But if you want to be extra safe, hold off on downloading the lastest macOS update until Apple addresses it in a future patch - one that hopefully won't contain its own set of problems.It’s important to regularly check for and install software updates on your Mac. Therefore, you probably won't run into the same headaches. It's important to note that these testimonials account for a small portion of the Mac owners who downloaded the supplemental update, which suggests there are no widespread problems. Repeated shut downs did nothing,' an Apple forum member wrote.

I got a thick white circle with a thick white line through it in the middle of the screen, the same size as the apple usually is. Since the screen only showed a white apple on the screen for the whole time I shut it down and restarted it.

'The 8 April 2020 Supplemental Update for Catalina 10.15.4 brought the system down for a few hours. Same problem.'Īpple's own forum (opens in new tab) is filled with complaints about how the supplemental update is ruining MacBooks. One report says the 2018 13-inch MacBook was bricked while another claims the new 16-inch MacBook Pro was ruined by the update. 'No more downloading, no more progressing to verifying or installing. It shows up on both my machines - a 2013 iMac 27' and a 2018 13' touchbar MBPro and when I try to download and install, it 'downloads' the entire thing, but the progress bar get stuck at 100% and then never proceeds further,' the Apple Insider forum member wrote. 'I am facing issues downloading and installing this update. Another user couldn't get the update to install completely (although that might not be a bad thing in the end).

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