14 DAY TRIAL // In an unexpected move, Apple seeded today the fourth beta of its upcoming macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 operating system to registered developers via the Apple Developer website.
For now, it would appear that only macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 received the beta 4 treatment, as iOS 11.2, tvOS 11.2, and watchOS 4.2 remain with the beta 3 milestone released earlier this week. And developers can install it right now through the Mac App Store or via the Downloads section on their Apple Developer accounts.
Since beta 3, which implemented introductory pricing for auto-renewable subscriptions, a feature that will also land in the upcoming iOS 11.2 mobile operating system for iPhone, iPad, and iPod devices, it would appear that Apple added a bunch of new device management features.
These include the Kernel Extension Policy payload, an enforceSmartCard key to the SmartCard settings payload, which is set as false by default as it requires users to log in using a SmartCard to become active, as well as a ManagementStatus dictionary to the SecurityInfo response dictionary.
"The new dictionary contains two keys, EnrolledViaDEP is true if the device was enrolled in MDM using DEP, and UserApprovedEnrollment is true if the user approved enrolling the device in MDM. If UserApprovedEnrollment is false, the client may reject certain security-sensitive payloads or commands," said Apple.
macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 Public Beta 4 coming soon
Again, if you're an application developer creating apps for Apple's macOS ecosystem, you should update your macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 installation to the beta 4 release. To update, simply use the Mac App Store application and go to the Updates tab to install the new update. macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 Public Beta 4 is coming soon as well.
According to Apple, macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 beta 4 supports all MacBook and iMac computers as of Late 2009, as well as all MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, Mac Pro, and Mac mini computers released since 2010. Previous models aren't supported, and you shouldn't install a beta software if you want a rock solid macOS experience on your Mac.