Apple Releases macOS Ventura 13.3 With New Emoji, Bug Fixes and More

macOS Ventura 13.3 is expected to be one of the last updates to the macOS Ventura operating system as Apple shifts its attention to the next-generation of macOS that's expected this June.
Does the article author have no MacOS experience? Of course we will start a 13.4 beta cycle that will run April into May. Heck you still have updates until MacOS 14 is released 4 months later from WWDC so end of Sept /October. So yes there lots of time to do even a 13.5 and 13.6 if they want.
 
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I think macOS is kinda going through a mid-life identity crisis. Stop being bullied by iOS and just understand you are desktop OS and your primary method of input is keyboard and mouse.
yeah, macOS is weird rn, I can use the files app on my iphone easier than i can use finder, and if that doesn't give you a idea of what kind of mess macOS is rn, then wait till you find out about the fact you can't use external USB boots on newer macs! (not me being upset my m1 macbook air won't boot anything else lol)
 
168gb free here and took minimum 20mins on M1 MBA, after it was downloaded
That sucks, makes me wonder what would influence this. I think my old Intel 15" would take 20 minutes, but this MBA is always under 5 minutes and it's the 8GB model. No really old apps or a lot of extensions, but do have over 100 apps installed.
 
I have easily 300GB free. None of the Dev Previews have installed quickly for me.
Can't comment on dev previews, never installed any of those on any of the M1 machines, did install them on a hackintosh or two, they always took forever but that was years ago.
 
Build no when someone's installed it.
22E252

Same as RC

You don't necessarily have to install it to find the build number.

The full installer is here: http://swcdn.apple.com/content/down...1dvrvddymange3k8004xkt4v/InstallAssistant.pkg

and replacing the g at the end with m you can download the pkm file instead of the pkg file: http://swcdn.apple.com/content/down...1dvrvddymange3k8004xkt4v/InstallAssistant.pkm

Open the pkm file with textedit and see this: ... version="22.4.252" ...

The second number 4 corresponds to E

More generally 0,1,2,3,4, etc corresponds to A,B,C,D,E, etc.

So now without installing you know the build is 22E252.
 
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macOS Ventura 13.3 is expected to be one of the last updates to the macOS Ventura operating system as Apple shifts its attention to the next-generation of macOS that's expected this June.
Im tired of this kind of imprecise writing. (Which unfortunately is a long-standing bad habit of author Juli Clover.)

"ONE OF THE LAST UPDATES" means there are only two or three more updates coming, right?

For comparison:
In March '21 Big Sur hit 11.2.3 and received TWENTY updates after that. (When 11.7.5 comes out today, it will be the 21st.)
In March '22 Monterey hit 12.3 and received NINE more updates up until today with another year to come.

Juli Clover, please explain: Why will Ventura only get two or three more updates during its lifespan?


EDIT: Fixed Typo. Im not a native speaker. Also not trying to earn my money with writing.
 
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Any chance they finally fixed the trackpad zoom bug? I've been getting it for about 6 months now and it is a constant, several times a day annoyance.

It's fixed for me, so far. It also seems to have fixed an issue with right-click-on-trackpad not working most of the time on M2 Air.
 
Im tired of this kind of unprecise writing. (Which unfortunately is a long-standing bad habit of author Juli Clover.)

"ONE OF THE LAST UPDATES" means there are only two or three more updates coming, right?

For comparison:
In March '21 Big Sur hit 11.2.3 and received TWENTY updates after that. (When 11.7.5 comes out today, it will be the 21st.)
In March '22 Monterey hit 12.3 and received NINE more updates up until today with another year to come.

Juli Clover, please explain: Why will Ventura only get two or three more updates during its lifespan?
quite so
['imprecise' BTW]
 
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22E252

Same as RC

You don't necessarily have to install it to find the build number.
I usually just install the first RC and be done with it. Saves the headache when it's officially released and everybody else tries installing at the same time.
 
Still no "Snap to Grid" option in Freeform? That seems like a big oversight. The app is almost unusable for me without that ability. It supports snap-to-edges and snap-to-object, but not to the underlying grid. Very bizarre.
 
yeah, macOS is weird rn, I can use the files app on my iphone easier than i can use finder, and if that doesn't give you a idea of what kind of mess macOS is rn, then wait till you find out about the fact you can't use external USB boots on newer macs! (not me being upset my m1 macbook air won't boot anything else lol)
I’m just wondering if the team responsible for developing new versions of macOS is either stretched too thin, gutted or gotten lazy trying to just to make everything behave the same across hardware. If you even look at how behind the point releases are it gives me the conclusion macOS itself is not mission critical anymore.

Yet the reminder that macOS is pretty much the foundation for other Apple platforms including the future gimmick has somehow been lost on them over there at Cupertino.
 
Everything seems ok on the Mac Pro, probably do laptop tomorrow. I was shocked that I didn't get some cryptic warning about some ******** that clears up after another re-start.

I am also amazed that I did not have to go through half of the new user prompts or re-enter passwords for internet accounts for calendars. Good job Apple; finally figured out updates again on minor point upgrades. ;)

Of course the machine feels faster also! :rolleyes:
 
Just got "Failed to prepare the software update" on a large MM 2018 running 13.2.1.
Now the update has disappeared completely.
 
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