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Apple Releases macOS Sequoia 15.2 With New Apple Intelligence Features
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Resolved Issues
- Resolved an issue impacting the accuracy of some linear algebra operations (*lartg). These functions have been restored to their 3.9.1 implementation. (139760965) (FB15782411)
ActivityKit
Resolved Issues
- Fixed: Resolved an issue where iPhone and iPad apps on Apple Silicon Macs quit unexpectedly if ActivityKit is linked. (100240357)
Authentication Services
Resolved Issues
- Fixed: iPhone and iPad apps on Apple Silicon Macs might quit unexpectedly if -[ASAuthorizationController performAutoFillAssistedRequests] is invoked. (128153762)
ChatGPT Integration
Resolved Issues
- Fixed: For devices with MDM profiles, users with anonymous restrictions are unable to sign out. (135440023)
- Fixed: Image and Document Q&A requests to ChatGPT via Siri might fail if the query doesn’t specify “photo” or “document”. (138352105)
Kernel
Resolved Issues
- Fixed: Resolved an issue where running Ruby with YJIT enabled causes Mac with M4 chip to kernel panic. (139714575) (FB15774033)
NSWritingToolsCoordinator
Resolved Issues
- Fixed: NSWritingToolsCoordinator ignores the returned attributed string from writingToolsCoordinator(_:replaceRange:inContext
roposedText:reason:animationParameters:completion. (139210266) - Resolved an issue to properly name NSWritingToolsCoordinator-related enums inside an NSWritingToolsCoordinator extension in Swift-style: TextUpdateReason, State, TextReplacementReason, ContextScope, and TextAnimation. (139356801)
Known Issues
- NSWritingToolsCoordinator only supports synchronous NSWritingToolsCoordinator.Delegate interfaces, expecting the completion handler to be invoked without escaping the delegate methods. (136769777)
- The object does not support multiple NSWritingToolsCoordinatorContextelements, and supports only the first element used. Also, it does not support dynamic decorationContainerView. The two optional NSWritingToolsCoordinator.Delegate methods for multiple container support are never called. (137983691)
ScreenCaptureKit
New Features
- ScreenCaptureKit is available for Catalyst applications. Developers must use the macOS 15.2 SDK or later. (104444076) (FB11957714)
- The system picking experience now surfaces additional metadata for user selected content, including details on the display, application, and window. (133085308) (FB14629093)
SwiftUI
New Features
- For macOS apps linked against macOS 15.2 SDK, the onScrollGeometryChange(forf:action modifier can be used with List to post geometry changes for the List-owned scroll view. (118852752)
Resolved Issues
- Fixed: Compiling in the Swift 6 language mode might cause an @Entry error due to “static property defaultValue is not concurrency-safe because non-‘Sendable’ type”. (133885814)
- Resolved an issue to improve performance and CPU usage when scrolling ScrollViews and Lists. (137546908)
- Fixed: Views won’t accept dropped directories if UTType.directory or UTType.fileURL are not in the list of accepted content types for drop. (138158126)
Virtualization
Resolved Issues
- Fixed: Installation of macOS Sequoia 15.2 Beta in VMs is not available. (137528160)
- Fixed: Resolved an issue where macOS VM guest running macOS 13.3.1 or earlier fails to boot on a host Mac with M4 chip. (139615567)
WidgetKit
Resolved Issues
- Fixed: iPhone and iPad apps on Apple Silicon Macs quit unexpectedly if Live Activities API in WidgetKit are linked. (107876557)
macOS Sequoia 15.2
Released December 11, 2024Apple Software Restore
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-54477: Mickey Jin (@patch1t), Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Kandji
AppleGraphicsControl
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: Parsing a maliciously crafted video file may lead to unexpected system termination
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2024-44220: D4m0n
AppleMobileFileIntegrity
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: A malicious app may be able to access private information
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-54526: Mickey Jin (@patch1t), Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e)
AppleMobileFileIntegrity
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-54527: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
AppleMobileFileIntegrity
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: A local attacker may gain access to user's Keychain items
Description: This issue was addressed by enabling hardened runtime.
CVE-2024-54490: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
Audio
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-54529: Dillon Franke working with Google Project Zero
Crash Reporter
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: An app may be able to access sensitive user data
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.
CVE-2024-54513: an anonymous researcher
Crash Reporter
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: An app may be able to access protected user data
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved file handling.
CVE-2024-44300: an anonymous researcher
DiskArbitration
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: An encrypted volume may be accessed by a different user without prompting for the password
Description: An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2024-54466: Michael Cohen
Disk Utility
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: Running a mount command may unexpectedly execute arbitrary code
Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2024-54489: D’Angelo Gonzalez of CrowdStrike
FontParser
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: Processing a maliciously crafted font may result in the disclosure of process memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-54486: Hossein Lotfi (@hosselot) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Foundation
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved file handling.
CVE-2024-44291: Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e)
ImageIO
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may result in disclosure of process memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-54500: Junsung Lee working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
IOMobileFrameBuffer
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: An attacker may be able to cause unexpected system termination or arbitrary code execution in DCP firmware
Description: An out-of-bounds access issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2024-54506: Ye Zhang (@VAR10CK) of Baidu Security
Kernel
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: An attacker may be able to create a read-only memory mapping that can be written to
Description: A race condition was addressed with additional validation.
CVE-2024-54494: sohybbyk
Kernel
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: An app may be able to leak sensitive kernel state
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved locking.
CVE-2024-54510: Joseph Ravichandran (@0xjprx) of MIT CSAIL
Kernel
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2024-44245: an anonymous researcher
Kernel
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: An app may be able to bypass kASLR
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2024-54531: Hyerean Jang, Taehun Kim, and Youngjoo Shin
LaunchServices
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: An app may be able to elevate privileges
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2024-54465: an anonymous researcher
libexpat
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: A remote attacker may cause an unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: This is a vulnerability in open source code and Apple Software is among the affected projects. The CVE-ID was assigned by a third party. Learn more about the issue and CVE-ID at cve.org.
CVE-2024-45490
libxpc
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-54514: an anonymous researcher
libxpc
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: An app may be able to gain elevated privileges
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-44225: 风沐云烟(@binary_fmyy)
Logging
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: A malicious application may be able to determine a user's current location
Description: The issue was resolved by sanitizing logging
CVE-2024-54491: Kirin (@Pwnrin)
MediaRemote
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data
Description: The issue was resolved by sanitizing logging.
CVE-2024-54484: Meng Zhang (鲸落) of NorthSea
Notification Center
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data
Description: A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries.
CVE-2024-54504: 神罚(@Pwnrin)
PackageKit
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: An app may be able to access user-sensitive data
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-54474: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
CVE-2024-54476: Mickey Jin (@patch1t), Bohdan Stasiuk (@Bohdan_Stasiuk)
Passwords
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to alter network traffic
Description: This issue was addressed by using HTTPS when sending information over the network.
CVE-2024-54492: Talal Haj Bakry and Tommy Mysk of Mysk Inc. (@mysk_co)
Perl
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2023-32395: Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e)
Safari
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: On a device with Private Relay enabled, adding a website to the Safari Reading List may reveal the originating IP address to the website
Description: The issue was addressed with improved routing of Safari-originated requests.
CVE-2024-44246: Jacob Braun
SceneKit
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to a denial of service
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2024-54501: Michael DePlante (@izobashi) of Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
SharedFileList
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions.
CVE-2024-54515: an anonymous researcher
SharedFileList
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: An app may be able to overwrite arbitrary files
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions.
CVE-2024-54528: an anonymous researcher
SharedFileList
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: A malicious app may be able to access arbitrary files
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved file handling.
CVE-2024-54524: an anonymous researcher
SharedFileList
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: An app may be able to break out of its sandbox
Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2024-54498: an anonymous researcher
Shortcuts
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: Privacy indicators for microphone access may be attributed incorrectly
Description: This issue was addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2024-54493: Yokesh Muthu K
StorageKit
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system
Description: A configuration issue was addressed with additional restrictions.
CVE-2024-44243: Mickey Jin (@patch1t), Jonathan Bar Or (@yo_yo_yo_jbo) of Microsoft
StorageKit
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions.
CVE-2024-44224: Amy (@ASentientBot)
Swift
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system
Description: The issue was addressed with improved permissions logic.
CVE-2024-54495: Claudio Bozzato and Francesco Benvenuto of Cisco Talos, Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e)
WebKit
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
Description: The issue was addressed with improved checks.
WebKit Bugzilla: 278497
CVE-2024-54479: Seunghyun Lee
WebKit Bugzilla: 281912
CVE-2024-54502: Brendon Tiszka of Google Project Zero
WebKit
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 282180
CVE-2024-54508: linjy of HKUS3Lab and chluo of WHUSecLab, Xiangwei Zhang of Tencent Security YUNDING LAB
WebKit
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 282661
CVE-2024-54505: Gary Kwong
WebKit
Available for: macOS SequoiaImpact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption
Description: The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
WebKit Bugzilla: 277967
CVE-2024-54534: Tashita Software Security
I've waited my whole life to have weather in the menubar by Apple.
just got Apple Intelligence on both of my M series Macs, even though I’m not in the supported country… Not getting it for my iPhone 15 Pro. I haven’t done any language region changes . It works, but partially— for example, iPhone mirroring is not working.
Update: this this is from the officail apple site: "Mac users in the EU can access Apple Intelligence when using a compatible device with supported settings and languages. This April, Apple Intelligence features will start to roll out to iPhone and iPad users in the EU. This will include many of the core features of Apple Intelligence, including Writing Tools, Genmoji, a redesigned Siri with richer language understanding, ChatGPT integration, and more."
Update: this this is from the officail apple site: "Mac users in the EU can access Apple Intelligence when using a compatible device with supported settings and languages. This April, Apple Intelligence features will start to roll out to iPhone and iPad users in the EU. This will include many of the core features of Apple Intelligence, including Writing Tools, Genmoji, a redesigned Siri with richer language understanding, ChatGPT integration, and more."
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Installed on an M1 MacBook Air. Running like a champ, but Siri (with Apple Intelligence and ChatGPT enabled) is having trouble giving responses. "Something went wrong". Every now and then, it gives an answer.
I wonder if the Siri servers are being slammed so hard to day as people try out the updates?
I wonder if the Siri servers are being slammed so hard to day as people try out the updates?
iPhone Mirroring is not related to Apple Intelligence, unless you were talking about two separate things?
I tried iPhone Mirroring on 15.1 and it worked, but was slow and had lots of trouble connecting at first. I run a VPN and believe that was the reason. Turning off the VPN helped.
I mean still says that it's not available in my region. not sure why I only get apple intelligence on the Macs
I have apple intelligence as well but only on my Macs I'm in the EU..strange
Update: this this is from the officail apple site: "Mac users in the EU can access Apple Intelligence when using a compatible device with supported settings and languages. This April, Apple Intelligence features will start to roll out to iPhone and iPad users in the EU. This will include many of the core features of Apple Intelligence, including Writing Tools, Genmoji, a redesigned Siri with richer language understanding, ChatGPT integration, and more."
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Working really well here, and I had fun the last hour creating lots and lots of different images, with lobbers descriptions, but also multi descriptions. Do you have your Photo library on an external drive by any chance?Seems Image Playground isn't that useful or buggy right now. Longer text prompts don't register at all and ones I tried, the image generation just hangs
iPhone Mirroring is not part of Apple Intelligence, but it is a feature that's also not available in the EU (along with SharePlay Screen Sharing). While Apple did announce Apple Intelligence will be coming in April, they have not said anything about the availability of iPhone Mirroring or SharePlay Screen Sharing yet.
Apple Intelligence Rolling Out in the European Union Starting in April 2025
Apple plans to roll out Apple Intelligence features to iPhone and iPad users in the European Union starting in April 2025, according to information...
www.macrumors.com
I get this error when trying to sign into ChatGPT for Siri:
Code:
{"error":{"code":503,"message":"Service Unavailable.","param":null,"type":"cf_service_unavailable"}}
Chat gpt is currently down. (the message on a site is 10/10)
Attachments
Photo library is on internal drive as Macbook Pro is brand new <5 days old so nothing there right now.
edit: I see a popup message "Language not supported". I am using English US though?
Id that was the case, a snow leopard kind of release would be needed. Just clean up and fixes.
I flagged the article as inaccurate. I have no friends at all.Only one single friend - awwwww
Have many apps configured to start in fullscreen. Some apps switch to the app, on some apps macOS stays on the desktop. Since frst 15.0 release. Am I the only one?
Very stupid implementation of chatGPT...
On paper this would be excellent, but there's no rhyme or reason in the way apple decides when the GPT assistance is needed.
Most of the time I get useless google searches, and I have to type the same request 4 or 5 times before it asks me if I want to use GPT, probably out of pity...
On paper this would be excellent, but there's no rhyme or reason in the way apple decides when the GPT assistance is needed.
Most of the time I get useless google searches, and I have to type the same request 4 or 5 times before it asks me if I want to use GPT, probably out of pity...
We have a 13 inch Intel MacBook Pro and it started installing with the will need to reboot screen or such and take several minutes it got hung there so I rebooted it and then it finnished so it seems some of the older Intel Macs have issues?
15.2 working beautifully on my Hack!
No "AI" to be found, nor to have resources wasted on - thank god
No "AI" to be found, nor to have resources wasted on - thank god
This whole AI scare, aversion, dissing etc. reminds me of getting my first internet access back in 1993, when a lot of others warned me of it being a dark and bad place, that I should take care of what happens there and where not to go.
Just like with the internet, AI is here to stay, so pick what you like from it, leave what you don't, but all this exaggerated whinging negativity is just as childish as any extensive hyping, mainly by the corporations, but I suppose that's just human nature with any new big social changes.
Just like with the internet, AI is here to stay, so pick what you like from it, leave what you don't, but all this exaggerated whinging negativity is just as childish as any extensive hyping, mainly by the corporations, but I suppose that's just human nature with any new big social changes.