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Apple Seeds Release Candidate Version of macOS Ventura 13.4 to Developers

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Apple today seeded the release candidate (RC) version of macOS Ventura 13.4 to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming a week after the launch of the fourth beta. The RC represents the final version of macOS Ventura 13.4 that will be provided to the public.

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Registered developers can download the beta through the Apple Developer Center and after the appropriate profile is installed, with the betas available through the Software Update mechanism in System Settings.

According to Apple's release notes, the update adds a Sports feed in the sidebar of Apple News and it addresses several bugs, including one that would prevent the Mac Auto Unlock feature from working with the Apple Watch.
macOS Ventura 13.4 includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
- Sports feed in the sidebar of Apple News gives easy access to stories, scores, standings, and more, for the teams and leagues you follow
- My Sports score and schedule cards in Apple News take you directly to game pages where you can find additional details about specific games
- Resolves an issue where Auto Unlock with Apple Watch does not log you into your Mac
- Fixes a Bluetooth issue where keyboards connect slowly to Mac after restarting
- Addresses a VoiceOver issue with navigating to landmarks on webpages
- Fixes an issue where Screen Time settings may reset or not sync across all devices

Some features may not be available for all regions, or on all Apple devices.
For detailed information about the security content of this update, please visit: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201222
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macOS 13.4 also adds the simplified beta installation method that was first introduced in iOS 16.4. With the update, developers and public beta testers enrolled in Apple's respective programs can toggle on beta updates from System Settings on the Mac, without the need to install a profile.

An Apple ID associated with either a public beta account or a developer account is required to turn on beta updates, which means that it is no longer possible to use a developer profile not associated with a developer account to install the developer betas.

Article Link: Apple Seeds Release Candidate Version of macOS Ventura 13.4 to Developers
 
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https://www.macrumors.com/2023/05/09/apple-seeds-macos-ventura-13-4-rc/
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Yeah takes time for this to always show.
  • iOS 16.5 RC (20F65) - May 9, 2023
  • iPadOS 16.5 RC (20F65) - May 9, 2023
  • macOS 13.4 RC (22F62) - May 9, 2023
  • watchOS 9.5 RC (20T562) - May 9, 2023
  • tvOS 16.5 RC (20L562) - May 9, 2023
  • iOS 15.7.6 RC (19H349) - May 9, 2023
  • iPadOS 15.7.6 RC (19H349) - May 9, 2023

Apple Studio Display​

Known Issues​

  • Apple Studio Display firmware update starts showing progress but never completes. (107287354)
    Workaround: To install other updates including future macOS Beta Updates, click “More info…” in Software Update Settings, uncheck Apple Studio Display firmware update, and click “Install Now.”

CSS​

Resolved Issues​

  • Fixed increasing column-count above 2 not updating the layout. (71808738)

File Bookmark​

Resolved Issues​

  • Fixed a regression in macOS Ventura 13.3 where a security check causes bookmark resolution to fail when the path contains Unicode characters stored with composed normalization. As an example, this prevented files in Finder from opening when double-clicked. (107550080)

SwiftUI​

Resolved Issues​

  • Fixed: Using ImageRenderer within a ShareLink’s preview closure crashed the running application. (107763234)
 
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Also coming is RC for Monterey and Big Sur:

Monterey 12.6.6 - build number is 21G646

Big Sur 11.7.7 - build number is 20G1345
 
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MacOS 13.4 RC. (22F62)
  • Safari Version 16.5 (18615.2.9.11.4)
  • System Firmware Version: 8422.121.3 (M1 based Macs)
  • Darwin Kernel Version 22.5.0: Mon Apr 24 20:53:44 PDT 2023; root:xnu-8796.121.2~5/RELEASE_ARM64_T8103 arm64

MacOS 13.4 beta 4
  • Safari Version 16.5 (18615.2.9.11.3)
  • System Firmware Version: 8422.121.1 (M1 based Macs)
  • Darwin Kernel Version 22.5.0: Tue Apr 25 04:06:41 PDT 2023; root:xnu-8796.121.2~8/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000 arm64
 
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installing now. will try anyconnect and see if that's hopefully fixed too.

Update, appears anyconnect works fine now
 
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  • iOS 15.7.6 RC (19H349) - May 9, 2023
  • iPadOS 15.7.6 RC (19H349) - May 9, 2023
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Apple's developer page is saying iOS 15.7.6 (19H349) and iPadOS 15.7.6 (19H349) have been released - but not indicating they are RC versions:

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As far as I can tell they ARE RC versions, not public releases, just to be clear.

And just being clear isn't really one of apple's strengths.
 
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From here until the next month is the peaceful and tranquil period for any macOS release. After that it's back to standing on pins.
 
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I wish they would solely focus on fixing bugs instead of changing features that did work seamlessly before. Update doesn't mean improvement anymore in the Apple world. Simple example: Sending audio message in iOS iMessage. Why the eff, would they change that and make it so difficult? For the sake of changing something and pissing users off? Other OS's and hardware become more and more appealing.
 
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