Apple Seeds Seventh Beta of macOS Sierra to Developers and Public Beta Testers

[MacRumors]

Apple today released the seventh beta of macOS Sierra, the newest operating system designed for the Mac, to developers and public beta testers. macOS Sierra beta 7 comes one week after the release of the sixth beta and two months after the software was first unveiled at Apple's 2016 Worldwide Developers Conference.

Developers and public beta testers can download today's update through the Software Update mechanism in the Mac App Store. Developers can also download the beta from the Apple Developer Center.

macOS Sierra is a major update that brings Siri to the Mac for the first time, allowing users to conduct voice searches to quickly find files, look up information, and more. New Continuity features offer an "Auto Unlock" option for unlocking a Mac with an Apple Watch and a "Universal Clipboard" for copying text on one Apple device and pasting it on another.

Deeper iCloud integration allows files stored on the desktop or the Documents folder of a Mac to be accessed on all of a user's devices, and Photos features deep learning algorithms for improved facial, object, and scene recognition. There's also a Memories feature for displaying photo collections, and Messages has rich links, bigger emoji, and "Tapback" response options.

Apple Pay is coming to the web in macOS Sierra, with payments authenticated through an iPhone or Apple Watch, and new features like multiple tabs, Picture in Picture multitasking, optimized storage, and revamped emoji are also available.

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macOS Sierra is currently available to developers and public beta testers, and it will see a wider public release this fall. For full details on all of the new features included in macOS Sierra, make sure to check out our macOS Sierra roundup.

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[MacBird]

The Public Beta is available, too. It's 16A304a.

 

[jbachandouris]

No fair. I'm not home right now.

 

[n8cousins]

HODOR!

Oh, wait wrong thread.

 

[sniffies]

2.20 GB

I wonder why it wasn't out last Friday along with the iOS beta.

 

[tkukoc]

Cool, didn't even have time to install the previous beta.. looks like I need to make some time this evening to install this.

 

[Altis]

I think El Capitan is where it ends for my 2010 17" MBP.

This doesn't seem to run all too smoothly for it. Windows 7/10 already runs a lot quicker than El Cap as it is, sadly.

 

[keysofanxiety]

HODOR!

Oh, wait wrong thread.

What was the right thread for that response?

 

[keysofanxiety]

I think El Capitan is where it ends for my 2010 17" MBP.

This doesn't seem to run all too smoothly for it. Windows 7/10 already runs a lot quicker than El Cap as it is, sadly.

Do you have an SSD? El Cap runs like El Crap on a spinner. But max out the RAM, throw in an SSD, and you're laughing.

 

[justperry]

Started off with 5MB/s but dropped dramatically to about <1 MB/s, restarted download and back to 5MB/s.

 

[nutmac]

I wonder why it wasn't out last Friday along with the iOS beta.

My guess is that macOS Sierra will be released few weeks after iOS 10, just as it has in the past.

 

[macintoshmac]

What was the right thread for that response?

 

[mikeboss]

Build 16A304a (Developer Beta 7)

 

[fischersd]

Do you have an SSD? El Cap runs like El Crap on a spinner. But max out the RAM, throw in an SSD, and you're laughing.

+1 Running the Sierra betas on my 2008 MBP 17" - only 4GB of ram, but a 256GB SSD. Runs fine.

 

[zorinlynx]

Do you have an SSD? El Cap runs like El Crap on a spinner. But max out the RAM, throw in an SSD, and you're laughing.

Yeah, an SSD is the most bang for the buck upgrade for those old machines.

It will feel like a BRAND NEW COMPUTER. It's amazing.

 

[User 6502]

I didn't have time to install previous update and now I can't install this one for some reason. Are the two things connected? Is there a way to force the update?

 

[Razeus]

Too bad there's no new rMBP to go with it. School started and I had to go with Dell XPS 15. Sorry Apple. I don't know what you guys are doing all day, but it's definitely not Mac.

 

[macintoshmac]

I didn't have time to install previous update and now I can't install this one for some reason. Are the two things connected? Is there a way to force the update?

Walter, download the combo update DMG.

https://swscan.apple.com/content/ca...n-lion-snowleopard-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog

 

[bommai]

No fair. I'm not home right now.

Well, I am not home either but I logged into my VNC Viewer app on my iPhone and remotely connected to my Mac Mini and did a software update

 

[dogslobber]

+1 Running the Sierra betas on my 2008 MBP 17" - only 4GB of ram, but a 256GB SSD. Runs fine.

Huh. I thought Apple had tossed supported for last decade tech in Sierra.

 

[S.B.G]

Well, they're really pushing these beta updates out quickly. I haven't gotten around to updating to the last one yet.

 

[goobot]

Are there any new references to new MacBooks hidden away in this beta?

 

[fischersd]

Huh. I thought Apple had tossed supported for last decade tech in Sierra.

Yep, they did (go over to the Unsupported Macs thread if you have something you want to patch to make it work).
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macos-10-12-sierra-unsupported-macs-thread.1977128/

 

[bluespider]

aaaaaand now for the obligatory... is it stable enough for a daily laptop?

 

[User 6502]

Walter, download the combo update DMG.

https://swscan.apple.com/content/ca...n-lion-snowleopard-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog

Thanks for the link, but I'm not sure what to do with it. I opened it and downloaded a file but if I open this file it just load the App Store without downloading any DWG