If you are a beta tester you may want to stop receiving beta updates once the full version of Sonoma arrives.
MacOS 14 Sonoma: How to install and remove the beta Once the installer has downloaded click on Install and wait while the software is installed on your Mac (during which time you won’t be able to use the Mac.).Click on Upgrade Now and wait for the macOS installer to download.If it’s the day that Sonoma arrives, you may have to wait a while before it shows up. Click on Software Update and your Mac will search for the update.Go to System Settings (System Preferences in older versions of macOS).It should be simple enough to install macOS Sonoma though.
We cover how to install macOS Sonoma in a separate article, we also cover some of the issues you might encounter installing Sonoma, so if you do have any difficulties check out that article. There’s more detail about what’s in macOS Sonoma–and what’s coming–below.
Warning for stickers if you have enabled it for Messages. Messages: You can react to iMessages with any emoji or sticker.TV app: There will no longer be separate Movies and TV Shows tabs.Apple Music: You will also be able to disable the listening history in Apple Music so it doesn’t impact Apple Music suggestions.News app: The News app will support Live Activities.The following features, which also arrived in iOS 17.2, will be available in the equivalent apps on macOS: While the new Journal app is a feature of iOS 17.2, which arrived on the same day, it is not (yet) a Mac app. PDFs: An Enhanced AutoFill feature uses Contacts data to fill out a PDF or scanned document.StoreKit: Price, currency, and currenc圜ode are now available on Transaction.iMessage Contact Key Verification: Improved security for contact key verification users.Updates from macOS 11.0–12.3.1 to Sonoma may not work, in which case Apple recommends updating to macOS 12.4 first. In the 14.4 beta release notes the company lists fixes for an issue with CreateML, a resolution for a Finder issue, an issue with stickers in Messages. Apple has also revealed there will be several bug fixes coming in the update.SwiftUI: new features and bug fixes for developers.StoreKit: new features and bug fixes for developers.AppleCare & Warranty in Settings shows details of all your eligible devices.Emoji reactions for tracks in collaborative playlists.Collaborative Playlists for Apple Music.iMessage update: Apple is introducing a new iMessage protocol that will use post-quantum cryptography to encrypt for conversations.There may also be updates relating to the Vision Pro in the next Mac update. There are also several alternative direction emoji coming. It is not clear what the contents of macOS 14.4 will be, however, we do know to expect new emoji including Broken Chain, Brown Mushroom, Head Shaking Horizontally, Head Shaking Vertically, Lime, and Phoenix. However, it may arrive earlier than that as the iOS 17.4 update is expected on March 5 or 6. If there is a six-week turnaround, as has been the case recently, we could see macOS 14.4 on March 12 (Apple issued the first beta of macOS 14.3 to developers on December 12 and the full version arrived six weeks later on January 22, for example). He's been gaming since the Atari 2600 days and still struggles to comprehend the fact he can play console quality titles on his pocket computer.MacOS 14.4 Sonoma release date and features Oliver also covers mobile gaming for iMore, with Apple Arcade a particular focus. Current expertise includes iOS, macOS, streaming services, and pretty much anything that has a battery or plugs into a wall. Since then he's seen the growth of the smartphone world, backed by iPhone, and new product categories come and go. Having grown up using PCs and spending far too much money on graphics card and flashy RAM, Oliver switched to the Mac with a G5 iMac and hasn't looked back. At iMore, Oliver is involved in daily news coverage and, not being short of opinions, has been known to 'explain' those thoughts in more detail, too. He has also been published in print for Macworld, including cover stories. Oliver Haslam has written about Apple and the wider technology business for more than a decade with bylines on How-To Geek, PC Mag, iDownloadBlog, and many more.