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Apple Seeds Second Beta of macOS Sonoma 14.1 to Developers

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Apple today seeded the second beta of an upcoming macOS Sonoma 14.1 update to developers for beta testing, with the update coming just a week after the launch of the first beta.

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Registered developers can opt-in to the beta through the Software Update section of the System Settings app. Under Beta updates, simply toggle on the Sonoma Developer Beta. Note that an Apple ID associated with an Apple Developer account is required to get the beta.

macOS Sonoma 14.1 includes updates for the Music app, introducing an option to favorite songs, albums, artists, and more. No other major new additions have been found in the beta as of yet, but there are several promised features that did not make it into the macOS Sonoma launch.

Apple says that these features are coming in an update later this year, so we could begin seeing some of them in this beta.

Additions we are waiting on include interactive Music widgets, iCloud Sync improvements, the option to use Stickers through the Tapback menu in Messages, Intelligent form detection and Enhanced AutoFill for PDF documents and forms, an option to complete words by pressing the space bar, collaborative playlists in the Music app, and a favorite songs playlist.

Article Link: Apple Seeds Second Beta of macOS Sonoma 14.1 to Developers
 
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https://www.macrumors.com/2023/10/03/apple-seeds-macos-sonoma-14-1-beta-2/
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Build number for macOS Sonoma 14.1 Beta 2 is 23B5056e

Other build numbers:

iOS 17.1 beta 2: 21B5056e

iPadOS 17.1 beta 2: 21B5056e

watchOS 10.1 beta 2: 21S5053f

tvOS 17.1 beta 2: 21K5054e

audioOS 17.1 beta 2: 21K5054e

Xcode 15.1 beta: 15C5028h

visionOS 1 beta 4 Simulator: 21N5259i
 
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Sonoma 14.1 beta 2 Release Notes

Overview

The macOS 14 SDK provides support to develop apps for Mac computers running Sonoma 14.1 beta 2. The SDK comes bundled with Xcode 15, available from the Mac App Store. For information on the compatibility requirements for Xcode 15, see Xcode 15 Release Notes.

Remote Widgets

Resolved Issues

Fixed: Remote Widgets might render blank on mismatched iOS and macOS releases. (115436466)
Wallet

Known Issues

Some event ticket passes might fail to ingest into Wallet when added from a website on a Mac. (115216417)
Workaround: Add them to Wallet from an iPhone.

WidgetKit

Known Issues

In widgets Text(_:style: ) doesn’t animate its content by default. (107582710)
Workaround: To explicitly request an animation, use the View.contentTransition(_: ) modifier.
 
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Corefile said:
Will the M1 still be supported in 2030 by Apple?
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Apple doesn’t even know.
But, given that they’re still selling an M1 MacBook Air and an M1 iPad Air and an M1 iMac, I think it’s safe to say that they still have several years of support.
But these days it’s really quite unpredictable what they will do.
Right now they seem to be cutting off support for any devices that are five years old or older, but that probably has a lot more to do with them trying to kill off old Intel code and older “A” series chips without neural engines.
Definitely will be interesting to see how long the 2020-2022 products get software support, especially since many of them are still the most current.

My personal prediction (which could be totally wrong) is that 2025 will be the first Apple Silicon only macOS, and given that the M1 is based off of the A14, iOS 19 and macOS 16 will work on all iPhones and Macs from late 2020 and newer.
Then I expect Apple to keep these exact same system requirements for 2026 and 2027, before dropping M1 in 2028 and M2 in 2030.
But I would love to be wrong, and I hope that the M1 gets a full 10 years or more.
 
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Comparison of 14.1 beta 2 to previous 14.1 beta 1

macOS 14.1 beta 2 (23B5056e)
  • Safari Version 17.1 (19616.2.8.11.2)
  • System Firmware Version: 10151.40.171.501.2 (M1 based Macs)
  • Darwin Kernel Version 23.1.0: Tue Sep 26 22:11:17 PDT 2023; root:xnu-10002.40.89.501.1~3/RELEASE_ARM64_T8103 arm64
macOS 14.1 beta (23B5046f)
  • Safari Version 17.1 (19616.2.6)
  • System Firmware Version: 10151.40.132 (M1 based Macs)
  • Darwin Kernel Version 23.1.0: Thu Sep 14 23:07:43 PDT 2023; root:xnu-10002.40.63.505.1~3/RELEASE_ARM64_T8103 arm64
 
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Not much for notes

Remote Widgetsin page link​

Resolved Issuesin page link​

  • Fixed: Remote Widgets might render blank on mismatched iOS and macOS releases. (115436466)

Walletin page link​

Known Issuesin page link​

  • Some event ticket passes might fail to ingest into Wallet when added from a website on a Mac. (115216417)
    Workaround: Add them to Wallet from an iPhone.

WidgetKitin page link​

Known Issuesin page link​

  • In widgets Text(_:style:) doesn’t animate its content by default. (107582710)
    Workaround: To explicitly request an animation, use the View.contentTransition(_:) modifier.
 
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I've been having issues with M1 Mac Studio and Studio Display with all of the aerial screensavers freezing on static image after a short while. Since beta 7 & 8, plus official release. Does not happen on my M1 Mac mini with a Lenovo monitor. Have even wiped hard drive and done clean install, still occurs. Screen saver starts OK, morphs into the desktop, then next time screensaver starts it will freeze on a static image after a short while. only way to fix is to select a new screener, or re-start. It always re-occurs. Feedback assistant says no similar issues???
 
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Dumb question I'm sure, but do we think Apple might give the 80% charge limit ability to Macs on Sonoma? I would really love that...
 
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Facebook has been wonky with Sonoma but everything else works better for me
Only thing I really don't like is the blue blinking line that follows when we type. It gets in the way of the last letter I type and annoys the crap out of me. Get the thin black line back
 
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tywebb13 said:
Build number for macOS Sonoma 14.1 Beta 2 is 23B5056e

Other build numbers:

iOS 17.1 beta 2: 21B5056e

iPadOS 17.1 beta 2: 21B5056e

watchOS 10.1 beta 2: 21S5053f

tvOS 17.1 beta 2: 21K5054e

audioOS 17.1 beta 2: 21K5054e

Xcode 15.1 beta: 15C5028h

visionOS 1 beta 4 Simulator: 21N5259i
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Out of genuine curiosity, what is the fascination with build numbers?
 
After installing macOS Sonoma 14.0 on my Mac Studio Max I have had a number of freezes when zooming into the screen. On boot up only sees 1 monitor instead of 2 and have to reboot.

Anybody else seeing this ?
 
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