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Apple releases macOS 10.15.5 update, includes Battery Health, FaceTime updates among others

Apple on Tuesday released its macOS Catalina 10.15.5 update. The update, a 2.98 gigabyte download, offers the following fixes and changes: Battery Health Management: Battery health management to help maximize battery lifespan for Mac notebooks Energy Saver preference pane now displays battery condition and recommends if the battery needs to be serviced Option to disable […]

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Apple releases macOS Catalina 10.15.5 developer beta 4, focuses on new Battery Health Management feature

Apple on Thursday released its fourth developer beta of the macOS Catalina 10.15.5 update. The update now includes a new Battery Health Management feature, which has been described as an effort towards reducing the chemical aging of a MacBook’s battery and extend its lifespan without compromising battery life. Per Apple’s description: The battery health management feature in […]

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Apple releases second macOS Catalina 10.15.5 developer beta, incorporates battery health monitoring feature

Apple on Thursday issued the second developer beta of its macOS Catalina 10.15.5 update. Though Apple still has not provided detailed release notes for the beta, it has included an implementation of the iOS battery health management monitoring for machines that charge with USB-C, that is enabled by default.  If you’ve had a chance to […]

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Apple releases macOS Catalina 10.15.4 Supplemental Update

Sometimes you need a good bug fix. Apple on Wednesday released its macOS Catalina 10.15.4 Supplemental Update. The update, a 1.01 gigabyte download, offers the following features and fixes: Fixes an issue where Mac computers running macOS Catalina 10.15.4 could not participate in FaceTime calls with devices running iOS 9.3.6 and earlier or OS X […]

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Some users report kernel panics, crashes while using macOS Catalina 10.15.4

If you haven’t upgraded to macOS Catalina 10.15.4 yet, you might want to hold off a little while longer. A number of users have reported experiencing system crashes upon updating to macOS Catalina 10.15.4. The crashes mostly seemed to surfaced when attempting to make large file transfers, although other users have reported crashes after waking […]