Apple Seeds First Beta of macOS Sonoma 14.3 to Developers

[MacRumors]

Apple today seeded the first beta of an upcoming macOS Sonoma 14.3 update to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming a day after the release of macOS Sonoma 14.2.

Registered developers can opt-in to the beta through the Software Update section of the System Settings app. Under Beta updates, toggle on the macOS Sonoma Developer Beta. Note that an Apple ID associated with an Apple Developer account is required to get the beta.

We don't yet know what features might be included in macOS Sonoma 14.3, but we'll update this article if anything interesting is found.

Article Link: Apple Seeds First Beta of macOS Sonoma 14.3 to Developers

 

[Realityck]

Well this 14.3 beta won’t see an update for three weeks because of the holiday period. Now to find out what’s new.

 

[adamlbiscuit]

Any sign of the music widget on macOS yet?

 

[WatermelonSugarHigh]

Do you really need to have an Apple ID associated with an Apple Developer account?

 

[Realityck]

Mac OS 14.3b1 is now OTA available. 1.75 GB download. Looks to be a quick update on a AS Mac.

 

[tywebb13]

build number is 23D5033f

 

[cflem]

and f build isnt THAT bad - but with three weeks until an update - ill sit this one out.

 

[tywebb13]

more build numbers:

Xcode 15.2 beta 1 (15C5500c)

iOS 17.3 beta 1 (21D5026f)

iPadOS 17.3 beta 1 (21D5026f)

macOS 14.3 beta 1 (23D5033f) - this one has an ipsw file but not full installer yet.

watchOS 10.3 beta 1 (21S5625c)

tvOS 17.3 beta 1 (21K5625e)

They come from https://developer.apple.com/news/releases/

but I think there may be more not listed like Ventura and Monterey betas. If I find them I'll put them up later.

There is also audioOS 17.3 beta 1 (21K5625e) for homepods. These usually (but not always) have the same build as tvOS betas.

 

[gank41]

Well this 14.3 beta won’t see an update for three weeks because of the holiday period. Now to find out what’s new.

Yup! Possibly Jan 3rd or maybe even the 9th?

 

[gank41]

and f build isnt THAT bad - but with three weeks until an update - ill sit this one out.

Just means it was complied 6 times on the same day. I'm always more weary of a "b" build where QA could have maybe missed something...

 

[Realityck]

Comparison of 14.3 beta to previous 14.2 RC2

macOS 14.3 beta (23D5033f))

• Safari Version 17.3 (19617.2.1.11.3)
• System Firmware Version: 10151.80.6 (M1 based Macs)
• Darwin Kernel Version 23.3.0: Fri Dec 1 03:16:57 PST 2023; root:xnu-10002.80.11~58/RELEASE_ARM64_T8103 arm64

macOS 14.2 RC2 (23C64)

• Safari Version 17.2 (19617.1.17.11.9)
• System Firmware Version: 10151.61.4 (M1 based Macs)
• Darwin Kernel Version 23.2.0: Wed Nov 15 21:53:34 PST 2023; root:xnu-10002.61.3~2/RELEASE_ARM64_T8103 arm64

 

[nortonandreev]

They, again, removed the new wallpapers...

 

[Realityck]

They, again, removed the new wallpapers...

I see 31 dynamic wallpapers along with 61 landscape, 30 cityscape, 21 underwater, 22 earth wallpapers. They are have 5 Shuffle Aerials and 25 pictures. Whats missing?

 

[tywebb13]

I think there may be more not listed like Ventura and Monterey betas. If I find them I'll put them up later.

There is a Monterey 12.7.3 beta. Downloading now.

 

[tywebb13]

Well this 14.3 beta won’t see an update for three weeks because of the holiday period. Now to find out what’s new.

All system vendors apple/microsoft/google/linux etc should be able to release updates on weekends and holidays.

Weekends and holidays won't stop hackers/malware etc.

 

[wellander1]

There is a Monterey 12.7.3 beta. Downloading now.

Any build numbers for these?

 

[emmab2006]

downloading now.

 

[Corefile]

I skipped the official 14.2 as it wasn't beta quality. I only run beta builds on my system.

 

[tywebb13]

Any build numbers for these?

12.7.3 beta 1 has build 21H1006:

There is no letter at the end (like Sonoma 14.3 beta 1 build 23D5033f) so this "beta 1" is actually RC 1

There is probably also a Ventura 13.6.4 RC 1 but I haven't found the build number yet.

 

[wellander1]

21h? Odd.

 

[tywebb13]

Found the macOS Ventura 13.6.4 RC 1 build number: 22G504

 

[maxoakland]

All system vendors apple/microsoft/google/linux etc should be able to release updates on weekends and holidays.

Weekends and holidays won't stop hackers/malware etc.

You expect people to be working 7 days a week?

 

[srbNYC]

You expect people to be working 7 days a week?

Yes, and writing in Journal about how much they dislike it.

 

[tywebb13]

You expect people to be working 7 days a week?

They can rotate teams so noone is working 7 days a week -but still have a contingency plan for emergency updates on weekends and holidays.

Hackers and malware don't have holidays.

 

[stigman]

I skipped the official 14.2 as it wasn't beta quality. I only run beta builds on my system.

I'm addicted to betas. Stable version is dull.