MacOS Catalina

last updated 8/18/2021 -- use http://go.middlebury.edu/catalina to visit again, easily

macOS Catalina (10.15) was released to the public October 7, 2019. Most commonly-used applications currently fully support Catalina.

For upgrade from 10.13 or earlier, please see http://go.middlebury.edu/mojave as well for noteworthy changes introduced before Catalina.

macOS Monterey (12.0) is now the current operating system.  See http://go.middlebury.edu/macOS for more information.

Current Known Issues & Areas of Concern

1. 32-bit applications are no longer be supported as of Catalina.  Launching these applications has resulted in a warning message within High Sierra and Mojave.  (Most common applications in use at Middlebury have been 64-bit for years.)
   1. MathType 7 - FAQ (MathType 8 is planned as a 64-bit app)
   2. Audacity - 2.3.3 and older not supported
2. KaleidaGraph is currently still a 32-bit application and will not run under Mac OS 10.15. A 64-bit version is under development, although it will not be released before Catalina and we do not have a release date at this time.  KaleidaGraph will still run under Mojave (10.14) and earlier versions of the OS.
3. Pro Tools is now 64-bit, but some functionality is still limited.  See here for more info.

Resolved Issues:

1. Spartan:
   Update to version Spartan’18 v. 1.4.4 Before upgrading to Catalina.
2. Adobe Creative Cloud 2020 is compatible.  
3. Sophos pre-approved for access to file system.
4. Terminal: default shell is now "zsh", but "bash" is still available.
5. SPSS 27 supports Catalina.  (See this article for more detail)