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Apple Seeds Third macOS Sierra 10.12.1 Beta to Developers

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Apple today seeded the third beta of an upcoming macOS Sierra update to developers for testing purposes, nearly one week after seeding the second beta and two weeks after releasing the new macOS Sierra operating system to the public.

macOS Sierra 10.12.1 beta 3 can be downloaded from the Apple Developer Center or through the Software update mechanism in the Mac App Store.

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macOS Sierra 10.12.1 appears to focus on bug fixes and under-the-hood performance improvements to address issues that have been found since the operating system's release. Few outward-facing changes were discovered in the first two betas, but it does include Photos support for the new iPhone 7 Plus Portrait feature introduced with iOS 10.1. New features discovered in the third 10.12.1 beta will be listed below.

macOS Sierra is a significant update that brings features like Siri support, a new storage optimization option, cross device copy paste, auto unlocking with the Apple Watch, and more. For full details on macOS Sierra, make sure to check out our roundup.

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Apple today seeded the third beta of an upcoming macOS Sierra update to developers for testing purposes, nearly one week after seeding the second beta and two weeks after releasing the new macOS Sierra operating system to the public.

macOS Sierra 10.12.1 beta 3 can be downloaded from the Apple Developer Center or through the Software update mechanism in the Mac App Store for those who already have 10.1 installed.

macossierraroundup-800x463.jpg

macOS Sierra 10.12.1 appears to focus on bug fixes and under-the-hood performance improvements to address issues that have been found since the operating system's release. Few outward-facing changes were discovered in the first two betas, but it does include Photos support for the new iPhone 7 Plus Portrait feature introduced with iOS 10.1. New features discovered in the third 10.12.1 beta will be listed below.

macOS Sierra is a significant update that brings features like Siri support, a new storage optimization option, cross device copy paste, auto unlocking with the Apple Watch, and more. For full details on macOS Sierra, make sure to check out our roundup.

Article Link: Apple Seeds Third macOS Sierra 10.12.1 Beta to Developers
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I wish they would hurry up and get this update released to see if it fixes my photo's in the Photo App not loading properly.
 
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in the last few betas I have seen zero difference or anything new or better, what are they actually changing
 
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dan9700 said:
what the hell so 3rd beta and still no beta 2 for iOS hmmmm
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I'd guess that there are no changes in the Sierra beta that require corresponding changes in iOS to work well.

So no need to keep the lockstep, rigid, unbending, boring sync between the two development teams.

When the next iOS beta is ready for testing, it will be released.
 
I hope they fix sluggish animations on Macs with retina displays. I'm waiting for 10.12.1 to fix it or I'm going back to El Capitan.

Although I'm happy to have ditched Dropbox for iCloud Drive, I can't stand that my mid 2014 rMBP feels like it's 10 years old. I also have a mid 2012 MBA and Sierra runs better on it.
 
Can any clever people here delve through the innards and have a look at supported CPUs/GPUs?

That ARM chip being added has piqued my interest (boy, that's putting it lightly — I couldn't be more excited at the thought), but I wonder if there'll be a homegrown GPU in the next Mac as well.

Roll on October!
 
keysofanxiety said:
Can any clever people here delve through the innards and have a look at supported CPUs/GPUs?

That ARM chip being added has piqued my interest (boy, that's putting it lightly — I couldn't be more excited at the thought), but I wonder if there'll be a homegrown GPU in the next Mac as well.

Roll on October!
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There's support for the Polaris 480/470/460 GPUs, I am not sure about the possible switch to ARM, but I don't think they can match the performance of a quad-core, hyper threaded Skylake chip yet.
 
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