macOS has been riddled with bugs lately - but the new macOS 14.4.1 update has just fixed the most notorious one

Date:
Tue, 26 Mar 2024 13:01:39 +0000

Description:
The new macOS update finally deals with the bugs riddling the operating
system - starting with the USB hub problem.

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The last few weeks have been plagued with bugs and oddities for users who updated their Mac devices to macOS Sonoma 14.4, including a particularly thorny issue that functionally broke a lot of users' USB hubs . A new update, macOS 14.4.1, has just been released to address the most notorious issues -
so youll want to update your system as soon as possible.

According to TweakTown , the update was released yesterday to the public and will resolve an issue that affected USB hubs connected to the monitors people were using with their Macs. Discussions on Reddit threads and Apples support forums indicated that while the problem might not have been incredibly widespread, it was still affecting a decent number of people.



While Apple hasnt released any formal statements about the issues, its good
to see Apple swoop in and provide a quick, no-frills solution for the issue. The new update doesnt offer any new features besides the bug fixes, so if youre worried about possibly catching another macOS bug from it you can
assume theres likely nothing else to go wrong with such a targeted fix.
Call the exterminator!

Sonoma 14.4 hasnt just been plaguing users' USB hubs, its been taking down printers as well . While the printer issue hasnt been reported as widely as the USB breakdown, its still another unwelcome bug that arrived courtesy of the update.

The update has also been reported to be deleting previously saved versions of files in users iCloud Drives , effectively deleting peoples backups if they moved files out of iCloud. Normally, when you save your files in iCloud Drive all the edited versions of your file are saved for future reference, but thanks to yet another bug in Sonoma 14.4 these previous versions could be erased - which might mean all your work is gone.

Hopefully, another upcoming update will address these issues alongside the
USB hub bug, but well have to wait and see if that is the case. Theres no indication so far that the new update deals with all the currently reported issues - but youre better off updating your system just in case. You might also like... Apple MacBook Air 13-inch (M3) review: the best just got better Apple is finally going to allow iOS app web downloads in the EU The end of Hackintosh how Apple is sounding the death knell for a once-thriving online community



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Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/computing/mac-os/macos-has-been-riddled-with-bugs-la tely-but-the-new-macos-1441-update-has-just-fixed-the-most-notorious-one


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