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Apple Seeds First Public Beta of macOS 10.12.6 to Public Beta Testers

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Apple today seeded the first beta of macOS Sierra 10.12.6 to public beta testers, one day after releasing the beta to developers and two days after releasing macOS Sierra 10.12.5, a minor update with bug fixes and other improvements.

Beta testers who have signed up for the Apple beta testing program will receive the macOS Sierra 10.12.6 beta through the Software Update mechanism in the Mac App Store.

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Those who want to be a part of Apple's beta testing program can sign up to participate through the beta testing website, which gives users access to both iOS and macOS Sierra betas.

No notable features were discovered in macOS Sierra 10.12.6 developer beta, suggesting this update is minor in scale and focuses on internal improvements like bug fixes and security enhancements rather than outward-facing changes.

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sashimimi Avatar
117 months ago
Nothing in it, just instalation instructions and some other boring stuff. :(

So, no need to break the NDA. :oops:

Look closer !

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jmh600cbr Avatar
117 months ago
Bring on 10.13
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
117 months ago
I found a new wallpaper, as well as a feature mimicking tabs if you click the square in the top right in terminal. So I do believe that there are new and noticeable features.
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jenst Avatar
117 months ago
I would love actual detail in the update notes
You can sign up for apple's security announce mailing lists, security-announce@lists.apple.com at https://lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/security-announce/

They'll mail you things like (but only after final release, not on beta's)
macOS 10.12.5 is now available and addresses the following:

IOGraphics
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.4
Impact: An application may be able to gain kernel privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved
memory handling.
CVE-2017-2545: 360 Security (@mj0011sec) working with Trend Micro's
Zero Day Initiative
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-BigMac- Avatar
117 months ago
Nothing in it, just instalation instructions and some other boring stuff. :(

So, no need to break the NDA. :oops:

this is what I mean. They barely reveal anything.
This is the same case when example - Facebook does an iOS App update. It never specifies whats happened. annoying
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)
117 months ago
I would love actual detail in the update notes
Nothing in it, just instalation instructions and some other boring stuff. :(

So, no need to break the NDA. :oops:



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