Apple seeds macOS 10.13.4 beta 2 to developers

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Hot on the heels of the release of iOS 11.3 beta 2 this morning, Apple has decided to put out a brand new beta for macOS 10.13.4.

The new beta arrives nearly two weeks after Apple seeded the first macOS 10.13.4 beta to developers, bringing a bunch of bug fixes and security improvements to the Mac.

Registered developers can grab the new macOS beta directly from the Apple developer portal online. It can also be installed onto your machine through the software update section in the Mac App Store if you have the previous beta installed.

What’s inside macOS 10.13.4

One of the biggest new features in macOS 10.13.4 is support for Messages on iCloud. The feature syncs all of your iMessages from your iPhone, iPad and Mac to iCloud so you can free up storage and access them from the web. macOS 10.13.4 also adds the new smoke cloud wallpaper that was exclusively available on the iMac Pro.

The release notes for macOS 10.13.4 don’t mention any significant changes this time around. Testers will mostly just notice some under-the-hood improvements and better stability.

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