macOS 14.6.1 now obtainable to Mac with safety enhancements

Per week after releasing macOS 14.6 to all users, Apple is now making obtainable macOS 14.6.1 to all customers. Because it appears, this replace is targeted on bug fixes and safety enhancements. BGR will replace this story as we be taught precisely what Apple’s altering with this model.

With macOS 14.6, Apple mounted a number of bugs, together with one which affected iPod nano customers:

• Finder: Dwelling Movies unexpectedly sync as Music Movies to iPod nano (seventh technology). This now not happens.
• ARKit: iPhone and iPad apps on Apple Silicon Macs stop unexpectedly when initializing ARSkeletonDefinition.
• Core Highlight: iPhone and iPad apps on Apple Silicon Macs stop unexpectedly when invoking -[CSSearchableItemAttributeSet setActionIdentifiers:].
• Video Subscriber Account:  iPhone and iPad apps on Apple Silicon Macs stop unexpectedly if VSOpenTVProviderSettingsURLString is referenced. 
• Video Toolbox: Mounted a difficulty on Apple Silicon; if width or peak is larger than 4096 columns or rows and content material makes use of 4:2:0 chroma subsampling and 8-bit depth, the {hardware} decoder driver will reject it, and a software program decoder will probably be robotically chosen to make sure artifact-free decoding. AVC (H.264) content material at stage 5.2 or decrease will be dealt with by the {hardware} decoder. Content material that in any other case conforms to stage 5.2 however has a excessive body charge (e.g., 4k at 100 or 120 fps) is labeled stage 6, 6.1, or 6.2 and can be dealt with by {hardware}. If the content material is 10-bit, 4:2:2, or 4:4:4, the {hardware} decoder will probably be used. 

Apart from that, with macOS 14.6, Apple lastly added dual-monitor support for the M3 MacBook Pro. Beforehand unique to the M3 MacBook Air, this function was lastly added to all M3 Macs.

Alongside macOS 14.6.1, Apple is releasing iOS 17.6.1 and iPadOS 17.6.1 to iPhone and iPad customers. It’s unclear if Apple Watch, Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional, or Apple TV customers may also get a minor replace quickly. BGR will replace this text if we be taught extra.