The second developer beta of macOS Tahoe is now available for testing, and it features a handful of smaller new options and modifications on the Mac.
Under, we recap every little thing new that has been present in macOS Tahoe beta 2 to this point.
Redesigned Finder App Icon
Disaster averted: Apple has restored the Finder icon’s design to its former glory on the second beta.
On the primary macOS Tahoe developer beta, the app icon’s colours had been inverted, with blue showing on the appropriate facet and white showing on the left facet. That change disappointed some people, and Apple has evidently listened to that suggestions.
Redesigned Migration Assistant App Icon
The second beta additionally offers a recent coat of paint to the Migration Assistant app icon.
Menu Bar Background Choice
Apple eliminated the frosted background from the menu bar by default on macOS Tahoe, as a part of the Liquid Glass redesign. For those who miss it, although, the second beta adds a “Show menu bar background” option to the System Settings app underneath Menu Bar.
AirPods Beta Firmware
As noticed by Federico Trevisani, the second macOS Tahoe beta helps you to enroll in beta testing of AirPods firmware updates straight on a Mac.
First, join your AirPods to your Mac. Subsequent, open the System Settings app and click on on the Bluetooth menu. Then, choose the (i) image subsequent to your AirPods. On the following web page, scroll right down to the underside and click on on “AirPods Beta Updates. Lastly, there’s a toggle to allow beta firmware updates in your AirPods. Firmware updates shall be put in when your AirPods are of their charging case and close to the Мас.
Apple presently provides AirPods beta firmware updates to builders solely. Nonetheless, that may quickly change. Apple plans to start offering public betas of AirPods firmware updates in July for the primary time, beginning with the AirPods 4 and AirPods Pro 2.
The social chatter firmware beta for the AirPods 4 and AirPods Professional 2 provides help for improved audio high quality for cellphone calls and video calls, plus studio-quality audio recording for interviews, podcasts, and movies. There’s additionally an choice to make use of AirPods as a digicam distant with the Digital camera app to take pictures or begin a video recording, and these AirPods fashions can mechanically pause audio whether it is detected that you simply fell asleep.
Different Modifications
The primary macOS Tahoe public beta shall be available in July, and the replace will possible be launched to most of the people in September.