macOS Sonoma Beta 7 Update (23A5337a) What's New?

macOS Sonoma Beta 7 (23A5337a) Update is now Available!

UPDATED: 8/31/23

This article will be continually updated as new information comes in.

Apple just released macOS Sonoma Beta 7 to Developers! Let’s jump in and find out what’s new in this update.

New Features

New in macOS Sonoma Beta 7, when logging in for the first time after the update, it asks you to choose your wallpaper. Credit Aaron @aaronp613

New in macOS Sonoma Beta 7 – Apple has added 116 new animated wallpapers in addition to the new Live Sonoma wallpaper in Beta 6. Credit @finjassauer

Resolved Issues

Fixed: Users might experience a blank screen with an active cursor for an indefinite period of time when attempting to update to Sonoma Beta 6.
Fixed in beta 7: Apps using SwiftData that are built with Xcode 15 beta 6 have known issues when running on macOS Sonoma 14 beta 6.
Resolved: An issue where the screen did not lock using the menu item or
keyboard shortcuts.

Known Issues

Create ML may crash or hang on launch on devices with macos 14.0 beta 7.
Apple Configurator fails to add apps to devices.

macOS Ventura Patch Notes Summary

1. New Features – 2
2. Resolved Issues– 3
3. Known Issues – 2
4. Security Fixes – Apple does not release security info on macOS Beta updates
5. Safari Security (Webkit) – Apple doesn’t release security info on Beta updates
6. Full installer and M1 IPSW – Beta 7 IPSW is available – Full installer tomorrow.
7. OpenCore Legacy Patcher Users – No info at the moment

Full Apple Beta Update Release list

macOS 💻 ✅

Sonoma Beta 7 (23A5337a)
Ventura 13.6 Beta 2 (22G115)
Monterey 12.7 Beta 2 (21G813)
Safari – 17.0 Seed 8
Xcode – Xcode 15 Beta 8
Studio Display Firmware update = None

1. Apple Links
2. Sonoma Beta Release History
3. macOS Sonoma Beta Full Installer.app
4. Apple Silicon M1 &M2 IPSW Restore file Update
5. macOS Sonoma Update sizes
6. Apple Silicon M1 System Firmware Version
7. Apple Silicon M1 OS loader Version (iBoot)
8. Intel T2 BridgeOS Update
9. Safari Update
10. What’s new for enterprise in macOS Sonoma
11. Security Content of macOS Sonoma
12. macOS Sonoma Release Notes / Patch Notes / Changes

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1. Apple Links

macOS Sonoma Mac App Store download link = N/A

When Apple releases the official macOS Sonoma support links, they will be listed below.

What’s new in the updates for macOS Sonoma
What’s new for enterprise in macOS Sonoma
Manage upgrading to macOS Sonoma in your organization
If you see a message that macOS Server is not supported when upgrading to macOS Sonoma
Platform Security Guide – New macOS Rapid Security Response system.
Platform Guide Deployment – What’s new in Apple platform deployment

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

3. Sonoma Beta Release History

8. Sonoma Beta 7 (23A5337a) – 8/30/23
7. Sonoma Beta 6 () – 8/25/23
6. Sonoma Beta 5 () – 8/08/23
5. Sonoma Beta 4 () – 7/27/23
4. Sonoma Public Beta () – 7/11/23
3. Sonoma Beta 3 () – 7/06/23
2. Sonoma Beta 2 () – 6/14/23
1. Sonoma Beta 1 () – 6/06/23

4. macOS Sonoma Beta Full Installer.app

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

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

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

5. 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/

6. macOS Sonoma Beta Update sizes

Sonoma Beta Delta Update

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

Full update with size 12.7 GB
Delta from macOS Monterey 12.6.8 (21G725) with size 5.8 GB
Delta from macOS Sonoma 14 Beta 5 (23A5312d) with size 1.6 GB
Delta from macOS Sonoma 14 Beta 6 (23A5328b) with size 694.0 MB

Thank you DhinakG!!

7. 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!

8. macOS Sonoma Beta 7 = 10151.1.1
7. macOS Sonoma Beta 6 =
6. macOS Sonoma Beta 5 =
5. macOS Sonoma Beta 4 =
4. macOS Sonoma Public Beta = No change
3. macOS Sonoma Beta 3 =
2. macOS Sonoma Beta 2 =
1. macOS Sonoma Beta 1 =

8. 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

OS Loader version = Updated!

8. macOS Sonoma Beta 7 = 10151.1.1
7. macOS Sonoma Beta 6 =
6. macOS Sonoma Beta 5 =
5. macOS Sonoma Beta 4 =
4. macOS Sonoma Public Beta = No change
3. macOS Sonoma Beta 3 =
2. macOS Sonoma Beta 2 =
1. macOS Sonoma Beta 1 =

9. Intel T2 BridgeOS Update

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

BridgeOS version = Updated!

8. macOS Sonoma Beta 7 = 21.16.364.5.1
7. macOS Sonoma Beta 6 =
6. macOS Sonoma Beta 5 =
5. macOS Sonoma Beta 4 =
4. macOS Sonoma Public Beta = No change
3. macOS Sonoma Beta 3 =
2. macOS Sonoma Beta 2 =
1. macOS Sonoma Beta 1 =

10. Safari Update

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

Safari =

8. macOS Sonoma Beta 7 =
7. macOS Sonoma Beta 6 =
6. macOS Sonoma Beta 5 =
5. macOS Sonoma Beta 4 =
4. macOS Sonoma Public Beta = No change
3. macOS Sonoma Beta 3 =
2. macOS Sonoma Beta 2 =
1. macOS Sonoma Beta 1 =

11. What’s new for Enterprise in macOS Sonoma

Enterprise changes in macOS Sonoma

Fixes and improvements

none

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213327

12. Security Content of macOS Sonoma

Security vulnerabilities in this Sonoma Update

Security fixes addressed in this update = 0

NOTE: Apple does not release security information for macOS Beta releases.

13. macOS Sonoma Beta Release Notes