Macworld Update 6/27/23: Apple has released the developer beta 4 of macOS Ventura 13.5. The public beta 4 will follow later this week. Apple on Tuesday released the macOS Ventura 13.5 beta 4 to developers. The release notes are as follows: Startup Security Utility Known Issues Startup Security Utility in macOS Recovery may not accept an administrator password after updating. This affects Intel Macs with the Apple T2 Security Chip that have the secure boot policy set to “No Security”. To work around this, boot to macOS Recovery and run the resetpassword command from Terminal. Once the password is changed, you can authenticate with the new password in Startup Security Utility. (109932528) SwiftUI Resolved Issues Fixed an issue where NSHostingView would not appear when…

Apple has introduced the latest update to the beta program for macOS Ventura 13.5, making the fourth beta version is now accessible for developers to conduct testing.The newest macOS Ventura beta is now availableDevelopers who are part of the program can obtain the most recent builds by visiting the Apple Developer Center or updating their Macs in the Settings app. Subsequently, public beta versions are typically made available shortly after the developer versions, enabling users to participate through the Apple Beta Software Program. Read more...

Apple has introduced the latest update to the beta program for macOS Ventura 13.5, making the fourth beta version is now accessible for developers to conduct testing.The newest macOS Ventura beta is now availableDevelopers who are part of the program can obtain the most recent builds by visiting the Apple Developer Center or updating their Macs in the Settings app. Subsequently, public beta versions are typically made available shortly after the developer versions, enabling users to participate through the Apple Beta Software Program. Read more...

Apple today seeded the fourth beta of macOS Ventura 13.5 to developers for testing purposes, with the beta introduced two weeks after the release of the third beta. Registered developers can download the beta through the Apple Developer Center and after the appropriate profile is installed, with the betas available through the Software Update mechanism in System Settings. No notable features have been found in macOS 13.5, so it's not yet clear what's included in the update. With macOS Sonoma now in development and slated for launch this fall, Apple's work on macOS 13 will soon be wrapping up. macOS 13.5 is likely to be one of the final updates to ‌macOS Ventura‌. Related Roundup: macOS SonomaRelated Forum: macOS SonomaThis…

The macOS Sonoma beta is tantalizing — until you find a show-stopping problem with your workflow. Here's how to go back to macOS Ventura.At least tell us you backed up your Mac before you installed the macOS 14 beta. If you didn't, then the odds are that you'll be best off sticking with macOS Sonoma instead of trying to downgrade.That's because downgrading requires you to wipe your Mac entirely. So you could do that and then reinstall your apps and documents, hoping that everything is in iCloud, but at best it would be slow. Read more...

The macOS Sonoma beta is tantalizing — until you find a show-stopping problem with your workflow. Here's how to go back to macOS Ventura.At least tell us you backed up your Mac before you installed the macOS 14 beta. If you didn't, then the odds are that you'll be best off sticking with macOS Sonoma instead of trying to downgrade.That's because downgrading requires you to wipe your Mac entirely. So you could do that and then reinstall your apps and documents, hoping that everything is in iCloud, but at best it would be slow. Read more...