Apple Seeds Second Beta of macOS Sonoma 14.3 to Developers

Apple today seeded the second beta of an upcoming macOS Sonoma 14.3 update to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming three weeks after the release of the first macOS Sonoma 14.3 beta.

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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 macOS Sonoma Developer Beta. Note that an Apple ID associated with an Apple Developer account is required to get the beta.

We don't yet know what features are included in macOS Sonoma 14.3, and there were no notable changes discovered in the first beta.

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Realityck Avatar
25 months ago
OTA is available, AS Mac 1.73 GBB download

Released Today to devs

* iOS 17.3 beta 2 (21D5036c) - January 3, 2024
* iPadOS 17.3 beta 2 (21D5036c) - January 3, 2024
* macOS 14.3 beta 2 (23D5043d) - January 3, 2024
* watchOS 10.3 beta 2 (21S5635d) - January 3, 2024
* tvOS 17.3 beta 2 (21K5635c) - January 3, 2024

The public release has moved up now, should be Jan 15th or Jan 16th. Expecting just a RC after this beta 2.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
tywebb13 Avatar
25 months ago
There is also

macOS Ventura 13.6.4 RC 2 build 22G507

macOS Monterey 12.7.3 RC 2 build 21H1009
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Realityck Avatar
25 months ago
Comparison of 14.3 beta2 to previous 14.3 beta

macOS 14.3 beta 2 (23D5043d))

* Safari Version 17.3 (19617.2.3)
* System Firmware Version: 10151.80.20 (M1 based Macs)
* Darwin Kernel Version 23.3.0: Tue Dec 19 20:56:38 PST 2023; root:xnu-10002.80.20.505.4~2/RELEASE_ARM64_T8103 arm64

macOS 14.3 beta (23D5033f))

* Safari Version 17.3 (19617.2.1.11.3)
* System Firmware Version: 10151.80.6 (M1 based Macs)
* Darwin Kernel Version 23.3.0: Fri Dec 1 03:16:57 PST 2023; root:xnu-10002.80.11~58/RELEASE_ARM64_T8103 arm64
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Realityck Avatar
25 months ago
Speaking of scroller, Apple TV movie playback timepoints scroller is working correctly now.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Mac mini power user Avatar
25 months ago
Beta 2 seems to be running more smoothly and drain the battery less than beta 1 (which wasn't especially buggy) on my M1 Pro 14-inch MacBook Pro. Feature-wise, there's almost no reason to upgrade.
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nortonandreev Avatar
25 months ago
We still don’t have the new wallpapers that were shipped with 14.2.
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