Apple Seeds Fourth Beta of macOS Sierra to Developers

[MacRumors]

Apple today released the fourth beta of macOS Sierra, the newest operating system designed for the Mac, to developers. macOS Sierra beta 4 comes two weeks after the release of the third beta and almost two months after the software was first unveiled at Apple's 2016 Worldwide Developers Conference.

Developers can download today's beta update through the software update mechanism in the Mac App Store or through the Apple Developer Center.

macOS Sierra is a significant update bringing Siri to the Mac for the first time, allowing users to conduct voice searches to quickly find files, look up information, and more. New Continuity features offer an "Auto Unlock" option for unlocking a Mac with an Apple Watch and a Universal Clipboard for copying something on one Apple device and pasting it on another.

Deeper iCloud integration makes files stored on the desktop or the Documents folder of a Mac available on all of a user's devices, and Photos features deep learning algorithms for improved facial, object, and scene recognition. There's a Memories feature for displaying photo collections, and Messages has rich links, bigger emoji, and "Tapback" response options.

Apple Pay is coming to the web in macOS Sierra, with payments authenticated through an iPhone or Apple Watch, and new features like multiple tabs, Picture in Picture multitasking, and optimized storage are also available.

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During the beta testing period, Apple will tweak and refine the features introduced in macOS Sierra. In macOS Sierra beta 4, Apple has introduced new emoji promoting gender equality and introduced a new look for many existing emoji with new textures and design tweaks.

macOS Sierra is currently available to developers and public beta testers, and it will see a wider public release this fall. For full details on all of the new features included in macOS Sierra, make sure to check out our macOS Sierra roundup.

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[redheeler]

2.12 GB, this is a big one.

 

[sniffies]

Same here, 2.12 GB. Has it always been this big? I thought all the previous betas were delta updates, no?

 

[oliversl]

rollback to OSX name?

 

[Cam Johnson]

Also 2.12 GB for me. 2012 MBA. So far I've found all the previous betas to be pretty stable for me. That being said, I just do the basics on this machine like iTunes, word, excel, and web browsing.

 

[mt247]

Version #?

 

[redheeler]

Same here, 2.12 GB. Has it always been this big? I thought all the previous betas were delta updates, no?

Beta 3 was under 800 MB.

 

[Supertaff]

will wait until a few people have tried this. Beta 3 locked me out of my MacBook and I had to go back to El Cap with a full reinstall. Wouldn't go past the log in screen, no matter what I did

 

[newtestleper]

Not downloading yet.

 

[heeloliver]

Find OLED stuff!!

 

[bpeeps]

Gotta hand it to MR, the production quality of the videos and graphics you guys create have increased tenfold from the past.

 

[TMRJIJ]

Anyone noticed the download speeds have been improved or am I just high?

 

[ajay96]

Version #?

16A270f

 

[mmomega]

2.12 GB, this is a big one.

Same, 2.12GB on new Mac Pro. 3 min download.

 

[redheeler]

Hope, the 17" come back. I just don't understand, why the bezels can't be thinner when it's never gonna be a touchscreen.

The 17" is a niche product at this point. Most people don't want the hassle of carrying around a laptop of that size. Ditto for touchscreens, the hassle with those is fingerprints all over the screen and a sore arm after extended use.

Anyone noticed the download speeds have been improved or am I just high?

The download speed is decent, but my internet speed isn't quite that fast

 

[Avieshek]

Find OLED stuff!!

Quantum Dots Display is better and they are working on it as the next big thing in display.
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The 17" is a niche product at this point. Most people don't want the hassle of carrying around a laptop of that size. Ditto for touchscreens, the hassle with those is fingerprints all over the screen and a sore arm.

'm sure, with 7000-series aluminium, newer generation internals with 10nm fabrications, leaner bezels like the iPhone (since you won't hold it like an iPad) as well as newer generation of Gorilla Glass with OGS (One Glass Solution) displays would do all the enough improvements that was last launched in 2011.

 

[ajay96]

The 17" is a niche product at this point. Most people don't want the hassle of carrying around a laptop of that size. Ditto for touchscreens, the hassle with those is fingerprints all over the screen and a sore arm after extended use.

The download speed is decent, but my internet speed isn't quite that fast

Even better here.

 

[mceolsen]

Hope this fixes the login loop!

 

[heeloliver]

Quantum Dots Display is better and they are working on it as the next big thing in display.

I'm talking about OLED bar stuff rumored to be in the new MacBook Pro.

 

[mmomega]

The 17" is a niche product at this point. Most people don't want the hassle of carrying around a laptop of that size. Ditto for touchscreens, the hassle with those is fingerprints all over the screen and a sore arm after extended use.

The download speed is decent, but my internet speed isn't quite that fast

my speed went from 3 minutes, downloaded 1/4 of the file then went to an hour and a half.

 

[antmarobel]

Don't if you people have problems with the two clicks on any icon (folder or files). Most of time it does not work even if I click 2, 3, 4 times...Hope they fixed that bug with this new version.

 

[Cam Johnson]

Anyone noticed the download speeds have been improved or am I just high?

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Yup. Mine topped out at my max bandwidth of 60 mbps. I don't remember the last update that did that. On top of that the new iOS beta was much quicker than usual as well.

 

[Avieshek]

Gotta hand it to MR, the production quality of the videos and graphics you guys create have increased tenfold from the past.

They still haven't got 60fps for the videos.

 

[Loismustdie1]

Hope, the 17" comes back. I just don't understand, why the bezels can't be thinner when you'll never hold it like an iPad.

I'm not sure what this has to do with Sierra, but you should give up on that dream. Apple killed that line and it is never coming back.

 

[bpeeps]

They still haven't got 60fps for the videos.

In what world do you need 60fps for a youtube video?