macOS 15.3
Juli Clover (release notes, security, enterprise, developer, full installer, IPSW):
macOS Sequoia brings Genmoji to Macs that support Apple Intelligence, which means it’s now possible to create custom emoji characters using the Messages app.
The update also removes Notification summaries for news and entertainment apps to prevent misleading Apple Intelligence headline summaries.
See also: Mr. Macintosh and Howard Oakley.
It includes a fix for the replicator failure in 15.2. Once installed, SuperDuper “Erase, then copy” backups should start working again.
Previously:
- Apple Intelligence Enabled Automatically
- Apple Intelligence News Notification Summaries
- macOS 15.2 Breaks Bootable Backups
- macOS 15.2
Update (2025-01-28): Howard Oakley:
Bugs fixed include improved stability for apps over VPN connections when using the built-in software firewall and content filter extensions, and successful AirPlay connections with the firewall and content filters.
Applying the most recent macOS 15.3 security patch reset the hostname on my system (definitely should not happen). Spotlight index also nuked and failing to rebuild (mdutil is not indexing).
Releases notes show that
.onKeyPressnow works inside ofNavigationSplitView.
Apple, in its eagerness to please the stock market by forcing the so-called “beta” of Apple Intelligence on customers, offers no way to dismiss the advertisement in System Settings without opening the Image Playground app.
[…]
You can use the same workaround in the future whenever you see a message at the top of System Settings that you want to remove.
Update (2025-01-29): Ric Ford:
Apple’s recurring home directory bug is back yet again with macOS 15.3, as Jeffrey Kane notes in an email.
Apple has now released macOS 15.3 which fixes the problems PowerPhotos experienced on 15.2, and restores its previous capabilities with non system libraries.
macOS 15.2 broke all my shit, and I’ve spent the last three months fixing things to work again.
macOS 15.3 undid the shit breaking, so everything works like it did before.
So yay, it’s not broken anymore?
But I just wasted like three months of my life with this shit?
And who knows if it’ll break again in 15.4 or whatever?
Apple has added a couple of new management options for Apple Intelligence as part of the release of macOS Sequoia 15.3.
Also still not working in macOS 15.3: Preview cannot cope with grayscale TIFFs with a depth of 16.
Update (2025-01-30): Christian:
Is it just me, or did switching windows with command ^ stop working in Safari with 15.3?
The Command-` Cycle Through Windows shortcut works for both of us with a US keyboard layout, but he says Command-^ doesn’t work with any of the German keyboard layouts.
It’s broken since ever Safari Profiles were released, if you have more than one set. Weirdly, Command + Shift + ` (switching backwards) works fine.
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They don’t plan to also force people to download a U2 album along the 7GB?
Enough with the emoji/genmoji stuff already! I know literally no one who uses it. Go spend developer time on doing something useful.
