12 days ago Apple released macOS Sonoma 14.4. Although it fixed various security vulnerabilities, it was not the best update. Users on internet forums and blogs social networks They reported various problems affecting daily work. Thanks to MacRumors, here we will give you a compilation of the most common macOS Sonoma 14.4 problems. If you’ve already updated this, you’re interested.

Loss of connection with USB hubs

Many USB hubs and monitors have connection issues. This means that common peripherals like keyboards, mice, monitors, and SD cards, external drives, etc. This causes removable devices such as not to be detected. You may need to change your macOS settings to fix this issue. Go to Security, System Settings, then Privacy and Security.. Under “Allow accessories to connect”, change the setting to: “Ask for new accessories or anytime”.

macOS Sonoma 14.4 appears to have an issue with external monitors

Users working with Java will experience unexpected shutdowns

macOS 14.4 terminates Java processes unexpectedly, according to Oracle. The issue affects all Java versions from Java 8 to the latest versions available via JDK 22. There is no stable configuration solution in this case. The only option is to restore a backup from before the update.

If you have a printer, there are also problems with its drivers.

In fact, macOS 14.4 is an update that contains many serious bugs that affect even those who have a printer at home or office. This update removes or corrupts printer-related drivers. The problem is direct Central software for network printing.

Apple officially released macOS Sonoma 14.4

Users suggest giving full disk access to some processes in the Privacy and Security section of System Settings. In this situation, Full access will be to the application in that particular print operation..

Beware of saved versions of iCloud Drive

If you enabled the option You should pay close attention to the saved versions of a file in the “Optimize Mac Storage” optionespecially if you delete it from local iCloud Drive storage. New versions are created when you save files using apps that use the versioning system in macOS.

For now, it’s better not to save any files to iCloud Drive or, failing that, disable the storage optimization option..

macOS Sonoma on different types of Macs

If you haven’t updated you are safe to some extent

One of Cupertino’s most controversial updates. Several previous versions of macOS Sonoma were released urgently to fix security vulnerabilities. In this situation, There has been no official response from Apple so far.

We hope that they will react soon and in the next and urgent update they will be able to fix all these bugs, as well as not forgetting the vulnerabilities supported by version 14.4.