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I've upgraded to Catalina on my 2015 MacBook Pro the day it released (didn't run the betas), and I haven't experienced any problems. I mostly use it for develo

I've upgraded to Catalina on my 2015 MacBook Pro the day it released (didn't run the betas), and I haven't experienced any problems. I mostly use it for development, everything still works. My only annoyance so far has been SideCar, it just never works the first time, I have to switch from second display to mirror, then back to second display to make it work.

stock_toaster 7y ago
I have had a few weird freezes/lock-ups, which I think were related to time machine going out to lunch. Other than that, it’s been pretty good. Battery life improvement, seems faster, etc.
kranner 7y ago
Sidecar is officially supported only on 2016 and later MacBook Pros. https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT210380#systemrequirements https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT210380#systemrequirements I use a 2015 MBP too, so I'm glad to hear it does work and thanks for the workaround.
- woutr_be 7y ago
  Oh that's strange, pretty sure mine is a 2015 model. (Although I would need to check). Once it works, it's actually really great, I mainly use it for my terminal and browser debug tools. It's nice to have some extra space.
- AhtiK 7y ago
  Could you double-check if it's really a 2015 and if it's early or something else, what cpu? My early 2015 shows error for Sidecar/not enabled and supposedly requires at least a Skylake CPU. EDIT: my Q was more likely to woutr_be, where it was enabled..
  - woutr_be 7y ago
    I’ll double check tonight.
  - woutr_be 7y ago
    My bad, it was indeed a 2016 model.
- woutr_be 7y ago
  I have to correct myself, I have a 2016 model. So not sure if it works on a 2015.
josteink 7y ago
> I haven’t experienced any problems > it just never works the first time Make up your mind. These two statements are not compatible.
- woutr_be 7y ago
  They are, the first one is referring to the Catalina upgrade in general, where I haven't experienced any problems, either with the OS, or the existing software I use. The second one is specifically referring to SideCar as an individual feature.

stock_toaster 7y ago

I have had a few weird freezes/lock-ups, which I think were related to time machine going out to lunch. Other than that, it’s been pretty good. Battery life improvement, seems faster, etc.

kranner 7y ago

Sidecar is officially supported only on 2016 and later MacBook Pros. https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT210380#systemrequirements https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT210380#systemrequirements I use a 2015 MBP too, so I'm glad to hear it does work and thanks for the workaround.

woutr_be 7y ago
Oh that's strange, pretty sure mine is a 2015 model. (Although I would need to check). Once it works, it's actually really great, I mainly use it for my terminal and browser debug tools. It's nice to have some extra space.
AhtiK 7y ago
Could you double-check if it's really a 2015 and if it's early or something else, what cpu? My early 2015 shows error for Sidecar/not enabled and supposedly requires at least a Skylake CPU. EDIT: my Q was more likely to woutr_be, where it was enabled..
- woutr_be 7y ago
  I’ll double check tonight.
- woutr_be 7y ago
  My bad, it was indeed a 2016 model.
woutr_be 7y ago
I have to correct myself, I have a 2016 model. So not sure if it works on a 2015.

josteink 7y ago

> I haven’t experienced any problems > it just never works the first time Make up your mind. These two statements are not compatible.

woutr_be 7y ago
They are, the first one is referring to the Catalina upgrade in general, where I haven't experienced any problems, either with the OS, or the existing software I use. The second one is specifically referring to SideCar as an individual feature.