Update March 25 : Apple releasesmacOS Sonoma 14.4.1with fix for several major bugs , include the ones remark here .
Apple released themacOS Sonoma 14.4 updatetwo weeks ago , and while you might be enjoying its new emojis , you might also be suffer through some major issue embarrass your ability to use your Mac properly . In a rarefied string of misadventure affecting a point in time update , several exploiter have reported serious bugs that have cropped up since installing macOS 14.4 .
No less than three major bug have thwarted user over the past two hebdomad , include ( in the order of the most users possibly affected ):
macOS 14.4: USB devices stop working
Several users through dissimilar venue have reported that their USB equipment stop make after macOS 14.4 is establish . Some users fixed the job by going to System options > Privacy & Security > leave accessories to connect , and then set up it toAlways . You may have to swop it toAlwaysand then switch over it toAsk every clock time . Before do these stone’s throw , you may have to unplug all USB equipment , and then after adjusting the setting , the Mac needs to restart . After that , unite the machine , which should trip a check prompting and the twist may sour again . Learn more about the macOS 14.4 USB bug .
macOS 14.4: iCloud Drive not saving file versions
This hemipteron involves using an app that allows user to regress to previous versions of a file and your file cabinet is saved to iCloud Drive . If iCloud Drive is set to Optimize Mac Storage and you use the Remove Download function , the late variation of the file disappear . If you already have 14.4 set up , you could stave off this bug by change state off optimize Mac Storage ( System configurations > your Apple ID > iCloud.)Learn more about the macOS 14.4 iCloud Drive bug .
macOS 14.4: Unexpected Java termination
Oracle report that Java processes in macOS 14.4 will sack unexpectedly , so anyone using Java should avoid 14.4 . The payoff seems to be isolated to Apple Si Macs , where the wrong signal is being sent after a just - in - sentence compile and execute cycle accesses protect memory area . “ before - of - Time amass applications make with GraalVM Native Image should not be affected , but your power to build Modern images may be , ” according to theJava web log . Learn more about the macOS 14.4 Java bug .
macOS 14.4: What to do?
While Apple issuediOS 17.4.1on Thursday , the society has yet to respond with a macOS 14.4 update . Nor has it issued any advice on how to treat the bugs or deplume the update , which alsoincludes some 60 certificate patches . Still , if you have n’t installed macOS 14.4 yet , you might consider waiting until Apple releases the next update , likely 14.4.1 . Somewhat uncharacteristically , Apple has n’t yet released a beta for macOS 14.5 , so it ’s probably a month or more out from release .
If you have installed macOS 14.4 , theonly way to revertto macOS Sonoma 14.3.1 is to erase all data from your Mac ( System , configurations > universal > Transfer or Reset > Erase All Contents and configurations , and repair your Mac from an sure-enough backup made while running the premature interpretation .
