MacOS 15.1 Beta 1 is Out! - Apple Intelligence First Look

MacOS 15.1 Beta 1 is Out! - What's New? (Apple Intelligence)

Apple surprised us all with Apple Intelligence in a new macOS 15.1 Sequoia Release Beta along with iOS 18.1 Beta 1 showing us a preview of what comes after Mac OS 15 Sequoia later this fall. MacOS 15.1 Beta 1 is available for Apple Silicon based Macs with an M1, M2, M3 or M4 CPU in the USA and with the language set to English. In this video I go over all the latest Apple Intelligence and New Features in macOS 15.1 Beta 1 using a 15-inch MacBook Air.

*Apple released*
iOS 18.1 Beta 1
iPadOS 18.1 Beta 1
macOS 15.1 Sequoia Beta 1
iOS 18 Public Beta 2

*Gear I use*

*Find Me Here*

*Chapters*
00:00 - Everything New
00:11 - Apple also released
00:21 - Supported Devices
00:42 - Size and Build Number
01:13 - New Features and Apple Intelligence
02:30 - New Siri
03:23 - Writing Tools
05:41 - Messages and Emoji
06:44 - Mail
07:28 - Safari
07:51 - Focus Modes
08:21 - Leaked iPhone 16, iPhone 17 and more
08:42 - Missing Apple Intelligence Features
09:04 - Release Notes
09:35 - Should You Install macOS 15.1 Sequoia Beta 1?
10:00 - Performance and Battery Life
10:22 - Conclusion

[DISCLOSURES]
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Thanks for watching and I’ll see you next time!

[tiagomaqz]

You don’t have to be in the US to try it. You just have to change the language to English US and the location to USA. 🇺🇸

[WarlordMoA]

Apple Intelligence Siri glow should’ve been on the dock but that’s just an idea.
Great work Aaron.

[JustAPersonWhoComments]

3:10 It would be cool to see the splash around the borders of macOS just like iOS does, but still, I do like the new Siri on Apple Silicon Macs

[mrpmj]

We love Apple Music lossless sound quality.

[computermartkenya]

Your videos are so detailed I just sit and watch.

[JamesKunst]

Aaron has the best voice out! Great video by the way. Thanks

[jeffhale]

Thanks for sharing. Blessings on your day.

[teda]

Hi Aaron, thank you for giving your honest opinion regarding on installing macOS 15.1 on our main device. I will hold off on that until I hear back from you when it is safer to use. Thank you again.

[NF]

Just a minor nitpick: whenever you say "Option click", it's actually Control click which is the equivalent of right clicking.

[RaghavVijay]

Awesome Aaron, really cool features on the Mac with apple intelligence, I can’t wait to try it on my M1 MacBook Air when it releases!!- Hopefully the image creation and other features come soon but for now this is really awesome to see!!- Keep up the high quality content Aaron, I appreciate your efforts!

[MBommeli]

When I click on "Join AI Waitlist..." and then "Join Waitlist", the second Window just close and nothing happen. The button "Join AI Waitlist..." stays same :-/ Any Tipp?

[NF]

I'm SO glad they have an option to turn off Apple Intelligence entirely! Thank you Apple!

[KarmicJustice]

And seeing this a week late is a lesson on why I need to turn on notifications! This is awesome, and downloading it now on a 15" M2 MacBook Air. I'm curious to see what the neural cores on Apple Silicon are capable of!

[navixaxa]

Hey Aaron, are you making a video on Sonoma 14.6 as well?

[DennisDigitalDen]

Siri's gone from 'Hey, I'm here to help!' to 'Hey, I'm still here, but I'm really struggling to keep up!' Meanwhile, Msty is the new kid on the block that's making Siri look like a relic from the Stone Age... it's time for Apple to wake up and smell the coffee (or in this case, the AI revolution)!

[benoitbibaudbroza]

If you don't see the 15.1 update, click on the button as if you wanted to leave the betas and it will show.

[anthonybryant]

24hrs in and I haven’t had any issues. I always notice that you recommend not updating developer betas unless you have a secondary device. Why is that? Can it do permanent damage? I always backup my devices.

[bosmanka]

I DID upgrade from the former macOS to Sequoia 15.1 IT DID NOT WORK. They installed macOS 15. If I check again 15.1 as well as 15 are up to date. How can I FORCE Apple to give me 15.1?

[techtipsuk]

It’s coming to the UK in Autumn too but only in US English.

[kCookieMusic]

Well unfair that we didn’t got any ai in eu 😢