Apple Seeds Fourth Beta of macOS Sonoma 14.5 to Developers [Update: Public Beta Available]

[MacRumors]

Apple today seeded the fourth beta of an upcoming macOS Sonoma 14.5 update to developers, with the software coming a week after Apple released the third beta.

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.

We don't yet know what is included in macOS Sonoma 14.5, and no new features were found in the first three developer betas. Fresh release candidate versions of macOS Ventura 13.6.7 and macOS Monterey 12.7.5 have also been seeded to developers.

Article Link: Apple Seeds Fourth Beta of macOS Sonoma 14.5 to Developers [Update: Public Beta Available]

 

[Realityck]

Builds seem to point to a RC May 7th with the public release being May 13th.

To Devs today

• iOS 17.5 beta 4 (21F5073b) - April 30, 2024
• iPadOS 17.5 beta 4 (21F5073b) - April 30, 2024
• macOS 14.5 beta 4 (23F5074a) - April 30, 2024
• tvOS 17.5 beta 4 (21L5567a) - April 30, 2024
• visionOS 1.2 beta 4 (21O5580a) - April 30, 2024
• watchOS 10.5 beta 4 (21T5571a) - April 30, 2024

As usual have to wait about 1/2 hour for MacOS OTA to show up.

 

[Realityck]

MacOS beta 4 OTA now available at 10:39 PST.

 

[jz0309]

14.5, and no new features were found in the first three developer betas.

Still no new features?
Bug fixes are a good thing though…

 

[Realityck]

Comparison of 14.5 beta 4 to 14.5 beta 3

macOS 14.5 beta 4 (23F5074a)

• Safari Version 17.5 (19618.2.12.11.4)
• System Firmware Version: 10151.121.1 (M1 based Macs)
• Darwin Kernel Version 23.5.0: Wed Apr 24 21:23:50 PDT 2024; root:xnu-10063.121.3~3/RELEASE_ARM64_T8103 arm64

macOS 14.5 beta 3 (21L5558d)

• Safari Version 17.5 (19618.2.10.11.4)
• System Firmware Version: 10151.120.136.501.1 (M1 based Macs)
• Darwin Kernel Version 23.5.0: Sat Apr 13 17:32:18 PDT 2024; root:xnu-10063.120.104~34/RELEASE_ARM64_T8103 arm64

Apple Music/TV is still 1.4.5.36 no change

 

[nrose101]

Hopefully, this one brings back hide-and-unhide videos....

 

[tywebb13]

The Ventura and Monterey ones are as follows:

13.6.7 RC 4 build 22G718
12.7.5 RC 4 build 21H1220

There is also an audioOS 17.5 beta 4 build 21L5567a

 

[Realityck]

The MacOS beta 4 SDK notes are unchanged from beta 3 as with other OS's. We saw some slight update installation changes with beta 3 with MacOS and tvOS.

 

[bcomer]

Fix the 2019 and later Mac Pro PCI\SSD mounting issue. Disgraceful that this has not been fixed.

 

[nrose101]

Hopefully, this one brings back hide-and-unhide videos....

Sigh. They didn't....very upseting

 

[Benz63amg]

Builds seem to point to a RC May 7th with the public release being May 13th.

To Devs today

• iOS 17.5 beta 4 (21F5073b) - April 30, 2024
• iPadOS 17.5 beta 4 (21F5073b) - April 30, 2024
• macOS 14.5 beta 4 (23F5074a) - April 30, 2024
• tvOS 17.5 beta 4 (21L5567a) - April 30, 2024
• visionOS 1.2 beta 4 (21O5580a) - April 30, 2024
• watchOS 10.5 beta 4 (21T5571a) - April 30, 2024

As usual have to wait about 1/2 hour for MacOS OTA to show up.

Where in the builds do you see the so called indication that a public release is coming the 13th?

 

[Realityck]

Where in the builds do you see the so called indication that a public release is coming the 13th?

History of previous x.5 beta cycle seeding, build ID changing, MacOS specific item versions. Dev Betas are most commonly released on Tuesdays, initial RC's also, public release most often occurs on a Monday.

 

[Martyimac]

Just tried to d/l the developer version and getting an error saying the update server is unavailable.

 

[JustinePaula]

Apple still has not fixed the German Language Bug that is in FCP/Motion/Compressor..

 

[ViLLZzy]

They need to increase stability and additional support for parallels and things running with windows on .

 

[Benz63amg]

History of previous x.5 beta cycle seeding, build ID changing, MacOS specific item versions. Dev Betas are most commonly released on Tuesdays, initial RC's also, public release most often occurs on a Monday.

Is there a chance the updates will come out on May 7th?

 

[guci0]

Needs

brew upgrade

 

[mac-hummer]

No new features = Good news.

If they are focusing on fixes then it's time for me to say good bye to Ventura.
Same will happen to iOS 16 👋

 

[Benz63amg]

No new features = Good news.

If they are focusing on fixes then it's time for me to say good bye to Ventura.
Same will happen to iOS 16 👋

100%.

 

[Queen6]

Still no new features?
Bug fixes are a good thing though…

Good, Apple needs to focus on fixing issues before it adds more into the mix. Already too much bloat with macOS now, if anything it needs thinning out...

Q-6

 

[JustinePaula]

Apple is not fixing bugs, that is a complete lie, Apple knows about them, refuses to fix them, Apple don't care...

 

[trikster.online]

Any word when dual monitor support will become available for the M3 Macs other than the Air and Pro/Max?

 

[JustinePaula]

Any word when dual monitor support will become available for the M3 Macs other than the Air and Pro/Max?

Given the history of Apple, and stuff, either buy 2 laptops, 2 desktops, 2 Sammy monitors, or wait until at least 2037, given that since 2015 Apple has been aware of German Language Bug, so far unfixed, so if you get dual monitors, it will be as buggy as a swamp... Don't expect anything to work... It usually does not..

 

[galad]

What's this "German Language Bug"?

 

[JustinePaula]

A bug that first surfaced in 2015. It affects Final Cut Pro/Motion/Compressor, in which the default keyboard that is used by FCP/Motion/Compressor is set to German, QWERTZ instead of QWERTY, it means that many of the default short cut keys no longer work...

Many users have reported this, and Apple Inc refuse to fix the bug, I have found it in many laptops, users are unaware of the issue.. It really should have been fixed 9 yrs ago, but no..