Apple releases macOS Sonoma 14.2 update

If you’ve been hankering for macOS Sonoma 14.2, it arrived on Monday afternoon, and includes the following array of fixes and changes:

PDFs:
– Enhanced AutoFill identifies fields in PDFs and other forms enabling you to populate them with information such as names and addresses from your contacts

Messages:
– Catch-up arrow lets you easily jump to your first unread message in a conversation by clicking the arrow visible in the top-right corner.
– The Sticker option in the context menu lets you add a sticker directly to a bubble.

-Contact Key Verification provides automatic alerts and Contact Verification Codes to help verify people facing extraordinary digital threats are messaging only with the people they intend.

Weather:
– Precipitation amounts help you stay on top of rain and snow conditions for a given day over the next 10 days.
– New widgets let you choose from next-hour precipitation, daily forecast, sunrise and sunset times, and current conditions such as Air Quality, Feels Like, and wind speed.
– Wind map snapshot helps you quickly assess wind patterns and access the animated wind map overlay to prepare for forecasted wind conditions for the next 24 hours.

Clock:
– Multiple timers let you run several timers simultaneously and create a name for each timer.
– Timer presets help you quickly start a timer with a range of preset options.
– Recents makes it easy to restart your recently used timers.

This update also includes the following new features:
– Favorite Songs Playlist in Apple Music lets you quickly get back to the songs you mark as favorites.
– Use Listening History in Apple Music can be disabled in Focus so the music you listen to does not appear in Recently Played or influence your recommendations.
– Shazam Music Recognition allows you to quickly identify songs playing online or around you, even when wearing AirPods.
– New keyboard layouts provide support for seven additional languages.

Some features may not be available for all regions or on all Apple devices.

As usual, the update can be found, downloaded, and installed by navigating to System Settings > General > Software Update.

If you’ve had a chance to try the update, please let us know about your experience in the comments.

Via 9to5Mac