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Apple today seeded the first beta of macOS Sierra 10.12.6 to public beta testers, one day after releasing the beta to developers and two days after releasing macOS Sierra 10.12.5, a minor update with bug fixes and other improvements.

Beta testers who have signed up for the Apple beta testing program will receive the macOS Sierra 10.12.6 beta through the Software Update mechanism in the Mac App Store.

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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.

No notable features were discovered in macOS Sierra 10.12.6 developer beta, suggesting this update is minor in scale and focuses on internal improvements like bug fixes and security enhancements rather than outward-facing changes.

Article Link: Apple Seeds First Public Beta of macOS 10.12.6 to Public Beta Testers
 
So no changes yet in PDFKit? I'm still sticking with El Capitan until I know for a fact that they have sorted out PDFKit. No news==no update. Last I saw was that there are still some big issues and I use PDFs all the time.
 
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3-5 update's of apple software a month....EVERY month...for over 3 years now...And always with the same reason! " like bug fixes and security enhancements " !!
So no new stuff....bugs, security.....How many bugs ARE there in apple software? How risky IS apple software?
Even in it's worse time windows software didnt have that many bugs. So are we paying the highest price for apple products not knowing we are paying for IOS WINCRAP?
 
3-5 update's of apple software a month....EVERY month...for over 3 years now...And always with the same reason! " like bug fixes and security enhancements " !!
So no new stuff....bugs, security.....How many bugs ARE there in apple software? How risky IS apple software?
Even in it's worse time windows software didnt have that many bugs. So are we paying the highest price for apple products not knowing we are paying for IOS WINCRAP?
Where are you getting 3-5 updates per month?

Are you talking about betas? That's quite different from actual public updates. Nothing about it says anything about one thing having more bugs or less bugs or anything of the sort. Development of any OS is ongoing pretty much all the time (whether or not betas are being released).
 
3-5 update's of apple software a month....EVERY month...for over 3 years now...And always with the same reason! " like bug fixes and security enhancements " !!
So no new stuff....bugs, security.....How many bugs ARE there in apple software? How risky IS apple software?
Even in it's worse time windows software didnt have that many bugs. So are we paying the highest price for apple products not knowing we are paying for IOS WINCRAP?

Apple is the biggest scam and joke in the world. Not only are the products inferior quality, but there is no quality control, no innovation, nothing going on for a long time now, and especially since Jobs died. They charge exorbitantly for crap Chinese products and yes, we hate it, we hate it, we hate it! And let's not even begin to talk about the "3-5" updates every month! I mean, yes, how much buggy is the software!

There, it's said. Now relax, and let's just look forward to some exciting new things this WWDC. I, for one, am looking at bootable APFS. :)
 
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3-5 update's of apple software a month....EVERY month...for over 3 years now...And always with the same reason! " like bug fixes and security enhancements " !!
So no new stuff....bugs, security.....How many bugs ARE there in apple software? How risky IS apple software?
Even in it's worse time windows software didnt have that many bugs. So are we paying the highest price for apple products not knowing we are paying for IOS WINCRAP?
Do you have any idea of the complexity of developing an OS? There is millions of lines of code written by many people. There is always possible bugs in there.
 
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I would love actual detail in the update notes
You can sign up for apple's security announce mailing lists, security-announce@lists.apple.com at https://lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/security-announce/

They'll mail you things like (but only after final release, not on beta's)
macOS 10.12.5 is now available and addresses the following:

IOGraphics
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.4
Impact: An application may be able to gain kernel privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved
memory handling.
CVE-2017-2545: 360 Security (@mj0011sec) working with Trend Micro's
Zero Day Initiative
 
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I found a new wallpaper, as well as a feature mimicking tabs if you click the square in the top right in terminal. So I do believe that there are new and noticeable features.
 
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I found a new wallpaper...

I think you are correct Sir! ;)


At least one of them is new...

Death Valley, Desert, Mountain Range? (macOS 10.13 named like the first one... :eek:)

Bahamas, Bahamas Areal, Foggy Forest? (macOS 10.13 or 11 named like one of them... :eek:)

Floating Ice, Snow, Blue Pond? (macOS 11 Alaska, Antartica, North Pole... :eek:)


What the xxx...:

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    <string>Color Burst 1.jpg</string>
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