macOS Mojave (10.14) - Bugs and bug fixes

[AZhappyjack]

Noticing that after the update to 10.14.3 (and watchOS 5.1.3), I can no longer unlock my iMac with my watch...

Does anybody at Apple test this crap? True, it's not the end of the world, but remember, it's the little foxes that spoil the vine.

 

[fisherking]

Noticing that after the update to 10.14.3 (and watchOS 5.1.3), I can no longer unlock my iMac with my watch...

Does anybody at Apple test this crap? True, it's not the end of the world, but remember, it's the little foxes that spoil the vine.

is everyone having this problem? if so, apple dropped the ball. if not... perhaps start a thread about it, ask for help. much more productive than simply complaining. or try google...

perhaps: https://www.macobserver.com/tips/quick-tip/apple-watch-stopped-unlocking-mac-fix/

 

[nortonandreev]

Noticing that after the update to 10.14.3 (and watchOS 5.1.3), I can no longer unlock my iMac with my watch...

Does anybody at Apple test this crap? True, it's not the end of the world, but remember, it's the little foxes that spoil the vine.

It works here. Did you try to disable/enable this feature? I would also try to restart the watch.

 

[AZhappyjack]

It works here. Did you try to disable/enable this feature? I would also try to restart the watch.

After multiple restarts of my iMac and my Watch, it is once again working...

 

[Braeside]

Apologies if this question has been addressed somewhere on these forums. I have searched but couldn't find anything. I have recently upgraded to 10.14.3. I now find that I cannot install any software which does not appear on the App Store. I get the error message "Ossystem error 99999". Prior to this I have visited Sys Prefs>Security and Privacy and unlocked the lock and clicked "Open Anyway". I then get the 99999 error. I have searched online for the past few days but only one fix could be found which didn't work - sudo cp /var/db/.SystemPolicy-default /var/db/SystemPolicy (PW and Restart). I was able to use Win 7 via VMWare Fusion to use the windows version of the SW I wanted to use but this is not a practical workaround long term.

The SW in question: makeMKV, DVD Extractor, XLD and some others I cannot now remember. However, Tag Editor from the App Store worked fine.

There appears to be no other issues with Mojave. All works OK. I have run all available system checks and repair routines including fsck -f in Single User Mode. I have also cleared PRAM.

I am an experienced Mac user but this problem has me stumped.

 

[macintoshmac]

Apologies if this question has been addressed somewhere on these forums. I have searched but couldn't find anything. I have recently upgraded to 10.14.3. I now find that I cannot install any software which does not appear on the App Store. I get the error message "Ossystem error 99999". Prior to this I have visited Sys Prefs>Security and Privacy and unlocked the lock and clicked "Open Anyway". I then get the 99999 error. I have searched online for the past few days but only one fix could be found which didn't work - sudo cp /var/db/.SystemPolicy-default /var/db/SystemPolicy (PW and Restart). I was able to use Win 7 via VMWare Fusion to use the windows version of the SW I wanted to use but this is not a practical workaround long term.

The SW in question: makeMKV, DVD Extractor, XLD and some others I cannot now remember. However, Tag Editor from the App Store worked fine.

There appears to be no other issues with Mojave. All works OK. I have run all available system checks and repair routines including fsck -f in Single User Mode. I have also cleared PRAM.

I am an experienced Mac user but this problem has me stumped.

How about a total reinstall? Diagnosis and isolation will probably take longer than a fresh install.

 

[Braeside]

How about a total reinstall? Diagnosis and isolation will probably take longer than a fresh install.

Yes, this is what I was thinking of doing when I find sufficient spare time as it takes a while to do a clean install. I usually clean install major OS updates. In this case I updated my iMac from High Sierra to Mojave using software update - looks like it was a big mistake. I notice that 10.14.4 beta is in the testing phase now so I will most likely wait for that to be released and see if it fixes the problem. In the meantime I have a MacBook Pro running High Sierra which has no problem running the SW I mentioned in my original post. Such is life! Thanks for your reply...

 

[Leonelli]

After the new update I can no longer download purchased books on Apple Books. Error: "Unable to download" and "1004". Already tried rebooting both the MacBook and the router but no luck. Anyone else experiencing that?

 

[Braeside]

Just installed the 10.14.3 supplemental update and, hey presto, no more problems with the Ossystem error 99999!!! All previously mentioned SW installs without problem provided access to 3rd party developers is allowed in Sys Prefs>Security and Privacy. The user has to manually "Allow" access which is the point at which things went pear-shaped previously. So thanks Apple for fixing a very frustrating problem.

 

[itsmilo]

I cannot take screen shots on my admin user. Like it does the shutter sound but nothing appears on my desktop. On my friends 2nd (non-admin) user account it works fine. Any idea why?

 

[HenryAZ]

I cannot take screen shots on my admin user. Like it does the shutter sound but nothing appears on my desktop. On my friends 2nd (non-admin) user account it works fine. Any idea why?

Have you tried searching for "Screen Shot" to see where it is ending up? You can change the location easily enough in Terminal. I prefer mine to go into my Downloads folder:

defaults write com.apple.screencapture location "/Users/henry/Downloads/"

followed by:
killall SystemUIServer

 

[Ritsuka]

You can change the destination in the Screenshot app.

 

[Blue Hawk]

Is it a bug that I cannot see how many space the system takes? The „About my mac“ section where you can see your storage usage is wrong too.

 

[stevemiller]

my boot times on 10.14.3 have now climbed to 45 seconds. I'm pretty sure these are the slowest boot times I've experienced since leaving windows in 2005. and it doesn't help that this also feels like the least stable Mac I've ever owned, so I'm forced to restart often.

is anyone getting a fast boot time anymore?

 

[fisherking]

my boot times on 10.14.3 have now climbed to 45 seconds. I'm pretty sure these are the slowest boot times I've experienced since leaving windows in 2005. and it doesn't help that this also feels like the least stable Mac I've ever owned, so I'm forced to restart often.

is anyone getting a fast boot time anymore?

what mac? have you tried resetting nvram, and/or the smc? (google for your mac). or consider reinstalling the OS. boot times on my 2 macs are as fast as they've been...

 

[stevemiller]

what mac? have you tried resetting nvram, and/or the smc? (google for your mac). or consider reinstalling the OS. boot times on my 2 macs are as fast as they've been...

I have already done the smc / nvram reset procedure with no luck. its a 2018 MacBook Pro. would hate to go through the trouble of reinstalling the OS if this is just how the new machines are. so I was hoping to gauge whether this is a common issue for the new machines. I'll perhaps check over on the mbp pages to get a more focussed sample.

 

[k0stelos]

I have already done the smc / nvram reset procedure with no luck. its a 2018 MacBook Pro. would hate to go through the trouble of reinstalling the OS if this is just how the new machines are. so I was hoping to gauge whether this is a common issue for the new machines. I'll perhaps check over on the mbp pages to get a more focussed sample.

im also seeing slow boot times after the new update and the weird thing is that when i open the messages app it freezes for 2 secs.. im on macbookpro late2018 13"

 

[pictonic]

Anyone else problems with the trackpad on the MacBook Pro 13" early 2015?
When I use my trackpad to right click I can´t move the cursor anymore

I have MBP 13inch 2017 with 2 USBC. Installing Mojave 10.14.4 beta was a step too far. Trackpad stopped behaving normally and could not get menu, could move mouse though. Got it back (RH lower edge of TP eventually worked for menu) and rebooted. OK for about 10 mins then back to misbehaving. I reverted to Mojave 10.14.3 (non-beta) and all is well. Incidentally this iPad 2 lags badly on text input. Frequently have to go back and put spaces between words.

 

[netdoc66]

10.14.3 (18D109) seems to have fixed my video freezing issues in my 2013 Mac Pro. I mean how can browser based streaming videos be freezing when I have 64gb of ram? Right?

 

[fisherking]

10.14.3 (18D109) seems to have fixed my video freezing issues in my 2013 Mac Pro. I mean how can browser based streaming videos be freezing when I have 64gb of ram? Right?

because, obviously, whatever issue you were having was not ram-based...

 

[slowanimal]

Noticing that after the update to 10.14.3 (and watchOS 5.1.3), I can no longer unlock my iMac with my watch...

Does anybody at Apple test this crap? True, it's not the end of the world, but remember, it's the little foxes that spoil the vine.

Same thing is happening to me right now. I also have an issue where the green indicator light remains on after I end facetime...pretty bizarre.

 

[SkipperRi]

On version 10.14.4 Target Display mode from iMacPro to iMac 27" (late 2013) doesn't work anymore. After pressing CMD+F2 iMac 27" just goes to blank screen...

 

[Toonartist]

Anyone using FCP X 10.4.5 with Mojave 10.14.3 may experience significant problems rendering footage with 3rd party plugins... such as Color Finale. Seems to be an issue with GPU rendering of all 3rd party plugins. Color Finale have reported it to apple (as well as others no doubt).

I'd be interested to hear if anyone uses these plugins etc with a new MacBook Pro etc with the latest 10.14.4 Beta 4.

Link below documenting problem at Apple.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250156700?page=2

I'm using a Macbook Pro 2018, 13 inch i7 2.7ghz and FCP X just grinds the whole laptop to halt if you use Color finale.

 

[Blue Hawk]

I have scrolling problems on my MacBook Pro 2018 with Safari. When I'm waiting 10 seconds or more and I'm trying to scroll with the trackpad at first nothing happens. And always, when I'm going back one page Safari freezes for a moment.

 

[meerkat1990]

Mojave is definitely less stable than my prior 10.13.6 I think. I come back to see it's rebooted almost once a day...

I waited until 10.14.3 in hopes it would be stable by now. I guess not.