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Discussion around issues in Catlina MacOS

michael_brado
Esteemed Contributor II
There has been a lot of chaos on Catalina MacOS and its interaction with networks that have deployed Ruckus products for wireless service.  Issues are being seen in current Catalina MacOS that did not appear in earlier releases of MacOS: Mojave, High-Sierra, etc.

TAC managers have asked that we share information with our customers.

It is recommended that Macbook users use 10.15.4 who wish to use Catalina OS or have got an relatively older version of Catalina MacOS: namely 10.15, 10.15.1, 10.15.2 or 10.15.3. Apple has fixed a variety of bugs including but not limited to Wi-Fi, Safari stop responding when attempting to use Apple Pay, HSTS enhancement etc.

Apple has released beta version of 10.15.5 and it will soon be available officially on their website.

Some of the useful URLs on issues encountered with Catalino OS are:

-> https://www.techradar.com/news/macos-catalina-10154-gets-a-stability-update-but-reports-claim-its-br...

-> https://macreports.com/mac-catalina-wi-fi-problems-fix/

-> https://www.switchingtomac.com/tutorials/osx/macbook-pro-constantly-dropping-wireless-connection

-> https://osxdaily.com/2014/04/24/fix-mac-disconnect-wifi-sleep/

 

Please note that Catalina is true 64-bit operating system and Apple has asked all the users to use 64-bit version of those applications. Please read the following URLs for further information:

-> https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/12/20908567/apple-macos-catalina-breaking-apps-32-bit-support-how-t...

 

Quotes on 32-bit applications:

“Apple first announced that it would ultimately wind down support for 32-bit apps more than a year and a half ago, when it began pushing alerts to macOS High Sierra users that 32-bit software was “unsupported.” The apps still worked, but with Catalina’s official unveiling back in June at WWDC, Apple made the eventual discontinuation official. With the launch of Catalina, 32-bit apps no longer function.”
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I am on Big Sur 11.0 developer beta (20A5384c) against Unleashed 200.9 on R750 with no issue.

Did you have issues with Catalina? I'm finding some devices have issues and some don't on Catalina. I don't know with Big Sur yet.

I have another MBP early 2015 running Catalina 10.15.6 Beta (19G60d) and experienced issue with connecting Wi-Fi, recently updated to 10.15.7 and saw the release note from Apple with the first bug fix as "Resolves an issue where macOS would not automatically connect to Wi-Fi networks", see below screenshot.

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After the upgrade, this Catalina MBP on my home Unleashed on R750 is pretty stable as I am running Plex server so if any packet lost would be quite obvious.

Hi Tony, I'm inclined to think that this 10.15.7 fix listed by Apple is to fix a problem introduced in 10.15.6 that is affecting more than just Apple<––>Ruckus connections... as this has appeared in several JAMF forums and was affecting non-Ruckus sites.

That said, this doesn't mean that in fixing that issue Apple haven't also addressed the issue we're all seeing here.

david_lipkin
New Contributor II
I'm sorry to take this conversation sideways but has Ruckus officially ended support for Macs and iOS? Am I allowed to curse in this forum?