Apple Seeds macOS Sonoma 14.2 Release Candidate to Developers

Apple today seeded the release candidate (RC) version of an upcoming macOS Sonoma 14.2 update to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming a week after Apple seeded the fourth beta of macOS Sonoma 14.2. The RC represents the finalized version of ‌macOS Sonoma‌ 14.2 that will be released to the public should no major issues be found.

Registered developers can opt-in to the beta through the Software Update section of the System Settings app. Under Beta updates, toggle on the Sonoma Developer Beta. Note that an Apple ID associated with an Apple Developer account is required to get the beta.

While Apple’s release notes for ‌macOS Sonoma‌ 14.2 mention only bug fixes and security updates, there were a few new features found during the beta.

‌macOS Sonoma‌ 14.2 adds an Apple Music Favorites playlist that houses everything you’ve favorited, plus Shazam can also be added to the Control Center or menu bar on the Mac. Stickers can be used to reply to iMessages when you long press on a chat bubble in the Messages app, and there’s also now support for the extra-secure iMessage Contact Key Verification option.

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