Apple Releases Third macOS Sierra 10.12.4 Public Beta for Public Beta Testers

[MacRumors]

Apple today seeded the third beta of an upcoming macOS Sierra 10.12.4 update to public beta testers for testing purposes, two weeks after seeding the second public beta and one day after releasing the third 10.12.4 beta to developers.

Beta testers who have signed up for Apple's beta testing program will receive the third 10.12.4 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.

macOS Sierra 10.12.4 brings iOS's popular Night Shift mode to the Mac, allowing users to cut down on blue light exposure in the evening. Believed to affect sleep by upsetting the body's circadian rhythm, blue light is thought to be more harmful than yellow light.

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With Night Shift, the Mac's display automatically shifts from cool to warm at sunset and then shifts back at sunrise. Users can also set custom times for the display's colors to shift, or toggle the effect on manually. A Toggle to turn Night Shift on is available in the Notification Center, and Siri can also be used to activate the feature.

macOS Sierra 10.12.4 also includes Shanghainese dictation support, cricket scores for Siri, improved PDFKit APIs, and iCloud Analytics options.

Article Link: Apple Releases Third macOS Sierra 10.12.4 Public Beta for Public Beta Testers

 

[MacBird]

Build number is the same as the developer beta, 16E163f

 

[MrGuder]

Can anyone confirm if this beta fixes any of the lag on the 2016 MacBook Pro?

 

[Nunyabinez]

I have been enjoying the night shift on my mac. So far it seems to be just as stable as 10.12.3 on my other machines.

 

[Pascal P.]

Hi,
Am I the only one unable to upgrade from 10.12.4 (16E144F) to the latest PB on a rMBP 512GB (late 2013) with, of course, the proper configuration profile installed?
"Panic kernel trap", it says, around 8 minutes before the software installation process ends.
Same bug with PB2 and 3.
Must Restore with a Time Machine back-up. Everything works fine.
Any idea?

 

[lobo1978]

beta fixes any of the lag on the 2016 MacBook Pro?

What lag?? Last time there was a problem with UI lag was before Metal dude.

 

[justinminor]

Hi,
Am I the only one unable to upgrade from 10.12.4 (16E144F) to the latest PB on a rMBP 512GB (late 2013) with, of course, the proper configuration profile installed?
"Panic kernel trap", it says, around 8 minutes before the software installation process ends.
Same bug with PB2 and 3.
Must Restore with a Time Machine back-up. Everything works fine.
Any idea?

I'm having the same problem here with the last beta and this one now too.

 

[stonerdt]

Strange error in this build - my Apple earphones are not recognized in the Sound Preferences in any of my Macs. They work fine in the 10.12.3 of a friend's. Just in this build. Anyone else confirm this? I sent it to Apple.

 

[enilsen16]

Strange error in this build - my Apple earphones are not recognized in the Sound Preferences in any of my Macs. They work fine in the 10.12.3 of a friend's. Just in this build. Anyone else confirm this? I sent it to Apple.

Yup, same thing happened to me this morning. After restarting my computer, everything seems to work fine now.

 

[stonerdt]

Yup, same thing happened to me this morning. After restarting my computer, everything seems to work fine now.

I restarted and zapped PRAM and it is still the same. At least the error is not only with me.

 

[Chung123]

Strange error in this build - my Apple earphones are not recognized in the Sound Preferences in any of my Macs. They work fine in the 10.12.3 of a friend's. Just in this build. Anyone else confirm this? I sent it to Apple.

Yep, same issue with my 2010 Mac Pro. The headphone output is no longer available after waking from sleep. I have to do a restart to have the headphone output reappear.

Also annoyed over the last couple of updates where the custom monitor color profile is not retained on reboot, I have to manually go into Display Preferences and choose my custom calibrated profile.

Both bugs reported to Apple via Feedback assistant.