This update mainly fixes bugs in Web Inspector, Masonry Layout, CSS Custom Properties, Media Queries, CSS, Forms, Rendering, JavaScript, WebAssembly, Gamepad API, Web API WebGL, SVG, Scrolling, Media, Accessibility, WebDriver, Safari Web Extensions, and other components to improve their performance.

The Safari Technology Preview update is available to anyone who has downloaded the browser through System Preferences or the Software Update mechanism in System Settings. full release notes for the update are available on the Safari Technology Preview website.

Apple launched Safari Technology Preview in March 2016, primarily for testing various new features and functionality. Once Apple completes testing certain features, they are introduced into future stable versions of Safari.

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Both enterprise and individual users have feedback on network connectivity issues, most of which are SMB connection failures, but the reports are too numerous and too mixed to determine exactly what causes them at this time.

Individual Mac users could theoretically connect to a network or other machine directly from the Finder’s Go menu using the “Connect to Server” option.

Feedback from user tresinnoctem.

"I use SMB to create file shares and then access the files stored on my MacBook Pro from my iPhone 12 over my local network. This feature has always been robust, reliable, and fast in the past.

But after I upgraded my MacBook Pro to Ventura 13.0 and updated my iPhone to iOS 16.1, I can no longer continue to access my MacBook Pro from my phone and my old iMac running Monterey 12.6.

Instead, the iPhone continues to access File Sharing on the old iMac. settings on the MacBook Pro show that File Sharing is enabled, but apparently not working."
In addition to individuals, reports indicate that enterprise users are also experiencing some issues with upgrading to macOS Ventura. Specifically, the best solution seen so far is for users to first turn off file sharing, then restart the Mac, and then turn file sharing back on.

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After you disable the preview of notifications via the System Settings -> Notifications -> Show Preview path, you will still receive a lot of “Login Items” notifications after booting up your Mac.

If the user enables notification preview, then the notification system will show “Background Items Added” and include “[Name of App/Process] added an item that can run in the background. You can manage it in the login item settings”.

Strangely, there is no option in System Settings -> General -> Login Items to remove background items added to macOS by installed applications. The user can only disable the listed items by toggling the switch. However, this seems to have no effect on notifications, and in some cases may result in more notifications appearing.

Reddit, Twitter, and Apple support community discussions that the highest number of notifications are for application processes such as Google Updater, Adobe CC Helper, and Dropbox. But basically, all third-party background processes may appear in the login item notifications.

There is still no workaround for this notification. In a few cases, Apple macOS may send notifications even if the user has uninstalled the app in question.

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In iOS16, iPadOS16 and macOS Ventura, some features of the Dark Sky app have been added to the built-in weather app. Apple has launched a minute-accurate rain, snow and precipitation forecast function, providing hourly weather forecasts for the next 10 days, as well as a weather module with extended information such as humidity, precipitation levels, visibility, and wind speed.

Apple also said that the new built-in Weather app also provides high-resolution weather maps, as well as hyperlocal weather forecasts, accurate to 0.001° latitude and longitude. This resolution is used to generate forecasts not only for the user’s town but also for the user’s neighborhood. Users can also be notified when precipitation begins, down to the minute.

Apple has been warning users of Dark Sky’s impending shutdown for months, and now with less than two weeks until the end of support for the app, Apple is starting to provide users with more information.

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Gurman said the new MacBook Pro models will offer M2 Pro and M2 Max chip options, but other changes will be minimal.

While he expects a new iPad Pro model with the M2 chip to be announced “within a few days,” Gurman said it’s unlikely the new MacBook Pro will be released with the next iPad Pro. Instead, he said a new MacBook Pro is “expected in the near future,” noting that Apple often introduces new Macs in November, such as the initial 16-inch MacBook Pro in 2019 and the first Macs with M1 chips in 2020.

Gurman reiterated that Apple is working on a Mac mini with the M2 chip and that Apple last updated the Mac mini with the M1 chip in 2020, while it also continues to sell high-priced Intel configurations with Core i5 and Core i7 processor options.

Traditionally, Apple has held big events in the late fall for its iPad and Mac updates, but this year’s rollout will be more low-key. As we’ve reported before, Apple still isn’t planning an offline or online launch event for October this year, with all product updates being released via press releases.

The reason Apple is forgoing a launch event is that the nature of these product upgrades are routine updates that amount to a bump in specs and retain previous designs, and on the other hand, Apple may be building up marketing energy for the Reality Pro headset that will debut next year.

Apple’s software engineering chief Craig Federighi and marketing chief Greg Joswiak will speak at a WSJ Tech Live event on the evening of Oct. 25. Federighi and Joswiak will likely discuss macOS Ventura and iPadOS 16.

iOS 16.1 will likely launch alongside iPadOS 16.1 and macOS Ventura, offering many new features for the iPhone, including real-time activity in third-party apps.

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Mac devices with built-in dial-up modems have long been discontinued, but users can still purchase and implement dial-up Internet access via a USB module. In macOS Ventura, Apple recreated the System Preferences application (now called System Settings) and removed dial-up from the remake.

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It is unclear why these releases are being re-released, but it is likely that the purpose is to properly synchronize these releases with the public beta versions. These three releases have new build numbers compared to the original July 6 release.

The build number for the third version of the iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 re-release is 20A5312j, which replaces 20A5312g, and the build number for the third beta version of the macOS 13 re-release is 22A5295i, which replaces 22A5295h.

The latest release can be downloaded through the Apple Developer Center for those enrolled in the beta program, or via OTA for devices running the beta software.

Users are strongly advised not to install the beta version on computers used for mission-critical tasks or on their personal primary devices because of the potential for data loss or other problems. Instead, beta testers should install the beta on secondary or non-essential devices and make sure they have adequate backups of important data before updating.

The public who are keen to try the OS should at least wait for the public beta to begin rather than jumping to the developer beta.

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