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Apple Seeds Fourth Beta of macOS Sonoma 14.2 to Developers [Update: Public Beta Available]

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Apple today seeded the fourth beta of an upcoming macOS Sonoma 14.2 update to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming two weeks after Apple seeded the third beta of macOS Sonoma 14.2.

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Registered developers can opt-in to the beta through the Software Update section of the System Settings app. Under Beta updates, toggle on the Sonoma Developer Beta. Note that an Apple ID associated with an Apple Developer account is required to get the beta.

macOS Sonoma 14.2 adds an Apple Music Favorites playlist that houses everything you've favorited, plus Apple added support for collaborative playlists. You can now share a playlist with multiple people, and each participant can add songs.

Shazam can also be added to the Control Center or menu bar on the Mac.

Stickers can be used to reply to iMessages when you long press on a chat bubble in the Messages app, and there's also now support for the extra-secure iMessage Contact Key Verification option.

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AAPLGeek Avatar
AAPLGeek
32 months ago
That's funny because macOS hasn't ever been out of beta for the last several releases.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Realityck Avatar
Realityck
32 months ago
Released today to devs

* iOS 17.2 beta 4 (21C5054b) - November 28, 2023
* iPadOS 17.2 beta 4 (21C5054b) - November 28, 2023
* macOS 14.2 beta 4 (23C5055b) - November 28, 2023
* watchOS 10.2 beta 4 (21S5358a) - November 28, 2023
* tvOS 17.2 beta 4 (21K5356c) - November 28, 2023
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
dannys1 Avatar
dannys1
32 months ago

YES! They did. I had been meaning to install one of these betas onto an external drive to test it myself, and the MR staff having failed to put that into their coverage or answering your question directly, I caved in and tested it today.

And, lo and behold, it's back! But they made it revert back to an ugly top bar with no label, which didn't and won't serve any purpose, and I promptly sent them feedback on that as well, suggesting that they either remove it altogether, or add back the label they've actually introduced on the current, gimped version:


I know, i'm so happy - I ran beta 4 with the change.

I actually don't mind the time frame being added instead of it just saying "recently added" it's quite nice to see how long ago I actually added something to the collection roughly.
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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miguelbesy
32 months ago

Can you point to an article or post where I can read more about this, please?
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255188289?page=5
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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matt_and_187_like_this
32 months ago
Anyone else experiencing a bug since Sonoma that the mouse cursor does not change where it should (e.g. to the hand when hovering on a link or the vertical line in text fields)?
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)
nortonandreev Avatar
nortonandreev
32 months ago

Sonoma has been a much more pleasant experience.
I second that.
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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