I should have listened to you. When I read your post Mac OS Catalina: More Trouble Than It's Worth I honestly thought you were just bashing Apple for the sake of bashing. I thought your critique was too subjective to be taken as ‘advice for everybody' if you get my drift. Hp scan can t find printer. I read your post and thought, 'Well, he doesn't want to upgrade his machines and he has his reasons, but I don't share his concerns, I'm gonna be fine.' Hoo boy, was I mistaken.
I don't know if mine was just sheer bad luck, but since installing 10.15 I've run into so many issues. First, when I went on and updated my Mac mini from Mojave to Catalina, the installation didn't complete. It just hung for hours, and I mean hours as I left the mini at that all night and the morning after there was no progress whatsoever. So I just switched off the mini and reinstalled Catalina from scratch, a fresh install. I thought I could restore the important stuff from a TM [Time Machine] backup. This time Catalina installed properly but then TM didn't even recognize the backups from my external drive.
MacOS Catalina made accessibility worse for users that utilize their voice to type. This is a multi-faceted issue, and I will walk you through my daily hell. (if you want to know why this matters to me. MacOS Catalina is slightly outdated since the release of macOS Big Sur in November of 2020. Nevertheless, many users prefer to stick with it because it's much more familiar visually. And it offers a bunch of expanded features, such as a screen extension with an iPad or the new Apple Podcasts app.
Luckily I also have an older MacBook, and while I don't keep everything in sync, I was able to access most of my stuff and transfer files and everything to the mini. I manually copied my Mail archives and tried having Mail on the mini to import them, but no joy. Every time Mail in Catalina crashed. At the moment I have no way to access the most updated files of the past two weeks. Black ops 4 vs ww2.
[…] Does my backup strat suck? Yeah it probably does. I've always been a 'TM is enough' sort of guy. I've always trusted Apple not to screw things up, and honestly everything up to now has always worked for me. Never had a problem with my Macs, hardware or software. But I didn't expect this ordeal when I went to update to Catalina. Now obviously I'm not going to touch the MacBook. Has Mojave and stays on Mojave. And honestly I don't know what to do with the mini. It has a fresh install of Catalina, it's like starting from scratch again, and I'm already tired of clicking on dialog boxes asking me permission for so much stuff like accessing folders that OBVIOUSLY I want the OS to access. I'm tempted to wipe the mini again and downgrade to Mojave. Maybe it'll recognize my TM backups again and I can go back to before this nightmare went down.
This is a good chunk of one of the latest emails I have received from people (some I know from the Internet, some are friends, some — like this example — are strangers) complaining about Mac OS 10.15 Catalina. The only part I've left out is this person's criticisms regarding the new first-party apps (Music, TV, Podcasts), their UI, and the splitting of iTunes into different apps.
The amount of feedback I've received about Catalina in the past few months is staggering, to the point that I have created a dedicated folder in Mail to collect all the messages that keep coming on a fairly regular basis. They're 83 so far and — spoiler alert — 98% of them are complaints. The remaining 2% are neutral. They're from people who simply wrote me to let me know they have upgraded to Catalina and ‘survived', and that they have no issues to report so far.
The complaints are varied, and go from minor things like begrudgingly accept the loss of 32-bit apps, or disliking the strictness and user hostility of the added security measures. To more serious troubles like the partial loss of email archives, unexpected system freezes and applications crashing, preferences that don't stick, Catalina's poor handling of external displays connected to MacBooks, inability to access previous Time Machine backups, and so forth. I chose to publish the email excerpt above because it was one of the most detailed I had received, and it came from what appears to be a rather tech-savvy person.
But some of the feedback from regular folks is just as sad. People asking me 'Where the heck is iTunes? Where's my music?', or shocked that some of their applications don't work anymore (32-bit apps, I assume). An acquaintance of mine was crushed when she realised that not only did Aperture not work under Catalina, but that Apple had stopped developing it some time ago. Another was overwhelmed and bewildered by the initial barrage of security-related dialog boxes, to the point that they were afraid they had done something wrong (or something had gone awry) when installing Catalina. Another made a remark that was as bitter as it was funny: 'Sooo… I upgraded. Can you summarize what's changed here compared to Mojave, apart from the desktop background?'. Another person wrote me an email with the subject, I have updated to macOS Catalina and here's what I found; the body of the email simply said, Bugs bugs bugs bugs bugs bugs.
I take no pleasure in reporting this, but a good amount of messages had another thing in common: people were apologising to me for having disregarded my advice to avoid upgrading straight away without doing some homework first, or for criticising my piece on Catalina as being too excessive, too subjective or too negative, like many people did when it was linked from Hacker News. (Not to mention those basically calling me an idiot, a luddite, an entitled teenager(!), or someone who doesn't ‘get' tech).
Almost four months have passed since I wrote Mac OS Catalina: more trouble than it's worth and my opinion hasn't changed at all. If I do end up installing Catalina, it'll be a fresh install on a Mac that will be acquired for the specific purpose of running Catalina, just in case I need to test or translate applications that have Mac OS 10.15 as minimum requirement. But I'm not going to compromise my production machines.
It's interesting to me how — apart from the usual fanboys — I still haven't seen any unequivocally positive feedback about Mac OS Catalina. I still haven't found someone saying, Oh man, everything is so much better after upgrading to Catalina. I can take advantage of these new features, and my workflow and productivity are so much improved compared with Mojave or High Sierra. I've either read people saying, Yeah, I upgraded and nothing broke, thank goodness, or complaining about something they've lost or having changed in a disappointing way. What I haven't seen is something I used to see more frequently in the past when a new major release of Mac OS X was introduced — enthusiasm.
If you read the Macs section of Howard Oakley's blog, you can appreciate a more technical explanation of the many under-the-bonnet changes introduced in Catalina, and a generally neutral position on what has changed for the better, and what keeps being problematic. But having to dig this deep down the technical side to find something positive in Mac OS Catalina, to me, feels a bit troubling.
When Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard was introduced as having 'no new features', even regular folks understood what that meant; they understood it was a release aimed at fixing past bugs and improving the general stability and reliability of the system. Judging from the feedback I've received, the general impression with Catalina is that 1) most of what's new doesn't strike as being much better than what Mojave and earlier versions offered, and 2) unlike Snow Leopard at the time, every ‘invisible' change doesn't seem to bring more stability or reliability, just more disruption in a way or another.
In October I wrote:
But Catalina is a decidedly controversial upgrade, and in my case I didn't even have to debate too much whether I should upgrade or not. The answer is no. The reasoning behind it is quite simple, actually, and it boils down to this: what Catalina takes away from me is more than what it gives me.
Four months later, this seems to be true for a few more people. And Catalina looks more and more like a transitional release Apple needed to push out while preparing for what's next (preparing the ground for an architecture shift, for example). It increasingly feels like an entirely skippable release, just as Yosemite was. (Oh yes, it was). What we'll see in Mac OS 10.16 is probably going to be the proverbial moment of truth.
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Mac OS Catalina: more trouble than it's worth (Part 2) was originally published by Riccardo Mori on Morrick.me.
Back then, syncing Macs with iPhones was such an easy feat. As long as you have a properly working Mac, an iPhone, and a Lightning cable, then there'd be no problem. Use the cable to connect your iPhone to your Mac, launch the iTunes app, and the syncing process will commence. But let's face it. That was years ago, before Catalina was introduced. Today, many Apple users have reported that Catalina and iPhone are having syncing issues.
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Officially released to the public last October 7, 2019, macOS Catalina is the sixteenth major release of Apple's desktop operating system. It follows Mojave, which was launched in 2018. Catalina is the first ever macOS version that supports 64-bit applications.
Catalina works on all Macs that support Mojave, except for the 2010 – 2012 Mac Pros. Here is a complete list of Mac models that support Catalina:
- iMac (Late 2012 or later)
- iMac Pro (All models)
- Mac Pro (Late 2013 or later)
- Mac Mini (Late 2012 or later)
- MacBook (Early 2015 or later)
- MacBook Air (Mid-2012 or later)
- MacBook Pro (Mid-2012 or later)
What's New?
With the release of Catalina, a number of changes have been introduced. Some apps have been revamped. New features have been introduced. Also, a beloved app has finally bid goodbye: iTunes.
During the official launch of Catalina, Apple confirmed the news about the demise of iTunes. However, the death of this app has given birth to a powerful trio of media apps: Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, and Apple TV.
Yes, we've all grown to love iTunes despite it being problematic and slow at times. But without it, does it mean that we'll all be having syncing problems between Catalina and iPhones?
Well, that isn't really much of a problem. In fact, Apple recognizes the fact that sync issues between macOS Catalina and iPhones exist. Although they're still working on solutions and possible workarounds, we're excited to show you how to sync Catalina with iPhones. But before that, let's first discuss the problems.
iPhone Not Syncing with Catalina Problems
Since the release of Catalina, many iPhone users reportedly experienced issues. Here are some of them:
- The Automatically sync when iPhone is connected option gets enabled in Catalina, causing iPhones to automatically start syncing once connected.
- The syncing process takes more than an hour to complete, and there is no way to interrupt it.
- There are no obvious improvements and progress during the sync process. Worse, there is no way to know what is happening.
- There is no way to sync ringtones. Although some users suggest to drag and drop ringtones to the iPhone from a Mac, it is obvious that they don't have complete control over the process.
- Playlists are randomized.
- After the syncing process, the Space scale does not show the amount of available space.
- Every playlist folder comes with a subfolder of the same name and with the same content. As a result, users end up having hundreds of playlists, each having the same songs.
- After hitting the Sync in Finder button, the process takes several minutes to complete. The ideal time should only take seconds.
- Duplicates of the Playlist folders are created in the Music app of iPhones.
- It is not possible to manage the Playlist folder.
- On MacBook Pros, the sync process leads to the creation of a closed loop where all playlists are copied from one device to another and every device ends up having more and more playlists.
- The sync process removed all the playlists from iPhones and added them to a Mac's Music library.
- The Finder app does not recognize the iPhone.
5 Ways to Resolve Sync Problems with Catalina & iPhones
Even if iTunes has been eliminated from the latest macOS version, there are still ways to sync your iPhone with Catalina. We've listed them below:
1. Restart Your Mac and Your iPhone.
The first thing you need to do if your iPhone does not sync with Catalina is to restart your Mac. Oftentimes, a quick restart is all your computer needs to fix issues.
The same applies to your iPhone. It is likely that there are lots of active apps and processes that are keeping your iPhone from syncing with your Mac. Restarting it can sometimes resolve the problem.
2. Enable the Sidebar Option.
The Finder app is a handy app for organizing your media, folders, documents, and other files. It includes the Finder menu bar, the windows and icons on your Mac, and the iCloud drive. It was given such a name because it literally helps users find and organize files.
It's the first app that you see the moment your Mac completes the startup process. It opens right away and stays active as you use other apps.
To use this app to sync Catalina with an iPhone or vice versa, follow these instructions:
- Make sure your iPhone is connected to your Mac using a Lightning cable.
- Tap the Trust button on your iPhone and input your passcode.
- On your Mac, open the Finder app and go to Preferences.
- Navigate to the Sidebar tab.
- Click Show these items in the sidebar.
- Make sure that the iOS Devices option is enabled.
- Now, enable the Sidebar This way, Catalina can detect whether or not your iOS device is connected.
- Next, navigate to the General tab.
- Disable the Open folder in tabs instead of windows You'll know you've done it right when you click on your connected iPhone and a new Finder window opens.
3. Delete the Preference List File.
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- Open the Finder app.
- Navigate to Go -> Go to Folder.
- Input /~Library/Preferences into the text field.
- Hit Enter.
- Find the file named apple.finder.plist and drag it to the Trash bin.
- Finally, restart the Finder app and check if you can connect your iPhone to your Mac without problems.
4. Use Finder's Relaunch Feature.
If you've reached this point but you still cannot access or sync your iPhone, we suggest using Finder's Relaunch feature. Here's how:
- Disconnect your iPhone from your Mac.
- Restart the Finder app by pressing the Option key and right-clicking on the Finder Select Relaunch.
- Use your Lightning cable to connect your iPhone again.
- Check if the Finder app can now detect your iPhone.
5. Clean Your Mac.
It is also possible that junk and unnecessary files have accumulated on your Mac. While some cause problems and issues, others keep processes like syncing from completing.
To get rid of junk files, you have two options: manual and automated. The manual method is quite time-consuming and risky as you have to go through each folder and delete suspicious and unwanted files. The automated method, on the other hand, is fast and easy. All you need to do is install an app and let it do the job.
One highly recommended app for this job is Outbyte MacRepair. Have it installed on your Mac, run a quick scan, and let it find all space hoggers on your Mac that are causing problems.
Wrapping Up
Just because your iPhone is not syncing with Catalina doesn't mean you should hate the OS forever. As with other new operating systems, errors and problems like this are normal. Let's just be thankful that Apple is working on some workarounds.
Now, if you are still experiencing issues with syncing your iPhone with Catalina, you may seek help from Apple Support. Chat with them directly and ask for a detailed guide or instructions on how to resolve the problem.
The Finder app is a handy app for organizing your media, folders, documents, and other files. It includes the Finder menu bar, the windows and icons on your Mac, and the iCloud drive. It was given such a name because it literally helps users find and organize files.
It's the first app that you see the moment your Mac completes the startup process. It opens right away and stays active as you use other apps.
To use this app to sync Catalina with an iPhone or vice versa, follow these instructions:
- Make sure your iPhone is connected to your Mac using a Lightning cable.
- Tap the Trust button on your iPhone and input your passcode.
- On your Mac, open the Finder app and go to Preferences.
- Navigate to the Sidebar tab.
- Click Show these items in the sidebar.
- Make sure that the iOS Devices option is enabled.
- Now, enable the Sidebar This way, Catalina can detect whether or not your iOS device is connected.
- Next, navigate to the General tab.
- Disable the Open folder in tabs instead of windows You'll know you've done it right when you click on your connected iPhone and a new Finder window opens.
3. Delete the Preference List File.
Pineapple dvd ripper. For this tip, we will still use the Finder app. However, the aim is to delete the Preference List file. Here's how:
- Open the Finder app.
- Navigate to Go -> Go to Folder.
- Input /~Library/Preferences into the text field.
- Hit Enter.
- Find the file named apple.finder.plist and drag it to the Trash bin.
- Finally, restart the Finder app and check if you can connect your iPhone to your Mac without problems.
4. Use Finder's Relaunch Feature.
If you've reached this point but you still cannot access or sync your iPhone, we suggest using Finder's Relaunch feature. Here's how:
- Disconnect your iPhone from your Mac.
- Restart the Finder app by pressing the Option key and right-clicking on the Finder Select Relaunch.
- Use your Lightning cable to connect your iPhone again.
- Check if the Finder app can now detect your iPhone.
5. Clean Your Mac.
It is also possible that junk and unnecessary files have accumulated on your Mac. While some cause problems and issues, others keep processes like syncing from completing.
To get rid of junk files, you have two options: manual and automated. The manual method is quite time-consuming and risky as you have to go through each folder and delete suspicious and unwanted files. The automated method, on the other hand, is fast and easy. All you need to do is install an app and let it do the job.
One highly recommended app for this job is Outbyte MacRepair. Have it installed on your Mac, run a quick scan, and let it find all space hoggers on your Mac that are causing problems.
Wrapping Up
Just because your iPhone is not syncing with Catalina doesn't mean you should hate the OS forever. As with other new operating systems, errors and problems like this are normal. Let's just be thankful that Apple is working on some workarounds.
Now, if you are still experiencing issues with syncing your iPhone with Catalina, you may seek help from Apple Support. Chat with them directly and ask for a detailed guide or instructions on how to resolve the problem.
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