macOS Sonoma 14.1 Features New Warranty Coverage Section in System Settings

[MacRumors]

The second beta of macOS Sonoma 14.1 seeded to developers today includes a new "Coverage" section in the System Settings app that displays warranty and AppleCare+ coverage for the Mac and select Bluetooth-paired accessories.

The section can be found in the System Settings app under General → Coverage, and it provides an overview of hardware service options and other information.

A similar "Coverage" section already existed in the Settings app on the iPhone and iPad under General → About → Coverage, and now it is on the Mac.

macOS Sonoma 14.1 is currently in beta testing and is expected to be released in late October alongside iOS 17.1 and other software updates.

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[ThomasJL]

I wish Apple mostly focused their point updates on bug fixes instead of endless new features.

 

[nottooshabby]

I still prefer the system preference layout used in Monterey and earlier operating systems. The list of preferences that mimics the iPhone is ugly and hard to navigate.

 

[GSWForever8]

It’s there to remind you to buy AppleCare.

 

[scheinderrob]

given the poor quality of apple products under timmy the criminal, i can see why they want an opportunity to sell.

 

[alexandr]

This is great. I wonder if there will be a button to add a calendar reminder for these.

 

[antiprotest]

given the poor quality of apple products under timmy the criminal, i can see why they want an opportunity to sell.

I agree with the declined quality part, but why do you say Tim's a criminal?

 

[red elma]

given the poor quality of apple products under timmy the criminal, i can see why they want an opportunity to sell.

What exactly makes Tim a "criminal"?

 

[minik]

Finally! I like to know the coverage status of devices I have and linked to my Apple ID.

 

[AppleTO]

I still prefer the system preference layout used in Monterey and earlier operating systems. The list of preferences that mimics the iPhone is ugly and hard to navigate.

I couldn’t agree more. It’s a terrible UX experience on a desktop operating system.

 

[4nonymous]

Would there also be Studio Display AppleCare+ Coverage?

 

[haruhiko]

More free AppleCare insurance money! Yay ❤️

 

[marzbarz]

don't know what all the complaints are about with the new pref UI. it's great.

 

[jeffhayford]

I still prefer the system preference layout used in Monterey and earlier operating systems. The list of preferences that mimics the iPhone is ugly and hard to navigate.

I couldn’t agree more. It’s a terrible UX experience on a desktop operating system.

+1 Commonly used settings were grouped so much better previously. Everything now takes extra clicks. If they really wanted to get here they should have slow-rolled it by keeping the same icon categories putting them in list view and then slowly moving things around, if they even really needed to.

 

[mdriftmeyer]

I look forward to waiting 6 months for the next major release of Logic Pro and all third party OEMs to arrive before I can test out Sonoma. I'm in no hurry.

Too bad my old colleague, Keith Ohlfs [father of NeXTSTEP/Openstep UI/UX] never took Steve up on his offer to redesign OS X's UI/UX and stayed at WebTV. Having passed away prematurely, his mountain of experience would have steered OS X far more and kept Jony in Industrial design and away from the UX/UI teams.

Anything Scott Forestall knew about UI/UX he learned working around Keith Ohlfs.

 

[svish]

Good to see this change on macOS

 

[unrigestered]

I agree with the declined quality part, but why do you say Tim's a criminal?

depending on your POV, Tim can be either criminally underrated or overrated

 

[McNoise]

I still prefer the system preference layout used in Monterey and earlier operating systems. The list of preferences that mimics the iPhone is ugly and hard to navigate.

That's right. It seems that Apple has forgotten that the user interfaces of different devices have different needs in terms of user experience.

 

[MuppetGate]

I still prefer the system preference layout used in Monterey and earlier operating systems. The list of preferences that mimics the iPhone is ugly and hard to navigate.

Yup. The new screen layout is ridiculous for a screen larger than 6.7 inches. Still hoping they’ll change it back if enough people complain about it.

 

[MuppetGate]

Anything Scott Forestall knew about UI/UX he learned working around Keith Ohlfs.

So that’s where he picked up his hideous obsession with skeumorphic design. 🤔

Fair enough, but that doesn’t explain where he picked up the habit of failing to apologise after he screws up.

 

[MuppetGate]

don't know what all the complaints are about with the new pref UI. it's great.

It’s cramped an impossible to find stuff without scrolling. It was much better when the preferences were laid out on a grid so you could see the top-level options straight away.

 

[JippaLippa]

I wish Apple mostly focused their point updates on bug fixes instead of endless new features.

Don't we all!
And I have been spoilt, as I started my mac experience with Snow Leopard.

That said, from what I could gather, Sonoma seems to be a fairly stable release...at least for the sub-par standards Apple's being adopting since 2011.

 

[marcushe]

Hope this information can be obtained via command line for a MDM extension attribute! Otherwise the exclusivity of warranty information is left for Apple GSX accounts that are only available for the large enterprise.

 

[Mac Fly (film)]

It’s there to remind you to buy AppleCare.

Using Macs twenty years and never bought AC once.

 

[switz]

My v7 iTouch battery with Apple Care had "expanded" pushing the face out about ⅛". It was replaced as it was non-repairable. The second unit recently did the same thing and was still under Apple Care. No replacements were available. Too bad.

So the operative question becomes, if the unit in question is no longer in production, is how much inventory does Apple have to "service" a replacement warranty claim? I would hazard a guess that the inventory of Intel products still under Apple Care are likely not backed up with much inventory for replacements.