Additional update of bugfix version of macOS Catalina 10.15.4 released, but system crash bug not fixed



Apple has released an additional update for

macOS Catalina 10.15.4 on Thursday, April 6, 2020. However, Mac users who have performed this additional update have reported several 'system crashes.'

WARNING macOS Catalina 10.15.4 Supplement…-Apple Community
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251260574


Nasty macOS flaw is bricking MacBooks: Don't install this update | Tom's Guide
https://www.tomsguide.com/news/nasty-macos-flaw-is-bricking-macbooks-dont-install-this-update


Some Users Experiencing System Crashes on macOS 10.15.4, Especially During Large File Transfers-MacRumors
https://www.macrumors.com/2020/04/06/macos-10-5-4-kernel-panic-crashing-issues/


macOS Catalina 10.15.4 was officially released on March 24, 2020 (Tuesday). From 10.15.4, new features such as iCloud Drive folder sharing, screen time communication and call restrictions, and the ability to display lyrics along with songs in Apple Music have been added.

What's new in macOS Catalina update-Apple support
https://support.apple.com/ja-jp/HT210642#macos10154


However, there was a bug in macOS Catalina 10.15.4 and iOS 13.4 that made it impossible to make FaceTime calls with older devices running iOS 9.3.5 or iOS 9.3.6. In addition, there were also reports that the password input screen of the Office 365 account was repeatedly displayed and the USB Type-C port of the Mac became unresponsive.

In addition, there was a report that 'the system crashed on an Intel-equipped Mac after updating to macOS Catalina 10.15.4', and users complained that macOS Catalina 10.15.4 was quite unstable.



And on April 6, 2020, an additional update for macOS Catalina 10.15.4 was released. However, even after adding an additional update, `` The 13-inch MacBook of 2018 model is broken and metamorphosed '' `` Mac system crashed after update, booted in recovery mode and restored from backup with Time Machine Yes 'was posted on the Apple official forum . In addition, many similar reports have been raised in the forum of MacRumors, a site mainly dealing with Apple-related information.



This additional update fixes FaceTime bugs, Office 365 bugs, and USB Type-C bugs, but it doesn't seem to fix system crashes that Apple hasn't announced as bugs. However, it has been found that a system crash is likely to occur when trying to transfer a large file, and that the drive may be damaged by the rotation speed of the HDD when recovering from sleep, SoftRAID , a RAID utility, says, 'We aim to share information with Apple engineers and fix it in macOS Catalina 10.15.5.'

in Software, Posted by log1i_yk