macOS Mojave 10.14.5 (18F127a) Beta 4
Apple has released macOS Mojave 10.14.5 (18F127a) Beta 4 to Developers and public beta testers. As a MacAdmin it’s important that you take time to test Apple’s Beta Releases. We all missed that Local Account password changes at the login window using the PRK was flat out broke! This could have been fixed if it was caught before the public release of 10.14.4. We now have to wait 1-2 months before 10.14.5 is released.
Make sure you are testing Notarization
10.14.5 has all of the Notarization security features enabled. You need to dig in and start testing the new system. The Beta 4 release notes call out that Kernel extensions signed after April 7th, 2019 must be notarized in order to load. Be sure if you have an important 3rd party app that installs a kernel extension that you reach out to the vendor and make sure they are aware of these changes.
10.14.5 (18F127a) Beta 4 Release Notes
Overview
The macOS 10.14.4 SDK provides support for developing apps for Macs running macOS Mojave 10.14.5. The SDK comes bundled with Xcode 10.2.1 available from the Mac App Store. For information on the compatibility requirements for Xcode 10.2.1, see Xcode 10.2.1 Release Notes.
General
- Copy-protected video content plays back correctly on iMac Pro.
Accessibility
- Accessibility Events switch was removed, because related aspects of the W3C AOM effort are no longer applicable.
Date and Time
- Support for the Reiwa (令和) era of the Japanese calendar, which begins on May 1, 2019, is now available. The first year of Japanese-calendar era is represented as “元年” (“Gannen”) instead of “1年”, except in the shorter numeric-style formats which typically also use the narrow era name; for example: “R1/05/01”.
Security
Kernel extensions signed after April 7th, 2019 must be notarized in order to load on macOS 10.14.5.
Previous 10.14.5 Beta Releases
- macOS Mojave 10.14.5 beta 3 (18F118d)
- macOS Mojave 10.14.5 beta 2 (18F108f)
- macOS Mojave 10.14.5 Beta 1 (18F96h)
How to get macOS beta releases
How to download macOS Mojave Beta
- Sign up Public Beta – Apple Beta Software Program
- Sign up as an Apple Developer (Yearly $100)
- Contact your Apple SE to join AppleSeed for IT
