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Questions tagged [macos-catalina]

Use for questions referring specifically to macOS 10.15, Catalina. Non-version-specific questions related to macOS should be tagged with [macos]. Questions about Mac hardware should be tagged with [mac]. Questions about running macOS on non-Apple hardware ("hackintoshing") are generally considered off-topic.

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Why won't Catalina allow app to find hard drive

I have an app that runs on Catalina, and that app requires a flash drive to license and authenticate the program. The flash drive works fine for all other Mac (and Windows) OS, but fails for Mac OS 10....
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How to find firmlinks

macOS Catalina introduces "firmlinks" to the APFS filesystem. Is there a way via a CLI tool to determine whether /Users is a firmlink and where it is firmlinking to? I'm looking for something similar ...
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zsh returns bad interpreter after Catalina upgrade

I am getting an error message after upgrading to macOS Catalina. zsh: /usr/local/bin/colorls: bad interpreter: /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.3/usr/bin/ruby: no such file or ...
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Issue with mac'os Catalina and parallels

I'm running Parallels VM version 13.3.0 on my mac and ever since I upgraded my mac'os to Catalina, Windows 10 is running very slow on the VM (It just looks very laggy). My mac is running normally good,...
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Symlink to Volume

On macOS Catalina, I would like to create a symbolic link to my data partition using: sudo ln -s /Volumes/data /data However, I get the following error: ln: /data: Read-only file system (Whereas /...
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Just upgraded to macOS Catalina, how do I fix my Firefox Nightly appearance (red background, blurry text)?

I just upgraded my MacBook Pro to macOS Catalina, and everything seems to be working fine except for my Firefox Nightly, Version: 71.0a1 (2019-10-08) (64-bit). It now looks like this: How do I fix ...
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How to delete system apps in macOS Catalina?

It looks like changes Apple has made in macOS Catalina make it harder to delete system apps. I upgraded my work computer to Catalina today (standard Mac mini), and with it came some new (and some old)...
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Charles 4.2.8 cannot configure your proxy settings while it is on a read-only volume Mac OS Catalina

On macOS Catalina, i am getting the following issue while running Charles 4.2.8. Charles cannot configure your proxy settings while it is on a read-only volume. Perhaps you are running Charles from ...
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Recover screen time passcode or disable screen time sharing on Mac OS Catalina and iOS 13

I have a bit of a problem with screen time on my MacBook. I have used screen time on my iPhone for quite a while now, and I mainly use it to limit the usage of my own device. I set up downtime to ...
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MacOS Catalina cannot find /usr/include file

As I have upgraded my system to Catalina, I am not able to install /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/macOS_SDK_headers_for_macOS_10.14.pkg for the use of header files. Is there any way to install ...
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Huawei Share not working with macOS Catalina

I recently upgraded my macOS from Mojave to Catalina Beta. Before upgrading the OS, I was able to access my Huawei Mate 20 Pro files through Huawei Share. I had sent a User ID and Password for Huawei ...
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PHP 7.3.8. ZIP extension on MacOS Catalina 10.15

I’m trying to use the builtin PHP in MacOS Catalina 10.15 by compiling the ZIP extension by myself. In the new MacOS Catalina, the phpize tool is no longer usable since inside it contains an invalid ...
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System Permissions macOS 10.15 Catalina

As Apple locked user access further with 10.15 Catalina, after 20 years using Apple systems I held off on updating as my work requires access beyond what Privacy settings allows in System Preferences. ...
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macOS Catalina automount (net drives) broken

I'm currently running a beta of Catalina on a macbook. Which by the way if you intend to try, save yourself lots of pain and wait for official release, it's as buggy as can be. Security and permission ...
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macOS Catalina Beta 10.15 - Relocated Items after Update

I just updated my MacBook Pro with the new macOS Catalina Beta 10.15. Everything works fine but now I have a 'Relocated Items' dir on my Desktop. I run a tree command and this is the content of the ...
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