14 DAY TRIAL // Apple released today the seventh and probably the last beta build of its upcoming and macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 operating systems to registered developers with paid and active Apple Developer account.
It's a bit unusual for Apple to release new beta versions at this time of the day, but it probably plans to seed the GM (Golden Master) builds to registered developers later tomorrow, March 27, after its "Let's Take a Field Trip" educational event, where the company said to launch new development strategy for students.
The macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 beta 7 (17E197a) comes a week after the sixth beta release, which was accompanied by the fourth macOS Server 5.6 and Apple Configurator 2.7 betas. As such, existing users can update their systems right now to the new beta version by downloading it from the Mac App Store.
macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 coming soon with new features
While today's macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 beta is shy on changes, we can tell you that the final release is coming as soon as this week with new features, including Business Chat in Messages to directly contact businesses, eGPU support, new Safari hotkeys to navigate tabs and new options for sorting bookmarks by name.
macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 is also adding an extra layer of protection for your personal date when Safari autocompletes usernames and passwords, and prepares users for deprecation of 32-bit software support by implementing a new 64-bit testing mode for application developers to test their apps.
According to Apple, the macOS 10.13.4 beta 7 release supports MacBook Late 2009 or newer, MacBook Air Late 2010 or newer, MacBook Pro Mid 2010 or newer, Mac mini Mid 2010 or newer, iMac Late 2010 or newer, iMac Pro (2017), and Mac Pro Mid 2010 or newer. A new public beta version should be available shortly.