macOS Big Sur (11.0) - Bugs and bug fixes

[dashmesh]

That's a bug. No worries.

Ohk- but why even 'Battery Monitor' is reading it wrong-- saying capacity is (already) 98% !

 

[Hergesheimer]

Sorry wrongly posted

 

[JDabney24]

In addition to the “service battery” bug on a healthy battery with low charge cycles, now my 2018 MacBook Air won’t charge the battery even after a reboot. Anyone else having that issue? Any fixes?

 

[FNH15]

Reset PRAM. That fixed mine.

I cannot fix the keyboard backlight which is super dimmed and doesn’t adjust to maximum brightness.
I also have green buttons on the TouchBar when my Mac is booting up.
Does anyone else have these problems?
MBP 2018 15inch

Same problems here on my 15” 2018.

 

[kissmo]

Same problems here on my 15” 2018.

I also noticed very glitchy interface. When adjusting widgets, it feels so choppy as if uses some software to render graphics rather than HW.

I hope next week's release sorts some things out.

 

[eoblaed]

I'm concerned about all the reports I'm seeing about failed upgrade attempts leading to essentially non-functional machines that require some real voodoo to get restored.

Beta 3 is for me worse than beta 2.

I’ve seen a couple of users having weird green icons on the TouchBar and the same problem with the keyboard backlight having only off and very dimmed.
I am experiencing these too.


I guess we have to wait for beta 4 and hope they get addressed.

Well, despite my best intentions, my iMac upgraded itself to beta 3. Happily, I wasn't plagued with the startup/bricking issues that some people have hit. It's running just fine (given the usual set of early beta bugs). Whew.

 

[sleafordmods]

On my MBA with 4 gb RAM intensive use of chrome causes the system to freeze from time to time. However, there is a worse problem - a sudden logout even several times a day. There is not even a trace in the console.

 

[dumiku]

On my MBA with 4 GB RAM intensive use of chrome causes the system to freeze from time to time. However, there is a worse problem - a sudden logout even several times a day. There is not even a trace in the console.

I have this problem too and I'm still on Beta 2, except for chrome but it happens with safari, currently, I'm using the Safari Tech Preview

 

[soulreaver99]

HDMI audio, when connecting with an adaptor (I have tried Apple, Aukey and Anker) hubs, does not work. I tried on Catalina and Bootcamp partitions and they work fine. When plugging in on the USB-C port on the right side, it works fine in Big Sur. Definitely a software issue.

 

[dmccloud]

HDMI audio, when connecting with an adaptor (I have tried Apple, Aukey and Anker) hubs, does not work. I tried on Catalina and Bootcamp partitions and they work fine. When plugging in on the USB-C port on the right side, it works fine in Big Sur. Definitely a software issue.

I haven't had that issue, but I'm also using the J5 USB-C to HDMI cable instead of an adapter.

 

[Elektrofone]

Has anyone found a solution where iCloud tabs shows duplicate devices? Every time I open a new session with Safari it creates a new device for the tabs so I end up with 10 different versions of the same device. I'm not sure if this is an iOS or iCloud or macOS issue though since it also happens on my phone.

 

[Soundium]

Hey guys, does someone has a problem with memory leaking? Memory on my MBP 2019 is leaking like hell.
After restart, I start Safari with 55% memory usage. After one hour (with 7 Tabs) it is already over 99% and needs to be restarted.

Beta 3 is the worst beta.

 

[dumiku]

Hey guys, does someone has a problem with memory leaking? Memory on my MBP 2019 is leaking like hell.
After restart, I start Safari with 55% memory usage. After one hour (with 7 Tabs) it is already over 99% and needs to be restarted.

Beta 3 is the worst beta.

I have this problem too Beta 2, The Tech Preview work fine

 

[Soundium]

I have this problem too Beta 2, The Tech Preview work fine

Thank you for your advice. I will try.

 

[brsilb]

Well, despite my best intentions, my iMac upgraded itself to beta 3. Happily, I wasn't plagued with the startup/bricking issues that some people have hit. It's running just fine (given the usual set of early beta bugs). Whew.

Beta 3 is worse for me also. Safari glitches, buttons not working consistently through out. However, compared to Catalina at this point, it is still very good.

 

[eoblaed]

Beta 3 is worse for me also. Safari glitches, buttons not working consistently through out. However, compared to Catalina at this point, it is still very good.

Oh, these betas have a fair few bugs (eg. I have one conversation in Messages I cannot get a text input box for, no matter what I do), so I won't be moving my primary machines over to it just yet ... but Catalina has been pretty solid for me in general.

 

[simzen85]

Anyone has issue with Microsoft Edge crashes when waking up from sleep ?

 

[nueioad]

Not 100% if this is an issue with Big Sur (I am on Beta 3 but also experienced this on Beta 1) or if it is my Macbook, but I have a MacBook Air (13-inch, 2017) and it goes crazy when I try to connect my iPad (7th gen running latest iPadOS 14 Beta), it goes into a constant loop of recognizing/not recognizing the device kinda like if I had unplug and plugged it back again

 

[dumiku]

Not 100% if this is an issue with Big Sur (I am on Beta 3 but also experienced this on Beta 1) or if it is my Macbook, but I have a MacBook Air (13-inch, 2017) and it goes crazy when I try to connect my iPad (7th gen running latest iPadOS 14 Beta), it goes into a constant loop of recognizing/not recognizing the device kinda like if I had unplugged and plugged it back again

Did you by any chance try to use a different cable? I have that issue but it cable-related but still work depending on how I lay/plug the cable.

 

[ErikGrim]

Not 100% if this is an issue with Big Sur (I am on Beta 3 but also experienced this on Beta 1) or if it is my Macbook, but I have a MacBook Air (13-inch, 2017) and it goes crazy when I try to connect my iPad (7th gen running latest iPadOS 14 Beta), it goes into a constant loop of recognizing/not recognizing the device kinda like if I had unplug and plugged it back again

Do you have other devices connected at the same time? This usually happens when there's not enough power to got around. I have to disconnect one of my drives on my 2014 5K iMac to connect any iOS device.

 

[nueioad]

Did you by any chance try to use a different cable? I have that issue but it cable-related but still work depending on how I lay/plug the cable.

I tried two different cables (both official), and both presented this issue while connected to the MacBook Air, but didn’t present the issue when connected to my hackintosh.

Do you have other devices connected at the same time? This usually happens when there's not enough power to got around. I have to disconnect one of my drives on my 2014 5K iMac to connect any iOS device.

Nope, didn’t have anything else connected to the MacBook while I plugged the cable, I even thought it was something with the cable, so I changed to a different cable and the issue persisted. When I connected the MacBook to an Arduino, it apparently worked constantly without any issues. Also tried using both cables to connect the iPad to my hackintosh and it worked flawlessly.

 

[brsilb]

Oh, these betas have a fair few bugs (eg. I have one conversation in Messages I cannot get a text input box for, no matter what I do), so I won't be moving my primary machines over to it just yet ... but Catalina has been pretty solid for me in general.

I agree Catalina is solid, but at Beta 3 it was a disaster!

 

[Juanj]

Anyone seeing beta4 allready?

 

[longtom]

Tomorrow?

 

[bisdak2020]

For me beta 3 is stable as far as the software I used Photoshop Bridge MS Office and the best browser i discovered recently - KINGPIN PRIVATE BROWSER.