So how will you be able to install beta 5 when it comes out?
Might be better to downgrade to beta 3 and skip beta 4.
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Apple Seeds Fourth Beta of macOS 14 Sonoma to Developers
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Might be better to downgrade to beta 3 and skip beta 4.
Had the same issue with widgets not showing, but restarted the Macbook one more time and then they showed up. Might be worth a try ...
Networking was broken on boot up. No internet connection at all. Reboot fixes everything.
You gave up reading just ONE sentence too soon......
Have you tried the System Settings search box? Fast and easy.
Music App does not open at all....
does someone have a beta 3 link or a fix -.-
does someone have a beta 3 link or a fix -.-
Honestly, System Preferences was equally bad. We were just used to it.
Two good approaches:
1. Use the View menu, which contains all panes in alphabetical order.
2. Use the search function.
There's minor improvements, but nothing major enough to really improve things. I think the next problem they should address is the grouping; only after that will it be good enough to even think of how to improve it.
This worked for me too. Interestingly, I chose "Shut down..." but it did a "Restart..." instead but widgets cleaned up. Did another shut down to check that issue and it shut down as it should. Maybe some glitches in the install process...
Sonoma has been pretty good for me so far, I've been using it since Beta 1 and most of the issues have been just minor inconviences. I'll install this beta later today.
My widgets and the Music app are working fine for me.
I always reboot immediately after a beta install. Whether that's what got those working, or those problems only affect a few people, I don't know.
I always reboot immediately after a beta install. Whether that's what got those working, or those problems only affect a few people, I don't know.
That’s what happened right after I posted my message.
They appeared, but blank.
Then, they populated normally About five minutes later.
Must have just been re-indexing after the install or something like that
On my second attempt it opened up, so maybe just a weird fluke. (2017 iMac Pro 3 Ghz 10 Core Radeon Vega 56 8 Gb)
For me the 1st reboot didn't actually seem to kick off the install.
2nd Reboot took me into recovery mode....
3rd reboot.....well, we'll see, but right now I'm just at a black screen.
Well seems to have finally finished. After that I still needed to reboot for a few apps to work. Till now this Beta has been rock solid for me.
2nd Reboot took me into recovery mode....
3rd reboot.....well, we'll see, but right now I'm just at a black screen.
Well seems to have finally finished. After that I still needed to reboot for a few apps to work. Till now this Beta has been rock solid for me.
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Boom. That did it. They're now back. My iPhone widgets are still not available, but they were in the previous beta. Hopefully they'll pop back in at some point. Thank you.
I'm getting the feeling that if something's not working after installing this beta or future ones, restart your Mac and try again... like Windows.
Weird, does not work for me. Updating through Settings work, and then it restarts, and the installer appears to be initiating, but then it restarts and I get a message saying my Mac had shut down unexpectedly. Moving forward from that shows the update still available in Settings.
Odd.
Odd.
Got the exact same, every time it starts installing before rebooting and saying it shut down unexpectedly!
Judging how this is not working on an M1 for multiple users (including me), at least mine isn’t that bad but I would hold off.
I've had that happen to me on regular OS updates. Not always, but sometimes where it just won't connect to the internet, even though I'm wired in over Ethernet. And yeah, a reboot fixes it. Haven't had this happen yet with these Betas.