed it through Settings/Reset Default Keychains in the Keychains app.
Current issues:
1) Phantom iCloud tabs in Safari is still the same, I don't even use the feature any more, just check every now and then for a laugh at the old tabs that show up on my devices.
2) I have one MacBook Pro where I cannot change its WINS name - it accepts the new name but if I leave and come back, the original name is still there.
So you can see, it's mostly annoying little stuff. Sometimes it comes at the worst time though 😎
For example, things get out of sync with devices and iCloud, Handoff/Universal Clipboard has stopped working a couple of times, some minor file sharing connect issues between Macs (that is fixed by a reboot). I had one time that Apple Pay was disabled on a Mac - I fixed it through Settings/Reset Default Keychains in the Keychains app.
Current issues:
1) Phantom iCloud tabs in Safari is still the same, I don't even use the feature any more, just check every now and then for a laugh at the old tabs that show up on my devices.
2) I have one MacBook Pro where I cannot change its WINS name - it accepts the new name but if I leave and come back, the original name is still there.
So you can see, it's mostly annoying little stuff. Sometimes it comes at the worst time though 😎
The WINS problem is very old, but so rare that they do not know the cause.
;JOOP!
M2 Max Studio -- Sonoma still cannot access large Thunderbolt 3 externals without lagging as much as 40 seconds or a minute.
Forklift opens the disks (with thousands of RAW image files) almost instantly.
Something's wrong with Finder on Sonoma, and I'm hardly the only person who's noticed that.
Obviously, people on MacBooks or those without external storage won't have noticed this serious flaw.
Forklift opens the disks (with thousands of RAW image files) almost instantly.
Something's wrong with Finder on Sonoma, and I'm hardly the only person who's noticed that.
Obviously, people on MacBooks or those without external storage won't have noticed this serious flaw.
Oh geez...thanks, I will look into that. I can only connect via HDMI at the moment.
I’ve been keeping an eye on Sonoma for M series Macs, and while things have definitely gotten better since the initial rocky release, there are still some quirks. I’ve heard from folks experiencing occasional glitches and compatibility problems with older software. If you’re considering the upgrade, it’s worth looking at the latest user reviews to see if those issues would impact you.
Intermittent flicker, stutter and stalling sometimes when moving between spaces and switching between fullscreen applications and back to desktop. Desktop icon for external storage sometimes not showing up when plugging the drive/memory stick in, sometimes not even showing up in Finder despite being mounted and available in /Volumes. One and the same System setting that require admin privileges will randomly pre-fill my normal non-admin user's name instead of my admin's name. Moving the mouse across the notch in the top screen sometimes make the pointer live behind the notch, sometimes teleporting it across to the other side, randomly. Software Updates regularly telling me there are updates, despite non being available. Screen brightness sometimes starting 2-3 steps above/under last setting, unrelated to "dim screen on battery" setting. And lots more.
This must be a hardware failure: I have never seen this on my 2 Silicon machines.
;JOOP!
It was a nightmare with my new iMac M3. Mine shipped shipped with Ventura and auto updated during setup. Clean setup with no migration from TM or any other hard drive. From that point on all sorts of problems that I have listed on these forums kept happening. After a few months I've had it. When I finally Erase All Contents and Settings did Sonoma stopped having issues.