OS X 10.13.5

[bayswater]

It came out yesterday or today. I have installed it on a few Macs. The install went well, and DP 9.5.2 appears to be OK with it.

This update has resolved a problem I had where Macs would start when powered on, but would not restart (they froze late in the restart process).

It has not resolved OS X's networking problems that I've has since the first release of Sierra. If anything it's worse. The Finder has no ability to recall the existence of servers. I have to show it where Time Capsule is every time I access files on it, even if it was just used a few seconds ago. But Time Machine has no problems finding it and completing backups. Devices other than those on the Mac itself no longer appear in the Finder sidebar, and have to be logged into every time they are used. Keychain cannot remember the passwords for them. But on the one Mac running 10.6.8, all devices on the LAN appear all the time in the Finder sidebar.

Seems Apple has moved on and no longer cares about this stuff and put all the eggs into iCloud. If Airdrop worked reliably, I guess that would be an alternative. On a Apple community thread on this, someone noted that if Airport utility is put into the list of apps that start up at login, it will force the Finder to locate and keep track of TC servers.

[cuttime]

Anyone notice the date on the Combo page? Surely that's a typo:

https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1965?locale=en_US

[mikehalloran]

It came out yesterday or today. I have installed it on a few Macs. The install went well, and DP 9.5.2 appears to be OK with it.

This update has resolved a problem I had where Macs would start when powered on, but would not restart (they froze late in the restart process).

It has not resolved OS X's networking problems that I've has since the first release of Sierra. If anything it's worse. The Finder has no ability to recall the existence of servers. I have to show it where Time Capsule is every time I access files on it, even if it was just used a few seconds ago. But Time Machine has no problems finding it and completing backups. Devices other than those on the Mac itself no longer appear in the Finder sidebar, and have to be logged into every time they are used. Keychain cannot remember the passwords for them. But on the one Mac running 10.6.8, all devices on the LAN appear all the time in the Finder sidebar.

Seems Apple has moved on and no longer cares about this stuff and put all the eggs into iCloud. If Airdrop worked reliably, I guess that would be an alternative. On a Apple community thread on this, someone noted that if Airport utility is put into the list of apps that start up at login, it will force the Finder to locate and keep track of TC servers.

Interesting. I noticed none of that during the beta. All of my TM drives show up in my side bar in 10.13.3 and 10.13.5 beta.

Some of your issues may be in Preferences. I won’t be able to look at anything this week till I get back from Austin where my daughter is premiering a new work.

You’re still using Little Snitch, right? You may have to see if they have recent recommendations regarding which ports need to be left open and which can be safely blocked. Also, make sure you have the latest build. There were issues with it and High Sierra.

[bayswater]

Mike,

Yes, still using Little Snitch, latest update. I'll have a look to see if they suggest anything.