For those who’ve not too long ago upgraded your Mac to the freshly launched macOS 15, you might need run into points whereas making an attempt to make use of USB units.
If that’s the case, apparently you’re not alone – different Mac customers are dealing with the identical sorts of issues when connecting USB units.
Apple Insider notes that numerous customers are experiencing drive connectivity points, and when plugging in USB sticks or chargers into the Mac’s ports, the system isn’t detecting these units immediately. Generally they’re taking a substantial time to attach, and typically macOS 15 isn’t discovering them in any respect, worryingly.
As you could recall, macOS Sequoia was launched earlier this month, on September 16, and naturally it’s not a shock that when a serious launch of an working system comes alongside, there are teething issues. This seems to be one among them, at the least going by a number of reviews on the likes of Reddit and Apple’s help discussion board, and there are different points apart from as highlighted in our roundup of frequent issues with macOS 15.
The place issues stand and what you are able to do subsequent
Apple Insider additional observes that the USB-related bug is going on on totally different Mac fashions, together with the MacBook Air and iMac, and on units geared up with totally different processors, together with M1, M2, and M3 Apple chips.
That stated, the tech website additionally notes that it wasn’t capable of reproduce the issue on any of its units, and that the malfunctioning USB problem doesn’t look to be that widespread – although definitely a few of these upgrading to macOS 15 are affected, going by the talked about reviews.
To date, Apple hasn’t made any touch upon the matter, and we’re nonetheless ready to see if the corporate will reply to those reviews.
For those who’ve been affected by misbehaving USB units with macOS Sequoia, your finest guess is to succeed in out to Apple help, describe what you’re experiencing, and, hopefully, Apple will acknowledge you, and possibly even put together a repair in a future macOS 15 replace.
The extra reviews (particularly with proof like screenshots) that Apple receives a few particular downside, the extra possible it’s to reply and deploy a repair.