
Reasonably priced systems that balanced form and function perfectly. When he returned to Apple in the late 90’s he slashed Scully era projects and created the now infamous Quadrant focusing on core products: The genius of Jobs was his ability to see simplicity and make it work. I’d rather spend $129 for a proper OS release than free annual system updates that need more time for a proper release, especially as Apple began developing more variants of MacBooks and iMacs and Macbook Air’s and Mac mini’s and Mac Pro’s.

Unfortunately, rushing release cycles lead to more bugs and less polish. Then Cook wanted to cash in on the Mac App Store by aligning OS X releases to iOS annual cycles to entice more developers and cash in on a new revenue stream with the Mac App Store. It allowed for proper debugging by eliminating possible third party apps and plugins from interfering in properly ironing out OS bugs while allowing developers plenty of time to work on their apps.

I remember having to wipe my Mac Pro with each biweekly development release and install each fresh. Snow Leopard will always be the holy grail of OS X releases.Īpple should return to two year cycles. Bertrand Serlet was the head OS X engineer for 10.4 - 10.6 and also headed the Intel transition. Indeed, there has not been a 10.x.7 release since Snow Leopard in 2011. Many users have reported seeing flashes of a horizontal white line, and while it was unclear if it was a software or hardware issue, today's fix indicates that it was indeed a software-related bug. Since the launch of the 27-inch iMac in August, there have been complaints about a graphical glitch with the model that includes the higher-end a 5700 XT GPU. For detailed information about the security content of this update, please visit: Some features may not be available for all regions, or on all Apple devices.

Addresses a graphic issue that may occur on iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020) with Radeon Pro 5700 XT Fixes an issue that could prevent files syncing through iCloud Drive Resolves an issue where macOS would not automatically connect to Wi-Fi networks MacOS Catalina 10.15.7 provides important security updates and bug fixes for your Mac. The macOS Catalina 10.15.6 Supplemental Update can be downloaded from the Mac App Store using the Update feature in the System Preferences app.Īccording to Apple's release notes, macOS Catalina 10.15.7 addresses an issue where macOS would not automatically connect to WiFi, it fixes a bug that could prevent files from syncing through iCloud Drive, and most notably for new iMac owners, it fixes an issue that was causing a small white flashing line to appear on machines equipped with the Radeon Pro 5700 XT. macOS Catalina 10.15.7 fixes several major bugs that Mac users have been experiencing, and it comes a month after the latest macOS Catalina release.

Apple today released macOS Catalina 10.15.7, the latest update to the macOS Catalina software.
