This is a really nice little writeup but it only highlights the sh#tstorm that is Catalina. I'm hoping 10.16 will improve things but I doubt it.
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Respectfully, nothing about @jackluke's post indicates any such thing. OTA updates were also tricky on Mojave, and repatching and rebuilding the prelinkedkernel has always been necessary. APFS is a good filesystem and it's not unreasonable of Apple to make their OS require it.
90% of the instability in Catalina relates to the non-Metal accel patches, nothing more. It's not an inherently bad OS.
I agree that 10.16 is going to be very difficult, though.
Hello
Dear Dos dude,
Office not working with new patcher update of Library validation patch.
Please fix that issues.
Patcher update 1.4 is the best.
Please fix some of software not working after activate Library validation patcher.
Thank you.
You are the generation Robin Hood mr dos dude.
in your terminal run this sudo killall taskgated then try opening Microsoft Word if an error message pops up don't close it try opening Word again if you see Word bouncing on the dock then close the error message
Dear Dos dude,
Office not working with new patcher update of Library validation patch.
Please fix that issues.
Patcher update 1.4 is the best.
Please fix some of software not working after activate Library validation patcher.
Thank you.
You are the generation Robin Hood mr dos dude.
OTA updates themselves worked seamlessly on Mojave. The initial installation and the OTA updates need to be done differently on Catalina because of the separated system and data volumes.
Catalina is very stable on my MBP5,2, and it does all I need.
Higher version numbers likely mean more difficulty - because our machines diverge further from the centre of gravity, and from each other, since they are outside the "fence" actively maintained by Apple. Entropy grows all by itself...
All the more I am grateful to you providing patches, tools, support and knowledge. You "herd" our old machines very effectively in almost all aspects.
Zoom 5.0.3 is out. The zoomnonmetal patch still works as intended.
You mean third-party kernel extensions? No, they will be phased out and other methods will become available.
Bonjour,
I have a little problem, I use the "automatic appearance mode", if I let my machine turn on overnight the next day no problem, if I turn off my machine non-Apple applications (among other Firefox and iStats Menus) remains in "dark" mode when turning on my machine.
As I do not know what modifications it comes from, I allow myself to put this message on 2 topics.
If we are already talking about it, excuse me I have read the entire topics. ?
Thank you for your understanding.
Have a good day.
I have a little problem, I use the "automatic appearance mode", if I let my machine turn on overnight the next day no problem, if I turn off my machine non-Apple applications (among other Firefox and iStats Menus) remains in "dark" mode when turning on my machine.
As I do not know what modifications it comes from, I allow myself to put this message on 2 topics.
If we are already talking about it, excuse me I have read the entire topics. ?
Thank you for your understanding.
Have a good day.
Also doesn't start for me. Furthermore I notice that with Microsoft Edge Canary their Auto Update manages to crash /usr/bin/sudo ?
? after a reboot, Edge Canary starts at login.
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I'm on a MBP 8,1 (Early 2011) 10.15.3 and have been running 4.4 (the older version posted in an earlier reply) for a while. A few days ago, I tried the Zoom patch that dosdude provided (@dosdude1, you're literally the best). I updated to the Zoom v5 (not 5.0.3 since that came out today) and found that my Zoom would no longer launch. I'd go to launch the app and instead of a Zoom context menu, I'd get a context menu for "saabee board" or something like that (this was about a week ago and I can't remember exactly what the name was and can't get google to popup anything useful). I didn't have time to fiddle so I gave up and reinstalled 4.4.
Today, I went ahead and downloaded the newest client installer from the Zoom website to try again (Version 5.0.3 (24978.0517). Installed and went ahead and opened it just to confirm the no-video problem. Once I logged in, Zoom gave me a popup along the lines of "To ensure compatibility with your computer's OS, you need to update Zoom." It proceeded to download and then run another installer (which it appears to have immediately deleted or downloaded to a hidden area). Lo and behold, upon launching this "version" of Zoom (which is still marked 5.0.3 (24978.0517)) I have video working...without applying the patch. It's possible that they have changed the way Metal detection works! Wondering if anyone else cares to try?
I was coming to write right this! I think that somehow they made us a gift. Maybe a Zoom developer is an user on the forum heh.
Airplay screensharing is working for me (Catalina and Mojave). Video too. The only thing that I don't have anymore is dark mode, any ideas on this?. Otherwise everything is working great. This is quite good.
To upgrade a Core i5 mid 2011 iMac to Core i7 at 3.4 GHz, which is the exact required Core i7 2600 model?
Used Zoom for the first time today. Downloaded 5.0.3 (with the same popup etc) and then used the tccplus recipe from jackluke's post #10236 pg410. All seems fine (except dark mode) without further patches to Zoom.
(MBP5,2 17" mid 2009, 2.8GHz Penryn T9600, Nvidia 9600M GT, 8GB, APFS ROM patch applied, Samsung SSD 840/860 EVO with APFS. Catalina 10.15.4supp with patcher 1.4.3)
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I have this same issue! Any help would be appreciated. I have a 21-inch iMac mid-2010.
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Działa bezbłędnie na tym komputerze.
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I have too dark maps. any sugestion?
I did it with the map application, but "find my" is still dark.
Działa bezbłędnie na tym komputerze.
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I have too dark maps. any sugestion?
I did it with the map application, but "find my" is still dark.
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I wanted to attempt a solution to this a while ago, but was unable to setup Apple Home on my system, since I don't have a new enough phone to get the Home app and iOS Simulator doesn't seem to have it. Is there any other way I can do it?Hello, did anyone have a problem with the Home App? Devices are only displayed when enabled. Help, Thanks for help
MacBook Pro late 2011
I bet it would be possible to patch Home if I can just get into the damn thing.
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I wanted to attempt a solution to this a while ago, but was unable to setup Apple Home on my system, since I don't have a new enough phone to get the Home app and iOS Simulator doesn't seem to have it. Is there any other way I can do it?
I bet it would be possible to patch Home if I can just get into the damn thing.
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I don't know. I set it up on an iPhone 11, the problem is only with a Mac it is interesting that these keys work. only the background is inactive. unless you need to remember the order
I wanted to attempt a solution to this a while ago, but was unable to setup Apple Home on my system, since I don't have a new enough phone to get the Home app and iOS Simulator doesn't seem to have it. Is there any other way I can do it?
I bet it would be possible to patch Home if I can just get into the damn thing.
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I don't know. I set it up on an iPhone 11, the problem is only with a Mac
it is interesting that these keys work. only the background is inactive. unless you need to remember the order
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Alright, I am using a family member's iPhone 5 which has the Home app, and it looks like the HomeKit Accessory Simulator will let me make virtual devices to add. I'll get back to you if I can find a solution![QUOTE = "ASentientBot, post: 28497128, członek: 1135186"]
I wanted to attempt a solution to this a while ago, but was unable to setup Apple Home on my system, since I don't have a new enough phone to get the Home app and iOS Simulator doesn't seem to have it. Is there any other way I can do it?
I bet it would be possible to patch Home if I can just get into the damn thing.
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I don't know. I set it up on an iPhone 11, the problem is only with a Mac
Try this tip from TimothyR734, it worked for me (iMac 21,5", Macbbok Pro 13" and Pro 17")
In your terminal run this sudo killall taskgated then try opening Microsoft Word if an error message pops up don't close it try opening Word again if you see Word bouncing on the dock then close the error message