When it comes to operating system updates from Apple these days, it’s one for all and all for one. The company’s mobile operating systems—particularly iPadOS 13.4—received the most attention this time around (see “iOS 13.4 and iPadOS 13.4: Trackpad Support, iCloud Drive Folder Sharing, and More,” 24 March 2020), but Apple also updated all of its other operating systems. macOS 10.15.4 Catalina is the most notable, but you’ll probably want to install the other three sooner.
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- Starting around midnight local time April 11 and 12, Macs running the latest OS version begin offering up a warning message the first time their users launched a 32-bit application.
- Mar 24, 2020 Surely it can be easily implemented for earlier macOS. Catalina 32-bit extensions This is insidious. It looks like you need to “upgrade” to Catalina in order to get warnings that precious apps (despite being 64-bit) have 32-bit extensions. Although I think there has been talk on this forum, about Mojave apps that will search for these problems.
macOS Catalina 10.15.4
The macOS 10.15.4 Catalina update weighs in at 2.97 GB via Software Update, or you can download the 4.73 GB combo update. Its primary new feature is the ecosystem support for iCloud Drive folder sharing, and there are a few other helpful changes.
On the downside, 10.15.4’s release notes say nothing about resolving the data loss bugs in Mail (“Beware Mail Data Loss in Catalina,” 11 October 2019). That’s not to say that Apple didn’t fix those bugs, but we’ll have to wait for the community to test.
iCloud Drive Folder Sharing
Assuming that other reasons you’ve held off upgrading to Catalina have been resolved, such as working around 32-bit apps that will no longer launch, getting essential apps upgraded, and so on, iCloud Drive folder sharing might be the reason to make the jump.
Apr 25, 2012 Windows 7 x64 installations typically include a few 32-bit Control Panel utilities, but you probably won't see them in the default Category view of Control Panel. To find these utilities, switch your Control Panel to Icon view (either large or small) and look for utilities whose names have '(32-bit)' appended to them.
That’s because Dropbox has become increasingly hard to use without paying $9.99 per month, mostly thanks to its year-old limit of three devices for free accounts (see “Dropbox Limits Free Accounts to Three Devices,” 14 March 2019). Could iCloud Drive folder sharing replace Dropbox, at least for Apple-centric users? We’ll be putting it through its paces.
To share an iCloud Drive folder in 10.15.4, Control-click it in the Finder and choose Share > Add People. macOS’s odd modal dialog appears, letting you set who can access the folder (invitees or anyone with the link) and what permissions they have (view only or make changes). Select a sharing mechanism at the top and enter the name of the person with whom you want to share, click Share, and you’re done.
Let us know how it works for you.
Other Features and Fixes
None of the other changes in 10.15.4 are compelling, though some may be welcome.
- App Store with Apple Arcade: Recently played Apple Arcade games now appear in the Arcade tab, making it easier to continue playing across platforms.
- Music: Catalina’s version of Music gains the iOS feature of time-synced lyrics for Apple Music, and you can even move around in a song by clicking a line in lyrics view.
- Screen Time: Apple’s usage tracking and parental controls feature now offers communication limits for controlling who your children can communicate with and be contacted by, either during the day or during downtime. A release note also says “Playback control of music videos for your children,” which we don’t entirely understand.
- Safari: Those who have used Chrome may appreciate Safari’s new capability to import Chrome passwords into iCloud Keychain. Safari also now provides controls for duplicating a tab and closing all tabs to the right of the current tab. Finally, it resolves an issue where CAPTCHA tiles could display incorrectly.
- Universal Purchase: Developers can now let customers buy once and get an app across Apple’s entire ecosystem.
Minor Tweaks and Bug Fixes
Of course, there are always bug fixes and tweaks that fewer users may notice or appreciate.
- Dark Mode: Apple resolved a bug that caused pasted text to turn invisible when Dark Mode was active. Oops.
- Displays: macOS 10.15.4 adds customized reference modes for the Pro Display XDR, allows output of HDR content to HDR10-compatible external displays, and fixes a screen brightness issue when waking the LG UltraFine 5K display.
- Mail: Those who use Outlook.com accounts can now log into them in Mail using OAuth authentication.
- Reminders: Apple fixed a bug that caused Reminders to send reminders for completed items and added CalDav migration support when upgrading to iCloud reminders on a secondary device.
- Security: macOS 10.15.4 includes 20 security fixes.
Legacy System Extension Warnings
Last but not least, when Adam updated to 10.15.4, he received two notifications about legacy system extensions. Apple has said that Catalina will be the last version of macOS to support legacy system extensions, so the company is starting to warn users ahead of time, as it did with 32-bit apps.
Unfortunately, since the dialogs give only the developers’ names, not the names of their apps, it’s difficult to know who I might contact. A Google search revealed that Ludovic Leger is the dev lead on TripMode, a useful utility I recommend for managing bandwidth use while away from high-speed networks; see “TripMode Prevents Unwanted Internet Data Usage on a Tethered Mac” (22 July 2015). I’m still not sure who Steven Yan is, or what app of his I might be using. That’s not a problem now, but it might be in a few months once the beta of whatever macOS version follows Catalina comes out.
Upgrade Decisions
So is this it? Is macOS 10.15.4 the release you’ve been waiting for to upgrade from 10.14 Mojave? It’s too soon to say for sure, but after a few days to make sure the release doesn’t leave unsightly stains in regular usage, I personally plan to upgrade my main Mac.
I can do that with less worry than many people because I don’t use Mail much. If you do, continue to hold off—Michael Tsai’s followers are still reporting problems with dragged messages disappearing. Apart from that, though, Catalina feels as baked as it’s going to get. There may be another one or two updates to fix minor bugs or security holes, but nothing more. Come WWDC, Apple will undoubtedly be talking up yet another version of macOS, and we’ll be right back on the train again.
watchOS 6.2
Once you’ve updated to iOS 13.4 on your iPhone, you can get to watchOS 6.2 in Watch > General > Software Update. The update introduces in-app purchases for Apple Watch apps and fixes a bug that paused music playback when switching from Wi-Fi to Bluetooth connectivity. There’s seldom any reason to put off watchOS updates.
Apple Watch users in Chile, New Zealand, and Turkey can now get the ECG app on the Apple Watch Series 4 and later, and all watchOS 6 users in those countries can get irregular heart rhythm notifications.
watchOS 6.2 includes 15 security fixes.
tvOS 13.4
As usual, the tvOS 13.4 update notes are sparse, promising only “general performance and stability improvements.” The update includes 18 security updates, largely shared with the other operating systems.
If automatic updates aren’t on, you can update your Apple TV HD or Apple TV 4K by going to Settings > System > Software Updates. We just let ours update automatically when they get around to it. Let us know if you notice any changes.
iOS 13.4 for HomePod
The 1.63 GB iOS 13.4 update for the HomePod has minimal release notes despite its large download size: “general improvements for stability and quality.”
To update the HomePod manually (it should update itself soon enough), open the Home app, touch and hold the HomePod’s tile, tap the gear icon to bring up HomePod settings, and then tap Install. We see no reason not to install this update soon.
Macos Utility Application To Identify 32 Bit Apps Windows 10
Developers have been given fair warning of a Mac move to 64-bit only. Image detail c/o:mjtmail (tiggy)
Mac users may have missed Apple’s memo when the company warned it plans to discontinue support for 32-bit Mac apps in 2019. It is already evicting 32-bit apps from its mobile platforms, fall’s iOS 11 release will only support 64-bit apps.
How to check your Mac apps
Macs have been running 64-bit chips since mid-2011, when it introduced Mac OS X Lion. That’s great, and you’d certainly expect most application developers would have migrated their apps to full 64-bit support, but you’d be wrong. Even Apple hasn’t finished the job – the DVD Player app remains 32-bit, which isn’t a great surprise when no new Macs include an optical drive. So, how can you check which of your Mac applications won’t make the cut when Apple terminates 32-bit support in 2019?
- Step one: Tap the Apple logo in the Menu
- Step two: Tap About this Mac
- Step three: Tap System Report… in the next pane
- Step four: You will be in System Information. Scroll down the page to find ‘Software’ and select Applications.
- Step five: Wait a few moments while your Mac figures it all out.
- Step six: You will see a list that shows all the applications you have installed on your Mac. It tells you want versions they are, who they are from and when they were last modified. Scroll along the page until your find the final column called ’64-bit (Intel)’.
- Step seven: Look down the list and in most cases you’ll see the word ‘Yes’, this means the app is a 64-bit app.
- Step eight: Some apps will say No, in which case glance back along the row to check what the app is and where it came from.
- Step nine: Spare a moment’s thought for the DVD Player app.
- Step ten: If any of the applications you now know have not already been raised to 64-bit are ones that you make a lot of use of, contact the developer and ask what their upgrade plans are.
- Step eleven: Take a look at some of my other tips.
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Knowledge is power, apparently.
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