Apple today released macOS Mojave 10.14.4 which adds support for Apple News+, includes bug fixes and improvements, improves the stability and reliability of your Mac, and is recommended for all users.
Apple News+
• Apple News+ is a new subscription service that extends the Apple News experience with hundreds of magazines and top newspapers
• Our editors handpick top articles and magazine issues, and you also get personalized recommendations on the topics most interesting to you
• Automatic downloads make it easy to read magazine issues offline
• Apple News is now available in Canada, with a free experience that includes handpicked Top Stories, a personalized Today feed, and support for both English and French
• Apple News+ is available in the U.S. and in Canada, with dozens of additional Canadian magazines
Safari
• Adds Dark Mode support for websites that support custom color schemes
• Streamlines website login when filling credentials with Password AutoFill
Allows push notification prompts only after interacting with a website
Adds a warning when an insecure webpage is loaded
Removes support for the expired Do Not Track standard to prevent potential use as a fingerprinting variable; Intelligent Tracking Prevention now protects against cross-site tracking by default
iTunes
• Shows more editorial highlights on a single page in the Browse tab, making it easier to discover new music, playlists, and more in Apple Music
AirPods
• Adds support for new AirPods (2nd generation)
More
• Supports Air Quality Index in Maps for US, UK and India
• Improves the quality of audio recordings in Messages
• Supports real-time text (RTT) for phone calls made through a nearby iPhone on Mac
• Provides enhanced support for external GPUs in Activity Monitor
• Fixes an App Store issue that may have prevented adoption of the latest versions of Pages, Keynote, Numbers, iMovie, and GarageBand
• Improves the reliability of USB audio devices when used with MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and Mac mini models introduced in 2018
• Corrects the default screen brightness for MacBook Air (Fall 2018)
• Fixes a graphics compatibility issue that may occur on some external displays connected to Mac mini (2018)
• Resolves Wi-Fi connection issues that may occur after upgrading to macOS Mojave
• Fixes an issue where re-adding an Exchange account may cause it to disappear from Internet Accounts
• Fixes an issue where AOL user passwords may be frequently requested in Mail
For more detailed information about this update, please visit: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209149
For detailed information about the security content of this update, please visit: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201222
MacDailyNews Take: Oh, yes, it’s snappy!
Too bad none of my Macs will run 10.14.
@Gary Ditto. I am waiting, hoping against hope that the new, modern and expandable Mac Pro will be out this year… LOL
Yeah, it’s a drag that you’re still getting enough productivity out of an eight-year-old Mac that you don’t feel the need to upgrade. Poor baby.
And note, I’m writing this from my non-upgradable 2011 iMac that’s still fast enough to do 98% of the high-end print production projects I need to bring home from the office.
I’m sad I can’t upgrade my home computer to the latest OS. But pleased that it’s fully functional eight years later and going strong!
You are confusing professional computer with a lightweight consumer machine which is all Apple makes anymore.
A brand new Mac doesn’t keep up with a Windoze box that costs hundreds less. Apple’s configurations restrict pros to have significantly weaker / fewer CPU and GPUs. Almost every Mac is thermally throttled, customers pay a huge premium for thinness that actually hurts performance.
An 8 year old Mac is good for amateurs and low efficiency work only. Seriously.
Thanks for stopping by.
Resolves WiFi issues after upgrading to Mojave?
Took me a whole damn week after essentially bricking my Mac mini with Mojave before finding this article.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8558304
This was the only article that I ever found on the subject. No external drives working. No WiFi. Was pissed as hell with Apple.
After finding the article and fixing the issue a few months ago, I truthfully must admit that I really like Mojave. My 2012 Mac mini really does seem to be faster. Only one screen saver that I had for years proved to be not compatible with Mojave. I had done my homework on the key programs that I use though.
Anyway wanted to share the link to the article in case the update fixes some other WiFi issue.
And yet the Time Machine icon still stays orange. Really, is it really that hard to fix?
Haven’t read of too many Time Machine issues in Mojave. Maybe it’s something on your machine??
News app constantly crashes after updating to 10.14.4.
Installed update. Sites don’t recognize passwords. After entering new passords, then entering and leaving sites, and returning to the sites, the new passwords aren’t recognized.
Had same problem with Mac Book Pro. Turned off autofill with finger scan for safari and problem went away.
What happened to the dock?, it’s got an blindingly bright background now. Ugh.
The update broke autofill of passwords using iCloud keychain.