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Personally I’ve had zero issues upgrading to Catalina, it seems to perform better than Mojave for me, and more stable too.

knolan 6y ago
I’ve a major 10.15 issue on two Macs where doing any kind of calculation in Spotlight maxes out all cores on the CPU for 10-15 minutes.
- CharlesW 6y ago
  Friend, it's time for a clean install. You should never have to do one, but macOS isn't yet iPadOS, and cruft happens.
  - iNerdier 6y ago
    Sorry but that’s absolutely rubbish. You shouldn’t have to wipe everything from a computer to have it usable, ever.
    - reaperducer 6y ago
      You shouldn’t have to wipe everything from a computer to have it usable, ever. Thanks, I laughed a little at that. People have been saying exactly that for as long as operating systems have been on disk. I was thinking just a few days ago that I must have installed OS/2 50 or 60 times in its day. I can't calculate the number of weeks of my life I've wasted babysitting clean operating system installs. You're right, it shouldn't happen. But we're decades away from that being the reality.
  - Chazprime 6y ago
    +1 The Catalina beta was a sh!tshow on my MacBook Pro, as was the first (upgraded) release. A fresh install made most of the issues go away.
  - knolan 6y ago
    It’s a new 16” that I set up new.
    - CharlesW 6y ago
      Wow, then my apologies for offering non-applicable advice. I'm crazy-curious what it could be.
- jtbayly 6y ago
  I just read about this here: https://talk.tidbits.com/t/psa-catalina-spotlight-is-broken-calculator-excessive-load/12654 https://talk.tidbits.com/t/psa-catalina-spotlight-is-broken-... It's one of the most recent reasons I have yet to update to Catalina.
  - mmastrac 6y ago
    Oh huh. I use that feature pretty often. I have my fan speeds ramped up to max 24/7 so I never noticed mds_stores going crazy but - yep there it goes.
    - jki275 6y ago
      I just did it, cpu did ramp up, but dropped right back to normal as soon as I closed the calculator. odd.
    - sizzle 6y ago
      isn't this really loud? Will it wear out your fans faster? What is this solving for you at cpu idle?
nudgeee 6y ago
I've had tons of graphics issues (lockups, glitches), and it seems i'm not alone [0][1]. [0] https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/constant-kernel-panics-userspace-watchdog-timeout-no-successful-checkins-from-com-apple-windowserver.2222878/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/constant-kernel-panics-... [1] https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/strange-chrome-browser-graphical-glitches.2229803/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/strange-chrome-browser-...
- spike021 6y ago
  I've recently switched jobs. At my previous role, the 15 inch retina 2016 MBP I was using never had issues on Catalina. At this new role, the 2019 13inch retina MBP I was given seems to have one or two kernel panics a week on Catalina. Also, I haven't noticed this other issue lately, but for a couple of months my laptop screen would flicker/distort and times for a moment or two; have not noticed that issue since setting up a home office with external monitor for obvious, current reasons.

knolan 6y ago

I’ve a major 10.15 issue on two Macs where doing any kind of calculation in Spotlight maxes out all cores on the CPU for 10-15 minutes.

CharlesW 6y ago
Friend, it's time for a clean install. You should never have to do one, but macOS isn't yet iPadOS, and cruft happens.
- iNerdier 6y ago
  Sorry but that’s absolutely rubbish. You shouldn’t have to wipe everything from a computer to have it usable, ever.
  - reaperducer 6y ago
    You shouldn’t have to wipe everything from a computer to have it usable, ever. Thanks, I laughed a little at that. People have been saying exactly that for as long as operating systems have been on disk. I was thinking just a few days ago that I must have installed OS/2 50 or 60 times in its day. I can't calculate the number of weeks of my life I've wasted babysitting clean operating system installs. You're right, it shouldn't happen. But we're decades away from that being the reality.
- Chazprime 6y ago
  +1 The Catalina beta was a sh!tshow on my MacBook Pro, as was the first (upgraded) release. A fresh install made most of the issues go away.
- knolan 6y ago
  It’s a new 16” that I set up new.
  - CharlesW 6y ago
    Wow, then my apologies for offering non-applicable advice. I'm crazy-curious what it could be.
jtbayly 6y ago
I just read about this here: https://talk.tidbits.com/t/psa-catalina-spotlight-is-broken-calculator-excessive-load/12654 https://talk.tidbits.com/t/psa-catalina-spotlight-is-broken-... It's one of the most recent reasons I have yet to update to Catalina.
- mmastrac 6y ago
  Oh huh. I use that feature pretty often. I have my fan speeds ramped up to max 24/7 so I never noticed mds_stores going crazy but - yep there it goes.
  - jki275 6y ago
    I just did it, cpu did ramp up, but dropped right back to normal as soon as I closed the calculator. odd.
  - sizzle 6y ago
    isn't this really loud? Will it wear out your fans faster? What is this solving for you at cpu idle?

nudgeee 6y ago

I've had tons of graphics issues (lockups, glitches), and it seems i'm not alone [0][1]. [0] https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/constant-kernel-panics-userspace-watchdog-timeout-no-successful-checkins-from-com-apple-windowserver.2222878/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/constant-kernel-panics-... [1] https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/strange-chrome-browser-graphical-glitches.2229803/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/strange-chrome-browser-...

spike021 6y ago
I've recently switched jobs. At my previous role, the 15 inch retina 2016 MBP I was using never had issues on Catalina. At this new role, the 2019 13inch retina MBP I was given seems to have one or two kernel panics a week on Catalina. Also, I haven't noticed this other issue lately, but for a couple of months my laptop screen would flicker/distort and times for a moment or two; have not noticed that issue since setting up a home office with external monitor for obvious, current reasons.