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Apple Seeds Third Beta of macOS Mojave 10.14.1 to Developers

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Apple today seeded the third beta of an upcoming macOS Mojave 10.14.1 update to developers, one week after seeding the second beta and two weeks after releasing the macOS Mojave update.

macOS Mojave introduces a new method of installing software updates, so after the initial beta has been installed using the appropriate profile from the Developer Center, additional betas can be downloaded through opening up System Preferences and choosing the "Software Update" option.

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The 10.14.1 update includes support for Group FaceTime, a feature that was removed during the beta testing period. Group FaceTime, which lets you chat with up to 32 people at once, is also present in the iOS 12.1 beta.

macOS Mojave 10.14.1 introduces more than 70 new emoji characters that are also available in iOS 12.1 and watchOS 5.1. There are new options for red hair, curly hair, no hair, and gray hair, along with characters to represent superheroes, cold face, party face, pleading face, and face with hearts.

There are a number of new animals and food items like kangaroo, parrot, lobster, mango, lettuce, and cupcake. Tweaks have been made to some existing emoji as well. The iPhone emoji, for example, has been updated to look like the iPhone X with no bezels or Home button.

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We didn't find any other significant new features in the first two developer betas of macOS Mojave, so it's not clear if there are any additional changes. The update likely includes performance improvements and bug fixes for issues that have been discovered since the release of the Mojave update.

Should new features be found in the third beta, we'll update this post.

macOS Mojave is a major update that brings features like a systemwide Dark Mode, stacks for organizing messy desktops, new Finder capabilities, new tools for taking screenshots, a Continuity Camera option for easily transferring photo scans and documents from iPhone to Mac, and more. For more on macOS Mojave, make sure to check out our roundup.

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BillyBobBongo Avatar
104 months ago

We didn't find any other significant new features in the first two developer betas of macOS Mojave, so it's not clear if there are any additional changes. The update likely includes performance improvements and bug fixes for issues that have been discovered since the release of the Mojave update.

Should new features be found in the third beta, we'll update this post.
I don't know, native NVMe support ('https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/mp5-1-mojave-10-14-1-dp3-bootrom-140-0-0-0-0-has-nvme-support.2132317/page-59#post-26633623') for the classic Mac Pro (5,1) seems a pretty big deal to me....but sure, keep talking about emojis! ;)
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highvoltage12v Avatar
104 months ago
Who cares about the new emojis, the Mac Pro 5,1 firmware update received NVMe support.
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haddy Avatar
104 months ago
Public beta....(18B57c)
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SoyCapitanSoyCapitan Avatar
104 months ago
A nice reading:
Why the Mac Pro 5,1 is the best system for Creative Professionals 2018: Internal expandability and unparalleled workstation customisation ('https://create.pro/blog/mac-pro-51-best-system-creative-professionals-2018-internal-expandability-unparalleled-workstation-customisation/')

The real strength of the 2010 and 2012 Mac Pro systems come from their internal expandability. The Mac Pro is equipped with 4 SATA drive bays and 4 PCI-E 2.0 slots. This means unrivalled customisation and a never ending supply of new components that make the Mac Pro 5,1 better every year.
That’s so hilarious I’ll remember it for YEARS hahahahahahahaha

I was the main tester of this machine on the Mac Pro forums. It is too slow to be useful for modern video editing or CG even if you upgrade every part. The CPU and memory speed is the main bottleneck that can’t be eliminated.

Creative media standards have rocketed too high in the last two years and outpacing hardware. Even a 5Ghz 9900K with 4Ghz memory is actually not fast enough for what creatives are filming at 8K and rendering in CG now.
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104 months ago
Same issue here. I have reported this issue to Apple. I would encourage you to do the same.
Just testing out new features for Chinese government don’t worry guys. Green light will be fixed with next update and everything will be fine again.
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Natemo80 Avatar
104 months ago
Thanks for that elaboration ! I am aware of the issue and Apple has been made aware! I am however not sure if the fix is done!
However I am really finding it frustrating that the Quality of Apple Products especially with things like Speaker Crackling which plagued my iPhone X as well as many others and Sticky keyboards, Slowdowns of iPhone's and many more !
Apple has to fix their quality control programs !
And I'm, hoping that a fix for the speaker on Macbook Pro 2018 will come fast !
Have you contacted Apple regarding the Speaker Crackling ?
Also if you haven't please tell them here https://www.apple.com/feedback/macbookpro.html
The speaker issue is fixed and has been for almost a month. It used to happen on my macbook pro 2018. The problem no longer exists. Buy your macbook and enjoy.
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