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Second macOS Sonoma Public Beta and Revised Developer Beta Now Available

Sonoma Beta 4 bricked my MacBook Pro 2020 (intel) due to SMC problem. Could anyone let me know whether this second public beta has addressed that issue yet? Thanks a lot.
 
itschris said:
Sonoma Beta 4 bricked my MacBook Pro 2020 (intel) due to SMC problem. Could anyone let me know whether this second public beta has addressed that issue yet? Thanks a lot.
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Confirm that 2nd Public beta / Revised Dev beta 4 (23A5301h) will fix this issue :D
 
itschris said:
Sonoma Beta 4 bricked my MacBook Pro 2020 (intel) due to SMC problem. Could anyone let me know whether this second public beta has addressed that issue yet? Thanks a lot.
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I held back on beta 4 after reading all the reports, so I didn’t install beta 4 “version 1”

I installed this one (version 2) on a 14” M1 Pro, so far so good.
 
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itschris said:
Confirm that 2nd Public beta / Revised Dev beta 4 (23A5301h) will fix this issue :D
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👋🏼 Hi everyone! I'm new to the forum.

💻 I just bricked my Intel MBP 2020 two days ago after successfully installing macOS 14 developer beta 4.

⛔️ Now the computer won't boot since it's unable to operate when connected to power. How can I install the revised beta (23A5301h) that supposedly fixes the issue?
 
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got.gireringar said:
👋🏼 Hi everyone! I'm new to the forum.

💻 I just bricked my Intel MBP 2020 two days ago after successfully installing macOS 14 developer beta 4.

⛔️ Now the computer won't boot since it's unable to operate when connected to power. How can I install the revised beta (23A5301h) that supposedly fixes the issue?
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DFU mode
or you can go to the apple store and have them fix it.
 
got.gireringar said:
👋🏼 Hi everyone! I'm new to the forum.

💻 I just bricked my Intel MBP 2020 two days ago after successfully installing macOS 14 developer beta 4.

⛔️ Now the computer won't boot since it's unable to operate when connected to power. How can I install the revised beta (23A5301h) that supposedly fixes the issue?
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Hi, for my case, I unplugged it completely from the power source, then press power key and other random keys and plug my Apple Watch to charge (of course it didn't charge) and wait for a really long while. When your Apple Watch starts to charge, you know your MacBook is back. :D

Hope this will help!

P/S: You may need this: when your MacBook comes back to life, you log in successfully to your desktop. Then don't do anything, just shutdown again. Once it's completely shut down, you plug your power again. This will wake your MacBook up, and charge it as well. Then you can continue to update to latest version but do not unplug it.
 
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EricWu said:
DFU mode
or you can go to the apple store and have them fix it.
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✨ Thanks. I'll give itschris's suggestion a try first!
itschris said:
Hi, for my case, I unplugged it completely from the power source, then press power key and other random keys and plug my Apple Watch to charge (of course it didn't charge) and wait for a really long while. When your Apple Watch starts to charge, you know your MacBook is back. :D

Hope this will help!

P/S: You may need this: when your MacBook comes back to life, you log in successfully to your desktop. Then don't do anything, just shutdown again. Once it's completely shut down, you plug your power again. This will wake your MacBook up, and charge it as well. Then you can continue to update to latest version but do not unplug it.
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🙏🏼 Promising! I'll try this in a few hours and report back.
 
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I usually jump on board with public Betas in August. Next one and I'll start testing.
 
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anthogag said:
The only public beta I did not yet install is Sonoma. If I install Sonoma on my M1 mini the app SoundSource will stop working...until Rogue Ameoba gets off their butts and updates it for Sonoma which will likely be when the general populous version is released. Rogue Ameoba sucks, hip hip hooray \o/
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You just saved me a big headache in updating to the beta. lol
 
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anthogag said:
The only public beta I did not yet install is Sonoma. If I install Sonoma on my M1 mini the app SoundSource will stop working...until Rogue Ameoba gets off their butts and updates it for Sonoma which will likely be when the general populous version is released. Rogue Ameoba sucks, hip hip hooray \o/
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Dude calm down. Sonoma's not even released for the public. They're probably working on it though. Wait til October before criticizing the dev.
 
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PsykX said:
Dude calm down. Sonoma's not even released for the public. They're probably working on it though. Wait til October before criticizing the dev.
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Rogue Ameoba know Apple releases public and developer betas after the developer conference. They should have their Sound Source beta ready for Sonoma public beta Period
 
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My M1 iMac has been humming away on PB1 just fine (a memory glitch or two here and there but nothing serious), but after loading the PB2 this morning, I've lost my docking station, external drives, external monitor, etc. Tried the obvious ... reboot cycles, power off cycles, changing TB ports on the back, etc., to no avail. See that the M1 iMacs do not have the controller reset on startup options (supposedly works automatically) but nothing has helped. Verified power is available to the docking station.

Any suggestions?

I'm afraid that a call to Apple Care will result in a "we don't support the betas" but I really do not want to rebuild everything "fresh"!!

Thanks in advance!!

Ken
 
Minuteman3 said:
My M1 iMac has been humming away on PB1 just fine (a memory glitch or two here and there but nothing serious), but after loading the PB2 this morning, I've lost my docking station, external drives, external monitor, etc. Tried the obvious ... reboot cycles, power off cycles, changing TB ports on the back, etc., to no avail. See that the M1 iMacs do not have the controller reset on startup options (supposedly works automatically) but nothing has helped. Verified power is available to the docking station.

Any suggestions?

I'm afraid that a call to Apple Care will result in a "we don't support the betas" but I really do not want to rebuild everything "fresh"!!

Thanks in advance!!

Ken
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Perhaps check the setting for "Allow accessories to connect" under System Settings -> Privacy & Security (assuming it's still there in Sonoma)
 
anthogag said:
Rogue Ameoba know Apple releases public and developer betas after the developer conference. They should have their Sound Source beta ready for Sonoma public beta Period
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Why? While I wouldn't mind if they did - why are you denigrating them like this. They are no obligation to provide you with beta versions.
 
WindowServer crashes (and subsequent killing of network interfaces) seems to have disappeared. Fingers crossed!

EDIT: This bug is still happening. Oy vey
 
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Do you folks feel confident this would work with most typical applications? Other than the Rogue Amoeba challenge, any others (like Parallels, Audirvana, Affinity Photo and like, etc.)?
 
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