macOS Mojave (10.14) - Bugs and bug fixes

[Nero Wolfe]

Where's the glitch supposed to be? I don't think I'm seeing it.

Image 1) The drop-down boxes for Highlight Color, etc, aren't supposed to span the whole window.

*** Edit: I fixed the first one. It was happening because VMWare was adding Windows applications to the Default Browser drop-down that had VERY long names. That was stretching that drop-down and causing the others to stretch with it. Thanks for asking, because I might not have double checked it if you hadn't... ***

Image 2) The color of the glyph should be consistent with the text (like it is with every other accent color except graphite).

 

[cageycruz]

I upgraded to Mojave on release day on both my Mid 2014 MacBook Pro and my wife's 12-inch MacBook, and Safari, System Preferences, Photos and all the new UIKit apps crash on startup on both our laptops.

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I can launch them manually with this instruction I found on Apple Support Communities:

"Safari -> Show Package Contents -> Contents -> MacOS and double-clicking on Safari"

This will launch the app from the Terminal.

I logged a call with Apple Support yesterday and they took a bunch of diagnostic files, no fix yet.

Thank you for this. I had the exact same problem on my MB Pro Touchbar. The workaround of opening Show Package Contents -> Contents -> MacOS almost worked for me. On my Mac that opened the script into a text editor. But right clicking and choosing Open with Terminal successfully opened Safari, System Preferences, and Photos.

 

[FNH15]

Image 1) The drop-down boxes for Highlight Color, etc, aren't supposed to span the whole window.

*** Edit: I fixed the first one. It was happening because VMWare was adding Windows applications to the Default Browser drop-down that had VERY long names. That was stretching that drop-down and causing the others to stretch with it. Thanks for asking, because I might not have double checked it if you hadn't... ***

Image 2) The color of the glyph should be consistent with the text (like it is with every other accent color except graphite).

I think the second one is intentional. The Graphite highlight is hard to discern from the dark background, so they went ahead and darkened the selected icon. Nice touch...

 

[Nero Wolfe]

I think the second one is intentional. The Graphite highlight is hard to discern from the dark background, so they went ahead and darkened the selected icon. Nice touch...

You might be right...

 

[ErikGrim]

It wasn't before, so I'm skeptic.

It's likely related to the upgrade, but pertaining to your specific install rather than a general bug in Mojave if that makes more sense.

 

[judah.teng]

I upgraded to Mojave on release day on both my Mid 2014 MacBook Pro and my wife's 12-inch MacBook, and Safari, System Preferences, Photos and all the new UIKit apps crash on startup on both our laptops.

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I can launch them manually with this instruction I found on Apple Support Communities:

"Safari -> Show Package Contents -> Contents -> MacOS and double-clicking on Safari"

This will launch the app from the Terminal.

I logged a call with Apple Support yesterday and they took a bunch of diagnostic files, no fix yet.

I did a little snooping around the logs and this shows up when I launch System Preferences:

Sep 28 15:36:19 Judahs-MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.systempreferences.1668[10839]): Binary is improperly signed.

Same for Photos:

Sep 28 15:37:23 Judahs-MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.Photos.1392[10850]): Binary is improperly signed.

I guess somebody needs to sign the binary properly then. Did somebody's signature cross the line? /joke

And then there is this in dmesg:

CODE SIGNING: process 10985[System Preferenc]: rejecting invalid page at address 0x11304c000 from offset 0x3000 in file "/usr/lib/dyld" (cs_mtime:1537503420.0 == mtime:1537503420.0) (signed:0 validated:0 tainted:0 nx:0 wpmapped:1 dirty:1 depth:2)

CODE SIGNING: process 11002[Photos]: rejecting invalid page at address 0x10855c000 from offset 0x3000 in file "/usr/lib/dyld" (cs_mtime:1537503420.0 == mtime:1537503420.0) (signed:0 validated:0 tainted:0 nx:0 wpmapped:1 dirty:1 depth:2)

 

[canhaz]

Having issues with Finder freezing.

Deleting com.finder.Prefs in ~/Library unfortunately did not help. Restarting Finder works for a little bit then hangs again after 5 minutes or so.

 

[Nick Milner]

Hmm, when I maximise two apps and split them on the same desktop the splitter no longer works. :/ The dividing line is thicker than it used to be but it's not selectable and I can't drag it. Anyone else seen this? It's *really* annoying because I use this feature all the time (or used to!). Thanks!

 

[judah.teng]

I did a little snooping around the logs and this shows up when I launch System Preferences:

Sep 28 15:36:19 Judahs-MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.systempreferences.1668[10839]): Binary is improperly signed.

Same for Photos:

Sep 28 15:37:23 Judahs-MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.Photos.1392[10850]): Binary is improperly signed.

I guess somebody needs to sign the binary properly then. Did somebody's signature cross the line? /joke

And then there is this in dmesg:

CODE SIGNING: process 10985[System Preferenc]: rejecting invalid page at address 0x11304c000 from offset 0x3000 in file "/usr/lib/dyld" (cs_mtime:1537503420.0 == mtime:1537503420.0) (signed:0 validated:0 tainted:0 nx:0 wpmapped:1 dirty:1 depth:2)

CODE SIGNING: process 11002[Photos]: rejecting invalid page at address 0x10855c000 from offset 0x3000 in file "/usr/lib/dyld" (cs_mtime:1537503420.0 == mtime:1537503420.0) (signed:0 validated:0 tainted:0 nx:0 wpmapped:1 dirty:1 depth:2)

Fixed the problem, it was caused by SentinelOne. Had to follow these instructions to remove it: https://www.sonicwall.com/en-us/support/knowledge-base/180817075834733

Now it's fine!

 

[JoSch]

It's likely related to the upgrade, but pertaining to your specific install rather than a general bug in Mojave if that makes more sense.

Your comments aren't really helpful.

 

[Elmo1938]

Anybody got that dynamic wallpaper working? I assume it's supposed to change to "daylight" during the day, but it stays at night.

works for me. I like the daylight scene. Perfect match for dark mode

 

[JoSch]

works for me. I like the daylight scene. Perfect match for dark mode

Works for me, too. At least, until I get logged out again.

 

[Nick Milner]

Hmm, when I maximise two apps and split them on the same desktop the splitter no longer works. :/ The dividing line is thicker than it used to be but it's not selectable and I can't drag it. Anyone else seen this? It's *really* annoying because I use this feature all the time (or used to!). Thanks!

Others are seeing this issue: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8557979

 

[demos_xxx]

noticed bugs :

device : MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017)

i am using Verbatim USB-C Hub adapter with ethernet port, and i am using ethernet cable through the verbatim usb-c hub adapter for the internet connection.

Problem is, when the mbp sleep, it will disconnect all connected usb-c device from all the port (except if we using it for charging the mbp). In High Sierra, when we wake up the mbp, it will auto re-connect the verbatim usb-c hub adapter so that my ethernet connection will be automatically connected with the cable. But in Mojave, it won't do that, after wake-up, the system will not auto re-connect the usb-c adapter so that I must un-plug and re-plug it everythin the mbp sleep and wake-up so that the usb-c adapter with ethernet cable will connect again. Quite frustating, the temporary solution is not to let the mbp sleep with amphetamine until this bugs is fixed.

Anyway, how to submit the bugs to apple and let them know this issue ?

anyone pls ?

 

[decafjava]

I got a message saying my iMac had to restart when I was away and left it in sleep mode. First time ever, eoor message was something about a kernel panic. Great, is this a known issue?

 

[AZhappyjack]

I got a message saying my iMac had to restart when I was away and left it in sleep mode. First time ever, eoor message was something about a kernel panic. Great, is this a known issue?

Is this on a 2018 MBP?

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/2018-macbook-pros-crashing-with-bridge-os-error.2128976/

 

[decafjava]

Is this on a 2018 MBP?

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/2018-macbook-pros-crashing-with-bridge-os-error.2128976/

No, an iMac 2015 retina 5k. Thanks for the link.

 

[AZhappyjack]

No, an iMac 2015 retina 5k. Thanks for the link.

You're welcome... and while there may be many reasons for the KPs, etc, the link I provided was primarily dealing with 2018 MBPs and the iMac Pro which all have the T2 chip - and there appears to be a possible link between the T2 chip/firmware and the KPs. With that said, I have a 13" 2018 MBP and I have not experienced any KPs in the 8+ weeks that I've had it... so, as with most things, YMMV. Good luck with your issue.

 

[fdolbec123]

Hi everybody!

Was just wondering, do you have problem with Bluetooth audio?

Long story short, when I use a Bluetooth speaker, I need to set the input entry to internal mic, so the speaker can use the SBC codec that is better quality than the SCO codec (the SCO codec brings VERY POOR quality audio).

See this article from Apple's forum https://discussions.apple.com/message/31526751#31526751 which is very similar... The answer selected as "Helpful" did the trick for me...

But I'm wondering is there is a workaround so I wouldn't need to select internal mic each time?

I already tried deleting the two plist files for Bluetooth, audio options from Bluetooth Explorer app and also all the options in the debug menu of Bluetooth, without success.

I have this problem since the first or the second beta of Mojave 10.14 (and still have it on 10.14.1 beta 1).

I would send feedback again to Apple (but with the new informations), but I would like a solution if somebody has one.

Thank you very much in advance.

Francis

 

[decafjava]

So no kernel panic this morning, I suspect it may be an issue with the dynamic desktop but will need to test some more to be sure.

 

[JoSch]

Anybody got that dynamic wallpaper working? I assume it's supposed to change to "daylight" during the day, but it stays at night.

Please check in desktop background setting (don't know the english name) whether dynamic is activated. On my two Macs, the setting was on "night (static)". If you set it to dynamic, it should change.
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WindowServer is constantly crashing, even in safe mode.

I could fix it with booting to Recorvery Mode. Then without erasing the volume, I reinstalled Mojave.
After that, all my applications and settings were still there and the crash was gone.

 

[iModFrenzy]

Anyone having an issue with the trackpad not waking up from sleep? My MBP 2015 15” is experiencing this now and then, requires a reboot to get it going again.

 

[StellarVixen]

Is anyone else unable to add weather location into Notification Center? It only shows me the default one (Cupertino) and location based one.

When I select city, and click/press Enter to add, nothing happens.

 

[davids85]

about this glitch or error, yesterday just get up the macbook from sleep, i've see this screen..

Hardware o software bug?at this moment and until other 2 days i could refund or substitute with another macbook pro mid 2018.

Grrr i'm hungry

 

[netsped]

Just upgraded from High Sierra, it's a real shame I'm experiencing the same two issues I had with almost all betas (yes, I reported them several times through Feedback app).

First, my icons don't show an actual preview of the files. It's system wide. Doesn't work in Desktop, Dock Stacks, and in Finder list view (or in any other view).

And, AirDrop is also not working at all. It shows my iPhone, for example, as an available device to send to but it won't actually send anything after dragging something over it.

Both bugs are a show stopper for me, gonna revert to High Sierra asap and give another try to Mojave in a couple of point releases.

The problems I was having with Mojave for most of the beta process and with the public release where caused by an app called Sketch. A new version was released today and it fixed icon previews and AirDrop functionality. Never thought a third party app could cause this type of issues in macOS. So I guess TIL something new.