Apple Releases Second Public Beta of macOS Ventura 13.3

Wednesday March 1, 2023 10:15 am PST by Juli Clover

Apple today seeded the second beta of macOS Ventura 13.3 to its public beta testing group, letting the general public test out the features ahead of the software's release. The public beta comes two weeks after Apple provided the first public beta.

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Public beta testers can download the macOS 13.3 Ventura update from the Software Update section of the System Preferences app after installing the proper profile from Apple's beta software website.

As with iOS 16.4, macOS Ventura 13.3 adds new emoji characters that include shaking head, pink heart, blue heart, gray heart, donkey, moose, black bird, goose, wing, jellyfish, hyacinth, pea pod, ginger, fan, comb, flute, maracas, left hand, and right hand.

The update supports updating to the new HomeKit architecture that Apple has reintroduced after the update was pulled from iOS 16.2. The Messages app also offers content previews for shared Mastodon links, and there are new options in Shortcuts for creating workflows that include Siri notification announcements.

Apple says that macOS Ventura 13.3 will be released in the spring, a timeline that ranges from March 20 to June 20.

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Top Rated Comments

Steve01234

44 months ago

Hope it fixes the file sharing issues

so I'm not the only one with SMB login failures ? its been a nightmare since 13.2 release. one machine works, one doesn't, 12.X intel machine is ok

Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)

Chopper3

44 months ago

Hope it fixes the file sharing issues

Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)

yukari

44 months ago

Have Apple shifted the seasons too? Spring is to the end of May!

Not quite. Spring starts from vernal equinox (March 20) to summer solstice (June 20)

Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)

ssbennebjerg

44 months ago

Apple today seeded the second beta of macOS Ventura 13.3 to its public beta testing group, letting the general public test out the features ahead of the software's release. The public beta comes two weeks after Apple provided the first public beta.

Public beta testers can download the macOS 13.3 Ventura update from the Software Update section of the System Preferences app after installing the proper profile from Apple's beta software website ('https://beta.apple.com/sp/betaprogram/').

As with iOS 16.4, macOS Ventura 13.3 adds new emoji characters that include shaking head, pink heart, blue heart, gray heart, donkey, moose, black bird, goose, wing, jellyfish, hyacinth, pea pod, ginger, fan, comb, flute, maracas, left hand, and right hand.

The update supports updating to the new HomeKit architecture that Apple has reintroduced after the update was pulled from iOS 16.2. The Messages app also offers content previews for shared Mastodon links, and there are new options in Shortcuts for creating workflows that include Siri notification announcements.

Apple says that macOS Ventura 13.3 will be released in the spring, a timeline that ranges from March 20 to June 20.

Article Link: Apple Releases Second Public Beta of macOS Ventura 13.3 ('https://www.macrumors.com/2023/03/01/apple-seeds-macos-ventura-13-3-public-beta-2/')

Hopefully smb filesharing will be stable again when I make use of the ‘needed’ moose emoji… (am I just getting old or are priorities getting lost in too many places theese days!?)