Apple Seeds First Beta of macOS Ventura 13.4 to Developers

[MacClueless]

Anyone know if OpenCore Legacy Patcher 6.2 works?

 

[Jerry Fritschle]

Safari seems snappier. OK if you are too young to remember, that was always the first line in a reviewers synopsis of software updates. He must be retired now (thank goodness).

Another regular line from that era was "This can only mean one thing--the G5 Powerbooks are here!"

 

[tywebb13]

Released today

• iOS 16.5 beta (20F5028e) - March 28, 2023
• iPadOS 16.5 beta (20F5028e) - March 28, 2023
• macOS 13.4 beta (22F5027f) - March 28, 2023
• watchOS 9.5 beta (20T5527c) - March 28, 2023
• tvOS 16.5 beta (20L5527d) - March 28, 2023

Also out yesterday was audioOS 16.5 beta 1 build 20L5527d

And today:

macOS Monterey 12.6.5 beta 1 build 21G630
macOS Big Sur 11.7.6 beta 1 build 20G1329

Not sure why the Monterey and Big Sur ones were delayed but they are out now.

There don't seem to be full installers yet but there is an ipsw file for Ventura 13.4 beta 1

 

[bousozoku]

I have not upgraded to ventura and see no need to do so. on monterey now.

Every time I read about the somewhat broken Ventura updates, I feel that I should stay on Monterey.

 

[Realityck]

Every time I read about the somewhat broken Ventura updates, I feel that I should stay on Monterey.

As they say the OS is only part of someones problem. Could be external connected hardware, 3rd party software which now has to be supported in intel or AS native and their associated bugs, something got installed corrupted or system not matched system FW vs MacOS version. In reality sure there are somethings that need to be resolved or improved upon. But from a WWDC Ventura to Ventura 13.4 beta 1, the last two seeds (B4, RC) and pubic of 13.3 seem very stable.

 

[bousozoku]

As they say the OS is only part of someones problem. Could be external connected hardware, 3rd party software which now has to be supported in intel or AS native and their associated bugs, something got installed corrupted or system not matched system FW vs MacOS version. In reality sure there are somethings that need to be resolved or improved upon. But from a WWDC Ventura to Ventura 13.4 beta 1, the last two seeds (B4, RC) and pubic of 13.3 seem very stable.

Well, thank you.

I've been on Macs since 1993 and did software development and support for years. I keep hoping that Apple will have learned from their past and not let pride and/or stubbornness get in the way of solving problems. They seem to have some decisions to make.

 

[XMI]

Looks like the screensaver bugs are only partially fixed in 13.4 beta 1, see https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...ver-bug-in-ventura-13-3.2384444/post-32067534

 

[tywebb13]

Also out yesterday was audioOS 16.5 beta 1 build 20L5527d

And today:

macOS Monterey 12.6.5 beta 1 build 21G630
macOS Big Sur 11.7.6 beta 1 build 20G1329

Not sure why the Monterey and Big Sur ones were delayed but they are out now.

There don't seem to be full installers yet but there is an ipsw file for Ventura 13.4 beta 1

Full installers for

macOS Ventura 13.4 beta 1 build 22F5027f
macOS Monterey 12.6.5 beta 1 build 21G630
macOS Big Sur 11.7.6 beta 1 build 20G1329

are all available now.