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Apple Releases Second macOS Sierra 10.12.2 Beta for Public Beta Testers

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Apple today seeded the second beta of an upcoming macOS Sierra 10.12.2 update to public beta testers, approximately one week after releasing the first public beta of 10.12.2 and one day after seeding the second beta to developers. It's also been more than two weeks since Apple released macOS Sierra 10.12.1 to the public.

Beta testers who have signed up for Apple's beta testing program will receive the macOS Sierra beta through the Software Update mechanism in the Mac App Store.

Those who want to be a part of Apple's beta testing program can sign up to participate through the beta testing website, which gives users access to both iOS and macOS Sierra betas. Betas should not be installed on a primary machine due to the potential for instability.

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In addition to bug fixes and under-the-hood performance improvements, macOS Sierra 10.12.2 introduces support for dozens of new emoji, ranging from those introduced in Unicode 9 to several professions in both male and female genders.

Some new emoji include fox face, clown face, selfie, face palm, crossed fingers, owl, shark, eagle, avocado, bacon, croissant, potato, carrot, and more. Apple has also updated the artwork on many existing emoji, adding much more detail.

Article Link: Apple Releases Second macOS Sierra 10.12.2 Beta for Public Beta Testers
 
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Fox face and Clown face? It's a miracle! If only my mac was stable enough to use them.
 
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Is anyone else getting errors in updating apps in iTunes? I keep getting error 8392 when I hit the "update all" button, but I can update each one individually.
 
The best feature of Sierra, APFS (Apple File System) is what I am waiting for.
People here complain about little things like emojis but forget that Sierra is one of the most stable OS releases of OS X history, Apple has done an amazing job to get it usable from the first release.
I am not complaining, just hope the day APFS arrives is sooner than later.
 
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I don't mind that they add emoji, but does it really have to be the only thing? No improvements to Photos, no updated Finder, Mail or Notes, no improved Maps, nothing new in Siri or Spotlight, still no revamp of iTunes, no TV app to stream AppleTV content through a Mac, no native options to use an iPad as external display, no updates to APFS or Swift, no FaceTime group chat or screen sharing, no improvements to iCloud desktop sync, just... emoji?
 
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This version killed my email with my Kerio mail server. Now all mail coming into my Apple mail no longer shows any content in the body. Headers are fine but body is empty. On my laptop which was not updated all is fine. Looks like this update broke mail for Kerio users.
 
Something odd happened, my start page was set to Apple.com, first time ever that happened, these are silly things Apple shouldn't do, it must have been Apple since I never set any page to open in a new tab.
 
sk1wbw said:
Is anyone else getting errors in updating apps in iTunes? I keep getting error 8392 when I hit the "update all" button, but I can update each one individually.
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I've had that since I updated to 10.2 beta 2 and I'm on 10.2.1. So who knows. Maybe it's related.
 
ghostface147 said:
I've had that since I updated to 10.2 beta 2 and I'm on 10.2.1. So who knows. Maybe it's related.
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On the Apple Support forums, it seems to be not a huge problem, but enough people have it and tech support at Apple doesn't even know what it is. I had tech support call me the other day and he didn't even know.
 
mark-vdw said:
I don't mind that they add emoji, but does it really have to be the only thing? No improvements to Photos, no updated Finder, Mail or Notes, no improved Maps, nothing new in Siri or Spotlight, still no revamp of iTunes, no TV app to stream AppleTV content through a Mac, no native options to use an iPad as external display, no updates to APFS or Swift, no FaceTime group chat or screen sharing, no improvements to iCloud desktop sync, just... emoji?
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Do people really think an update of this size and installation requirements is only for emoji's? Pull apart the installer package and see the numerous other files that are modified....

10.12.2 beta fixed by external Mini DisplayPort monitor on a rMBP in clamshell mode not turning on when rebooting.
 
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justperry said:
The best feature of Sierra, APFS (Apple File System) is what I am waiting for.
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just hope the day APFS arrives is sooner than later.
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Sorry to rain on your parade, but all evidence indicates that the APFS you have now is the best you're going to see in Sierra. Apple has stated a release date of late-2017 for the completed article.
I'm disappointed too.
 
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CliftonHighgrov said:
Sorry to rain on your parade, but all evidence indicates that the APFS you have now is the best you're going to see in Sierra. Apple has stated a release date of late-2017 for the completed article.
I'm disappointed too.
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I thought it would be released in the first quarter of 2017, On Apple Developer it says:

"A Developer Preview of Apple File System is available in macOS Sierra. Apple plans to release Apple File System as a bootable file system in 2017."

If you have a link please provide it, cheers.
 
justperry said:
The best feature of Sierra, APFS (Apple File System) is what I am waiting for.
People here complain about little things like emojis but forget that Sierra is one of the most stable OS releases of OS X history, Apple has done an amazing job to get it usable from the first release.
I am not complaining, just hope the day APFS arrives is sooner than later.
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Agreed that Sierra is quite a good release. APFS is not so much a feature of Sierra as an eventual feature of all future Apple operating systems. They've said quite clearly that it won't appear until 2017, and I'm guessing that won't be until WWDC in 2017, so around June (and then only in beta form). Given the seriousness of designing and implementing a new filesystem, which has the potential to literally destroy all of your data in irreversible ways, I hope they take an abundance of time to get it really, really, right, before the first release.
 
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PieTunes said:
Why does it seem like "bug fixes and under the hood performance improvements" are glossed over when it comes to specifics, but the emojis are the ones drilled down?
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Don't you know Emojis are the heart and soul of every Mac user? I become breathless with new Emojis...doesn't everyone?
 
After uploading and installing 10.12.2 I lost use of my Bluetooth on my iMac 2015. There was a thunderbolt through the Bluetooth icon and the menu indicated that Bluetooth was not available. I tried various fixes including the deletion of the Bluetooth prefs in Library Folder and restarting with shift-control-option pressed. No success. I am now reloading 10.12.1 and hoping to regain use of my bluetooth keyboard and mouse. Any thoughts or suggestions? I sent a report to Apple.
 
Dr G said:
After uploading and installing 10.12.2 I lost use of my Bluetooth on my iMac 2015. There was a thunderbolt through the Bluetooth icon and the menu indicated that Bluetooth was not available. I tried various fixes including the deletion of the Bluetooth prefs in Library Folder and restarting with shift-control-option pressed. No success. I am now reloading 10.12.1 and hoping to regain use of my bluetooth keyboard and mouse. Any thoughts or suggestions? I sent a report to Apple.
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I'm having the same problem. I reset NVRAM and it didn't immediately fix.

Bluetooth started working after about 15 minutes.
 
Dr G said:
After uploading and installing 10.12.2 I lost use of my Bluetooth on my iMac 2015. There was a thunderbolt through the Bluetooth icon and the menu indicated that Bluetooth was not available. I tried various fixes including the deletion of the Bluetooth prefs in Library Folder and restarting with shift-control-option pressed. No success. I am now reloading 10.12.1 and hoping to regain use of my bluetooth keyboard and mouse. Any thoughts or suggestions? I sent a report to Apple.
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Same thing happened to me. Had to restart 3 times before it finally started working...
 
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