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macOS Big Sur (11.0) - Bugs and bug fixes
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I cannot change the wallpaper from the Catalina picture to the Big Sur one. I can click in the preferences as long as I want. Nothing happens.
After upgrading from Catalina lost admin rights and became a standard user,
can't find a way to restore it, deleting .AppleSetupDone file isn't possible because there's no such file in /var/db/...
Please help
EDIT: found it in /Volumes/Macintosh HD/private/var/db
can't find a way to restore it, deleting .AppleSetupDone file isn't possible because there's no such file in /var/db/...
Please help
EDIT: found it in /Volumes/Macintosh HD/private/var/db
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Normal. Well, at least two of us
I'm not worried about it. If the next beta comes out and we can't update, I'm sure a fix will be posted.PS When someone posts this (you're not the first), someone else usually comes along, having not read it properly, and recommends deleting a "zz" folder because they read it in the release notes. Ignore them - that fixes a different issue.
Has anyone noticed you don’t get a notification when your battery is low? Not sure if it’s a bug or something that Apple has removed
Every time I try to set my wallpaper to the new Rainbow, dynamic, colorful version, I get the old Catalina wallpaper. Anyone know how to remedy? I tried "killall Dock" and just downloading it online, which works, but temporarily.
Ok so last year I tried out Catalina in the 2nd beta and had a terrible experience. I am thinking about trying out Big Sur now!! Seems in better shape than Catalina was... Someone convince me not to
Anyone experienced this? It goes back to normal after I hard reboot (If I do so normally it just gets stuck showing an empty desktop) but only for a few launches, by the third time the terminal becomes unusable
Has anyone read the release notes?
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Desktop Picture
Known Issues
- If the desktop picture was never changed from the default macOS Catalina 10.15 image, it will persist after updating to macOS Big Sur 11 beta, even though the new default desktop picture is displayed in Desktop and Screen Saver preferences. (64390185)"
This is normal and included in the Big Sur release notes. You can sometimes resolve the issue by booting into recovery and using terminal.
Installer and Software Update
Known Issues
- If you updated to macOS Big Sur 11 beta from a previous version of macOS, Software Update might show “Unable to check for updates - Failed to download the documentation for the minor update. Please try again later”. (63158434)
Workaround:- Start up from macOS Recovery.
- If your data volume is encrypted, use Disk Utility to mount it.
- In Terminal type rm -rf "/Volumes/Macintosh HD - Data/private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000y800007k"
- Restart your Mac.
- You might need to adjust Energy Saver settings so your Mac doesn’t go to sleep while preparing to install macOS Big Sur 11 beta. (63166401)
- APFS containers with non-default allocation block sizes aren’t currently supported for installation. (64312561)
- Update iMac Pro to macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 or later before installing macOS Big Sur 11 beta. (64314272)
- Installation might pause on Macs that don’t have input devices connected. (64348347)
Workaround: Connect an input device and dismiss the alerts to continue installation. - You might be unable to install macOS Big Sur 11 beta onto additional volumes. (63677460, 64445236)
Workaround: Create a bootable installer using the createinstallmedia command. - Software Update might unexpectedly indicate updates for your Mac are being managed by swscan.apple.com, instead of indicating your Mac is enrolled in the Apple Beta Software Program. This doesn’t impact your ability to update macOS Big Sur 11 beta. (64407436)
- If macOS Big Sur 11 beta is installed into the same APFS container as previous versions of macOS, system software updates can no longer be installed on the previous versions of macOS. (64411484)
- Installation on Core Storage Fusion volumes with FileVault encryption enabled isn’t currently supported. (64472080)
Beta testing on a dedicated APFS container, internal SSD, MBP 16".
Everything was mostly fine in Big Sur side, but after booting back to Catalina, it complained about a problem with iCloud and asked for the iCloud password. The progress spinner has been spinning for half an hour now. I'll leave it overnight, but based on Activity Monitor, it's not doing much. Plan B tomorrow is to log out from iCloud in Big Sur and log in again in Catalina.
Has anyone been able to dual boot between Big Sur and Catalina, with iCloud enabled, and without the above issue?
Also, Spotlight (and mdfind) seems to have lost a part of its index. I'll try mdutil -E tomorrow, if the results won't come back by then.
Everything was mostly fine in Big Sur side, but after booting back to Catalina, it complained about a problem with iCloud and asked for the iCloud password. The progress spinner has been spinning for half an hour now. I'll leave it overnight, but based on Activity Monitor, it's not doing much. Plan B tomorrow is to log out from iCloud in Big Sur and log in again in Catalina.
Has anyone been able to dual boot between Big Sur and Catalina, with iCloud enabled, and without the above issue?
Also, Spotlight (and mdfind) seems to have lost a part of its index. I'll try mdutil -E tomorrow, if the results won't come back by then.
I had a similar issue. Installed Big Sur cleanly in an external SSD, but didn't sign into iCloud. Booted back into Catalina and got a message "there is a problem with your iCloud settings. Some applications and services won't work properly until you reenter your iCloud password." I entered my iCloud password, then the system asked me to enter the passcode for one of my iOS devices. After I did this, the errors and messages went away. The same thing happened on my wife's account, by the way. I guess I can't figure out how installing Big Sur on an external disk without signing into iCloud might have affected my iCloud settings on the Catalina side of things...
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I'm experiencing this as well. I'm thinking this is a bug that Apple will hopefully fix with the next Beta release.
My iCloud couldn't fix itself in Catalina side. Ended up signing out of iCloud, then signing in again. That worked.
One of the common denominators is the serial number of the Mac. I wonder if it's possible to bork someone else's iCloud by installing into VMWare and changing the VM serial number to theirs... 🙃
Most VMWare/BS tutorials recommend using the host HW ID / board ID / serial, but not so sure that's a good idea now. To be sure, I'll try to use some semi-random serial in VMWare tomorrow. If iCloud still goes bad in the host machine, then that's no fun at all. Might set VMWare offline, just in case.
I just came across something that I can't determine if it's by design or a bug. If you are scrolling through the options in the Apple Developer App, the list is visible BEHIND the window controls.
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EDIT: It appears to be a bug with the Developer app, as the Finder and other apps with the sidebar do not exhibit that behavior.
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EDIT: It appears to be a bug with the Developer app, as the Finder and other apps with the sidebar do not exhibit that behavior.
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It has nothing to do with the profile, nor the issue that is described in the release notes. I have the same problem.
Apparently there's a bug that if you never changed your wallpaper from the default one in Catalina that it will not let you change it. It's in the release notes.
I didn't have that issue on my Mac. Upgraded to Big Sur a day after picking up this MBA and I was able to chance the desktop background without any issues at all.