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macOS 26.2 Public

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macOS Tahoe 26.2 reached the public channel on 2025-12-12. macOS Tahoe 26.2 introduced Edge Light for video calls, richer Podcast navigation, new Games-library and controller tools, AirDrop verification codes, Freeform tables, and several News, Music, and reliability refinements.

Date
Dec 12, 2025
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available
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Release notes

What changed

Original editorial synthesis. Linked references appear with the claims they support and in the source ledger.

Public release

Apple's dated security record places the public macOS Tahoe 26.2 appearance on 2025-12-12. This page covers that public release and does not project cumulative notes onto an earlier beta.[1][2]

What changed

macOS Tahoe 26.2 introduced Edge Light for video calls, richer Podcast navigation, new Games-library and controller tools, AirDrop verification codes, Freeform tables, and several News, Music, and reliability refinements.[2]

Security and evidence boundary

The accompanying advisory covers payment-token access, communications privacy, sandbox and Gatekeeper boundaries, kernel privileges, media parsing, and WebKit. Apple's exploited-in-the-wild language concerns targeted attacks on versions of iOS before iOS 26; it is not evidence that macOS 26.2 itself had been exploited.[3]

Source ledger

References

Sources are linked to the claims they support. Publication and access dates are shown when available.

  1. About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.2

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · macOS Tahoe 26.2 — Released 2025-12-12

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  2. What's new in the updates for macOS Tahoe 26

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · macOS Tahoe 26.2

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  3. About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.2

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · macOS Tahoe 26.2 — security content

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  4. About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.2

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · App Store, Call History, Calling Framework, and FaceTime entries

  5. About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.2

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · AppSandbox, File Bookmark, Kernel, LaunchServices, and related entries

  6. What's new in the updates for macOS Tahoe 26

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · macOS Tahoe 26.2 — AirDrop codes

  7. What's new in the updates for macOS Tahoe 26

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · macOS Tahoe 26.2 — Apple News Section links and Favorite Songs

  8. What's new in the updates for macOS Tahoe 26

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · macOS Tahoe 26.2 — Edge Light

  9. What's new in the updates for macOS Tahoe 26

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · macOS Tahoe 26.2 — Games

  10. What's new in the updates for macOS Tahoe 26

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · macOS Tahoe 26.2 — Podcasts

  11. What's new in the updates for macOS Tahoe 26

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · macOS Tahoe 26.2 — pre-release albums

  12. What's new in the updates for macOS Tahoe 26

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · macOS Tahoe 26.2 — Tables in Freeform

  13. About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.2

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · WebKit entries for CVE-2025-43529 and CVE-2025-14174

Release changes

Changed in this release

Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.

enhancement · changed

News and Music discovery refinements

documentedconfirmed

News added topic-section shortcuts in its sidebar, while Apple Music surfaced Favorite Songs in Top Picks.

  1. [1] What's new in the updates for macOS Tahoe 26 · macOS Tahoe 26.2 — Apple News Section links and Favorite Songs

enhancement · changed

Games filters, challenge banners, and controllers

documentedconfirmed

The Games app gained library filters, real-time challenge-leader banners, and support for working with connected controllers.

  1. [1] What's new in the updates for macOS Tahoe 26 · macOS Tahoe 26.2 — Games

security · fixed

Calling and authentication protections

documentedconfirmed

The security update addressed FaceTime caller-ID spoofing, unintended password-field exposure during remote control, call-history logging, and sensitive App Store token access.

  1. [1] About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.2 · App Store, Call History, Calling Framework, and FaceTime entries

bugFix · fixed

Pre-release album playback timing

documentedconfirmed

Apple fixed a Music-library condition in which a pre-release album could remain unavailable immediately after its scheduled release time.

  1. [1] What's new in the updates for macOS Tahoe 26 · macOS Tahoe 26.2 — pre-release albums

security · fixed

WebKit security fixes with targeted-attack context

documentedconfirmed

The bulletin includes multiple WebKit memory-safety repairs. Apple linked two entries to an extremely sophisticated attack against specific individuals on versions of iOS before iOS 26, not to observed exploitation of macOS Tahoe 26.2.

  1. [1] About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.2 · WebKit entries for CVE-2025-43529 and CVE-2025-14174

security · introduced

AirDrop verification codes

documentedconfirmed

AirDrop could require a receiver-displayed code when sharing with an unknown contact, adding an explicit verification step.

  1. [1] What's new in the updates for macOS Tahoe 26 · macOS Tahoe 26.2 — AirDrop codes

enhancement · introduced

Podcast chapters and mentioned-show links

documentedconfirmed

Podcasts added automatically generated episode chapters and direct links to other shows mentioned in an episode.

  1. [1] What's new in the updates for macOS Tahoe 26 · macOS Tahoe 26.2 — Podcasts

feature · introduced

Tables in Freeform

documentedconfirmed

Freeform boards gained resizable tables whose cells could contain text, images, documents, and drawings.

  1. [1] What's new in the updates for macOS Tahoe 26 · macOS Tahoe 26.2 — Tables in Freeform

security · fixed

Sandbox, Gatekeeper, and kernel hardening

documentedconfirmed

Apple tightened sandboxed file access, file bookmarks, Gatekeeper validation, and kernel privilege and memory boundaries.

  1. [1] About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.2 · AppSandbox, File Bookmark, Kernel, LaunchServices, and related entries

feature · introduced

Edge Light for video calls

documentedconfirmed

Edge Light used the Mac display as a configurable virtual light during low-light video calls, with pointer-aware behavior and an automatic option on supported newer Macs.

  1. [1] What's new in the updates for macOS Tahoe 26 · macOS Tahoe 26.2 — Edge Light