Apple releases macOS 10.12.4, watchOS 3.2 & tvOS 10.2 updates

In addition to iOS 10.3, Apple on Monday released macOS 10.12.4 with Night Shift, watchOS 3.2 with SiriKit and Theater Mode, and lastly tvOS 10.2, featuring smaller enhancements.

The macOS 10.12.4 update is a free download for owners of macOS Sierra, and can be fetched via the Updates tab in the Mac App Store. Night Shift — previously limited to iOS devices — will gradually warm the colors on a Mac's display at night, helping people get to sleep. The option can be turned on through the Displays menu under System Preferences.

Other changes include new PDFKit APIs, cricket scores in Siri, and more options for iCloud Analytics.

Downloading watchOS 3.2 update requires the companion Watch app for the iPhone, and selecting Software Update from its General settings menu. People must also have their Apple Watch in close range and hooked up to power, with at least a 50 percent charge remaining.

watchOS' new SiriKit support should expand the voice commands an Apple Watch supports to third-party apps, for instance letting people send a message or hail a ridesharing service.

The Theater Mode kills sound and disables raise-to-wake, preventing a Watch from becoming an audience distraction.

tvOS 10.2's enhancements include accelerated scrolling in apps, support for the Device Enrollment Program, and better mobile device management in general. It should also offer VideoToolbox, a framework that lets developers tap into hardware-accelerated encoding and decoding.

Updating a fourth-generation Apple TV to the new tvOS involves going into the Settings menu, selecting System, Software Updates, and finally Update Software.

34 Comments

elijahg 18 Years · 2842 comments

About 7 years ago

Ah nice job AI in removing the comments on the old article when you found out about the other updates. 🙄

tallest skil 14 Years · 43086 comments

elijahg said:

Ah nice job AI in removing the comments on the old article when you found out about the other updates. 🙄

Seems like they could have just edited both the article and its appearance on the forum. If they had tried to merge the previous thread (’s comments) with this one, they would have shown up chronologically and the article would be in the middle. I made that mistake once back in the early days of Huddler. :persevere:

cyberzombie 13 Years · 257 comments

Very cool and about time - looks like they no longer require your Apple Watch to be connected to the charger when upgrading. Still 23 minutes in the download, but all the install instructions require is at least a 50% charge.

Mike Wuerthele 8 Years · 6906 comments

elijahg said:

Ah nice job AI in removing the comments on the old article when you found out about the other updates. ߙ䦬t;/div>
We knew about the other updates. We had text prepared for the iOS one, as it's the beefiest of all of them.

I can't attest to the comment removal. No idea there.

jbishop1039 9 Years · 258 comments

cyberzombie said:

Very cool and about time - looks like they no longer require your Apple Watch to be connected to the charger when upgrading. Still 23 minutes in the download, but all the install instructions require is at least a 50% charge.

Yeah, it still has to be on the charger it seems. Last line in the update notes is: Do not restart Apple Watch or remove it from its charger until the update completes.