Apple Releases Second macOS Sequoia Public Beta With iPhone Mirroring and More

Apple today released the second beta of an upcoming macOS Sequoia update to its public beta testing group, giving the general public a chance to try out the new operating system's features ahead of its fall launch. The second public beta comes a bit over a week after the release of the first beta.

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Public beta testers can download ‌macOS Sequoia‌ from the Software Update section of the System Settings app after signing up on Apple's beta testing website and opting into the public beta under the Beta Updates section.

‌macOS Sequoia‌'s biggest feature is iPhone Mirroring, which is designed to let you control your ‌iPhone‌ from your Mac using your keyboard and mouse. You can see notifications and use your ‌iPhone‌ apps even when your ‌iPhone‌ is tucked away and locked, and later this year, you'll be able to use the feature to drag and drop apps from your Mac to your ‌iPhone‌ and vice versa.

Window tiling has been improved to make it easier to get multiple windows on your Mac in a way that works for you, Safari can summarize websites and show you highlights, and the Messages app supports scheduling messages and using the Tapback feature with any emoji.

There's a new Passwords app for managing your passwords, logins, and passkeys, the Photos app has a new design, the Notes app supports audio transcription and summarization, and you can also type in any equation and get it solved automatically.

‌macOS Sequoia‌ supports all of the new Apple Intelligence features that are also coming to iOS 18, offering all kinds of quality of life improvements. Writing tools help you proofread and polish your writing across apps, you can create unique images with Image Playground, and make up your own emoji with Genmoji. ‌Photos‌ includes a Clean Up tool for removing unwanted images, and Siri will use AI for better language understanding and contextual relevance. ‌Siri‌ will even be able to consult ChatGPT for complicated queries.

There are a long list of additional features coming to ‌macOS Sequoia‌, with more information available in our dedicated roundup.

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Top Rated Comments

markgpearse Avatar
7 months ago
On my iPad, I am liking the "new" Passwords app. It's not really new of course, but having it in front of me has made me change all my simple, easy to hack and repeated passwords to complex ones.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Realityck Avatar
7 months ago

I only downloaded Public Beta to my iPad. Seems pretty stable. How's it been with MacOS?
Been working pretty well. The iPhone Mirroring can be dragged anywhere on desktop and now has three sizes of magnification. I haven't had any apps unexpectedly quit lately. Various browsers been using running fine with many tabs opened at once.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Realityck Avatar
7 months ago
Next day after dev seeding is a good sign for PB testing.


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Stromos Avatar
7 months ago
Wow usually there is a week delay on the first Public Betas. They are going fast this year.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
timemaker27 Avatar
7 months ago

Can someone confirm if iPhone mirroring is working in the UK?
it is
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Realityck Avatar
7 months ago

does it only work in portrait? What happens if you play a YouTube video and go full screen
In some instances it actually switches from portrait to landscape. But that is the exception it depends on the app, that also applies to display a video playing. Most video playing from a VoD is not working yet. Tubi is the example that works looking at their ITV channels. It shows portrait then hit zoom and it switches to landscape. This like is a WIP capability that isn't working yet really. For example several VoD only play sound no video. Viki switches to landscape but only sound. Youtube app works when you zoom it goes landscape also. No full screen yet. Only choice of three sizes.
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