Apple Releases macOS Golden Gate Beta 6

[MacRumors]

Apple today provided developers with the sixth beta of macOS Golden Gate, with the update coming a week after Apple seeded the fifth beta.

Developers can download macOS Golden Gate by going to System Settings > General > Software Update. Beta Updates will need to be enabled, and a free developer account is required.

macOS Golden Gate includes multiple design improvements. Liquid Glass opacity has been improved to increase readability, there's a slider for controlling the level of transparency, and changes to shadowing make it easier to tell when a window is active. Apps now have uniform toolbars, edge-to-edge sidebars, and less rounded corners, plus there are fewer icons in menu bars.

Siri has been transformed into Siri AI, a chatbot-style assistant that combines general world knowledge, your personal data, and onscreen awareness to answer questions about anything and find information for you. Siri lives in Spotlight, and you can ask questions with the new Search or Ask interface.

There's also a Siri app where you can chat with Siri and view past conversations, and on newer Macs, you can set a custom voice for Siri with personalized pace and expressivity. Visual Intelligence is now on the Mac so Siri can answer questions about what's on your screen, and a Write with Siri feature lets Siri generate text or give feedback on your writing.

There are AI photo editing tools in the Photos app, AI tab organization in Safari, an option to use AI to automatically update weak passwords in the Passwords app, and a revamped Image Playground app that can generate photorealistic images.

More on all of the new features in macOS Golden Gate can be found in our macOS Golden Gate roundup.

Article Link: Apple Releases macOS Golden Gate Beta 6

 

[tywebb13]

build is 26A5416b

others:

macOS 26.7 RC 1 is 25G220
macOS 15.8 RC 1 is 24H16
iOS 27 beta 6 is 24A5418b
iPadOS 27 beta 6 is 24A5418b
tvOS 27 beta 6 is 24J5353b
audioOS 27 beta 6 is 24J5353b
watchOS 27 beta 6 is 24R5353a
visionOS 27 beta 6 is 24M5355a

public releases

macOS 26.6.2 is 25G63
iOS 26.6.1 is 23G83
iOS 18.7.10 is 22H374
iPadOS 26.6.1 is 23G83
iPadOS 18.7.10 is 22H374
visionOS 26.6.1 is 23O780

 

[N0ughtsAndCr0sses]

build is 26A5416b

You’re too fast, man. 😂🤌🏻

 

[theeaglesfan005]

is macOS 27 Beta 6 in the room with us?

 

[rwilliams]

I'm not seeing it yet over the air

 

[roronl]

En the regular 26.6.1 is out.

 

[headlessmike]

is macOS 27 Beta 6 in the room with us?

It's installing on my machine, you can borrow it when I'm finished.

 

[rwilliams]

I'm not seeing it yet over the air

Now it's out.

 

[HBX]

These betas are coming out pretty fast. I wonder if Apple has been taking advantage of Mythos.

 

[Ashwee]

Updated window control buttons

 

[theeaglesfan005]

These betas are coming out pretty fast. I wonder if Apple has been taking advantage of Mythos.

well beta 4 -> 5 was 3 weeks... so not fast

we are now within a month of release... so now begins the weekly release schedule

Still a lot of work that needs done I feel... especially when it comes to syncing/communicating with a non watchOS 27 watch... battery life has been complete trash on my Apple Watch Ultra OG running watchOS 26.6 ever since iOS 27 has been on my iPhone

 

[RabidMacFan]

Xcode 27 beta is rough, especially the AI agent features

 

[jaredwsmith]

Updated window control buttons

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There are some HDR highlights when you click down on one of the traffic lights. Very cool. Still probably a little refinement here but it's nice to finally see some personality back in these!

 

[eSaF-Eddie]

After the download, now testing to see what has changed/improved.

 

[John3432]

Preview icon from ios is now on macos

 

[Corefile]

slow down Apple. I just installed the last beta.

 

[RedWeasel]

Updated window control buttons

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I think this makes me more exited than what would be considered healthy.

 

[goodbye_harmony]

Still not fixed shonky mouse selection in mail then

 

[tunnel under ocean blvd]

I think this makes me more exited than what would be considered healthy.

Lmao, yes! I love the new window control buttons! It's simultaneously a bit more understated and a bit more overstated. Definitely a bit more Aqua-esque. The gradient when not selected makes it stand out slightly less, it looks like on first glance. I think it will satisfy both the minimalist and maximalist UX camps. lol

 

[Mr Todhunter]

Lmao, yes! I love the new window control buttons! It's simultaneously a bit more understated and a bit more overstated. Definitely a bit more Aqua-esque. The gradient when not selected makes it stand out slightly less, it looks like on first glance. I think it will satisfy both the minimalist and maximalist UX camps. lol

Only a return to the Aqua of Cheeta would ever satisfy me.

 

[emmab2006]

Is it me or are the minimize , maximize , expand icons more brighter ?

 

[tonywalker23]

Only a return to the Aqua of Cheeta would ever satisfy me.

Those were the best days of my life.

Seriously, last night I was thinking about my pre-Apple years. I was at a plant working third shift completely alone, wandering the place between my hourly machine checks I had to do (early 2000s pre cell phone time killing). There was a Mac in one of the rooms and I still remember the heart icon for favorites in the Finder toolbar. I got a PowerBook with 10.2 during that time, so it is hard to pin down the exact time the graphics rooms with the PowerMacs in that plant showing the Cosmos Screen Saver were something special.

I would pay an Apple subscription to have a macOS theme pack that made my devices look like the mid 2000s.

 

[Mr Todhunter]

Those were the best days of my life.

Seriously, last night I was thinking about my pre-Apple years. I was at a plant working third shift completely alone, wandering the place between my hourly machine checks I had to do (early 2000s pre cell phone time killing). There was a Mac in one of the rooms and I still remember the heart icon for favorites in the Finder toolbar. I got a PowerBook with 10.2 during that time, so it is hard to pin down the exact time the graphics rooms with the PowerMacs in that plant showing the Cosmos Screen Saver were something special.

I would pay an Apple subscription to have a macOS theme pack that made my devices look like the mid 2000s.

Thank you for sharing!

 

[Mac mini power user]

It already feels a lot smoother and it seems far more polished than beta 5 was. Admittedly, that one was really rough.

 

[Mainyehc]

Those were the best days of my life.

Seriously, last night I was thinking about my pre-Apple years. I was at a plant working third shift completely alone, wandering the place between my hourly machine checks I had to do (early 2000s pre cell phone time killing). There was a Mac in one of the rooms and I still remember the heart icon for favorites in the Finder toolbar. I got a PowerBook with 10.2 during that time, so it is hard to pin down the exact time the graphics rooms with the PowerMacs in that plant showing the Cosmos Screen Saver were something special.

I would pay an Apple subscription to have a macOS theme pack that made my devices look like the mid 2000s.

My first Mac was a final revision, USB 2.0 17'' iMac G4 that came with 10.2.7 preinstalled and three pack-in 10.3.0 upgrade CDs (yep, not even DVDs, CDs!). I remember using it for a couple of weeks still under Jaguar, just because I already knew it from seeing it in stores, and being mesmerised with the interface, even if all those transparencies weren't that practical in daily use. Panther was, indeed, a very important functional upgrade (Exposé alone was worth it), but it kind of felt like a visual downgrade and, with the coexistence of Brushed Metal, a bit of a disjointed mess. Aqua only became as cohesive as it was 10.2.x with Leopard, but we still had to contend with GarageBand, oof…