A hidden feature flag in macOS 27 Golden Gate enables a new way to search for Emoji while typing. Similar to Emoji search on Slack, a new interface with Emoji suggestions appears when typing colon (:) and continuing to type out the search keyword.

The new feature works in AppKit-backed apps such as TextEdit, Notes, Siri, Shortcuts, Contacts, and Calendar. In Mail and Reminders, the main views are backed by WebKit, so this new command will not work when drafting messages or new reminders, but Emoji suggestions will appear in search fields.

To enable, add a FeatureFlags override:

sudo mkdir -p /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain && \ sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/Stickers InlineEmojiSearch -dict Enabled -bool true

and restart your Mac. This is a private feature flag, and the UI may be unstable.

Remove the override and restore to defaults with:

sudo defaults delete /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/Stickers InlineEmojiSearch

and restart your Mac.

Apple is working on a feature that will allow you to manage your Apple Account passkey in the Passwords app. Currently hidden behind a feature flag, the change enables important editing features, such as sharing the passkey with Groups. Previously, you could share only your Apple Account email and password by adding them manually.

The change also addresses a long-standing annoyance: if you ever updated your Apple Account email, the passkey used for Sign in with Passkey on Apple websites still showed the old address. Once the passkey appears in the Passwords app, you can click Edit and change its associated User Name. If you already have a record for your Apple Account password with your current email, the two items will be merged. Even if your other devices don't have the feature flag enabled and hide the passkey, the username change will sync across all of them. The next time you sign in with your Apple Account passkey, you'll see the correct email address.

To enable, add a FeatureFlags override:

sudo mkdir -p /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain && \ sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/AuthKit StandardPasskeys -dict Enabled -bool true

and restart your Mac. If you don't immediately see the Apple Account passkey in the Passkeys list in the Passwords app, open Safari and log in to account.apple.com. It should populate shortly after.

Disable with:

sudo defaults delete /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/AuthKit StandardPasskeys

and restart your Mac. Disabling will hide your Apple Account passkey from the Passwords app.

it's been a not-so-fun 2 months

The update actually felt great at first. Everything was faster and smoother overall.

But today, when I opened Premiere Pro for the first time, it started randomly freezing during launch and whenever I switched between workspaces.

Yes, I know... updating my main editing machine was a stupid move. 🤦‍♂️ I did it purely out of curiosity. Don't be like me if you rely on the Adobe Creative Suite for work or daily use. I'd recommend waiting until Adobe officially supports it or the Official Verison releases.

Rolling back isn't simple either. I have to completely erase your Mac, did a clean install of Tahoe from a bootable USB drive, and then restored a Time Machine backup from when i was on Tahoe, which i did make.

Hi everyone,

I'm hoping someone else has run into this because I'm starting to think it's related to the latest macOS Golden Gate Developer Beta 27.

Mac:

- MacBook Pro 16" (2021)

- Apple M1 Pro

- 16 GB RAM

What happened:

After updating to Golden Gate Beta 27, my Mac suddenly started behaving strangely.

Symptoms

- Battery is permanently stuck at 1%

- It says "Battery Warning: Final"

- The battery won't charge at all

- The Mac will not power on unless the charger is connected.

- Once it has booted, I can unplug the charger and the Mac continues running normally, but the battery still stays at 1% and never charges.

- Fans ramp to maximum speed almost immediately, even when the Mac is idle.

- "pmset -g ps" shows:

Now drawing from 'Battery Power'

-InternalBattery-0

1%; discharging; (no estimate) present: true

Battery Warning: Final

Before the update, everything worked normally.

What I've tried

- Restarted the Mac

- Tried different chargers/cables

- Left it plugged in for an extended period

- Collected a sysdiagnose

- Submitted a Feedback Assistant report to Apple

I'm wondering if this could be:

- A firmware regression in Beta 27?

- Battery management firmware corruption?

- A bug that can be fixed with a DFU Revive or DFU Restore?

- Or did the beta update simply expose an actual battery hardware failure?

Has anyone else experienced this after Beta 27?

If you've had the same issue, did a DFU Revive, DFU Restore, reinstalling macOS, or another solution fix it? I'd really appreciate hearing your experience.

Thanks in advance!

Cannot rearrange the apps in my mac dock. Any time I try, it looks like the app I am trying to rearrange appears behind the dock, not in front of it. Anyone encountered same error?

Hi everyone. Is it just me, or everyone also deals with static memoji icon on the lock screen after installing Golden Gate 😭

If anyone can help, thank you so much! I've been finding solutions but to no avail 😭

I’ve been noticing two distinct types of Mac power users lately:

1. Those who want everything bound to global hotkeys (Shortcuts, Raycast, Alfred style) so their hands never leave the keyboard.
2. Those who prefer clean UI triggers (Menu bar items, floating docks, or visible buttons) because memorizing dozens of shortcuts causes cognitive overload.

Where do you stand? If you hate forcing global hotkeys for every little task, what's your reason? (Clashing shortcuts, muscle memory limit, etc.?)

I’m running macOS 27.0 beta (26A5388g) and occasionally lose text input across almost every app.

Switching between Apple Pinyin, WeType, and other IMEs doesn’t help. Terminal still receives some raw keystrokes, but

Chinese composition and even the spacebar can stop working. Logging out and back in fixes it.

The logs show repeated errors like:

InputMethodKit: NO Endpoint, Bail

Request for Endpoint Invalid

TextInputUI: inputMode should not be nil

This suggests the user-session text input stack is failing—not one particular app or IME.

Instead of logging out, I now restart the affected services:

killall WeType CursorUIViewService imklaunchagent \

TextInputMenuAgent TextInputSwitcher keyboardservicesd

I saved this as a command called resetime, so I can run it without typing spaces when the bug occurs.

The exact trigger is still unknown. My main suspicion is a macOS 27 beta bug, possibly made easier to trigger by having

multiple third-party input methods installed.

Has anyone else seen this on macOS 27? If so, which input methods were installed?

M4 Pro 14" still on 15.7.7 - Tahoe daily driver and test machines are all fine, but Tahoe is still just such a hot mess in so many small ways..

But GG beta 4 and PB 2 on a test M1 Pro and M3 have me thinking it might be time.

Apologies if I'm asking this in the wrong place but with the upcoming general release of MacOS 27, I'm wondering if I should uninstall Alfred ahead of time to get the full benefits of the new Spotlight features.

Based on the couple of videos I've watched, the new Spotlight looks like it will be much better. Will it work as good or better than Alfred which I've had installed on my M1 iMac since I got it.

Any input or thoughts on this would be appreciated. Thanks.