macOS Sequoia 15.3 - Bug fixes, changes, and more

[ntepperman]

I just updated to 15.3 today. Since the update I've run into a couple of issues related to the keyboard & trackpad.

The first issue is that touching/ clicking on the touchpad is now changing volume even though I can't find any key bindings for this.

The second issue is that there seems to be a key binding that launches Apple music, but I can't figure out what it is.

I'm struggling to reproduce them consistently which is very frustrating since I can't share the kind of info I need in order to get assistance.

My system: Macbook Pro 13" M1, 2020, 16GB, Sequoia 15.3

 

[abatabia]

My M4 Mini has had a few kernel panics over the weekend. Anyone else?

 

[gank41]

My M4 Mini has had a few kernel panics over the weekend. Anyone else?

My M1 MBP has had a couple over the last few days but only seeing during a reboot after a few apps have just become non-responsive.

 

[abatabia]

My M1 MBP has had a couple over the last few days but only seeing during a reboot after a few apps have just become non-responsive.

I only noticed it this weekend when my mini rebooted itself, now twice and counting. So definitely OS related I assume.

 

[Netfool]

MacOS 15.3 and 15.3.1 refuse to connect to Apple trackpad model A1339. Tested with 2 different trackpads with fresh batteries on both an M2 mac mini running 15.3.1 and an M3pro Macbook running 15.3.

 

[gank41]

MacOS 15.3 and 15.3.1 refuse to connect to Apple trackpad model A1339. Tested with 2 different trackpads with fresh batteries on both an M2 mac mini running 15.3.1 and an M3pro Macbook running 15.3.

I’m having no issues like that with my trackpad.

 

[mvgfr]

Found the following bug with apple tv application on macos 15.3 german.

when i start the tv application and click all points in navigation and close the app. i get following directories in finder

~/Library/Group Containers/group.com.apple.tv.sharedcontainer
~/Library/Group%20Containers/group.com.apple.tv.sharedcontainer

can confirm (macOS in US English)

 

[MBAir2010]

Anyone else experiencing VLC sequoia sound problems today?

 

[HDFan]

Finder bug where large folders (1000's of files) take a long time to open - sometime minutes - in Finder or open file dialogue boxes still there. I sometimes lose hours a day waiting for Finder to respond.

 

[gank41]

Finder bug where large folders (1000's of files) take a long time to open - sometime minutes - in Finder or open file dialogue boxes still there. I sometimes lose hours a day waiting for Finder to respond.

I'm not having this issue at all. I've got folders with many 1000's of other files and folders within and am not having any problem opening folders or files.

Also note that the current version of macOS is 15.3.1, not 15.3

 

[MacGizmo]

Finder bug where large folders (1000's of files) take a long time to open - sometime minutes - in Finder or open file dialogue boxes still there. I sometimes lose hours a day waiting for Finder to respond.

Are you by chance working off a remote server and/or using a VPN to connect? If so, there is a long-standing known bug due to Apple's implementation of the SMB protocol that causes these hangs.

I had the same issue when connecting to remote servers, and fixed it simply by installing an using a 3rd-party file manager (in my case, Forklift, but there are several others out there).

 

[fotomatt]

The update:

1. locked me out of my computer entirely forcing me to reset my log in password
2. disconnected my icloud account at least for iMessage (on my computer...not phone)
3. disconnected my mac mail account. I've been unable to rectify this one.

What a mess. I have since managed to reset my login password...although it still locked me out of my computer. I rebooted and could get back in. But all other problems are persisting.

 

[HDFan]

Are you by chance working off a remote server and/or using a VPN to connect?

No. Apple development is aware of the issue and is no longer taking reports of the problem from support. Unfortunately they haven't fixed it.