You can’t knock a day-one bug fix.
Apple recently shipped a day-one macOS update for its new M3-equipped MacBook Air notebooks, which went on sale back on Friday.
Per MacRumors, the initial run of 13.6-inch and 15.3-inch MacBook Airs will arrive running “a special build of macOS Sonoma 14.3, with a version number of 23D2057.” But since macOS 14.4 came out yesterday–while the laptops were in transit, effectively–customers will be prompted to install it as soon as they set up their new machines.
Day-one software updates can sometimes indicate that a device-specific issue has been identified with the first wave of products that have shipped out the door and are en route to their destinations. In this case, however, it seems to reflect a quirk of timing which means Apple didn’t have time to load macOS 14.4 onto the new MacBooks before sending them out.
As always, your macOS Sonoma operating system can be updated by going to System Settings > General > Software Update and following the instructions there.
If you’ve tried the update on your new M3 MacBook Air, please let us know about the experience in the comments.