Useful addition. On another note, did you find any fix for the "wake from sleep" issue where the system does not wake from sleep, instead behaves like a restart complete with requiring a password at login?
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Useful addition. On another note, did you find any fix for the "wake from sleep" issue where the system does not wake from sleep, instead behaves like a restart complete with requiring a password at login?
Nope. I have resorted to just not letting my screens go to sleep. :|
I did find one thing though. If you put the computer to sleep manually, you can wake it back up successfully every single time. I have filed a bug report with Apple, and now I can see a "More than 10".
Apple's investigation into it is "complete - unable to diagnose with current information".
This threads are getting more and more disappointing each year. A few years ago they were full of little surprises, each day I've found nice little features which I liked in the new OS. In the last few years all the new things were found on the first two days, and people just ask around bugs after that. So sad. 
It's even worse for Apple Watch. That thread is still at 5.2, seems like there are no Details at all in WatchOS 6
This threads are getting more and more disappointing each year. A few years ago they were full of little surprises, each day I've found nice little features which I liked in the new OS. In the last few years all the new things were found on the first two days, and people just ask around bugs after that. So sad.
Yeah... I assume those design-detail-loving people are still out there somewhere, just apparently not on this forum any longer.
No, we're still here. The design-detail-loving people at Apple though are a different story...
My new "favourite" things in Catalina: 10 notifications at once asking if I want to allow apps to send me notifications. Really? I've also found that it does NOT like eGPUs at all. If I safely eject my eGPU, macOS thinks I have 8 desktops all mirroring my internal laptop display it's madness. Plus having to open system preferences 3-4 times to give apps permissions is so old. This version is kind of a mess
This thread is called ‘all the little things’, not ‘things don’t work as I would like even though it’s a beta’.
Maybe those are gonna be the desktops that are removed from Mac OS X, but if you do an upgrade install it puts them here instead?
I could be wrong since I did not notice the change between beta 3 and 4, but there seem to be 4 new wallpapers in beta 4.
And there is a Legacy Desktops folder now.
And there is a Legacy Desktops folder now.
That is a neat feature, I think there were 3rd party tools available but this is good.
MOD NOTE:
I have deleted some off-topic posts that mentioned bugs, problems, or wished-for features.
Everyone benefits when the purpose of the thread is clear (including moderators, who won't have to handle reports of off-topic posts). Toward that end, I have also edited the 1st post (Wiki-post) so it clearly says that this thread is only for discussing features, and is not for bugs, complaints, etc. I cribbed it from another thread, so it may be familiar.
I suggest that when such threads are created in the future, a similar notice be made in the 1st Wikipost. Many new members post in such threads, and although veteran members will see the title and know how these threads are intended to work, new members will not.
I have deleted some off-topic posts that mentioned bugs, problems, or wished-for features.
Everyone benefits when the purpose of the thread is clear (including moderators, who won't have to handle reports of off-topic posts). Toward that end, I have also edited the 1st post (Wiki-post) so it clearly says that this thread is only for discussing features, and is not for bugs, complaints, etc. I cribbed it from another thread, so it may be familiar.
I suggest that when such threads are created in the future, a similar notice be made in the 1st Wikipost. Many new members post in such threads, and although veteran members will see the title and know how these threads are intended to work, new members will not.
I suggest changing the title to “The Good Little Things”. Warm fuzzy feeling for everyone.
I'm noticing as of the latest build that Keychain is lo longer a separate app on MacOS (but the name still appears in Apple ID Settings). You do still get the prompts to enter a password if you are on a webpage (and can drop down a "Passwords" box for more) but so far have not found a way to look up the full list of passwords as the Keychain app allowed you to do).
Haven't seen any mention that Keychain was going away (including in the release notes) but could have missed it) so I'm just passing it on.
Update: As AdrianLondon pointed out, it is still there (in Applications-Utilities) so this may just be a bug on my end that is making it not show up in Launchpad or being found by search Please disregard. :-D
Haven't seen any mention that Keychain was going away (including in the release notes) but could have missed it) so I'm just passing it on.
Update: As AdrianLondon pointed out, it is still there (in Applications-Utilities) so this may just be a bug on my end that is making it not show up in Launchpad or being found by search Please disregard. :-D
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Eh? It's still in my /Applications/Utilities folder and works the same as before.
Hmmm. Looking there (vs using Launchpad or searching for it) it shows up. I may just be bugged. Please disregard then.
If you've only recently installed this beta, then the spotlight search is probably still rebuilding its indexes. Give it an hour or so and it may start to find it
I've read on here that Launchpad is pretty messed up in all these betas, in that it's often missing loads of apps. I don't use it, so don't know. I currently use keychain quite often, so have it in my Dock. One day, Apple will put a keychain app on iOS, but until then I'm slowly migrating away from it to Bitwarden.
I've read on here that Launchpad is pretty messed up in all these betas, in that it's often missing loads of apps. I don't use it, so don't know. I currently use keychain quite often, so have it in my Dock. One day, Apple will put a keychain app on iOS, but until then I'm slowly migrating away from it to Bitwarden.
A bit late to the beta and haven't noticed a lot of little changes from Mojave, but here are some I found:
- New toggle buttons for DnD and Night Shift in Notification Center
- The "add" button in the world clock widget is shaded in light mode
Activity Monitor has a few little changes:
- You can no longer enter full screen
- The search bar no longer has a button for recent searches
- The filter text is centered
- some other minor graphical changes
- New toggle buttons for DnD and Night Shift in Notification Center
- The "add" button in the world clock widget is shaded in light mode
Activity Monitor has a few little changes:
- You can no longer enter full screen
- The search bar no longer has a button for recent searches
- The filter text is centered
- some other minor graphical changes
This is a game changer for me