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Alex5723
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July 11, 2024 at 12:15 am #2686909

macOS Sequoia beta 3 released to devs

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- Alex5723
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  July 15, 2024 at 11:16 pm #2688080
  
  macOS Sequoia public beta 1 released
  
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- Alex5723
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  July 23, 2024 at 12:45 pm #2689876
  
  macOS Sequoia beta 4 released to devs
  
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- Alex5723
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  July 24, 2024 at 1:14 pm #2690157
  
  macOS Sequoia public beta 2 released
  
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- Alex5723
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  August 6, 2024 at 11:23 pm #2693910
  
  macOS Sequoia public beta 3 released
  
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- Alex5723
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  September 17, 2024 at 12:07 am #2704471
  
  Release of macOS Sequoia brings 70+ new security fixes
  
  macOS Sequoia has officially launched with new features and improvements such as window tiling, iPhone Mirroring, the new Password app, and more. But under the hood, Apple delivered a staggering amount of patched bugs/vulnerabilities to Mac users. These are the 76 security patches that come with the first public release of macOS 15 Sequoia…
  
  Apple shared details of each on its Security Updates page. The CVEs range from kernel vulnerabilities to addressing access to sensitive data in apps like Siri, Maps, and Shortcuts. These fixes help prevent potential exploits like arbitrary code execution, privilege escalation, and memory leaks. Apple also implemented patches to protect against various attacks by improving memory handling, input validation, and sandbox restrictions.
  
  Here’s the full list of 76 security fixes with macOS Sequoia:..
  
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- Alex5723
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  September 20, 2024 at 12:29 am #2705062
  
  macOS Sequoia 15.1 beta released to public
  
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- Alex5723
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  September 23, 2024 at 12:09 pm #2705654
  
  macOS Sequoia 15.1 beta 5 released to devs
  
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- pmcjr6142
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  October 5, 2024 at 6:09 am #2707890
  
  @PKCano plus others. I’m not rushing into Sequoia. Macrumors Forum is full of Sequoia complaints especially on Intel macs like my 2019 iMac. The consensus seems to be Apple is no longer spending much time on Intel macs. Meanwhile, this Ask Woody Forum does not seem to have many Sequoia update experiences like there is for iOS 18. I’ll probably update to iOS 18 for my iPhone 13 when there is enough of an all clear on this Forum. As to Sequoia, I’m starting to think why take the risk for features I don’t need nor want when Sonoma is working fine. Just wait for Sonoma security updates when available. But I would like to see more OS 15 update experiences for Intel macs on this Forum to confirm my decision.
  
  iPhone 13, 2019 iMac(SSD)
  
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- PKCano
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  October 5, 2024 at 9:53 am #2707909
  
  I’m holding off on the upgrades to both Sequoia and iOS/iPadOS 18 for a while longer too. I prefer stability to experimentation. 🙂
  
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- Alex5723
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  October 5, 2024 at 10:27 am #2707914
  
  PKCano wrote:
  
  and iOS/iPadOS 18
  
  iPadOS 18.0.1 fixed M4 iPad Pro iPadOS 18 bug.
  
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- DrBonzo
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  October 5, 2024 at 1:34 pm #2707950
  
  Is it just me or is Apple becoming more and more like Microsoft? Apple seems to be releasing macOS versions that are more and more problematical.
  
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- Alex5723
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  October 5, 2024 at 1:55 pm #2707952
  
  DrBonzo wrote:
  
  Apple seems to be releasing macOS versions that are more and more problematical.
  
  I don’t use a Mac (wish I could). I used in the past Apple IIe, IIGS, IIc, Lisa.. Currently iPhone, iPad Pro, Apple watch. Never since my first iPhone 4s, iPad Mini 1, Apple watch 4 have I Encountered any problems.
  
  For me all these years, It Just Works.
  
  * I am running beta versions on all my Apple devices.
  
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- DrBonzo
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  October 5, 2024 at 2:55 pm #2707960
  
  I have no experience with iWatch, iPhone, or iPad, so I don’t pay much attention to their operating systems.
  
  I do have 7 years experience with both an iMAC and MacBook Air and it seems to me from what I read that the later versions of macOS have had an increasing number of issues when first released. On both computers I’ve always been a year behind the latest OS version so I haven’t experienced any initial release issues, but I’ve had a handful of issues from security updates.
  
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  pmcjr6142
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  October 6, 2024 at 8:12 am #2708095
  
  @DrBonzo How old is your iMac that you are updating? Mine is a 2019. I am increasingly nervous about updating to a new OS now as Apple is, I think, not spending that much time on the older Intel Macs. I may just stay on Sonoma as it is working fine and I know its layout and feature set.
  
  iPhone 13, 2019 iMac(SSD)
  
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  DrBonzo
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  October 6, 2024 at 12:50 pm #2708118
  
  It’s a 2017 and has one year of support left as I understand it. It’s running Monterey – that just reached the end of support when Sequoia came out – at the moment, and I’m about to update it to Ventura, which has one year left. The 2017 iMAC doesn’t qualify for any version past Ventura (which would be Sonoma and Sequoia)
  
  OTOH I may just blow off macOS all together and install Linux Mint on it. Mint does 95% of what I need to do on a computer (and as a bonus does it flawlessly with no update drama – it truly does Just Work), and the other 5% I need Windows for anyway.
  
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  October 6, 2024 at 1:04 pm #2708119
  
  Ventura has been working flawlessly on my 2017 iMac since about a week after it came out.
  Don’t know what you are doing, but I’ve never had an update or upgrade cause trouble on any of my Intel iMacs, MacMinis, MacBook Pros, or my Apple Silicon MacMini and MacBook Pro.
  That’s not to say I always jump in the day after a version upgrade is released, but I will shortly move to Sequoia on the latter two machines. Had to be sure my Parallels, Paragon NTFS for Mac, etc were compatible first.
  
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  DrBonzo
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  October 6, 2024 at 2:17 pm #2708147
  
  I never jump in early with updates/patches either; I treat macOS patches as I do MS patches. I don’t run any third party programs other than Firefox on the macs, and while I’d be the last person to consider myself as a techie, I’m not exactly Joe User, either. I’ve had two grey screens of death on the iMAC and two instances where Software Update totally failed. On a MacBook Air I’ve had a couple of updates result in very slow boot times.
  
  To be clear all of these issues have come from security updates for a macOS version that was already running fine on the computer, and not for version upgrades.
  
  I think this just falls into the category that different people have different experiences with any operating system. I have a friend who has a Dell refurbished computer running Windows 10. It was purchased with mine at the same time in the same purchase order. The computers and the software on them are as identical as identical can be. I always install updates first and when I have no issues I tell him I think everything should be fine. I watched him install an update where all heck broke loose and it took me the better part of a day to get the machine running. Why did that happen? Who knows!?
  
  So I think that one person having trouble with an update doesn’t mean someone else will have trouble, and that one person not having trouble with an update doesn’t mean that everyone will have no trouble.
  
  It’s not my intent to be argumentative or defensive, it’s just the way I see the situation and it’s just my experience with macOS. And for the record, I’m not a big fan of Windows/Microsoft. The monthly MS soap opera gets mighty tiresome.
  
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- Alex5723
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  October 16, 2024 at 1:39 pm #2710693
  
  macOS Sequoia 15.1 beta 7 released to public
  
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- Alex5723
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  October 23, 2024 at 11:31 pm #2712331
  
  macOS Sequoia 15.2 beta 1 released to devs
  
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- Alex5723
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  October 24, 2024 at 1:08 pm #2712441
  
  macOS Sequoia 15.1 RC released
  
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  October 24, 2024 at 11:48 pm #2712517
  
  macOS Sequoia 15.1 RC2 build number 24B83 released
  
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- Alex5723
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  November 6, 2024 at 1:03 pm #2715338
  
  macOS Sequoia 15.2 public beta 1 released
  
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  November 11, 2024 at 12:32 pm #2716638
  
  macOS Sequoia 15.2 beta 3 released to devs
  
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- Alex5723
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  November 13, 2024 at 4:42 am #2717130
  
  Public macOS 15.2 beta 2 released
  
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- Alex5723
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  November 20, 2024 at 1:30 pm #2718926
  
  macOS Sequoia 15.2 beta 4 released to devs.
  
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- Alex5723
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  November 20, 2024 at 11:50 pm #2719031
  
  macOS 15.2 public beta 3 released
  
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- PRKP_63
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  December 9, 2024 at 2:18 am #2723723
  
  Still on 15.1.1 (24B91) and never received notification for upgrading to 15.2.
  
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- Alex5723
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  December 9, 2024 at 3:39 am #2723737
  
  never received notification for upgrading to 15.2.
  
  Beta versions are for beta users.
  
  macOS 15.2 (and all other Apple OSs) final today.
  
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- PRKP_63
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  December 10, 2024 at 8:08 pm #2724632
  
  Alex5723 wrote:
  
  macOS 15.2 (and all other Apple OSs) final today.
  
  That is pretty fast. I am waiting for the official notice.
  
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- Alex5723
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  December 11, 2024 at 12:17 am #2724655
  
  PRKP_63 wrote:
  
  Alex5723 wrote:
  
  macOS 15.2 (and all other Apple OSs) final today.
  
  That is pretty fast. I am waiting for the official notice.
  
  There was a delay. Apple released macOS 15.2 RC2 on December 9.
  High probability final will released the Thursday December 12
  
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- Alex5723
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  December 17, 2024 at 4:20 am #2726403
  
  macOS 15.3 beta released to devs
  
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- Alex5723
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  January 8, 2025 at 12:16 am #2731958
  
  macOS Sequoia 15.3 beta 2 released to devs
  
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- Alex5723
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  January 17, 2025 at 12:50 am #2740195
  
  macOS Sequoia 15.3 beta 3 released to devs and public
  
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- Alex5723
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  January 27, 2025 at 12:53 pm #2743051
  
  macOS 15.3 final released
  
  https://support.apple.com/en-us/100100
  
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- pmcjr6142
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  January 29, 2025 at 4:19 pm #2743872
  
  Installed on a 2019 Intel iMac. No problems or issues. This is not an AI Mac, so it didn’t really change that much.
  
  iPhone 13, 2019 iMac(SSD)
  
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- Alex5723
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  March 27, 2025 at 1:05 pm #2758504
  
  New macOS 15.4 RC build 24E247 released
  
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- Alex5723
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  May 6, 2025 at 12:15 pm #2771131
  
  macOS Sequoia 15.5 RC released
  
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- Alex5723
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  May 12, 2025 at 12:13 pm #2773057
  
  macOS Sequoia 15.5 final released
  
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