Apple Releases macOS Tahoe 26.6

[Alpha Centauri]

Yes. 26.6 drops support for the M4. It's in the release notes.

What are you talking about?

 

[johnsawyercjs]

It finally loaded... Apple shouldn't make these announcements if they haven't actually released the software yet!

The general explanation for these staggered rollouts is that they're intended to reduce server overload, since they can't handle the number of simultaneous downloads (hundreds of millions) that would otherwise be requested by users worldwide as soon as a release is announced.

But also, once Apple publishes an OS update, the update package has to replicate across thousands of servers around the world, and that can take a little time. Servers in major data hubs update their manifests quickly, while secondary or regional edge servers can lag behind by a few minutes or hours. Your Apple device queries whichever server your ISP routes you to. If your local server hasn't updated its manifest yet, your device will report "Your software is up to date."

Staggering the rollout is also an intentional safety mechanism. If an update contains a critical bug, releasing it to everyone simultaneously could be catastrophic. As soon as people begin installing an update, Apple’s crash analytics monitor the first few million installs for spikes in system panics or network failures, so that if a gross error is detected in the first couple of hours or so, Apple can temporarily pull the update off their servers before it reaches the majority of their user base.

 

[johnsawyercjs]

I was going to suggest that people just leap ahead and install the public beta for macOS 27, but I'm seeing a few too many annoying little glitches with it of the sort that usually get fixed in a final release version, like the menu bar sometimes disappearing and reappearing, clicks not registering until I click a second or third time, etc.

 

[brerlappin]

Spotify app not loading content and giving network error after update on MBP M4 Pro

There is a Spotify outage... do you think it's that or macOS 26.6?

 

[Howard2k]

What are you talking about?

The previous poster, who I replied to, suggested that the M4 was being dropped in this update. My comment was (perhaps not obviously enough) facetious.

 

[AeroUK]

I have the same issue but it’s not related to which macOS. Super PIA issue

It wasn't happening before I 'upgraded'...

 

[coolfactor]

Installed on 2001 MacBook Air M1. Running like a charm. Smooth, fast and stable. Liquidy delicious.

 

[coolfactor]

Yes I like Tahoe but my DSLR connected via an Elgato Cam Link seems to be dropping frames occasionally which never happened on Sequoia. I can't wait for Golden Gate.

Immediately after an upgrade, the computer is very busy rebuilding the Spotlight index. Check your Activity Monitor to see what could be sucking the resources away. Once that process is done, things should be better again. Just a guess.

 

[ArrayDecay]

Updated. Mildly impressed.

 

[boswald]

So far so good on my M5 Air!

 

[bapegg]

I finally got around to updating my Neo to 26.5.2 this morning and the 26.6 update showed up right after the Neo rebooted from the 26.5.2 update. I am updated to 26.6 with no issues.

 

[E__F__]

I had a the same monitor handshake issue after update that others mentioned. I have an LG 4k OLED that goes up to 165hz and after update locked me at 120hz at 1440 or I could jump to 4k (small text) and it would give me 144hz. Reboot didn't do anything but taking the HDMI cable out and plugging it back in did the trick. Now all is happy at the weird resolution apple gives me of 3008x1692 (the only option that matches my MacBook Pro text size) at a clean 165hz.

 

[zen42]

Funny enough mine is 14.09 GB

…… mine too!