The second beta version of MacOS Sonoma has been released to users enrolled in the developer beta testing program for Apple system software.

MacOS Sonoma, versioned as macOS 14, includes a variety of new features for Mac, like new screen savers, a new Lock Screen, the reintroduction of widgets to the Mac, new Messages features, Safari Profiles support which allows for unique profiles for things like work and school, FaceTime video messages support, and many other various changes and improvements.

Technically, any user can enroll their Apple ID to participate in the Apple Developer program which gives them access to be able to install MacOS Sonoma beta on a Mac, but this should be limited to advanced users, and for secondary hardware. A public beta will be released next month.

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Apple has released iOS 16.5.1 as a software update for iPhone users running the iOS 16 operating system.

iOS 16.5.1 and iPadOS 16.5.1 includes important security fixes for iPhone and iPad, along with a bug fix to resolve an issue with charging the iPhone with a Lightning to USB camera adapter.

Updates are also available for MacOS Ventura 13.4.1, older macOS releases, older iPhone and iPad models, and Apple Watch.

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MacOS Ventura 13.4.1 has been released as an update for Mac users running the Ventura operating system.

The MacOS Ventura 13.4.1 update includes bug fixes and security enhancements, making it a recommended update for Mac users running that operating system.

Software updates are also available for macOS Monterey and Big Sur, along with iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.

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You can easily monitor and view the temperature of an Apple Silicon equipped Mac with the help of a free app called Hot. Hot displays the Mac’s CPU temperature in the menu bar, allowing you to keep an eye on thermal conditions on the Mac. And while we’re focusing on the Apple Silicon Macs here, Hot works to see the temperatures for Intel Macs too.

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If you gave into the temptation of installing iOS 17 beta onto your iPhone and now regret doing so because of incompatibility issues, bugs, or performance complaints, you may be interested in downgrading iOS 17 beta back to stable iOS 16 release.

We’ll show you how you can downgrade and remove iOS 17 beta from iPhone, returning back to a stable iOS 16 release on your device.

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Many Mac users are interested in downloading the full installer for MacOS Sonoma beta, but when they go through the typical process of installing the MacOS Sonoma beta and downloading the update from System Settings, they’re given only a smaller stub installer that can not be used for things like making a USB boot install drive.

If you’d like to download the full and complete MacOS Sonoma beta installer, which is about 13GB in size, you can do so with one of two ways; using a direct download link from Apple, and also by using the Terminal. Separately, we will also link to direct download links from Apple for MacOS Sonoma IPSW files.

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Any interested Apple TV user can install the tvOS 17 beta onto their Apple TV right now. Thanks to a recent change in the Apple Developer program, which has opened up access to all developer betas to anyone who enrolls in the free dev program, tvOS 17 beta is available, along with iOS 17 beta, iPadOS 17 beta, macOS Sonoma beta, and watchOS 10 beta.

tvOS 17 includes support for FaceTime on Apple TV by using Continuity Camera from an associated iPhone or iPad, karaoke, and a feature that lets you find your remote by using your iPhone, amongst other smaller features and changes.

While beta system software is not intended for casual users due to bugs, compatibility issues, and performance issues, some advanced users may still be intrigued enough to want to install and run tvOS 17 beta on their Apple TV right now, and that’s what this walkthrough will show you how to do.

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File sharing is one of the quintessential features of just about every networked computer, and if you’ve got a Mac on a local network then you might be wondering how you can seamlessly share files over local networks with other Macs, Windows PCs, and Linux PCs. Thanks to MacOS support for SMB and Windows File Sharing, you can easily network and file share a Mac with other a diverse range of other computer operating systems.

We’ll show you how you can enable file sharing on your Mac running macOS Ventura or newer.

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iPadOS 17 includes a snazzy new wallpaper that you might appreciate using on your devices to spice up the wallpaper or desktop background picture, and you don’t even have to install iPadOS 17 beta to get it.

Linked below are the two iPadOS 17 default wallpapers in full resolution 2400 × 2400, available in both Light and Dark versions.

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Apple has released the third beta versions of iOS 16.6, iPadOS 16.6, and macOS Ventura 13.5 to users who are still running betas of the current generation of system software.

No major features or changes are expected in these versions of system software, as the majority of Apple’s developmental effort is likely being placed on the iOS 17 beta, iPadOS 17 beta, and MacOS Sonoma beta, each of which is available to download and run now by any interested user.

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Want to run MacOS Sonoma beta in a virtual machine on your Mac? It’s pretty easy thanks to the free Viable tool, and if you followed our recent guide on installing Ventura in a Viable VM, you can easily upgrade that Ventura VM to run MacOS Sonoma beta in a virtual machine.

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Running MacOS inside a virtual machine on an Apple Silicon Mac has never been easier, thanks to an excellent and simple to use utility called Viable.

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The 15″ MacBook Air features an M2 chip, 15.3″ Liquid Retina display, a 1080p FaceTime HD camera, Touch ID, MagSafe charger, and two Thunderbolt/USB-C ports, and while it has barely been out for two days, Amazon is already offering a nice $100 discount on the fantastic laptop.

The deal is available in select colors, for both the base 256GB model and the 512GB model.

• 15″ MacBook Air M2 – 256GB – Midnight – $1199 (from $1299)
• 15″ MacBook Air M2 – 256GB – Space Gray – $1199 (from $1299)
• 15″ MacBook Air M2 – 256GB – Starlight – $1199 (from $1299)
• 15″ MacBook Air M2 – 512GB – Midnight – $1399 (from $1499)

As is often the case with Amazon, stock changes fairly quickly, so if you’re interested in one model that is currently discounted, go for it. Some of the other color and size combinations remain at full price, or with a lesser discount, but they may shuffle around to be $100 off too in time.

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With every new release of system software, Apple releases new wallpapers to spruce up the visual experience, and MacOS Sonoma is no different. MacOS Sonoma comes with a nice new default wallpaper that is a colorful abstract scene, vaguely reminiscent of rolling hills and a sunset.

But you don’t have to install macOS Sonoma beta just to enjoy the new wallpapers, available in both light and dark. You can download the default Sonoma wallpapers right now, and put them to use on any device you want, whether it’s enjoying the background image on a Mac, iPad, iPhone, Windows PC, Android, or whatever else you’re wanting to stylize a bit.

Click on the images below to launch the full size image into a new window, where you can save it locally.

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Some MacOS Sonoma beta users have noticed they can not install Command Line Tools specifically in the Sonoma beta from the Terminal, instead they see an error message stating “Can’t install the software because it is not currently available from the Software Update server.”

If you are trying to install the Command Line Tools into MacOS Sonoma beta, and it is failing with that error message, then read along to find a solution.

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Did you know you can send money to contacts, right from Messages app on your iPhone? With Apple Cash, you can easily send and receive money directly from the Messages app of iPhone or iPad, without ever having to leave Messages.

Apple Cash is similar to Venmo, except that it’s Apple ecosystem specific. And, like so many other features on iPhone, it’s largely hidden or obscured, and many users may not even know the feature exists on their device.

Let’s take a look at how you can send money using Apple Cash from within the Messages app on iPhone.

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Any Mac user can install macOS Sonoma beta onto their Mac right now and without waiting for the public beta, thanks to a recent change in the Apple Developer program, which has opened up the developer betas to any user.

While it’s important to remember that beta system software is typically buggy, unfinished, and less reliable than a stable operating system release, many advanced Mac users may still wish to run the macOS Sonoma 14 beta on their Mac to check out the new features and experience the operating system right away.

We’ll walk through the steps to install MacOS Sonoma 14 beta onto a Mac, using the free developer beta program.

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The all new 15″ MacBook Air comes equipped with some snazzy new default wallpapers, but even if you’re not in the market for a new MacBook Air with a bigger display (though you can get a discount on a brand new 15″ MacBook Air from Amazon), you can still enjoy the wallpapers on your desktop background right now.

You have four fancy wallpapers to choose from, each featuring a different color of an abstract series of shapes and lines, that loosely spells out “Air” in such an abstract way that it’s barely visible except from a distance. The wallpapers look great not only on any Mac, but also for wallpaper on iPhone, iPad, or even a Windows PC or Android.

Click on any of the images below to open the full sized image where you can save it to your device and set it as the wallpaper.

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