Hi all, just a quick heads-up (in case someone else experiences this issue)
UPDATE: Lazy me, hadn't checked the release notes. This looks like a possible cause:
- The implementations of the exfat and msdos file systems on macOS have changed; these file systems are now provided by services running in user-space instead of by kernel extensions. If the application has explicit checks or support for either the exfat or msdosfile systems, validate the applications with those file systems and report any issues. (110421802)
It surely has something to do with this
. Let's see what the next beta brings. I'll leave my original post below anyway.
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After OTA upgrading to 23A5312d, whenever I try to copy/move a file (either via the Finder or the terminal) to a USB-attached volume formatted with FAT32 or exFAT, the Finder hopelessly hangs. It does not crash and it does not respond to a relaunch. It just does not work anymore. The only way out is to shut down via the terminal or by holding down the power button.
If the copy/move is started via the terminal, this process hangs also and it cannot be killed (it does not even respond to a sudo kill -9), so it's a weird situation. The Finder also hangs in this situation.
This does not happen if the disk is formatted with APFS or HFS, so it seems to me to be an issue with the OS native FAT drivers. It also works fine if I copy/move the files to an NTFS formatted volume via Tuxera's driver, which seems to give more credibility to my supposition, but cannot be 100% sure.
I don't think this is an issue with OCLP... It might be a beta OS issue or just something on my end, so YMMV
I have devised a workaround for my needs so right now this is a non-issue for me, but I wanted to keep you aware in case some of you notice something similar.
I'll let you know if I find something else or if it gets sorted out on the next beta update.