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Apple Seeds Third Beta of macOS Sonoma 14.2 to Developers

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

Shazam can also be added to the Control Center or menu bar on the Mac.

Stickers can 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 Third Beta of macOS Sonoma 14.2 to Developers
 
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Weird, I got the beta 3 notice on the new MacBook Pro M3 but not on the Mac Studio M2 Max.
 
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Took until 10:40 PST for OTA to show up.

To devs today
  • iOS 17.2 beta 3 (21C5046c) - November 14, 2023
  • iPadOS 17.2 beta 3 (21C5046c) - November 14, 2023
  • macOS 14.2 beta 3 (23C5047e) - November 14, 2023
  • watchOS 10.2 beta 3 (21S5349e) - November 14, 2023
  • tvOS 17.2 beta 3 (21K5348f) - November 14, 2023
 
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tywebb13

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There was a 12.7.2 RC 2 build 21G1965 which came out on Nov 10

It seems to be ota only, no full installer.
 
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Comparison of 14.2 beta 3 to previous 14.2 beta 2

macOS 14.2 beta 3 (23C5047e)
  • Safari Version 17.2 (19617.1.16.11.2)
  • System Firmware Version: 10151.60.56 (M1 based Macs)
  • Darwin Kernel Version 23.2.0: Thu Nov 9 06:28:34 PST 2023; root:xnu-10002.60.71.505.1~3/RELEASE_ARM64_T8103 arm64
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
 
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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)
  • Fixed an issue causing the refund request “Done” button to not dismiss the sheet when using StoreKit Testing in Xcode. (117482750)
  • Fixed an issue where StoreKit 2 deviceVerification was incorrect, which caused transaction verification to fail. (117689523) (FB13315344)

Swift Charts​

Resolved Issues​

  • Fixed an issue where a scrollable chart did not respect the initial non-zero binding value passed to chartScrollPosition. (114889276)

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.
 
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steve333

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Now Safari is back to not deleting all history unless you restart it. It had been fixed with the last release
Facebook is terrible now on Safari
 
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tywebb13

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I actually missed the 12.7.2 RC 2 build 21G1965

It came out the day after the Sonoma beta 2.

We get used to all the betas coming out the same time - and when apple does something different like releasing one of them the day after - we could miss it.

Anyway I'm downloading an update to 12.7.2 now. No idea what it is! Maybe it is build 21G1965

Or maybe there is an RC 3

Anyway the lesson learned is to check what comes out the day after Sonoma betas are released.

And another question - what about 13.6.3? Is there an RC 2 for that? If no - check tomorrow!
 
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tywebb13

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Actually there IS a 13.6.3 RC2 - build 22G430

and a 12.7.2 RC 3 - build 21G1967 - this is the one which I downloaded
rc3.png
 
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tywebb13

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No full installers but there is an ipsw for 14.2 beta 3

I would say check tomorrow for full installers

Still don't know why there wasn't a full installer for 12.7.2 RC 2 build 21G1965. There was one for 13.6.3 RC 1 build 22G423
 
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Anyone else having an issue with search in Mail? Just shows searching.... and never returns any results.

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