What’s New in the macOS Catalina 10.15.2 Update (19C57)?

macOS Catalina 10.15.2 (19C57) is now Available.

10.15.2 is Catalina’s second update and was released about a month after the 10.15.1 Supplemental Update for the new 16″ MBPro. The combo update is now available for download as a full installer.app, delta and combo update. Let’s take a quick look at the Catalina 10.15.2 Update (19C57) and see what’s new.

10.15.2 Patch Notes Summary

• 5 New Features
• 12 Resolved Issues
• 13 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_2_release_notes

Previous 10.15 Releases + Previous Patch Notes

• 10.15.2 = (19C57) December 10th 2019 = Current Release
• 10.15.1 = (19B2106) November 13th 2019
• 10.15.1 = (19B88) October 29th 2019
• 10.15.0 = (19A603) October 21st 2019
• 10.15.0 = (19A602) October 15th 2019
• 10.15.0 = (19A583) October 7th 2019

Catalina 10.15.2 Info & Download Links

Delta Update

Link – https://support.apple.com/kb/DL2025

Size = 3.02gb

Product ID = 061-44066

Requirements = 10.15.1

Combo Update

Link – https://support.apple.com/kb/DL2027

Hat Tip to Ian for sending over this updated link!

Size = 4.55gb

Product ID = 061-4066

Requirements = 10.15.0 or 10.15.1

Full Installer.app

Link – Catalina 10.15.2 Mac App Store

Size = 8.68gb

Product ID = 061-10700

Requirements – 10.15 Catalina Requirements

T2 BridgeOS Update

T2 BridgeOS was updated along with the 10.15.2 update.

BridgeOS Update = 17.16.12551

Security Content for 10.15.2

support.apple.com/en-us/HT210788

• 13 Security Content Related Fixes

New Application Version Changes

Howard Oakley took a deep dive into the update to find that multiple applications got a version update.

eclecticlight.co/2019/12/11/what-has-changed-in-catalina-10-15-2/

Catalina 10.15.2 Update (19C57) Overview

The macOS Catalina 10.15.2 update improves the stability, reliability and performance of your Mac and is recommended for all users.

New Features

Apple News
• New layout for Apple News+ stories from The Wall Street Journal and other leading newspapers

Stocks
• Get links to related stories or more stories from the same publication at the end of an article
• “Breaking” and “Developing” labels for Top Stories
• Stories from Apple News are now available in Canada in English and French

New Resolved Issues

Music
• Restores the column browser view for managing the music library
• Resolves an issue that may prevent album artwork from appearing
• Fixes an issue that may reset music equalizer settings during playback

iTunes Remote
• Adds support for using an iPhone or iPad to remotely control the Music and TV apps on a Mac

Photos
• Resolves an issue that may cause some .AVI and .MP4 files to appear as unsupported
• Fixes an issue that prevents newly created folders from appearing in Albums view
• Addresses an issue where manually sorted images in an album may be printed or exported out of order
• An issue that prevents the zoom-to-crop tool from working in a print preview

Mail
• Addresses an issue that may cause Mail Preferences to open with a blank window
• Resolves an issue that may prevent using undo from retrieving deleted mail

Other
• Improves the reliability of syncing books and audiobooks to your iPad or iPhone through Finder
• This Fixes an issue where reminders may be out of order in the Today smart list in the Reminders app
• Resolves an issue that may cause slow typing performance in the Notes app

macOS Catalina 10.15.2 (19C57)