macOS Sonoma 14.4: Reasons Not to Update

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/03/18/do-not-update-macos-sonoma-14-4/

by mfiguiere • 2 years ago

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lenerdenator• 2 years ago

breaks Java

Good to see Apple back in the business of killing stuffy old runtimes.

przemub• 2 years ago

I have tried Sonoma a couple of times already but Spotlight and searching across the system always breaks in bizarre ways - I cannot search even in system preferences, not to mention mail and finder - so I've always returned to Ventura. It's really a failed release from my perspective. Anyone with similar experience?

beretguy• 2 years ago

Wait… you can undo an update on macs? (I don’t use macOS).

koito172• 2 years ago

For a certain definition of "undo", yes. The System volume tends to be mounted read-only and very little people go through the effort of mutating it. So in most cases, you can invoke softwareupdate(1) to download an older OS installer then run the installer to replace your existing OS.

jaimie• 2 years ago

I updated my M2 MacBook Pro and the USB-C hub on my Dell U3219Q monitor no longer works... it's been a substantial disruption to my workflow with external peripherals and I don't have a USB-A to C converter to even partially get back on my feet with my external mouse/keyboard (that was the monitor hub's job!)

wwarner• 2 years ago

I believe this update also made copy/paste functionality from terminals unreliable. I usually use iterm, but i got the same behavior when i switched to the builtin terminal app. It used to be that highlighting text with the mouse automatically made it available for pasting into another terminal -- no C-c required. Now sometimes it behaves that way and sometimes demands C-c.

n8henrie• 2 years ago

I've never noticed this Terminal.app behavior (copy without C-c) outside of tmux. Interesting.

koito172• 2 years ago

Specifically, the core CUPS software for printing operations over a network seems to be removed.

Ouch, I can't find this in any release notes. This was a huge advantage of Mac OS for me.

Also, Java breaking means I cannot work. Thankfully I have decided to read HN today. I will definitely skip this update on my work machine.

macOS Sonoma 14.4: Reasons Not to Update

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