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Apple today seeded the second beta of an upcoming macOS Sonoma 14.2 update to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming two weeks after Apple seeded the first beta of macOS Sonoma 14.2.

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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, 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 14.2 adds an Apple Music Favorites playlist that houses everything you've favorited, plus Apple added support for collaborative playlists. You can now share a playlist with multiple people, and each participant can add songs.

Stickers can now be used to reply to iMessages when you long press on a chat bubble in the Messages app, and there's also now support for the extra-secure iMessage Contact Key Verification option.

Article Link: Apple Seeds Second Beta of macOS Sonoma 14.2 to Developers
 
The Music app on MacOS is still full of glitches. Set it up to play only to an AirPlay target, click play, and you get a brief blast of music out of the Mac speakers before it switches to the AirPlay device. Been this way since the transition from iTunes.
 
Can anyone confirm if this fixes the glitchy dark grey non translucent desktop widget background when entering and exiting mission control?
 

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Does it have the Journal app or that is only for iOS?….
I hope not… if so - then 🍏 is 😒
 
macOS Sonoma 14.2 beta 2 build number 23C5041e

macOS Ventura 13.6.3 RC 1 build number 22G423

audioOS 17.2 beta 2 build number 21K5341f

tvOS 17.2 beta 2 build number 21K5341f

watchOS 10.2 beta 2 build number 21S5342e

Safari 17.2 beta 2 build number 617C13 for Ventura and Monterey

iOS 17.2 beta 2 build number 21C5040g

iPadOS 17.2 beta 2 build number 21C5040g
 
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I would wager a healthy bet that if this site gave its users a poll, asking them if all "seeding" articles should vanish forever, over ninety percent of them would vote yes.

Interesting. When did you run this poll to come up with such a percentage?
 
macOS Sonoma 14.2 adds an Apple Music Favorites playlist that houses everything you've favorited, plus Apple added support for collaborative playlists. You can now share a playlist with multiple people, and each participant can add songs.
I don't understand why they need to distribute this improvement through a OS update. Why can't the Music app can't be updated on its own through AppStore, like they do on Windows. I'd rather have more incremental updates like any other app.

Oh for sure, some devices can't update to the latest OS, so perhaps it's the signal to buy a newer device...
 
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The new feature for iMessage looks interesting but, alas, iMessage is in the process of being forced to become just an Android message app, and iOS just another Android variant by EU bureaucrats.
 
Very odd as they usually release all at a time.
Well maybe 21G1925 is stable enough not to need a new RC.

In any case since there is at least an RC this indicates apple intends to make a public release of 12.7.2 maybe with that build or one slightly higher.
 
I would wager a healthy bet that if this site gave its users a poll, asking them if all "seeding" articles should vanish forever, over ninety percent of them would vote yes.
Remember the era when a 'beta' version of an OS (particularly a point release - which often took years to develop) meant interesting new features & speed bumps for the OS itself?

Now it just means 'iTunes and iMessage both have single new features that you'll probably never use'.

Sigh.
 
Well maybe 21G1925 is stable enough not to need a new RC.

In any case since there is at least an RC this indicates apple intends to make a public release of 12.7.2 maybe with that build or one slightly higher.
Or maybe they will release a final before the release of 14.2
 

iMessage Contact Key Verification

New Features

  • With iMessage Contact Key Verification, users can choose to further verify that they are messaging only with the people they intend. iMessage Contact Key Verification uses Key Transparency to enable automatic verification that the iMessage key distribution service returns device keys that have been logged to a verifiable and auditable map. When a user enables the feature, they will be notified about any validation errors directly in the Messages conversation transcript and Apple ID Settings.
    For even higher security, iMessage Contact Key Verification users can compare a contact verification code in person, on FaceTime, or through another secure call. They can also choose to create or edit a contact and save a public key to turn on iMessage Contact Key Verification with that person.
    All devices signed into your iCloud account must be on the minimum supported version of iOS 17.2 Beta, macOS 14.2 Beta, or watchOS 10.2 Beta. If you wish to keep using other devices on older versions of the OS, you will need to sign out of iMessage on these devices in order to enable contact key verification. (111356044)

Resolved Issues

  • Fixed: After verifying a contact, the verificaton checkmark might not show up in Messages app. (116142336)
  • Fixed: Users might see an error to Turned Off transcript every few hours. (116405131)

Known Issues

  • The Learn More links do not link to Knowledge Base articles during Beta. (101563811)
  • When verifying another user, Contact Verification Code might not show if one user interrupts the flow. (114462363)
    Workaround: Both users restart the process.
  • Users might see that they’re are not eligible to enable Contact Key Verification on some of their upgraded devices. (117044482)
    Workaround: Retry after waiting at least 30 minutes.

Messages

Known Issues

  • Unlocalized string shown for member count in the full screen Map View of Group Messages might appear (e.g. DETAIL_NUMBER_OF_PEOPLE_LABEL). (117287069)

StoreKit

New Features

  • New pricing properties price, currency, and currencyCode are now available on Transaction. If an offer was applied to the transaction, a new property offer is available to see information about it (id, type, payment mode), as well as convenience properties offerID, offerType, and offerPaymentMode. (106650768)

Resolved Issues

  • Fixed: The StoreKit 2 Transaction properties price, currency, and Offer.paymentMode now have Optional types. (116592563)
  • Fixed: The StoreKit 2 Transaction properties price, currency, and Offer.paymentMode now have Optional types. (116809380)

Known Issues

  • The refund request “Done” button doesn’t dismiss the sheet when using StoreKit Testing in Xcode. (117482750)
  • An issue causes StoreKit 2 deviceVerification to be incorrect, which causes the transaction verification to fail. (117689523) (FB13315344)

SwiftUI

New Features

  • Use _logChanges() to log causes of SwiftUI view updates.
    Call the new debugging method _logChanges() in the body of a SwiftUI view to log information about why the system is updating the view. For example:
    struct MyView: View {
    var body: some View {
    #if DEBUG
    let _ = Self._logChanges()
    #endif
    // … rest of view body …
    }
    }

    As well as the physical property names, “@self” marks that the view value itself has changed, and “@identity” marks that the identity of the view has changed (that is, that the persistent data associated with the view has been recycled for a new instance of the same type).
    The new _logChanges() method is like the existing _printChanges() one, except that the new method uses the system console, which is useful in some debugging workflows.
    Calls to _logChanges() log at the info level to the “com.apple.SwiftUI” subsystem with the category “Changed Body Properties”. (113352555)

Resolved Issues

  • Fixed: Resolved a possible Swift access conflict crash that could occur with toolbar items. (113992797)

Known Issues

  • To prevent unintentional implicit dependency cycles, ImageRenderer no longer sends Observable updates when the image it produces changes. This change does not affect the behavior when a dependency is explicitly declared by observing the ImageRenderer’s publisher. (116836341)

WidgetKit

Known Issues

  • In widgets Text(_:style:) does not animate its content by default. (107582710)
    Workaround: To explicitly request an animation, use the View.contentTransition(_:) modifier.
 
Comparison of 14.2 beta 2 to previous 14.2 beta

macOS 14.2 beta 2 (23C5041e)
  • Safari Version 17.2 (19617.1.13.11.1)
  • System Firmware Version: 10151.60.55 (M1 based Macs)
  • Darwin Kernel Version 23.2.0: Wed Nov 1 21:07:19 PDT 2023; root:xnu-10002.60.69.501.1~2/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000 arm64
macOS 14.2 beta (23C5030f)
  • Safari Version 17.2 (19617.1.11.11.3)
  • System Firmware Version: 10151.60.43 (M1 based Macs)
  • Darwin Kernel Version 23.2.0: Fri Oct 13 09:28:27 PDT 2023; root:xnu-10002.60.54~14/RELEASE_ARM64_T8103 arm64
 
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