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Apple Seeds Fourth Beta of macOS Sonoma 14.4 to Developers [Update: Public Beta Available]

Apple today seeded the fourth beta of an upcoming macOS Sonoma 14.4 update to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming a week after the release of the third beta.

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

macOS Sonoma 14.4 introduces some of the features in the iOS 17.4 beta, such as new emoji characters. We don't know what Mac-specific features are included, and little else was found in the first three betas.

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34 months ago

This OS is the worst in years. None of the updates even fix any of the counltess bugs. Can't wait for whatever the next one is to just have this lame ass OS over with.
Come on. We got so many emojis with each update, don’t be unfair.

Who cares if iCloud doesn’t sync and because of that you lose data, you can now express yourself with stickers and be inclusive with pregnant man emojis too. This is progress! Or maybe not..
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Realityck Avatar
34 months ago
Comparison of 14.4 beta 4 to previous 14.4 beta 3

macOS 14.4 beta 4 (23E5205c)

* Safari Version 17.4 (19618.1.15.11.5)
* System Firmware Version: 10151.101.2.501.1 (M1 based Macs)
* Darwin Kernel Version 23.4.0: Tue Feb 13 23:56:07 PST 2024; root:xnu-10063.101.14~5/RELEASE_ARM64_T8103 arm64

macOS 14.4 beta 3 (23E5196e)

* Safari Version 17.4 (19618.1.14.11.2)
* System Firmware Version: 10151.100.756 (M1 based Macs)
* Darwin Kernel Version 23.4.0: Wed Feb 7 23:13:07 PST 2024; root:xnu-10063.100.637.501.2~2/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000 arm64

* Apple Music/TV now 1.4.4.48 was 1.4.4.44

7 days later then 3rd beta
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
34 months ago

This OS is the worst in years. None of the updates even fix any of the counltess bugs. Can't wait for whatever the next one is to just have this lame ass OS over with.
Apple wants to Leave all the Intel Macs and the Hackintosh with a bug riddled last X86 operating system as I am quite sure the next OS will be Apple Silicon Only. I saw this coming when the super buggy first version of Sonoma 14.0 was released.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
fhall1 Avatar
34 months ago
It's interesting to read the comments here about how this is the worst, buggiest OS Apple has ever put out....but then remember back to the very first posts after the first 14.0 betas were released after WWDC about how people were using it on their daily drivers because it was the most stable OS they had ever seen come out of Apple!
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
antmarobel Avatar
34 months ago

Apple wants to Leave all the Intel Macs and the Hackintosh with a bug riddled last X86 operating system as I am quite sure the next OS will be Apple Silicon Only. I saw this coming when the super buggy first version of Sonoma 14.0 was released.
I couldn’t agree more. I noticed that too when installed Sonoma in my old 2019 Intel Mac. Now that I bought a M3 I can see how Sonoma is light as a feather.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Realityck Avatar
34 months ago

Apple wants to Leave all the Intel Macs and the Hackintosh with a bug riddled last X86 operating system as I am quite sure the next OS will be Apple Silicon Only. I saw this coming when the super buggy first version of Sonoma 14.0 was released.
The most recent intel platform models aren't that old. 2020 27" iMac, 2019 Mac Pro, 2019 15" MacBook Pro as examples. Apple has been running multiple platforms with MacOS X now MacOS in their labs for years. It was the same with NextStep its predecessor. Isn't that big a deal to allow another release supporting AI on Macs, since intel processors don't even incorporate a neural processor until later in 2024 for the first time. All you end up is less features that are AS based as time goes by. Even if it does get to a certain point like hardware is no longer able to install the latest MacOS then it would receive Safari and Security Patches for 2 more years. By then you need to make a decision.
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