Apple today released a new supplemental update for macOS Catalina, nearly one week after releasing the first supplemental update and two weeks after the launch of macOS Catalina.

The update can be downloaded through the Software Update section of the System Preferences app, but it may be limited to those who didn't download the first supplemental update as it appears to be a minor incremental change that offers the same release notes as the first version.

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The ‌macOS Catalina‌ Supplemental Update includes installation and reliability improvements, and is recommended for all users.

This update:
- Improves installation reliability of ‌macOS Catalina‌ on Macs with low disk space
- Fixes an issue that prevented Setup Assistant from completing during some installations
- Resolves an issue that prevents accepting iCloud Terms and Conditions when multiple ‌iCloud‌ accounts are logged in
- Improves the reliability of saving Game Center data when playing Apple Arcade games offline

Apple is also working on a macOS Catalina 10.15.1 update, which is available to developers at the current time.

Related Forum: macOS Catalina

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Xenc Avatar
78 months ago
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Score: 39 Votes (Like | Disagree)
konqerror Avatar
78 months ago

i dont really understand all the griping about updates this season between iOS and catalina. they're not the most solid of releases, but i'd prefer apple to be on more frequent updating schedules.
Your interpretation: Apple is fixing bugs rapidly
Other people's interpretation: Apple has an unacceptable number of bugs that need rapid fixes
Score: 22 Votes (Like | Disagree)
urbanmacUser Avatar
78 months ago
This is worse than iOS updates
Score: 17 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Eorlas Avatar
78 months ago

This is worse than iOS updates
i dont really understand all the griping about updates this season between iOS and catalina. they're not the most solid of releases, but i'd prefer apple to be on more frequent updating schedules.

they tend to just release the occasional major .x update, but otherwise nothing important happens except for once a year. so especially in the case of iOS, the software gets incredibly stale with the lack of progress, which mostly only takes place with jailbreak tweaks.
Score: 16 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Joniz Avatar
78 months ago
i dont really understand all the griping about updates this season between iOS and catalina. they're not the most solid of releases, but i'd prefer apple to be on more frequent updating schedules.
Personally, I’d prefer they release fewer, rock-solid releases.
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Chris The Bipolarbear Avatar
78 months ago
Anyone who is having difficulties updating and Needs to download full installer?
Open terminal and run this script.
softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer
Leave terminal open whilst it downloads. It downloads to your applications Folder. To check you have correct installer right click get info New installer was created 17th October and is version 15.0.34. see screen shot correct installer is shown on left.

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Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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