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Apple Seeds Second Beta of macOS Sonoma 14.4 to Developers

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Apple today seeded the second beta of an upcoming macOS Sonoma 14.4 update to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming a week after the release 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. Note that an Apple ID associated with an Apple Developer account is required to get the beta.

macOS Sonoma 14.4 introduces some of the features in the iOS 17.4 beta, such as new emoji characters. We don't know what Mac-specific features are included, and little else was found in the first beta.

Article Link: Apple Seeds Second Beta of macOS Sonoma 14.4 to Developers
 
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https://www.macrumors.com/2024/02/06/apple-seeds-macos-sonoma-14-4-beta-2/
Oh, I will be fine if this week the new Beta don't mess again the Oeksound plugins for Logic Pro like the past week, and don't have to go through Rosetta again.
 
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No OTA yet. Usually takes about 1/2 hour approx for it to show. So in about another 15 mins.
Released today to devs
  • iOS 17.4 beta 2 (21E5195e) - February 6, 2024
  • iPadOS 17.4 beta 2 (21E5195e) - February 6, 2024
  • macOS 14.4 beta 2 (23E5191e) - February 6, 2024
  • tvOS 17.4 beta 2 (21L5206f) - February 6, 2024
  • visionOS 1.1 beta (21O5181e) - February 6, 2024
  • watchOS 10.4 beta 2 (21T5196d) - February 6, 2024
 
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I am currently on Ventura , trying to delay Sonoma until late 2024. When macOS 15 will be out in October I will be able to choose to go from Ventura to Sonoma or my only choicecwill be between Ventura security update or macOS 15 ?
 
No, I don't. Because they mess it up again. That's the use I get of a forum.
 
Comparison of 14.4 beta 2 to previous 14.4 beta

macOS 14.4 beta 2 (23E5191e)
  • Safari Version 17.4 (19618.1.13.11.5)
  • System Firmware Version: 10151.100.753 (M1 based Macs)
  • Darwin Kernel Version 23.4.0: Sat Jan 27 14:22:59 PST 2024; root:xnu-10063.100.633~14/RELEASE_ARM64_T8103 arm64
macOS 14.4 beta (23E5180j)
  • Safari Version 17.4 (19618.1.11.11.3)
  • System Firmware Version: 10151.100.738.0.1 (M1 based Macs)
  • Darwin Kernel Version 23.4.0: Fri Jan 12 22:41:06 PST 2024; root:xnu-10063.100.610.0.2~19/RELEASE_ARM64_T8103 arm64
* Apple Music/TV now 1.4.4.38 was 1.4.4.29

12 days later then first beta
 
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"and little else was found in the first beta"

You're not supposed to find the new Zero Click backdoors.
 
Any sign of text rendering when composing in Mail being fixed yet? Introduced in 14.3
 
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Carlson-online said:
hoping for the elusive apple music widget.

expecting to be disappointed
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I doubt if the widget will ever show as Apple has a simple Apple Music/TV player under control center. It's also in the exact same control center location in IOS 17, and iPadOS 17 so that whatever you were using last Music or TV you can immediately play where you left off before the screen locked. Music application for MacOS 14.x has a mini-player if you don't need the full window. Apple TV application doesn't.
 
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testato said:
I am currently on Ventura , trying to delay Sonoma until late 2024. When macOS 15 will be out in October I will be able to choose to go from Ventura to Sonoma or my only choicecwill be between Ventura security update or macOS 15 ?
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Yes, just download the installer for it via the app store. It will still be there even if a new macOS version is released, El Capitan is still up there.
 
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Realityck said:
I doubt if the widget will ever show as Apple has a simple Apple Music/TV player under control center. It's also in the exact same control center location in IOS 17, and iPadOS 17 so that whatever you were using last Music or TV you can immediately play where you left off before the screen locked. Music application for MacOS 14.x has a mini-player if you don't need the full window. Apple TV application doesn't.
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Apple itself has said a Music widget was coming. It's MIA as of the update today. Maybe we'll get it in macOS 15
 
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ajkoeltz said:
Apple itself has said a Music widget was coming. It's MIA as of the update today. Maybe we'll get it in macOS 15
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At WWDC 2023 Apple showed how to use widgets from a iPhone running IOS 17 without them installed on your Sonoma Mac. There was never an Apple Music Widget if you go back to watching the keynote. I believe that is where people thought Sonoma added a Apple Music widget. :)

www.tomsguide.com

macOS Sonoma lets you use iOS widgets without them installed on your Mac — here’s how

Here's how to get iPhone widgets on macOS
www.tomsguide.com www.tomsguide.com
 
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Realityck said:
At WWDC 2023 Apple showed how to use widgets from a iPhone running IOS 17 without them installed on your Sonoma Mac. There was never an Apple Music Widget if you go back to watching the keynote.

www.tomsguide.com

macOS Sonoma lets you use iOS widgets without them installed on your Mac — here’s how

Here's how to get iPhone widgets on macOS
www.tomsguide.com www.tomsguide.com
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There was on the PDF with new features and was saying it was coming later last year.

Update: Just checked, the Music widget is still mentioned but as released (awkward).


Screenshot 2024-02-06 at 22.35.09.png
 
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nortonandreev said:
There was on the PDF with new features and was saying it was coming later last year.

Update: Just checked, the Music widget is still mentioned but as released (awkward).


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I wonder if it is an error, since it is normally part of iOS/iPadOS 17.x widgets? We have gone a long way from 14.0 beta to 14.4 beta 2 with no music widget? :)

This reminds about calculator example, available in iOS, and MacOS, but not iPadOS.
 
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