Apple Seeds macOS Sequoia 15.7 Release Candidate to Developers

Apple today seeded a surprise release candidate version of macOS Sequoia 15.7, an update that will follow the ‌macOS Sequoia‌ 15.6 update from last week.

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Developers can opt-in to the ‌‌macOS Sequoia‌‌ beta through the Software Update section of the System Settings app.

According to Apple's release notes, the update includes security fixes.

This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users.

Given the rapid escalation to release candidate status, ‌macOS Sequoia‌ 15.7 likely addresses a critical security bug. We'll likely see it released in the next few days.

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Mr. Rod Avatar
2 days ago at 04:52 pm
What was the point of Rapid Security Responses again?
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mxrider88 Avatar
2 days ago at 02:56 pm
The new bugs must be ready! Exciting!!
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jz0309 Avatar
2 days ago at 02:12 pm
I guess they're not doing .x.1 releases anymore?
oh well, security fixes are a good thing and I for one like them
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SimonTheSoundMa Avatar
2 days ago at 02:15 pm
macOS 15.7 RC (24G207)
macOS 14.8 RC (23J8)
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
VictoryHighway Avatar
2 days ago at 06:33 pm

What was the point of Rapid Security Responses again?
I was wondering why they never use those any more.
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wellander1 Avatar
2 days ago at 02:17 pm
And Sonoma 14.8 too. But no Ventura so it seems like that os is done.
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