MacOS 10.15.6

macOS 10.15.6 is an update to macOS 10.15 (Catalina) that was released on July 15, 2020 by Apple Inc.

New features
This update adds the following features:

Apple News:
 * Local news in your Today feed provides extensive coverage of San Francisco, the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Houston, and New York City.
 * More stories available from local news providers with a subscription to Apple News+.
 * Your daily newsletter from Apple News can now be personalized with stories that reflect your interests.

Bug fixes and improvements

 * Adds a new option to optimize video streaming on HDR-compatible Mac notebooks for improved battery life.
 * Fixes an issue where the computer name may change after installing a software update.
 * Resolves an issue where certain USB mouse and trackpads may lose connection.

Enterprise content

 * When using the built-in keyboard with a non-U.S. keyboard layout on some Mac models, passwords with certain characters are no longer rejected at the Mac login window.
 * Allows command-line tools that don't use CFNetwork, such as, to continue connecting to TLS servers that use certificates issued by the recently expired AddTrust External CA Root.
 * Major new releases of macOS can be hidden when using the  command with the   flag, if the Mac is enrolled in Apple School Manager, Apple Business Manager, or a user-approved MDM. (This change also affects macOS Mojave and macOS High Sierra after installing Security Update 2020-004.)
 * Some features may not be available for all regions, or on all Apple devices.

Articles

 * Apple releases iOS 13.6, iPadOS 13.6, macOS 10.15.6, tvOS 13.4.8, watchOS 6.2.8 by Mike Peterson at AppleInsider (2020-07-15)