What’s New in the macOS Catalina 10.15.1 Update (19B88)?

macOS Catalina 10.15.1 Update (19B88) is now Available.

10.15.1 is Catalina’s first Update was just released and it’s now available for download. Let’s take a quick look at the Catalina 10.15.1 Update (19B88) and see what’s new.

First thing to note is the SIZE of the update! The Point Update clocks in at 4.49gb!!! That’s over 50% the size of the main installer app! (The full installer is 8.63gb).

This update may be the largest OS point release ever released by Apple.

Speaking of size, hopefully your Mac has enough space!

When you have an update that is almost 5gb in size, you also have to take in to account how much extra free space you will need. For this update you may need up to 20gb of free space to even install the update.

If you have the update set in a Jamf Pro Policy you may get en error in the policy log like this.

The full installer app was also updated and is 8.6GB in size.

10.15.1 Patch Notes Summary

• 7 New Features
• 8 Resolved Issues
• 29 Security Fixes

Apple’s Public Patch Notes / Release Notes Documentation

developer.apple.com/documentation/macos_release_notes

developer.apple.com/documentation/macos_release_notes/macos_catalina_10_15_1_release_notes

Previous 10.15 Releases + Previous Patch Notes

• 10.15.1 = (19B88) October 29th 2019 = Current Release
• 10.15.0 = (19A603) October 21st 2019
• 10.15.0 = (19A602) October 15th 2019
• 10.15.0 = (19A583) October 7th 2019

Download Links

10.15.1 Delta Update – https://support.apple.com/kb/DL2022

1. 10.15.1 T2 BridgeOS Update

T2 BridgeOS was updated in 10.15.1.

BridgeOS 10.15.1 Update = 17.16.11081.0.0

2. 10.15.1 Update Security Content

support.apple.com/en-us/HT210722

• 29 Security Content Related Fixes

3. 10.15.1 Update Overview

The macOS Catalina 10.15.1 update includes updated and additional emoji, support for AirPods Pro, HomeKit Secure Video, HomeKit enabled routers, and new Siri privacy settings, as well as bug fixes and improvements.

New Features

Emoji

• Over 70 new or updated emoji, including animals, food, activities, new accessibility emoji, gender neutral emoji, and skin tones selection for couple emoji

AirPods

• Introduces support for AirPods Pro

Home app

• HomeKit Secure Video enables you to privately capture, store, and view encrypted video from your security cameras and features people, animal, and vehicle detection
• HomeKit enabled routers let you control how your HomeKit accessories communicate over the internet or in your home
• Adds support for AirPlay 2-enabled speakers in scenes and automations

Siri

• Privacy settings to control whether or not to help improve Siri and Dictation by allowing Apple to store audio of your Siri and Dictation interactions
• Option to delete your Siri and Dictation history from Siri Settings

New Resolved Issues

This update also includes the following bug fixes and improvements:

• Restores the ability to view file names in the All Photos view in Photos
• Restores the ability to filter by favorites, photos, videos, edited, and keywords in Days view in Photos
• Fixes an issue where Messages would only send a single notification when the option to repeat alerts was enabled
• Resolves an issue that caused Contacts to launch to the previously opened contact instead of the contact list
• Adds a two-finger swipe gesture for back navigation in Apple News
• Resolves issues that may occur in the Music app when displaying playlists inside folders and newly added songs in the Songs list
• Improves reliability of migrating iTunes library databases into the Music, Podcasts, and TV apps
• Fixes an issue where downloaded titles were not visible in the Downloads folder in the TV app

macOS Catalina 10.15.1 (19B88)

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