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Apple Releases Third macOS Sierra Public Beta

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Apple today released the third public beta of macOS Sierra, the newest operating system designed for the Mac. Today's beta 3 update comes two weeks after the release of the second macOS Sierra public beta and just a day after the launch of the fourth developer beta. The third public beta and the fourth developer beta offer the same features, including more diverse emoji and a redesigned look for many existing emoji.

Beta testers who have signed up for Apple's beta testing program will receive the macOS Sierra beta through the Software Update mechanism in the Mac App Store.

Those who want to be a part of Apple's beta testing program can sign up to participate through the beta testing website, which gives users access to both iOS and OS X betas.


macOS Sierra is a major update that brings Siri to the Mac, allowing users to conduct voice searches to find files, look up information, and more. New Continuity features include an "Auto Unlock" option for unlocking a Mac with an Apple Watch, and a Universal Clipboard for copy paste that works across multiple devices.

Deeper iCloud integration makes files stored on the desktop or the Documents folder of a Mac available on all of a user's devices, and Photos features new deep learning algorithms for facial, object, and scene recognition. The Messages app includes rich links, bigger emoji, and "Tapback" response options, and the macOS Sierra update will also bring Apple Pay to the web.

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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What I don't understand, is that despite being MACrumors and not iPhonerumors, people almost never talk about what's new in betas of OS X/macOS. I basically know everything that's new in iOS 10 beta 4, thanks to the 'iOS 10 Beta 4 Bug Fixes and Changes' topic. But, apart from the changed emojis, I haven't read about anything else that's new in the new macOS Sierra beta. And since macOS is 'heavier' than iOS, I don't feel like searching through the whole OS to find that out.

Anyone who can tell me what's new in this build? Again, apart from the changed emojis of course.
 
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Why can't this technically support iMac early 2008?
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iTom17 said:
What I don't understand, is that despite being MACrumors and not iPhonerumors, people almost never talk about what's new in betas of OS X/macOS. I basically know everything that's new in iOS 10 beta 4, thanks to the 'iOS 10 Beta 4 Bug Fixes and Changes' topic. But, apart from the changed emojis, I haven't read about anything else that's new in the new macOS Sierra beta. And since macOS is 'heavier' than iOS, I don't feel like searching through the whole OS to find that out.

Anyone who can tell me what's new in this build? Again, apart from the changed emojis of course.
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Sounds like someone should start a similar thread in the macOS section and people should contribute to it, as it's done in the iOS section.
 
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iTom17 said:
What I don't understand, is that despite being MACrumors and not iPhonerumors, people almost never talk about what's new in betas of OS X/macOS. I basically know everything that's new in iOS 10 beta 4, thanks to the 'iOS 10 Beta 4 Bug Fixes and Changes' topic. But, apart from the changed emojis, I haven't read about anything else that's new in the new macOS Sierra beta. And since macOS is 'heavier' than iOS, I don't feel like searching through the whole OS to find that out.

Anyone who can tell me what's new in this build? Again, apart from the changed emojis of course.
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Honestly there isn't a ton of new stuff in Sierra (other than bugs). Most of the new features like Photos enhancements are in iOS as well.
 
Same bugs here: Two clicks on files, apps and folders aren't working as it should be. Sometimes I have to click 2, 3, 4, 5 times till I have them opening. By the way...at least, here in Brazil Apple's beta program site is down...
 
smacrumon said:
Why can't this technically support iMac early 2008?
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It probably can run. I have a Mac Pro 2,1 running El Cap, however, many functions don't work because I have old bluetooth, etc. When Apple decides to exclude certain models, it is usually because something they think is a key part of the experience won't work with that model.

I would expect that people will figure out ways to hack your computer to run Sierra, just like the have done with the old Mac Pros.
 
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iTom17 said:
What I don't understand, is that despite being MACrumors and not iPhonerumors, people almost never talk about what's new in betas of OS X/macOS. I basically know everything that's new in iOS 10 beta 4, thanks to the 'iOS 10 Beta 4 Bug Fixes and Changes' topic. But, apart from the changed emojis, I haven't read about anything else that's new in the new macOS Sierra beta. And since macOS is 'heavier' than iOS, I don't feel like searching through the whole OS to find that out.

Anyone who can tell me what's new in this build? Again, apart from the changed emojis of course.
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Completely agreed. It really bugs me that on all the iOS updates so far (developers and PB alike), all updates were shown in the article, but macOS didn't have anything listed. Despite what some people may think, macOS is still important.
 
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The video shows there are three ways to access Siri: dock, menu bar icon and a key command. Is there no "Hey Siri" functionality like on the iOS? Seems like a big oops to me if it's missing.
 
My #1 bug appears to be fixed. Using Outlook on this new build, you can actually see what's being typed in the location and subject fields of emails and meeting invitations. That was driving me crazy. However, I now notice my USB ethernet adapter seems to no longer pick up the network.
 
smacrumon said:
Why can't this technically support iMac early 2008?
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They totally can run it, but Apple wants to sell newer computers. Can't blame them, but it does show how good their computers are so they have to halt their longevity manually.
 
Unlocking with the Apple Watch actually works now, iTunes still hangs with the spinning beachball far to often but so far thats all I have picked up.
 
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My #1 bug appears to be fixed. Using Outlook on this new build, you can actually see what's being typed in the location and subject fields of emails and meeting invitations. That was driving me crazy. However, I now notice my USB ethernet adapter seems to no longer pick up the network.
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after the ethernet port on my mac mini went dead....I bought the USB ethernet....both died inside of a week...now I can only connect by wifi to access the net.
 
At first glance, it seems that Calendar’s ability to sync with Exchange server has been fixed. That’s a big one for me.

Auto unlock via  Watch still doesn’t work worth a darn on my 2015 5k iMac.

Universal Clipboard also basically doesn’t work. Tons of Handoff errors in general, still. Maybe if/when they fix that the marquee features will work, but I have increasing fear they will turn out to be as unreliable/spotty and worthless as AirDrop.

Edited to add: This version also seems to fix a weird bug in which MS Office apps wouldn’t add to the “recently opened” menu.
 
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after the ethernet port on my mac mini went dead....I bought the USB ethernet....both died inside of a week...now I can only connect by wifi to access the net.
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This one is specific to this beta though. Last PB is was working fine - this new update it's not even showing it as connected physically. I have my guys pulling a thunderbolt adapter to be sure, but for now I'm 100% wifi
 
Spotlight is showing under apps using significant energy. Says I have 3:36 hours left yet battery is at 66%.

Literally just finished installing though.

Spotlight now off the list of apps using significant energy. Let's see what battery life is like on this beta.
 
How is the memory usage in this build? El Cap runs fine on a system with 2GB RAM but PB2 was 1GB into swap by the time it finished booting. Is it fixed yet?
 
Honestly, the only thing that made me think *want* on your video is the Apple space grey coffee mug. I'm deactivating Siri as soon as Sierra will have finished installing (same as the Finder transparency effects that only hog resources).

Are there no other new features to look forward to save the disembodied Spotlight voice?
 
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Why can't this technically support iMac early 2008?
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I believe that the reason is because the Late 2009 iMac was the first iMac to be "true 64 bit" in the ROM chips. I waited a long time to buy my own iMac because I wanted it to be both quad-core and "true 64 bit" as I was concerned about the longevity of my non tax-deductible purchase.

I am currently waiting to buy my next iMac which should have a 5-6 TB Fusion hard drive. Also, I am not crazy about the current "anorexic thin" design of the iMac as my priority is the sound quality of the iMac which I use to play my considerable collection of classical music and operas.

I always wait for a computer to have the features that I want most before I buy it. IMHO, this is the best way to avoid buyer's remorse.
 
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I wonder if AirDrop works with my MacBook Pro. It doesn't work now because it is an older version of bluetooth I guess.
 
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