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Apple Seeds Fourth Developer Betas of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1 and macOS Sequoia 15.1 With Apple Intelligence
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Like not being able to put a 2x2 widget in the middle, or being able to shift it down one row?
what the hell?
yes the beta 4 seeds allow non-AI installations rather then separate build cycles previously.
On my iPad Pro, the 18.1 Health app doesn’t seem to be syncing the new Sleep Apnea metric that Apple enabled on iOS 18.0 yesterday.
be careful if you plan to update your iphone Friday or soon. cloning info prefers non beta.
It's there, but labeled as iPhone Plus. You want the IPSW with iPhone17,2 in the filename.
17,1 -- iPhone 16 Pro
17,2 -- iPhone 16 Pro Max
17,3 -- iPhone 16
17,4 -- iPhone 16 Plus
Here, in Barcelona, Spain, I just updated both betas for Sequoia and iPhone 15 Pro. Sequoia opens Apple Inteligence and I joined the waiting list and says Preparing. However, beta IOS 18.1 says the usual of the last months: Apple Inteligence is not currently available in your country or region. Of course, I have English USA and USA as region.
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Maybe it already includes the final version.
This update took very long, could have been 2 betas in between.
Comparison of MacOS 15.1 Beta 4 to previous MacOS 15.1 Beta 3
macOS 15.1 Beta 4 (24B5046f)
macOS 15.1 Beta 4 (24B5046f)
- Safari Version 18.1 (20619.2.3.1)
- System Firmware Version: 11881.40.128 (M1 based Macs)
- Darwin Kernel Version 24.1.0: Mon Sep 2 19:59:57 PDT 2024; root:xnu-11215.40.48~33/RELEASE_ARM64_T8103 arm64
- Safari Version 18.1 (20619.2.1)
- System Firmware Version: 11881.40.110 (M1 based Macs)
- Darwin Kernel Version 24.1.0: Fri Aug 16 19:20:28 PDT 2024; root:xnu-11215.40.42~4/RELEASE_ARM64_T8103 arm64
Didn't notice the Safari update. I just checked a few days ago and still saw 18.0. And the TP is still at 18.0 (6 days old), what might it make unusable again like in Beta 1 or 2.
It's strange that TP is always only in the build number higher, when a new version comes. Where are the new Technologies? Or is this only in the beta phase and the next one will be 19.0?
macOS isn’t held to the same EU requirements as iOS and iPadOS, so AI is available on macOS only in the EU.
There are two builds of 18.1 beta 4, (a "g" and "h" build) out so I assume one of them is for iPhone 16.
I noticed that on my 15PM on this build the "spatial" tab is now active on photos and I can take spatial stills (which are 24 Mpix).
I noticed that on my 15PM on this build the "spatial" tab is now active on photos and I can take spatial stills (which are 24 Mpix).
M4 Pro was something like 1.1 or 1.3 GB if I remember correctly.
Yes. They released two separate builds - one is a "g" build and one is an "h" build. Not 💯 confirmation but that usually only happens with new hardware.
Notice the SDK notes, a lot less text then beta 3
General
Known Issues
- Updating from iOS & iPadOS 18 beta 5 to iOS & iPadOS 18.1 beta 1 is not currently supported and will be available in a future iOS & iPadOS 18.1 beta. (133235636)
App Intents
Resolved Issues
- Fixed: Apps that support universal links might not open normally and instead open the browser when the user navigates to a URL provided by the OpenURLIntent or URLRepresentableIntent APIs. (133764689) (FB14784347)
Apple Intelligence
New Features
- When using Apple Intelligence, the new Siri UI might fail to render full screen on large CarPlay displays. (131586542)
Camera Control
Known Issues
- Installing an app with a Capture Extension while another Camera Control app is already selected might cause a momentary system crash. (135021680)
Files
Known Issues
- Creating local files in the Files app fails in the visionOS 2 and iOS 18 simulators if the host is not upgraded to macOS Sequoia Beta. (132561244)
HealthKit
Resolved Issues
- Fixed: With the introduction of Swift 6 this year, developers who update their projects to use Swift 6 might have issues with their apps, which can lead to app crashes when executing a variety of HealthKit API calls. (131794283)
Lock Screen
Resolved Issues
- Fixed: When on Lock Screen, pulling down to invoke Spotlight does not work. (133404809)
Mail
Known Issues
- Upgrading from iOS 18.0 beta 5 to iOS 18.1 beta might cause all Mail to redownload. (132930689)
Siri
Known Issues
- Siri result snippets might appear in the wrong position. (135035793)
Spotlight
Known Issues
- Icons in Spotlight might not match icons on the Home Screen. (134088480)
StoreKit
Resolved Issues
- Fixed: The transaction of a successful purchase on the default win-back offer redemption sheet might not appear on Transaction.updates sequence until the next app launch. (133575987)
- Fixed: In StoreKit Testing in Xcode, the offer identifier in the subscription renewal info might be reported incorrectly for offer codes. (133774710)
SwiftUI
Resolved Issues
- Fixed: Scene restoration launches the incorrect scene. (132497400)
- Fixed: In apps compiled against SDKs prior to iOS 18.0 and visionOS 2.0, explicit arrow edges are not respected when the app is run on iOS 18.1 or visionOS 2.1. Apps compiled against any macOS SDK will still have the arrow edge respected. (133295608)
- On iOS 18.0, there is a known issue where passing nil to the .preferredColorScheme modifier, after the preferred color scheme is set by a different view in the hierarchy, does not trigger the system color scheme to change. Starting in iOS 18.1, when nil is passed to the .preferredColorScheme modifier, the view indicates no preference for the color scheme and thus uses the system color scheme.
.preferredColorScheme(isDarkMode ? .dark : nil)
The view with the above modifier applied prefers dark mode when isDarkMode is set to true but otherwise defers to the color scheme as determined by the system. (133689390) (FB14768320) - Fixed: Regardless of the deployment target of the app, the popover modifier now does not respect the arrowEdge argument on iOS, iPadOS, or visionOS for apps compiled against iOS 18.1/visionOS 2.1 and run against iOS 18.0/visionOS 2.0. Apps compiled against iOS 18.1/visionOS 2.1 and run against iOS 18.1/visionOS 2.1 do respect the arrowEdge argument. (135231043)
- Now on iOS 18.1, tvOS 18.1 and visionOS 2.1, the View.navigationSplitViewColumnWidth modifier (all overloads) updates dynamically. Previously, the modifier would only be effective once, when applied at the same time the NavigationSplitView was created. If app code was modifying the values passed to navigationSplitViewColumnWidth after the split view was created or logical branches caused .navigationSplitViewColumnWidth to be active after creation, these values now affect column width. As a reminder, though not a changed behavior, on the aforementioned platforms both variants of navigationSplitViewColumnWidth have the same effect, since columns are not user-resizable. (135434989)
WidgetKit
New Features
- A control’s default tint will be set to the App/ extension’s accent color, if a tint is not specified explicitly using the tint(_ modifier. If neither is specified, the control’s tint will be the default system blue tint. (131662481)
Known Issues
- Rectangular complications and Watch-specific custom Live Activity views use the wrong font metrics, causing title2 and title3 to render much larger than intended and largeTitle to render much smaller than intended. Additionally, custom Live Activity views use the wrong default font (SF Pro instead of SF Compact). (135831317)
AppKit
Resolved Issues
- Resolved an issue where menu item keyboard shortcuts in the Services menu would take precedence over shortcuts for application menu items. (134539327)
Carbon
Resolved Issues
- Resolved an issue where iBooks Author quits unexpectedly when clicking Charts or Widgets in the toolbar. (134693081)
DataDetection
Resolved Issues
- Resolved an issue where iPhone and iPad apps on Apple Silicon Macs might quit unexpectedly if DataDetection API is used. (128080892)
Mobile Device Management
New Features
- MDM profiles can use the new key ‘forceBypassScreenCaptureAlert’, which allows owners of managed devices to opt out of user notifications for content capture technologies. (131327961)
Quick Look
Known Issues
- Back-deploying apps that link QuickLookUI to macOS 11 or earlier might crash. (133213738) (FB14667312)
Siri
Resolved Issues
- Fixed: Some of the buttons on the macOS Siri snippets might be unresponsive when using Siri through Voice. (133194038)
StoreKit
Resolved Issues
- Fixed: In StoreKit Testing in Xcode, the offer identifier in the subscription renewal info might be reported incorrectly for offer codes. (133774710)
SwiftUI
Resolved Issues
- On iOS 18.0, there is a known issue where passing nil to the .preferredColorScheme modifier, after the preferred color scheme is set by a different view in the hierarchy, does not trigger the system color scheme to change. Starting in iOS 18.1, when nil is passed to the .preferredColorScheme modifier, the view indicates no preference for the color scheme and thus uses the system color scheme.
.preferredColorScheme(isDarkMode ? .dark : nil)
The view with the above modifier applied prefers dark mode when isDarkMode is set to true but otherwise defers to the color scheme as determined by the system. (133689390) (FB14768320)
System Integrity Protection
Resolved Issues
- Fixed: Users might be incorrectly prompted when an app that is distributed through TestFlight attempts to access an application group container. (131606564) (FB14288230)
UIKit
Resolved Issues
- Resolved an issue where iPhone and iPad apps on Apple Silicon Macs quit unexpectedly when loading UIReferenceLibraryViewController. (79135995) (FB9153775)
iPhones 16's don't ship with 18.1 betas. So 18.0 build.
There is yet to be a 18.1 PB, we think the first pone will be against beta 4.