Apple Releases macOS High Sierra Golden Master Candidate to Developers and Public Beta Testers

[Porsupah]

I wonder if this'll fix my pet bug - a minor one, thankfully - wherein auto-brightness is enabled after every restart. (I found it doesn't work well on days when there's patchy cloud, so the ambient lighting goes up and down; the OS' response is too pronounced for my liking, going from "oh, it's midnight" to "you want a tan?" lighting)

 

[deimantasn]

iOS11 on 19th
High Sierra on 25th

Can’t wait for it.

 

[xmonkey]

Least anticipated Mac OS version ever

You kidding? eGPU support and Apple File System support make this easily one of the better releases in awhile.

 

[BaltimoreMediaBlog]

I agree, unless it's iMessage or Jabber, you are SOL with High Sierra

I know few people use it anymore, but what about AOL or AOL Instant Messenger? Does that still work?

 

[archvile]

I just now enrolled in the macOS beta to test out the GM... and Software Update is also just now showing a "macOS Recovery HD Update 2.0" which seemed to appear right after I installed the macOS Public Beta Access Utility app needed to get High Sierra.

Is this coincidence or is this Recovery HD Update part of High Sierra? Because the description says it is recommended for all users running Sierra.

EDIT - the Recovery HD update finished installing, no restart needed. I think this was just to make the Recovery partition aware that High Sierra is a thing so when HS goes to install, it can update the recovery partition correctly. Just my guess.

 

[zedsdead]

Due to the 32 bit cutoff, I might wait this one out. Don’t feel like upgrading Microsoft office since I don’t use it often; and I have a bunch of old projects in FCP 7 still that I haven’t moved up to 10.

Looks like a solid release though. Have to work this stuff out before I upgrade. Not sure what other apps of mine will stop working.

 

[sonamo]

I don't see it on https://appleseed.apple.com/sp/projects/1001113/info

Is this for developers only?

 

[Mobster1983]

Not showing for me yet. :-(

iOS 11 GM is up though.

 

[Icaras]

Not showing for me either.

 

[john123]

Who's quality is worse yours or Apples? "macOS High Sierra that will be released to the public on Monday, September 25 ... Apple plans to release macOS High Sierra to the public on Tuesday, September 19"

You mean "whose"....

 

[nutmac]

Least anticipated Mac OS version ever

Snow Leopard was among the most beloved macOS ever. I don't particularly find High Sierra to be as stable as Snow Leopard, however.

 

[retrospek]

Not showing for me either..

 

[nutmac]

I wonder if this'll fix my pet bug - a minor one, thankfully - wherein auto-brightness is enabled after every restart.

That was fixed few betas ago.

 

[kukhuvud]

I'm still running El Capitan on my Mid 2012 rMBP. Looking forward to the official release so I can do a long-needed drive format and reinstall!

 

[nutmac]

Due to the 32 bit cutoff, I might wait this one out. Don’t feel like upgrading Microsoft office since I don’t use it often; and I have a bunch of old projects in FCP 7 still that I haven’t moved up to 10.

macOS High Sierra runs 32-bit apps just fine (you are probably thinking of iOS 11). Apple has only stated that Mac App Store will stop carrying 32-bit apps early next year.

 

[Cougarcat]

Going to wait until .1 due to APFS. There are no user-facing features that are a must-have anyway.

macOS High Sierra runs 32-bit apps just fine (you are probably thinking of iOS 11). Apple has only stated that Mac App Store will stop carrying 32-bit apps early next year.

And High Sierra is the last OS to run 32 bit “without compromises.” Probably means warning dialogs in 10.14 and support dropped in 10.15.

 

[Chris The Bipolarbear]

Sorry folks but if you read developer instructions you have to manually download this via the beta utility. I did this and the new installer shows as created 9th September, then download update from there. In process of installing let you folks know the result on the other side...Also note this is not the GM but a GM candidate maybe be more updates yet

 

[Porsupah]

That was fixed few betas ago.

Perhaps it's a model-dependent issue? It remained for me at the last update. (Not this one, as it's not yet showing up for me)

 

[MrGimper]

Grrrr still not seeing this on App Store yet from Beta 9.

 

[nutmac]

Perhaps it's a model-dependent issue? It remained for me at the last update. (Not this one, as it's not yet showing up for me)

Perhaps you need to SMC reset? I had this problem on earlier betas, but it disappeared about a month ago.

 

[MrGimper]

Sorry folks but if you read developer instructions you have to manually download this via the beta utility. I did this and the new installer shows as created 9th September, then download update from there. In process of installing let you folks know the result on the other side...Also note this is not the GM but a GM candidate maybe be more updates yet

Last time there was a HS beta that popped up the download page (as opposed to appearing as an update in the App Store), it stacked my MacBook, showed a black screen and a no entry sign, and required a restore.....

 

[patearrings]

Hi guys,

I am a member of the public beta tester program. When I launch app store, all i see is "macOS High Sierra Beta" available for download.

How do I know this is the GM candidate build and not the previous beta that was up there until today? I can't see any info on the page that gives a build number etc and I haven't downloaded any of the previous betas before today.

Many thanks!

 

[Scary Spice]

Nothing here yet.

Hoping its SMOOOTHER™

 

[TrueBlou]

I’ve not downloaded it yet, unfortunately my laser is running so I can’t reboot my system at the moment.
Have they finally re-enabled the iMessage iCloud syncing with the release of the GM? I really miss that from the early betas.

 

[Amazing Iceman]

Does anyone know if QuickBooks for Mac 2016 works with High Sierra? Intuit sucks at updating their products or providing information about compatibility.
TIA