Apple Releases Third macOS Sequoia Public Beta With iPhone Mirroring and More

[MacRumors]

Apple today released the third beta of an upcoming macOS Sequoia update to its public beta testing group, giving the general public a chance to try out the new operating system's features ahead of its fall launch. The third public beta comes two weeks after the release of the second beta.

Public beta testers can download macOS Sequoia from the Software Update section of the System Settings app after signing up on Apple's beta testing website and opting into the public beta under the Beta Updates section.

macOS Sequoia's biggest feature is iPhone Mirroring, which is designed to let you control your iPhone from your Mac using your keyboard and mouse. You can see notifications and use your iPhone apps even when your iPhone is tucked away and locked, and later this year, you'll be able to use the feature to drag and drop apps from your Mac to your iPhone and vice versa.

Window tiling has been improved to make it easier to get multiple windows on your Mac in a way that works for you, Safari can summarize websites and show you highlights, and the Messages app supports scheduling messages and using the Tapback feature with any emoji.

There's a new Passwords app for managing your passwords, logins, and passkeys, the Photos app has a new design, the Notes app supports audio transcription and summarization, and you can also type in any equation and get it solved automatically.

macOS Sequoia supports all of the new Apple Intelligence features that are also coming to iOS 18, offering all kinds of quality of life improvements. Writing tools help you proofread and polish your writing across apps, you can create unique images with Image Playground, and make up your own emoji with Genmoji. Photos includes a Clean Up tool for removing unwanted images, and Siri will use AI for better language understanding and contextual relevance. Siri will even be able to consult ChatGPT for complicated queries.

There are a long list of additional features coming to macOS Sequoia, with more information available in our dedicated roundup.

Article Link: Apple Releases Third macOS Sequoia Public Beta With iPhone Mirroring and More

 

[tywebb13]

build is 24A5309e

full installer now available too

 

[Ilde]

sudo softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer --full-installer-version 15.0

 

[sixth]

How stable have these PBs been on Mac? I am using IPad OS 18 PB and it’s been fine.

 

[Killerbob]

I am running PB3 now on my Mac Studio, and have no other problems than the Thunderbolt Bridge to my QNAP NAS not working. It was the same during all the betas of Sonoma, and then it worked when the official release came out...

 

[Vixentry]

Super curious to see how Sequoia's features work out in the final release.

 

[klocuch12]

Safari seems snappier in this release

 

[Ad47uk]

Super curious to see how Sequoia's features work out in the final release.

Yeah, as long as the AI rubbish can be turned off, if not I am not updating.
I thought Apple would have left this AI stuff behind, but I suppose they have to compete with others. Just hope they do it differently to MS and don't push it

 

[infodriveway]

Safari seems snappier in this release

Looks like it's finally time to switch to the beta channel!

 

[johnnytravels]

Why is iPhone mirroring such a big feature? I can’t really envision many use cases that would simplify life substantially…

 

[emdub]

iPhone mirroring still not available in Europe. Ridiculous.

 

[tfigs]

Have these been stable? I usually wait until the first week of August to test the Public Betas. I'll wait one more week.

 

[Ad47uk]

Why is iPhone mirroring such a big feature? I can’t really envision many use cases that would simplify life substantially…

Nor me, but then I don't have a iPhone, but I presume someone will find some use for it. I like being able to see text on my watch from my phone, certainly if the text is for 2FA.

 

[noxivs]

Does anyone know if we'd be able to control somone else's iphone? We know that everyone needs to control her/his elderly parents' iPhones for troubleshooting

 

[aeternitas]

Why does iPhone Mirroring not work in Europe? WTF?

 

[Larsvonhier]

Why does iPhone Mirroring not work in Europe? WTF?

WTF the "commission" and their head ZensUrsula.

 

[JoeKav]

Does this version of the public beta get the AI features? Recently there were only in the developer betas.

 

[Legalese78]

Apple today released the third beta of an upcoming macOS Sequoia update to its public beta testing group, giving the general public a chance to try out the new operating system's features ahead of its fall launch. The third public beta comes two weeks after the release of the second beta.

Public beta testers can download macOS Sequoia from the Software Update section of the System Settings app after signing up on Apple's beta testing website and opting into the public beta under the Beta Updates section.

macOS Sequoia's biggest feature is iPhone Mirroring, which is designed to let you control your iPhone from your Mac using your keyboard and mouse. You can see notifications and use your iPhone apps even when your iPhone is tucked away and locked, and later this year, you'll be able to use the feature to drag and drop apps from your Mac to your iPhone and vice versa.

Window tiling has been improved to make it easier to get multiple windows on your Mac in a way that works for you, Safari can summarize websites and show you highlights, and the Messages app supports scheduling messages and using the Tapback feature with any emoji.

There's a new Passwords app for managing your passwords, logins, and passkeys, the Photos app has a new design, the Notes app supports audio transcription and summarization, and you can also type in any equation and get it solved automatically.

macOS Sequoia supports all of the new Apple Intelligence features that are also coming to iOS 18, offering all kinds of quality of life improvements. Writing tools help you proofread and polish your writing across apps, you can create unique images with Image Playground, and make up your own emoji with Genmoji. Photos includes a Clean Up tool for removing unwanted images, and Siri will use AI for better language understanding and contextual relevance. Siri will even be able to consult ChatGPT for complicated queries.

There are a long list of additional features coming to macOS Sequoia, with more information available in our dedicated roundup.

Article Link: Apple Releases Third macOS Sequoia Public Beta With iPhone Mirroring and More

Super specific observation, but please note that the OCR feature in the most current version Adobe Acrobat Pro doesn’t work in this Beta. Found out the hard way. Whoops.

 

[MacAddict1978]

Why is iPhone mirroring such a big feature? I can’t really envision many use cases that would simplify life substantially…

A lot of devs will not allow their app to run on MacOS for whatever reason.... think some note taking apps that make you have a Mac and iPhone sub that you now can circumvent....

For me it's Messages. Sure it's native on MacOS - except unless it's an iMessage user it rarely works showing you old messages and fails to send.

Multitasking on one screen instead of swapping between devices if you're able to use a Mac for your work device would also be handy.

 

[Marty_Macfly]

A lot of devs will not allow their app to run on MacOS for whatever reason.... think some note taking apps that make you have a Mac and iPhone sub that you now can circumvent....

For me it's Messages. Sure it's native on MacOS - except unless it's an iMessage user it rarely works showing you old messages and fails to send.

Multitasking on one screen instead of swapping between devices if you're able to use a Mac for your work device would also be handy.

ooooh that's why messages is hit and miss on Macs!

I always thought it was because I was on a previous version of MacOS. I always wait for end of cycle for last MacOS. (E.g. eyeing up senoma now...I simply don't fancy using the latest new release, 1st days of new MacOS etc.)

 

[Sprocket_Proton]

Is this stable enough for a daily driver?