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I've been using Catalina as a daily driver since the first beta. I did notice some bugs here and there but I have to say my take away was different. I did get t

I've been using Catalina as a daily driver since the first beta. I did notice some bugs here and there but I have to say my take away was different. I did get the barrage of permission prompts but it was just like that the one time and while it was a bit overwhelming it made me feel good that my OS was keeping tabs on these things. With Apple's emphasis on privacy they had to build these sort of controls into macOS to play catch up with iOS's features in this regard. Also, I have hard time feeling sorry for someone who is upset that beta system software upset his working environment. Apple specifically says not to put their betas on critical hardware. The author said he did this because it was "simpler". Not sure if breaking your work environment is "simpler" than booting off an external SSD or having a second machine for testing.

tylerhall 7y ago
OP here. I never installed Catalina (or any recent beta software in years) on my primary machine that I get work done on. My Catalina testing this Summer was explicitly kept to an old laptop and virtual machines. My "simpler" comment was about my mistake in signing into iCloud on those test devices. I learned my lesson and either stayed logged out or used a test iCloud account for the rest of the Summer. And, overall, my post and comments in general are about running Catalina now that it's publicly released. Not about issues I experienced as a beta user.
jdance 7y ago
Seems you didn't read the post very carefully, author did everything he could except using a separate apple id.
kevingadd 7y ago
OP didn't put betas on primary hardware, it was on testing hardware. The beta infected their other machines via iCloud.
cerberusss 7y ago
Same here. I got the permission prompts on the first day of installation, that's it. Since I don't use Photos nor iCloud Drive, I actually can't remember a single problem with Catalina, it's quite solid.

tylerhall 7y ago

OP here. I never installed Catalina (or any recent beta software in years) on my primary machine that I get work done on. My Catalina testing this Summer was explicitly kept to an old laptop and virtual machines. My "simpler" comment was about my mistake in signing into iCloud on those test devices. I learned my lesson and either stayed logged out or used a test iCloud account for the rest of the Summer. And, overall, my post and comments in general are about running Catalina now that it's publicly released. Not about issues I experienced as a beta user.

jdance 7y ago

Seems you didn't read the post very carefully, author did everything he could except using a separate apple id.

kevingadd 7y ago

OP didn't put betas on primary hardware, it was on testing hardware. The beta infected their other machines via iCloud.

cerberusss 7y ago

Same here. I got the permission prompts on the first day of installation, that's it. Since I don't use Photos nor iCloud Drive, I actually can't remember a single problem with Catalina, it's quite solid.