Apple Seeds Fourth macOS Sierra 10.12.4 Beta to Developers and Public Beta Testers

[MacRumors]

Apple today seeded the fourth beta of an upcoming macOS Sierra 10.12.4 update to developers, one week after seeding the third macOS Sierra 10.12.4 beta and over a month after releasing macOS Sierra 10.12.3.

The fourth macOS Sierra 10.12.4 beta is available for download through the Apple Developer Center or the software update mechanism in the Mac App Store for those who have previously installed a beta.

macOS Sierra 10.12.4 brings iOS's Night Shift mode to the Mac for the first time. First introduced on iOS devices with iOS 9.3, Night Shift is designed to gradually shift the display of a device from blue to yellow, cutting down on exposure to blue light. Blue light is said to disrupt the circadian rhythm and is believed to interrupt sleeping patterns.

Night Shift can be activated through the Displays section of System Preferences, where a setting to have it come on at sunset and turn off at sunrise is available. Night Shift can also be toggled on manually through the Notification Center or via Siri.

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The 10.12.4 update focuses mainly on Night Shift, but also includes dictation support for Shanghainese, cricket scores for Siri, improved PDFKit APIs, and iCloud Analytics options.

Update: Apple has seeded the fourth macOS Sierra 10.12.4 beta to public beta testers.

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[bekiil]

Oh man I can't wait for it any longer. I hopes it fixes all my issues...
Spending too much time on Facebook, being unproductive , unable to keep focus... and much more.

 

[AllergyDoc]

I rarely work on my computer at night or early in the morning, and I have flux, so... meh. I have thought 12.3 hasn't been good a memory management, though. Seems to suck up my RAM more than before.

 

[maflynn]

I hate night shift on my phone, never mind the computer. imo, it seems like a solution in search of a problem.

 

[Apple_Robert]

Isn't this video and the one for iOS ones that MR has posted before? I could have sworn these are repeats.

 

[HBX]

I rarely work on my computer at night or early in the morning, and I have flux, so... meh. I have thought 12.3 hasn't been good a memory management, though. Seems to suck up my RAM more than before.

I have to agree WindowServer has become a memory hog. KernelTask is also an issue.

 

[MACRM32]

I rarely work on my computer at night or early in the morning, and I have flux, so... meh. I have thought 12.3 hasn't been good a memory management, though. Seems to suck up my RAM more than before.

I tried the last beta and actually prefer NightShift over f.lux.

I don't know specifics, but it seems to handle color correction better, not making the screen seem as yellowish (even though it does reduce blue light, playing with the slider is evidence of it).

 

[Apple_Robert]

Build #16E175b

 

[newdeal]

we desperately need bug fixes. MacOS is buggy as heck especially safari and especially with the new macbook pros

 

[Carl%R]

Yay, cricket scores...

 

[DaveOP]

I hate night shift on my phone, never mind the computer. imo, it seems like a solution in search of a problem.

I love it, really great at night when checking work e-mail before bed. Luckily, it's defaulted to no and is easy to keep off. Super glad they added it.

 

[justperry]

Regarding nightshift: Or, if you wear contact lenses, just get contact lenses with a blue filter.

 

[MrGuder]

This is so weird that Apple is not releasing any bug fixes for the MacBook Pro, what happen to all the software updates to enhance and make the MacBook Pro work more efficiently?

 

[justperry]

I hate night shift on my phone, never mind the computer. imo, it seems like a solution in search of a problem.

Me too, I don't get f.lux nor nightshift, colours are all off, don't want to surf the web with less than natural colours.

Think I got new firmware on my 2012 MBP, it just restarted when installing.

Edit: Yup, both my 2012 MBP and Mac Mini got a firmware update.

 

[MrGimper]

Regarding nightshift: Or, if you wear contact lenses, just get contact lenses with a blue filter.

My glasses have blue light filtering lenses. Superb.

 

[justperry]

My glasses have blue light filtering lenses. Superb.

Oh yeah, forgot you can get glasses too which filter blue light out.

 

[C DM]

I hate night shift on my phone, never mind the computer. imo, it seems like a solution in search of a problem.

Me too, I don't get f.lux nor nightshift, colours are all off, don't want to surf the web with less than natural colours.

Think I got new firmware on my 2012 MBP, it just restarted when installing.

Edit: Yup, both my 2012 MBP and Mac Mini got a firmware update.

It's something that helps some to a noticeable degree, while just making things a bit easier for the eyes when it comes to to others. And of course there are others still that don't really get much from it one way or another or don't even want/like it. The good thing is that things of this nature are purely optional, so it kind of works out that way.
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Isn't this video and the one for iOS ones that MR has posted before? I could have sworn these are repeats.

I think they include the video for those who might not really have read up much about the previous betas and just come across a particular beta article so that way they can see what's new when it comes to betas/release for that particular iOS version.

 

[AllergyDoc]

I have to agree WindowServer has become a memory hog. KernelTask is also an issue.

I have 5 tabs open on Safari, Mail, Pages with no doc loaded, Scrivener with no doc, Messages, Activity Monitor, and Reminders open. kernel task is 1.35 GB and WindowServer 263 MB. Really it's Safari: 2.5 GB.

 

[6836838]

Me too, I don't get f.lux nor nightshift, colours are all off, don't want to surf the web with less than natural colours.

Think I got new firmware on my 2012 MBP, it just restarted when installing.

Edit: Yup, both my 2012 MBP and Mac Mini got a firmware update.

Firmware for what?

 

[Firebrand]

(Screen) Fade 2 Black feature (works in tandem with iWatch): “Stress level too high, take a 15-min break from work.”

Hey boss, but Dr. Siri said...

 

[grahamwright1]

we desperately need bug fixes. MacOS is buggy as heck especially safari and especially with the new macbook pros

Care to share with us, as I'm using a new 15 inch and it's working very nicely for me.

 

[justperry]

Firmware for what?

Simplest way to tell you what firmware is, bios on Windows computers is Firmware.
Go to "About My Mac", next click "System report", you'll see "Boot Rom version" there, that's your firmware.
Without Firmware your computer won't even start up.
It controls all the hardware and loads the OS, this is not the whole story but do some research please.

 

[DopamineHigh]

Awesome, gave some feedback on the second build about the iTunes cursor occasionally missing in the TouchBar's scrubber. Looks like they got it fixed.

My MBP w/ TouchBar still occasionally makes a popping noise. It's random and I haven't been able narrow down the cause. This popping noise started happening to my machine after the 3rd beta seed. I sent this feedback to Apple.
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we desperately need bug fixes. MacOS is buggy as heck especially safari and especially with the new macbook pros

Hey, I got the new MBP too. Can you give a list of bugs you've encountered? I haven't noticed any with Safari.
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I hate night shift on my phone, never mind the computer. imo, it seems like a solution in search of a problem.

Shame, one of the reasons I used to jailbreak my iPhone was to install f.lux. Apple's integraition is much better than f.lux. It really does help with the sleep circulation and it's easier on the eyes for me.

 

[mtsmike]

Is there ever going to be any significant rumor or rumors related to new/updated mac desktops? Seems like its been so long since I have seen anything significant, other than software related stuff. There is rumor after rumor about everything else Apple except for desktop macs. I feel like this segment of mac has just dropped off the face of earth.

 

[JackieTreehorn]

There's a 4th public beta out as well....