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Apple Releases First Public Beta of macOS Ventura 13.5

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Apple today released the first beta of macOS Ventura 13.5 to its public beta testing group, allowing the general public to try out the software ahead of its official launch. The macOS Ventura 13.5 public beta comes a few days after Apple provided the software to developers.

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Public beta testers can download the macOS 13.5 Ventura update from the Software Update section of the System Preferences app after installing the proper profile from Apple's beta software website.

There is no word as of yet on what's included in macOS Ventura 13.5, and no notable new features were found in the developer beta.

We're expecting to see Apple unveil macOS 14 in just two weeks at WWDC, and macOS 13.5 should be one of the last updates to Ventura that will tide users over until the public release of macOS 14 later this year.

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MacOS 13.5 beta 1 (22G5027e)
  • Safari Version 16.6 (18615.3.3.11.1)
  • System Firmware Version: 8422.140.18.0.2 (M1 based Macs)
  • Darwin Kernel Version 22.6.0: Mon May 8 23:10:14 PDT 2023; root:xnu-8796.140.12.505.1~5/RELEASE_ARM64_T8103 arm64
MacOS 13.4 RC3 (22F66)
  • Safari Version 16.5 (18615.2.9.11.4)
  • System Firmware Version: 8422.121.1 (M1 based Macs)
  • Darwin Kernel Version 22.5.0: Mon Apr 24 20:53:44 PDT 2023; root:xnu-8796.121.2~5/RELEASE_ARM64_T8103 arm64

Released to Devs May 19th, PB testers May 22nd.
  • iOS 16.6 beta (20G5026e) - May 19, 2023
  • iPadOS 16.6 beta (20G5026e) - May 19, 2023
  • macOS 13.5 beta (22G5027e) - May 19, 2023
  • watchOS 9.6 beta (20U5527c). - May 19, 2023
  • tvOS 16.6 beta (20M5527e) - May 19, 2023
 
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I wander if MacOS 14 will be Apple Silicon only.

If you seriously think about it. They need something to get people to buy more Apple Silicon Macs.

Down 40 percent. being blown away in sales by the iPhone.

And I bet Apple encourages Mac Software developers to stop all software updates for Intel Macs and only offer Apple Silicon updates after a certain date. To force everyone into an Apple Silicon Upgrade Cycle.

Otherwise I see more quarters of down 40 percent on Mac Sales.

I dont think everyone is waiting for the M3 Chip vs the M2. There is more to the 40 percent drop in Mac Sales.
 
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Darren.h said:
I wander if MacOS 14 will be Apple Silicon only.

If you seriously think about it. They need something to get people to buy more Apple Silicon Macs.

Down 40 percent. being blown away in sales by the iPhone.

And I bet Apple encourages Mac Software developers to stop all software updates for Intel Macs and only offer Apple Silicon updates after a certain date. To force everyone into an Apple Silicon Upgrade Cycle.

Otherwise I see more quarters of down 40 percent on Mac Sales.

I dont think everyone is waiting for the M3 Chip vs the M2. There is more to the 40 percent drop in Mac Sales.
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It won't be. Apple is still selling the Mac Pro that is intel based.
 
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Darren.h said:
I wander if MacOS 14 will be Apple Silicon only.

If you seriously think about it. They need something to get people to buy more Apple Silicon Macs.

Down 40 percent. being blown away in sales by the iPhone.

And I bet Apple encourages Mac Software developers to stop all software updates for Intel Macs and only offer Apple Silicon updates after a certain date. To force everyone into an Apple Silicon Upgrade Cycle.

Otherwise I see more quarters of down 40 percent on Mac Sales.

I dont think everyone is waiting for the M3 Chip vs the M2. There is more to the 40 percent drop in Mac Sales.
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I don't think so. As Realityck stated, the Intel-based Mac Pro is still being sold. In addition, the higher-end Intel-based Mac mini from 2018 was only replaced this January by the M2 Pro Mac minis. Even with the announcement of Mac OS X Snow Leopard in June 2009 three years had passed since the last PowerPC Mac had been sold.
 
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Love-hate 🍏 relationship said:
I find it absolutely crazy that there still isn't any news on macOS 14

Compared to google, Samsung (or any manufacturer really) , the secrets are well hidden

Makes me think of apple as a government, a hyper powerful Structure
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Yeah, it's kind of unusual to not have any major leaks, even if most focus goes to iOS.
 
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Darren.h said:
I wander if MacOS 14 will be Apple Silicon only.

If you seriously think about it. They need something to get people to buy more Apple Silicon Macs.

Down 40 percent. being blown away in sales by the iPhone.
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The Intel Mac Mini was only recently discontinued, and the Mac Pro is still on Intel. Support for some older models might be dropped but it's too soon to drop the Intel target altogether.

The sales slump you mention has affected the industry as a whole, not just Apple. It is in part an adjustment to the spike that occurred during the pandemic, with the growth of remote working.
 
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Mac mini power user said:
Yeah, it's kind of unusual to not have any major leaks, even if most focus goes to iOS.
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To me it looks like all the focus is thus on virtualrealityosorealProminimaxultraOS, so not enough room to have any real new "major" things come to macOS or i(Pad)OS.
Maybe update Metal for improved VR performance etc.
 
Love-hate 🍏 relationship said:
I find it absolutely crazy that there still isn't any news on macOS 14

Compared to google, Samsung (or any manufacturer really) , the secrets are well hidden

Makes me think of apple as a government, a hyper powerful Structure
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Differencies between the macos versions are extremely minor these days so media don't care. It's more about getting rid of bugs then bringing some new useful features.
 
I wonder if the au scan in fcp has been fixed…

Apple doesn’t seem to care about video pros and let this bug linger for now about 2 months

Fcp is bricked for me and thousands of users
 
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I wonder what new bugs will come in 13.5. What will break in 13.5 , that is currently working.

But new emojis are important I guess.
 
Darren.h said:
I wander if MacOS 14 will be Apple Silicon only.

If you seriously think about it. They need something to get people to buy more Apple Silicon Macs.

Down 40 percent. being blown away in sales by the iPhone.
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Helps to compare like with like.

Folk who are looking for a phone aren’t going to buy a Mac as an alternative.
 
Search function in Outlook is broken - again.
Saw this bug in earlier versions of 13 beta. It seems to have returned.

NVM - Updated Outlook. That seems to have fixed the bug.
 
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