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Haven’t tried outlook as I just use the app for it but worth knowing thank you.
rMBP10,1 updated from Sequoia 15.5 + OCLP 2.4.0 to 15.6 + OCLP 2.4.0
First attempt was a bust, using OTA. I knew I shouldn't have done it using OTA and I was right.
The problem was it failed to auto-restart after preparing the upgrade. So I shut it down manually and rebooted.
When it came up it was still on 15.5, a problem we've seen in the distant past.
So I used OCLP GUI to download the installer to ~/Applications, and ran it from there. Worked fine. After logging in and reapplying the OCLP post-install patches I rebooted and logged in. All seemed fine but the fans were running. An hour or so later the fans stopped.
As of right now there are 27 instances of MTLCompilerService active but they're not hogging much, if any, CPU or memory and I expect them to end naturally at some point.
The new Safari is pretty weird 😱 if you ask me, perhaps I'll get used to it.
First attempt was a bust, using OTA. I knew I shouldn't have done it using OTA and I was right.
The problem was it failed to auto-restart after preparing the upgrade. So I shut it down manually and rebooted.
When it came up it was still on 15.5, a problem we've seen in the distant past.
So I used OCLP GUI to download the installer to ~/Applications, and ran it from there. Worked fine. After logging in and reapplying the OCLP post-install patches I rebooted and logged in. All seemed fine but the fans were running. An hour or so later the fans stopped.
As of right now there are 27 instances of MTLCompilerService active but they're not hogging much, if any, CPU or memory and I expect them to end naturally at some point.
The new Safari is pretty weird 😱 if you ask me, perhaps I'll get used to it.
Updated OTA from 15.5 to 15.6 on 2013 MBA (see signature). It's not quite as sluggish, but the login screen is black rather than showing the Sequoia forest photo. Oddly when I turned on the MBA the photo appeared. I even briefly saw the animated version amid the update. Now it's gone again.
I believe that video wallpapers need some time to load, even on native hardware. Try waiting a little, and the black should go away...
Hi everyone,
I'm setting up an OCLP on MacBookPro13,3 of my friend. It's a base model with Radeon Pro 450 and 16/256.
It was running Monterey. I've installed latest OCLP 2.4.0, ran an OTA upgrade to Sequoia 15.6, and applied root patches (for modern wireless; nothing else was offered).
Everything seems to work ok, but brightness control of internal display doesn't work. Any workarounds?
Thanks!
Update: solved. Had to install the root patches again; it didn't perform AMD graphics and Intel graphics patches during the first run
I'm setting up an OCLP on MacBookPro13,3 of my friend. It's a base model with Radeon Pro 450 and 16/256.
It was running Monterey. I've installed latest OCLP 2.4.0, ran an OTA upgrade to Sequoia 15.6, and applied root patches (for modern wireless; nothing else was offered).
Everything seems to work ok, but brightness control of internal display doesn't work. Any workarounds?
Thanks!
Update: solved. Had to install the root patches again; it didn't perform AMD graphics and Intel graphics patches during the first run
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I had the identical separate experience with both of my machines after yesterday's updates. However, they have been working fine since then without any relevant glitches...Safari still crashing with some websites...sometimes it helps to clear the history completely. But after login to filen.io it always crashes...need to use Chrome...
Waited 10 minutes. No change. I turned off File Vault and the wallpaper returned to the login screen but without animation. Another minor weirdness: a dimmed wifi icon in the menu bar even though wifi connects and operates properly. There may be other glitches. I use the Sequoia machine mainly to test Sequoia. My everyday MBA is still on Sonoma.
Do you find Sonoma overall more stable than Sequoia? Right Now I'm using Monterey, the last officially supported version for this late 2015 iMac. Whenever I tried Sequoia, (clean install). I just had too many little glitches, that made it unsuitable as a daily driver. Because of the nature of my setup, if I'm going to upgrade, Ventura would probably be the best option for stability, but with it possibly being the last update, then it's not really wroth it over Monterey since my system is stable, and I still can do everything I need. If Sonoma is dependable, I'll try that again, to see how it goes. Just thought I would ask since you said it was still your primary daily OS.
I do. I've used Sequoia only on a nearly identical MBA because it's been glitchy and slow. That may change somewhat with File Vault turned off, but for the moment I remain with Sonoma, which has been reliably stable, and there aren't features unique to Sequoia that I need to switch for.
Thank you. My situation is slightly different from the majority of users here, and why I don't need to do OCLP in terms of strictly keeping up to date.
Many users here use Xcode, and need the latest version of macOS. I have Xcode installed as well, but only need the standard command line tools common to any Linux, or Unix system (nothing apple specific.)
In terms of other software, many of my apps are still supported by Monterey, and a few of my older audio apps have issues past Ventura, in terms of visual sluggishness when the macOS zoom accessibility feature is enabled. I have full support of Chrome, and Firefox for the time being, and Safari, I never cared for it as my main browser. I only use it as needed for creating accounts for the random password generator.
So, I need to stay somewhat legacy, but new enough to be able to use current stuff as needed, but needing current, isn't critical at this point. So, that's why I've had issues finding my sweet spot past Monterey in terms of macOS on this iMac.
I'd be happy with Linux, but I need a few specific mac features such as messages for text message forwarding, but that doesn't require the latest version to work. I don't even really care about iMessage vs SMS all that much either, it's about having a physical keyboard for me, vs a touch screen, or trying to depend on voice dictation to always be accurate.
Aha. That's been my impression, but it's based only on a pair of 2013 MBAs. Good to hear from another source.
I have an issue I can't seem to find a solution for. Monterey's latest compatible of VMWare Fusion is 13.5.2. However there is a newer version for Ventura and newer. However, on going to Broadcom's site, the fusion download is no longer present. Did they pull it? I'd like to update if possible, but need help finding the download as it's not where it used to be.
Thanks
Nevermind, I missed it the first couple times due to their site layout. I found it and got it.
Thanks
Nevermind, I missed it the first couple times due to their site layout. I found it and got it.
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You have to create a Broadcom account or unlock your current account in order to download VMWare Fusion versions.
I migrated my vmware account on the switch, I edited my post to mention I got it. I wasn't looking at the full page of products and forgot there was two columns of products. Sometimes using zoom to read small print blocks the view. So, initially it looked like they had removed fusion. That's why i was a bit confused at first.
Thanks again though
I went ahead against my better judgement and updated my MacPro 5,1 (2012) from Sequoia 15.5 to 15.6 using the Apple standard update procedure. The computer went through the painful 35 minute preparation, rebooted and installed the first phase (about 14 minutes) and then rebooted to the second phase of the upgrade (the 29 minute stretch). It complete this phase and went on to restart for the third phase but hangs at about 28% of the progress bar (where it would have make the second little jump forward to continue ...). Any ideas on how to solve this would be forever appreciated.🙏
Try safe boot and then install root patches from there if you can log on.
Hi Houser. I see the "MacOS Installer with the double hard drive icon" and the Macintosh HD- Data" icon if I hold the Option" key, right after startup. If I choose the "Macintosh Installer" I can not go into "safe mode", no matter how I try it.
The progress bar remains at the start up point and does not continue. Thanks a lot for the suggestion, though.
@dogen : Here is another observation I made. Sonoma is a much cleaner upgrade from Monterey. While Sequoia will upgrade from Monterey, there are minor issues in terms of items like the Apple TV app not being able to connect to enable push notifications. Also it can be extremely sluggish depending on the existing setup. With Sonoma, this case, 14.7.7, it was a smooth upgrade, everything worked first time, and no slow downs. Also, I've disabled all updates except app store updates, as I do OS upgrade via USB to bypass having to reapply root patches, as it's automatically done with the USB installer. Also time machine doesn't break across the upgrade as it does with Sequoia due to iCloud Drive issues. Those are some of my additional observations between the two I'm passing onto you, for your information.
Quick question, if I choose to build OCLP to hide the boot picker by default, can I still get it to show by holding a key at boot? Does the option key do it, or do I use another one?
Did you reset SMC and NVRAM, Select HD-Data instead of installer for safe mode. Another try, tap the space bar after the Apple icon, select recovery and try reinstalling Seq.
Holding ESC on boot invokes open core, the option key does the Apple boot picker. I just locked it up and double checked for myself.
On my Mac Mini (late 2012) w/ OCLP 2.4.0, the OTA update to 15.6 worked flawlessly, I also don't experience any issues except one: Time Machine backups to my Time Capsule are already no longer working, meaning it is not only the warning but the actual backup fails with error 49218, so there seems to be trouble with AFP already right now?