Apple Seeds Second macOS Sequoia 15.4 Release Candidate With Mail Categorization

[MacRumors]

Apple today provided developers with a second release candidate version of an upcoming macOS Sequoia 15.4 update for testing purposes. The new RC is available a few days after Apple released the initial RC earlier this week.

Registered developers can opt-in to the macOS Sequoia beta through the Software Update section of the System Settings app. An Apple ID associated with an Apple Developer account is required to get the beta.

macOS Sequoia 15.4 brings Mail Categorization to the Mac for the first time, reorganizing the Mail app into dedicated categories like transactions, updates, promotions, and primary, a category that surfaces the most important emails first. The update brings a range of new emoji characters to the Mac.

For Apple News+ subscribers, there is a dedicated News+ Food section with recipes, articles about restaurants, and other related content. There's a new Sketch style in Image Playground, the option to create Memory Movies in the Photos app, and Apple Intelligence is expanding to new languages.

Apple plans to release macOS Sequoia 15.4 in early April, and the RC represents the finalized version of the software that will be launched to the public as long as no issues are found.

Article Link: Apple Seeds Second macOS Sequoia 15.4 Release Candidate With Mail Categorization

 

[HighwaySnowman]

I just hope it's easy to disable.

I don't want my inbox monkeyed with.

 

[b17777]

I just hope it's easy to disable.

I don't want my inbox monkeyed with.

I came here to say this also. I have it disabled on my phone. I have mailboxes organized the way I want.

 

[nutmac]

I just hope it's easy to disable.

I don't want my inbox monkeyed with.

It is. It can be disabled when the Mail app is first launched OR via selecting View | Show Mail Categories from the menu.

 

[tywebb13]

build number is 24E247

 

[nat1nat1]

I don't understand how this requires a full operating system update

 

[galad]

It doesn't, it's just that every update is batched together in a single update device 1.5 months or so.

Obviously Mail isn't the only things being updated.

 

[thekaiju]

Does this mail update allow to show the unread badge number for specific accounts or is it still all or nothing?

 

[Adora]

iMac M3 and mini M4 Pro updated without problems.

macOS Sequoia 15.4 RC 2 Release Notes​

Are those really new or did they just change the title?

 

[whelmedjedi]

anyone knows when mail categorization will come to the icloud web? And also my mail categorization preferences on iOS is not synced to the macOS. When they will release that feature? Do i supposed to categorize my mails on each device separately? lol.

 

[twolf2919]

Why another one so soon? I just downloaded the last RC candidate a few days ago.

 

[Adora]

Why another one so soon? I just downloaded the last RC candidate a few days ago.

Maybe because of that:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/cant-update-to-the-macos-15-4-rc-heres-why.2453998/

Build number is just one up.

 

[Adora]

anyone knows when mail categorization will come to the icloud web? And also my mail categorization preferences on iOS is not synced to the macOS. When they will release that feature? Do i supposed to categorize my mails on each device separately? lol.

Is 15.4 the first macOS version with Mail Categorization? Then with the final release or never.

 

[Astuces iOS]

I knew this would be released !!!!! I AM A GENIUS HAHAHA

 

[nutmac]

I don't understand how this requires a full operating system update

Release Candidates are almost always a full download, not incremental.

 

[Adora]

Release Candidates are almost always a full download, not incremental.

I was about 2-3 GB for both RCs. On both my Macs.

 

[Adora]

I just got this:

At first I thought it's GB but then was finished within a few seconds. Can't remember ever getting an update like that.

The chance clicking on more info is gone now.

 

[Astuces iOS]

I just got this:

View attachment 2496379

normal we got a Final Cut Pro update

 

[Adora]

normal we got a Final Cut Pro update

Just saw the article about the update. I had to install it manually.

 

[skharris]

Just tried to install it and on the reboot and progress bar my M4 Mac mini was hung for over an hour. Finally had to just unplug it and turn it back on. Fortunately it came back and update without issue.

 

[Adora]

Just tried to install it and on the reboot and progress bar my M4 Mac mini was hung for over an hour. Finally had to just unplug it and turn it back on. Fortunately it came back and update without issue.

My M4 Pro mini also does not like updating but this time there was no problem. I think it was the last time when the screen just went black and nothing happened anymore. Turning on and off helped and the installation was already finished. With Beta 3 or 4 I had many strange progress bars that showed no progress and it all took very long, but then suddenly got finished.

 

[Michael Rebar]

Email client is vital to my job. Months ago began using eM Client on iPhone, Mac and Windows. Highly recommend!

 

[Lerxt]

On what planet does Apple think that I want their crap AI to classify my mail? I'm smarter than their AI and I know what I want in my mail app. Stop dicking around edges and leave my stuff alone.

 

[johnsawyercjs]

On what planet does Apple think that I want their crap AI to classify my mail? I'm smarter than their AI and I know what I want in my mail app. Stop dicking around edges and leave my stuff alone.

In the Mail app, deselect View > Show Mail Categories, and View > Show Priority Messages, and in Settings > Viewing, deselect Summarize Message Previews.

 

[Acidsplat]

Fixed some choppy window UI animations I was having on the first RC on my Mac Studio M3 Ultra