Apple rolled out iOS 16.1/tvOS 16.1 Beta 5, macOS 13 Beta 11 and iPadOS 16 Beta 12

On October 10, Apple officially presented iOS 16.0.3 and watchOS 9.0.2 update for the eligible iPhones and Apple Watches. The latest update added some new features and improved the system’s stability.

According to the latest report, Apple today released the fifth beta of iOS 16.1 and tvOS 16.1 while the macOS 13 Ventura Beta 11 and iPadOS 16 Beta 12 also rolled out. Below you can check the complete changelog.

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iOS 16.1 Beta 5 Release Notes

Home

Known issues

• You might receive an alert to turn on Wi-Fi when pairing a Matter accessory. (98460235)

  Workaround: Ensure your device is connected to your Wi-Fi network.

• Adjusting the color or color temperature might result in an unexpected color set on a Matter accessory. (98578966)
• Accessory details might not open if a Matter accessory is unreachable. (99232316)
• The device that initiates the pairing needs to use the same iCloud account as the home hub. Only the owner of a home, not an invited user, can pair Matter accessories. (76012945)

Memory Allocation

Known Issues

• The system memory allocator free operation zeroes out all deallocated blocks in iOS 16.1 beta or later. Invalid accesses to free memory might result in new crashes or corruption, including:
  • Read-after-free bugs that previously observed the old contents of a block may now observe zeroes instead
  • Write-after-free bugs may now cause subsequent calls to calloc to return non-zero memory

  To debug these issues, use Address Sanitizer and Guard Malloc (see libgmalloc(3)). (97449075)

macOS 13 Ventura Beta 11 Release Notes

General

Known Issues

AppKit

• See AppKit Release Notes for macOS Ventura 13.

CoreGraphics

Deprecations

• To improve security, CGImageCreate enforces parameter correctness on macOS 13 Ventura, iOS 16, iPadOS 16, watchOS 9, and tvOS 16. Passing an incorrect CGImageByteOrderInfo is no longer supported, and will result in images failing to load. (94855401)

DeviceDiscoveryUI

Known Issues

• Devices running beta 4 or later aren’t backwards compatible with devices running earlier beta versions. (95233878)

Mail

Known Issues

• Moving a Remind Me message to another mailbox doesn’t remove the Remind Me banner. (93685824)

Memory Allocation

Known Issues

• In apps built with the macOS 13 SDK or later, the system memory allocator free operation zeroes out most deallocated blocks in macOS 13 beta or later. Invalid accesses to free memory might result in new crashes or corruption, including:
  • Read-after-free bugs that previously observed the old contents of a block may now observe zeroes instead
  • Write-after-free bugs may now cause subsequent calls to calloc to return non-zero memory

  To debug these issues, use Address Sanitizer and Guard Malloc (see libgmalloc(3)). (97449075)

Metal

Known Issues

• The MTLResource.gpuHandle is deprecated. (92862429)

  Workaround: Use gpuResourceID instead, which functions as a replacement.

Metal Offline Compiler

Known Issues

• MetalFX effect outputs aren’t designed to be consumed by the CPU. Outputting to a texture that is read only by the CPU might result in synchronization issues. (91515075)

  Workaround: If a CPU reading of the MetalFX output is desired, instead of encoding the MetalFX effect as the last item in a command buffer, encode a dummy blit that consumes the MetalFX output texture (a 1-pixel region blit is fine) in the command buffer. After the command buffer with the dummy blit is finished, reading of the MetalFX effect output texture with CPU synchronizes correctly.

Networking

Deprecations

• FTP is deprecated for URLSession and related APIs. Please adopt modern secure networking protocols such as HTTPS. (92623659)

StoreKit

Deprecations

• Deprecated the SKDownload API and removed the option to upload nonconsumable in-app purchase assets for Apple to host. In addition, support for managing these assets in App Store Connect is no longer available as of April 2022. (89764253)

Swift

Known Issues

• Network.framework resolved an issue that could cause NWBrowser, NWConnection, NWConnectionGroup, NWEthernetChannel, NWListener, and NWPathMonitor to trigger a retain cycle when various Handler blocks are set. Starting with macOS 13, iOS 16, watchOS 9, and tvOS 16, if software using Network.framework targets these releases as the minimum OS, the object releases any blocks they captured once cancelled, breaking the retain cycle. (89677097)

  Workaround: For software targeting older versions, the retain cycle can be broken by setting the handler blocks to nil after canceling the object.

SwiftUI

Known Issues

• Providing actions to a navigationTitle modifier has been deprecated. Use the toolbarTitleActions() modifier or ToolbarTitleActions type in a toolbar modifier instead. (93658035)

Texts and Fonts

Deprecations

• ATS and ATSUI APIs are fully deprecated. Code using these APIs will fail to compile and link when the deployment target is set to 13. Code targeting earlier versions of macOS will continue to compile, link, and run. macOS 13 is the last release where code depending on ATS or ATSUI will run. All runtime functionality will be removed in next major release of macOS. (83581159)

Wallet

Known Issues

• American Express cards might need to be removed and re-added to Wallet after updating to macOS 13 beta 6 or later. (97990752)

iPadOS 16 Beta 12 Release Notes

CoreGraphics

Deprecations

• To improve security, CGImageCreate enforces parameter correctness on macOS 13 Ventura, iOS 16, iPadOS 16, watchOS 9, and tvOS 16. Passing an incorrect CGImageByteOrderInfo is no longer supported, and will result in images failing to load. (94855401)

DeviceDiscoveryUI

Known Issues

• Devices running beta 4 or later aren’t backwards compatible with devices running earlier beta versions. (95233878)

Emoji

Known Issues

• The search field for the emoji Lock Screen editor is missing. (88603664)

Home

Known Issues

• You might receive an alert to turn on Wi-Fi when pairing a Matter accessory. (98460235)

  Workaround: Ensure your device is connected to your Wi-Fi network.

• Adjusting the color or color temperature might result in an unexpected color set on a Matter accessory. (98578966)
• Accessory details might not open if a Matter accessory is unreachable. (99232316)
• The device that initiates the pairing needs to use the same iCloud account as the home hub. Only the owner of a home, not an invited user, can pair Matter accessories. (76012945)

Mail

Known Issues

• Moving a Remind Me message to another mailbox doesn’t remove the Remind Me banner. (93671992)

Memory Allocation

Known Issues

• The system memory allocator free operation zeroes out all deallocated blocks in iPadOS 16 beta or later. Invalid accesses to free memory might result in new crashes or corruption, including:
  • Read-after-free bugs that previously observed the old contents of a block may now observe zeroes instead
  • Write-after-free bugs may now cause subsequent calls to calloc to return non-zero memory

  To debug these issues, use Address Sanitizer and Guard Malloc (see libgmalloc(3)). (97449075)

Maps

Deprecations

• Don’t use MKMapLandscape, MKStandardMapConfigurationMapMode, [MKMapView configuration], and [MKStandardMapConfiguration showsBuildings]. Use their functional equivalents MKMapElevationStyle, MKStandardMapConfiguration.EmphasisStyle, and preferredConfiguration, instead. Additionally, showsBuildings is now deprecated. (93449747)

Metal

Known Issues

• When using the new Metal mesh shaders feature, render pipeline state objects (PSOs) created with a mesh shader stage but without a object shader stage can fail to compile or fail to work correctly on some devices. (89836551)

  Workaround: When creating render PSOs with a mesh shader stage, also include a (potentially trivial pass-through) object shader stage.

Deprecations

• The MTLResource.gpuHandle is deprecated. Use gpuResourceID instead, which functions as a replacement. (92862429)

Metal Offline Compiler

Known Issues

• MetalFX effect outputs aren’t designed to be consumed by the CPU. Outputting to a texture that is read only by the CPU might result in synchronization issues. (91515075)

  Workaround: If a CPU reading of the MetalFX output is desired, instead of encoding the MetalFX effect as the last item in a command buffer, encode a dummy blit that consumes the MetalFX output texture (a 1-pixel region blit is fine) in the command buffer. After the command buffer with the dummy blit is finished, reading of the MetalFX effect output texture with CPU synchronizes correctly.

Networking

Deprecations

• FTP is deprecated for URLSession and related APIs. Please adopt modern secure networking protocols such as HTTPS. (92623659)

StoreKit

Deprecations

• Deprecated the SKDownload API and removed the option to upload nonconsumable in-app purchase assets for Apple to host. In addition, support for managing these assets in App Store Connect is no longer available as of April 2022. (89764253)

SwiftUI

Known Issues

• Providing actions to a navigationTitle modifier has been deprecated. Use the toolbarTitleActions() modifier or ToolbarTitleActions type in a toolbar modifier instead. (93658035)
• Lists and tables might not clear their selection when exiting Edit Mode. (94093589)

UIKit

Deprecations

• [UIViewController shouldAutorotate] has been deprecated is no longer supported. [UIViewController attemptRotationToDeviceOrientation] has been deprecated and replaced with [UIViewController setNeedsUpdateOfSupportedInterfaceOrientations].

  Workaround: Apps relying on shouldAutorotate should reflect their preferences using the view controllers supportedInterfaceOrientations. If the supported orientations change, use `-[UIViewController setNeedsUpdateOfSupportedInterface

Wallet

Known Issues

• American Express cards might need to be removed and re-added to Wallet after updating to iPadOS 16 beta 6 or later. (97990752)