Because the calendar turns to March, we’re naturally looking out for clues that Apple is making ready to launch a brand new slate of spring merchandise because it has over the previous a number of years. And we would have gotten an enormous one from an unlikely place.
Apple this week pushed a brand new beta firmware model 16.4 to the Studio Show with construct quantity 20E5223e. That’s the second beta in as many weeks and coordinates with the event of macOS Ventura 13.3, which can also be in its second beta. The total releases are anticipated later this month or early April.
Whereas we don’t know what’s within the firmware since Apple hasn’t supplied launch notes, the replace is notable for a few causes. For one, it’s the primary Studio Show firmware replace since model 15.5, which arrived in October. For one more, it coincides with the beta testing for macOS 13.3, which was previously rumored to be the model of Ventura operating on Apple Silicon Mac Professionals in testing.
When the brand new Mac Professional arrives, Apple could must replace the Studio Show firmware to assist the brand new machine, very similar to iOS 16.3 introduced assist for the brand new HomePod final month.
These are two very huge clues {that a} new Mac Professional might be arriving very quickly. Whereas we nonetheless have a load of questions in regards to the new machine, we would not have to attend an excessive amount of longer to search out out.
