macOS Ventura Beta 2 (22A5286j) is Live! What’s New?

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macOS Ventura Beta 2

macOS Ventura Beta 2

UPDATED: 6/22

Apple just released macOS Ventura Beta 2, let’s jump in and find out what’s new.

macOS Ventura Patch Notes Summary

  • 1. New Features – 3
  • 2. Known Issues – 60
  • 3. Resolved Issues – 1
  • 4. Depreciations – 2
  • 5. Enterprise Changes – N/A

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/macos-release-notes/macos-13-release-notes

Full Apple OS Beta Release list

iOS Beta 2 📱✅

  • iOS 16 (20A5303i)
  • iPadOS 16 (20A5303i)
  • tvOS 16 (20J5319h)
  • audioOS 16 (20J5319h)
  • watchOS 9 (20R5307h)

macOS Beta 2 đź’» âś…

  • Ventura Beta 2 (22A5286j)
  • Monterey – None
  • Big Sur – None
  • Xcode Beta – Beta 2 (14A5229c)
  • Studio Display Firmware – None
  • Apple Configurator beta – None
My macOS Ventura Beta 2 Update Video

Table of Contents

  • 1. Apple Links
  • 2. Areas of interest for this update
  • 3. Undocumented macOS Ventura Update changes & fixes
  • 4. Ventura Beta Release History
  • 5. macOS Ventura Beta Full Installer.app
  • 6. Apple Silicon IPSW Restore file Update
  • 7. macOS Ventura Beta Update sizes
  • 8. Apple Silicon M1 System Firmware Version
  • 9. Apple Silicon M1 OS loader Version (iBoot)
  • 10. Intel T2 BridgeOS Update
  • 11. Safari Update
  • 12. What’s new for enterprise in macOS Ventura Beta
  • 13. Security Content of macOS Ventura
  • 14. macOS Ventura Release Notes / Patch Notes / Changes

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1. Apple Links

AppleSeed Notes Link = appleseed.apple.com/

Developer Public Link = developer.apple.com/documentation/macos-release-notes

macOS Deployment References Changes – https://support.apple.com/guide/deployment-reference-macos/document-revision-history-apd04dff7069/web

  • 1. None

3. Undocumented macOS Ventura changes & fixes

  • 1. None

4. Ventura Beta Release History

  • 2. Ventura Beta 2 (22A5286j) – 6/14/21 – Release Notes
  • 1. Ventura Beta 1 (22A5266r) – 6/06/21 – Release Notes

5. macOS Ventura Beta Full Installer.app

Apple has released the full installer for macOS Ventura Beta. I list all the of the Full installers in the link below.

https://mrmacintosh.com/macos-ventura-13-full-installer-database-download-directly-from-apple/

InstallAssistant.pkg = Full download. Installing this package will add the full “Install macOS Ventura Beta.app” to your applications folder.

6. Apple Silicon IPSW Restore file Update

Apple has released the full IPSW restore file of macOS for Apple Silicon M1 Macs. I keep track of all of them in my Apple Silicon Firmware Database

Get them here –> https://mrmacintosh.com/apple-silicon-m1-full-macos-restore-ipsw-firmware-files-database/

7. macOS Ventura Beta Update sizes

Ventura Delta Beta Update

The delta update will automatically change in size for exactly what your macOS version needs.

  • 2. Delta from macOS Ventura Beta 1 = 1.6GB (2.02GB Actual)
  • 1. Delta from macOS Monterey 12.4 = 3.7 GB
  • Full update size = 11.2 GB

Thank you DhinakG

8. Apple Silicon M1 System Firmware Version

This update has a new firmware update. The version number is reported in System Information under “System Firmware Version“

Apple Silicon M1 Firmware – Updated!

  • 2. macOS Ventura 13 Beta 2 = 8419.0.79.0.2
  • 1. macOS Ventura 13 Beta 1 = 8419.0.42.111.3

9. Apple Silicon M1 OS loader Version (iBoot)

OS Loader Version (iBoot) also referred to as “iBoot second-stage loader”, is Apple’s stage 2 bootloader. The OS loader version will be the same as the “System Firmware Version” on the latest OS. On previous versions of macOS Monterey and Big Sur, the OS loader version will be a version behind. Example = Monterey = 7459.121.3 & Big Sur = 6723.140.2

2. macOS Ventura 13 Beta 2 = 8419.0.79.0.2
1. macOS Ventura 13 Beta 1 = 8419.0.42.111.3

9. Intel T2 BridgeOS Update

The Version of BridgeOS for your T2 Security Chip (2018-2020 Intel Macs) was updated.

BridgeOS version – Updated

  • 2. macOS Ventura 13 Beta 2 = 20.16.320.5.6
  • 1. macOS Ventura 13 Beta 1 = 20.16.300.5.13

10. Safari Update

The new version of Safar 16 is included in the macOS Ventura Beta update.

Safari = UPDATED!

  • 2. macOS Ventura 13 = 16 (18614.1.16.11.3)
  • 1. macOS Ventura 13 = 16 (18614.1.14.1.15)

11. What’s new for Enterprise in macOS Ventura Beta

Enterprise changes in macOS Ventura Beta

  • Waiting

12. Security Content of macOS Ventura Beta

None

13. macOS Ventura Release Notes

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/macos-release-notes

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