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macOS Sonoma
Version of the macOS operating system
Screenshot of macOS Sonoma
DeveloperApple Inc.
OS family
Source modelClosed, with open source components
Latest release14.7.1[1] (October 28, 2024; 32 days ago (2024-10-28)) [±]
Update methodSoftware Update
Platformsx86-64, ARM64
Kernel typeHybrid (XNU)
LicenseProprietary software with open-source components and content licensed with APSL
Preceded bymacOS Ventura
Official websitewww.apple.com/macos/sonoma-preview/
TaglineCome for the power. Stay for the fun.[2]
Support status
In developer beta. Drops support for most Macs released in 2017.
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macOS Sonoma (version 14) is the upcoming major release of macOS, Apple's operating system for Mac computers. The successor to macOS Ventura, it was announced at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2023 on June 5, 2023, and is expected to release in late 2023;[3] the first developer beta was released on June 5, 2023.[4] It is named after the wine region located in California's Sonoma County.[5][6]

New features

macOS Sonoma ships a number of new features and improvements, mainly focused on productivity and creativity:[7][8][9][10]

  • Widgets have been completely revamped, they are no longer constrained to the Notification Center—instead they can be placed anywhere on the desktop, and the widget picker has been redesigned to resemble the iPadOS version of it.
  • The lock screen has been changed to have the date and time similar to iOS and iPadOS.
  • Video-conferencing apps can overlay the presenter's webcam video on top of screen sharing.
  • App icons and the spotlight search bar have been made more rounded.
  • Safari:
    • Browsing profiles enable separate sets of bookmarks, extensions, and cookies, which can be used to separate, for example, a personal setup from the work one.
    • Password sharing lets multiple people have access to the same collection of website passwords, and update them as needed, with changes syncing across all enrolled devices.
    • “Web apps” lets the user add any website to the Dock and open it in a simplified Safari interface. This feature is somewhat different from progressive web apps since it doesn't require additional work of website developers.
  • Messages:
    • More precise search filters: for example, the contact name can be combined with a search term to look for the term within the specific conversation.
    • Catch-up lets the user quickly jump to the first unread message in a conversation.
    • iMessage stickers have a new picker interface.
  • Game mode, to optimize gaming performance by prioritizing gaming tasks and allocating more GPU and CPU capacity to the game.
  • New slow-motion screen savers of different locations worldwide. When logged in, they transform into the desktop wallpaper.

Alongside macOS Sonoma, Apple announced developer tools for porting Windows games to macOS. The Game Porting Toolkit, released in beta, translates Windows application programming interface (API) calls to equivalent macOS APIs on the fly, allowing developers to run unmodified versions of their 32-bit Windows DirectX games on macOS. Mac users have been able to use the Game Porting Toolkit to run a number of DirectX 12 games; tech news outlets have compared the tool to Valve's Proton compatibility layer for Linux. Apple also released a Metal Shader Converter that converts shaders to Apple's Metal graphics API.[11][12]

Supported hardware

macOS Sonoma supports Macs with Apple silicon and Intel's Xeon-W and 8th-generation Coffee Lake/Amber Lake chips or later,[13] and drops support for various models released in 2017. The 2019 iMac is the only supported Intel Mac that lacks a security T2 chip. Sonoma supports the following Mac models:[14]

According to an Ars Technica analysis, 2016 and 2017 Macs received on average 6 years of updates, lower than the 7–8 years of updates received by Intel Macs released from 2009 to 2015.[15][14]

Release history

The first developer beta of macOS Sonoma was released on June 5, 2023.[16] The Sonoma developer beta is the first to be available to anyone with a free Apple Developer account, without needing a developer subscription.[17][18]

Previous release Current release Current beta release Security response
Version Build Release date Darwin version
14.0 beta 1 23A5257q June 5, 2023 23.0.0
xnu-10002.0.40.505.5~4
Mon May 22 22:52:05 PDT 2023
14.0 beta 2 23A5276g June 21, 2023 23.0.0
xnu-10002.0.116.505.3~3
Tue Jun 13 21:16:25 PDT 2023

See also

References

  1. ^ "What's new in the updates for macOS Sonoma". Apple Support. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  2. ^ "macOS Sonoma Preview". Apple.
  3. ^ "Apple announces macOS Sonoma with support for desktop widgets and screensavers". The Verge. June 5, 2023. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  4. ^ Clover, Juli (June 5, 2023). "Apple Releases First Beta of macOS 14 Sonoma to Developers". MacRumors. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
  5. ^ Edwards, Sara (June 5, 2023). "Apple unveils macOS Sonoma, the latest version of its operating system, inspired by Wine Country". The Press Democrat. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  6. ^ Heater, Brian (June 5, 2023). "Apple debuts macOS 14 Sonoma". TechCrunch. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  7. ^ Porter, Jon (June 5, 2023). "Apple announces macOS Sonoma with game mode and support for desktop widgets". The Verge. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  8. ^ Cunningham, Andrew (June 5, 2023). "macOS Sonoma adds Game Mode, a new design for desktop widgets, and more". Ars Technica. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  9. ^ Shakir, Umar (June 5, 2023). "Apple announces new Safari profiles and WebKit features". The Verge. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  10. ^ "macOS Sonoma brings new capabilities for elevating productivity and creativity". Apple Newsroom. Apple Inc. June 5, 2023. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
  11. ^ Warren, Tom (June 7, 2023). "Apple's new Proton-like tool can run Windows games on a Mac". The Verge. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  12. ^ Purdy, Kevin (June 7, 2023). "Apple has a Proton-like Game Porting Toolkit for getting Windows games on Mac". Ars Technica. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  13. ^ Kubiv, Halyna (June 7, 2023). "macOS 14 Sonoma: Diese Macs erhalten kein Update mehr". Macwelt (in German). Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  14. ^ a b Cunningham, Andrew (June 5, 2023). "macOS Sonoma drops support for another wide swath of Intel Macs". Ars Technica. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  15. ^ Cunningham, Andrew (July 1, 2022). "Some Macs are getting fewer updates than they used to. Here's why it's a problem". Ars Technica. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  16. ^ Clover, Juli (June 5, 2023). "Apple Releases First Beta of macOS 14 Sonoma to Developers". MacRumors. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  17. ^ Clover, Juli (June 6, 2023). "Apple Makes Developer Betas Free to Download and Install". MacRumors. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  18. ^ Barr, Kyle (June 7, 2023). "Apple Makes Developer Betas Free for All". Gizmodo. Retrieved June 8, 2023 – via Yahoo! News.
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