Apple Seeds Second macOS Sequoia 15.7 Release Candidate to Developers

[MacRumors]

Apple today seeded a second release candidate version of macOS Sequoia 15.7, one week after seeding the first release candidate. If no further bugs are found, macOS Sequoia 15.7 could be released to the public soon.

Developers can opt-in to the ‌macOS Sequoia‌ beta through the Software Update section of the System Settings app.

According to Apple's release notes, the update includes security fixes.

This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users.

Given the rapid escalation to release candidate status, macOS Sequoia 15.7 likely addresses a critical security bug.

Article Link: Apple Seeds Second macOS Sequoia 15.7 Release Candidate to Developers

 

[Lounge vibes 05]

Uggh Mac Rumors.
15.7 will be released on the same day as 26.0, just like the last several years.
Simply because they have begun testing it does not mean it’s going to be released imminently.
Same goes for iOS 18.7 and macOS Sonoma 14.8 too.

 

[jontalk5]

Uggh Mac Rumors.
15.7 will be released on the same day as 26.0, just like the last several years.
Simply because they have begun testing it does not mean it’s going to be released imminently.
Same goes for iOS 18.7 and macOS Sonoma 14.8 too.

Wow..interesting..I had no idea there's a 15.7 and the fact it will be released simultaneously with Tahoe is crazy!

 

[Adora]

Update from RC1 to RC2 is bigger than a full installer to download.

 

[aj8690]

Uggh Mac Rumors.
15.7 will be released on the same day as 26.0, just like the last several years.
Simply because they have begun testing it does not mean it’s going to be released imminently.
Same goes for iOS 18.7 and macOS Sonoma 14.8 too.

This is a security update. They aren’t sitting on it until September.

 

[Adora]

No full installer available (yet).

 

[Adora]

Installer, direct download:

https://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/20/04/093-01405-A_INK4IWGB74/luxoyh70fy1pmii63gk6u7vdmrmkzc9w5q/Safari26.0SequoiaAutoSeed.pkg

 

[Lounge vibes 05]

This is a security update. They aren’t sitting on it until September.

Sure, you continue to think that. See you in September.
Remember, this is the *second* RC, and the first was identical to the current build publicly available as 15.6.

 

[Lounge vibes 05]

Wow..interesting..I had no idea there's a 15.7 and the fact it will be released simultaneously with Tahoe is crazy!

Yep, it has been this way for quite a while now.
15.7 will be released on the same day as iOS 26, and will be updated throughout the year. For example 15.7.1 will likely launch alongside 26.1, 15.7.2 alongside 26.2, etc.
Then a year from now there will be an update to 15.8 that releases on the same day as 27.0.
Same is happening this year with Sonoma, 14.8 RC2 was also released today and will also release in September.
People denying this don’t realize that…
A: if there were a major security flaw that needed to be patched today Apple would do it with 15.6.1
B: Apple has been releasing these macOS RC build through the beta channel for about a year now.
C: Apple very much likes sticking to patterns.
X.0 in September
X.1 in October
X.2 in December
X.3 in late January
X.4 in late March/early April
X.5 in the third week of May
X.6 during the last two weeks of July
X.7 in September along with the new updates
X.8 a year later

 

[smithrh]

*Before* I installed the update, I saw my mini was off.

I hadn't turned it off. It had crashed so hard (when idle) that it didn't even reboot.

Yes, there were precursors in the log file, but I have never ever seen a Mac crash to an off power state.

Something was amiss with the last beta, hopefully this addresses whatever happened here.

 

[darabo]

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Installer, direct download:

https://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/20/04/093-01405-A_INK4IWGB74/luxoyh70fy1pmii63gk6u7vdmrmkzc9w5q/Safari26.0SequoiaAutoSeed.pkg

How stable is the Safari 26 beta?

 

[tomchr9]

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[johnnytravels]

Does the 4th gen iPod (classic) sync again?

 

[Adora]

How stable is the Safari 26 beta?

I didn't notice any difference to the version before in Beta 1. Beta 2 seems stable too but there is a small bug in the Extensions section, it was also in Beta 1 but not from the beginning. I think it started when I updated to 15.7 RC1 or later. Very strange.


The activation box is invisible sometimes it also is jumping always to the top where "Add Extensions" is now. The first external change I noticed.

I also have the Technology Preview installed, it doesn't have that bug. Strangely it doesn't have the standard version number anymore since the first Tahoe Beta, must be still 18.x. but with a newer build number than 26 Beta 2.