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Apple Releases macOS Catalina 10.15.5 With Battery Health Management Feature, Other Improvements [Download]

Apple Releases macOS Catalina 10.15.5 With Battery Health Management Feature, Other Improvements [Download]

Posted May 26, 2020 at 9:49pm by iClarified
Apple has released macOS Catalina 10.15.5 which brings new features including battery health management, FaceTime prominence control, and more.

macOS Catalina 10.15.5 introduces battery health management in the Energy Saver settings for notebooks, an option to control automatic prominence of video tiles on Group FaceTime calls, and controls to fine-tune the built-in calibration of your Pro Display XDR. The update also improves the stability, reliability, and security of your Mac.

Battery Health Management
• Battery health management to help maximize battery lifespan for Mac notebooks
• Energy Saver preference pane now displays battery condition and recommends if the battery needs to be serviced
• Option to disable battery health management
For more information, please visit https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211094


FaceTime Prominence Preference
• Option to control automatic prominence on Group FaceTime calls so video tiles do not change size when a participant speaks

Calibration Fine-Tuning for Pro Display XDR
• Controls to fine-tune the built-in calibration of your Pro Display XDR by adjusting the white point and luminance for a precise match to your own display calibration target

This update also includes bug fixes and other improvements.
• Fixes an issue that may prevent Reminders from sending notifications for recurring reminders
• Addresses an issue that may prevent password entry on the login screen
• Fixes an issue where System Preferences would continue to show a notification badge even after installing an update
• Resolves an issue where the built-in camera may not be detected when trying to use it after using a video conferencing app
• Addresses an issue for Mac computers with the Apple T2 Security Chip where internal speakers may not appear as a sound output device in Sound preferences
• Fixes a stability issue with uploading and downloading media files from iCloud Photo Library while your Mac is asleep
• Resolves a stability issue when transferring large amounts of data to RAID volumes
• Fixes an issue where the Reduce Motion Accessibility preference did not reduce the speed of animations in a FaceTime group call

Some features may not be available for all regions, or on all Apple devices.
For more detailed information about this update, please visit: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210642
        
For detailed information about the security content of this update, please visit: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201222


You can download the macOS Catalina 10.15.5 from the Mac App Store or update via Software Update in System Preferences.

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Apple Releases macOS Catalina 10.15.5 With Battery Health Management Feature, Other Improvements [Download]
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cyberdoc - May 27, 2020 at 9:37pm
Still no fix for the mail sorting bug in Mail that takes subfolders and sorts them randomly.
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