Release appearance
macOS 26.0 Beta 4
Recorded context
About this appearance
A clean archived Apple DocC boundary isolates macOS Tahoe 26 Beta 4; the raw diff has 26 added or status-changed lines and 9 removed or superseded lines, grouped here into 8 sourced occurrences.
- Date
- Jul 22, 2025
- Availability
- available
- Revision
- No
Release notes
What changed
Original editorial synthesis. Linked references appear with the claims they support and in the source ledger.
Sequential archive diff
The CDX-confirmed before and after payloads bracket Beta 4 without crossing another macOS 26 milestone. The after-state page explicitly identifies itself as macOS Tahoe 26 Beta 4 Release Notes.[1][2]
Documented Beta 4 delta
The raw comparison contains 26 added or status-changed lines and 9 removed or superseded lines. This article groups the high-signal issue-ID transitions into 8 copyright-safe editorial occurrences rather than reproducing Apple's changelog.[1][2]
Attribution boundary
Source ledger
References
Sources are linked to the claims they support. Publication and access dates are shown when available.
- Archived macOS Tahoe 26 Beta 4 Release Notes — 20250727152747 raw state
Apple Developer · 2026-07-30 · After-state raw payload 20250727152747; macOS Tahoe 26 Beta 4 Release Notes
- Archived macOS Tahoe 26 Beta 3 Release Notes — 20250713024323 raw state
Apple Developer · 2026-07-30 · Before-state raw payload 20250713024323; macOS Tahoe 26 Beta 3 Release Notes
- Archived macOS Tahoe 26 Beta 4 Release Notes — 20250727152747 raw state
Apple Developer · 2026-07-30 · AirPlay — Known Issues; issue 155925891
- Archived macOS Tahoe 26 Beta 3 Release Notes — 20250713024323 raw state
Apple Developer · 2026-07-30 · Before-state raw payload 20250713024323; comparison baseline
- Archived macOS Tahoe 26 Beta 4 Release Notes — 20250727152747 raw state
Apple Developer · 2026-07-30 · Foundation Models framework — New Features; issues 152381043, 153770707, and 155801948
- Archived macOS Tahoe 26 Beta 4 Release Notes — 20250727152747 raw state
Apple Developer · 2026-07-30 · Foundation Models framework — Resolved Issues; issues 153147722, FB17962270, 153151710, FB17963656, 153426645, FB18074984, 154904647, and 155273863
- Archived macOS Tahoe 26 Beta 4 Release Notes — 20250727152747 raw state
Apple Developer · 2026-07-30 · Resolved Issues diff; issues 152197565, 152465491, 151658533, 152336867, and 154889929
- Archived macOS Tahoe 26 Beta 4 Release Notes — 20250727152747 raw state
Apple Developer · 2026-07-30 · StoreKit — Resolved Issues; issues 150851879 and 155449267
- Archived macOS Tahoe 26 Beta 4 Release Notes — 20250727152747 raw state
Apple Developer · 2026-07-30 · Swift Charts — Resolved Issues; issue 109164195
- Archived macOS Tahoe 26 Beta 4 Release Notes — 20250727152747 raw state
Apple Developer · 2026-07-30 · WebKit API — New Features and Resolved Issues; issues 152414525, 152904248, FB17850359, and 146576790
- Archived macOS Tahoe 26 Beta 4 Release Notes — 20250727152747 raw state
Apple Developer · 2026-07-30 · Xcode Previews — Known Issues; issue 141641869
Release changes
Changed in this release
Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.
bugFix · fixed
Foundation Models schema, language, tool, and guardrail fixes
The clean diff groups five issue-ID transitions into resolved framework behavior.
- [1] Archived macOS Tahoe 26 Beta 3 Release Notes — 20250713024323 raw state · Before-state raw payload 20250713024323; comparison baseline
- [2] Archived macOS Tahoe 26 Beta 4 Release Notes — 20250727152747 raw state · Foundation Models framework — Resolved Issues; issues 153147722, FB17962270, 153151710, FB17963656, 153426645, FB18074984, 154904647, and 155273863
developerApi · introduced
Foundation Models prewarming, feedback, and language expansion
Three new framework capabilities appear together in the isolated Beta 4 snapshot.
- [1] Archived macOS Tahoe 26 Beta 3 Release Notes — 20250713024323 raw state · Before-state raw payload 20250713024323; comparison baseline
- [2] Archived macOS Tahoe 26 Beta 4 Release Notes — 20250727152747 raw state · Foundation Models framework — New Features; issues 152381043, 153770707, and 155801948
bugFix · fixed
StoreKit product decoding and transaction-finish fixes
Two StoreKit reliability fixes first appear in the Beta 4 raw state.
- [1] Archived macOS Tahoe 26 Beta 3 Release Notes — 20250713024323 raw state · Before-state raw payload 20250713024323; comparison baseline
- [2] Archived macOS Tahoe 26 Beta 4 Release Notes — 20250727152747 raw state · StoreKit — Resolved Issues; issues 150851879 and 155449267
bugFix · fixed
Scrollable Swift Charts annotation fix
The archive diff adds a resolved annotation-clipping issue for scrollable charts.
- [1] Archived macOS Tahoe 26 Beta 3 Release Notes — 20250713024323 raw state · Before-state raw payload 20250713024323; comparison baseline
- [2] Archived macOS Tahoe 26 Beta 4 Release Notes — 20250727152747 raw state · Swift Charts — Resolved Issues; issue 109164195
bugFix · fixed
Beta 4 Maps, Music, Notifications, Photos, and Siri fixes
Five known issues move to resolved status at the isolated Beta 4 boundary.
- [1] Archived macOS Tahoe 26 Beta 3 Release Notes — 20250713024323 raw state · Before-state raw payload 20250713024323; comparison baseline
- [2] Archived macOS Tahoe 26 Beta 4 Release Notes — 20250727152747 raw state · Resolved Issues diff; issues 152197565, 152465491, 151658533, 152336867, and 154889929
knownIssue · knownIssue
Xcode Previews panic known issue
The Beta 4 state explicitly labels the Previews panic and originally advised affected developers to use Beta 3.
- [1] Archived macOS Tahoe 26 Beta 3 Release Notes — 20250713024323 raw state · Before-state raw payload 20250713024323; comparison baseline
- [2] Archived macOS Tahoe 26 Beta 4 Release Notes — 20250727152747 raw state · Xcode Previews — Known Issues; issue 141641869
knownIssue · knownIssue
AirPlay AutoMix transition limitation
The Beta 4 diff adds an AirPlay-specific limitation for AutoMix song transitions.
- [1] Archived macOS Tahoe 26 Beta 4 Release Notes — 20250727152747 raw state · AirPlay — Known Issues; issue 155925891
- [2] Archived macOS Tahoe 26 Beta 3 Release Notes — 20250713024323 raw state · Before-state raw payload 20250713024323; comparison baseline
developerApi · changed
WebPage navigation and loading API changes
Beta 4 groups two new WebPage loading behaviors with a corrected scroll-content-size report.
- [1] Archived macOS Tahoe 26 Beta 3 Release Notes — 20250713024323 raw state · Before-state raw payload 20250713024323; comparison baseline
- [2] Archived macOS Tahoe 26 Beta 4 Release Notes — 20250727152747 raw state · WebKit API — New Features and Resolved Issues; issues 152414525, 152904248, FB17850359, and 146576790