Apple Seeds First Beta of macOS Big Sur to Developers for Testing Purposes

[antmarobel]

Yeah. I downloaded it. 10.16 is Big Sur, not Catalina.

Anyway eventhough the Big Sur download says 10.16 it comes out as 11.0 when it installs.

Thanks dude!

 

[MisterAndrew]

How did you install it? I'm trying on a new partition, but it keeps telling me "The request timed out." when installing

I made a new APFS volume using Disk Utility in Catalina. Then I opened the Big Sur Beta installer downloaded from Apple OTA and selected the new volume.

 

[dhruveonmars]

I made a new APFS volume using Disk Utility in Catalina. Then I opened the Big Sur Beta installer downloaded from Apple OTA and selected the new volume.

Yeah, exactly what I did. A restart fixed the installation issues

 

[tooobe]

I got it installed. I think the icons will grow on me, but the big round corners and wide menu spacing are making me feel like I just switched from Lego to Duplo blocks. The new progress circle (NSProgressIndicator) is clunky-looking with with donut style. I think I might just keep 10.14 a few more years and retire from the software development business.

I liked System 6.0.3, 8.6, 10.6.8 and 10.14.6

I'm with you. The spacing is horrible when you have a lot of menu bar icons like me. Wonder if it's to prepare for a touch Mac down the line or just for consistency between platforms. Everything else seems fine.

 

[grantew1]

Someone let me know if this breaks Outlook. I have a couple spares I can put this on, but use of Outlook would still be nice.

If it breaks, use the web version

 

[elvisimprsntr]

Aside from missing tool bar icons and random misaligned button text, so far so good.

 

[GadgetBen]

This Big Sur is unbelievably faster and less glitchy on my MBA 2019 than whatever that previous OS junk was.

 

[cinq2]

Looks like a nice upgrade. I’ll be skipping Catalina entirely and moving straight from Mojave to Big Sur.

Good for you, I wish I never had installed Catalina. I can't wait for 11.0.2 now.

 

[ivnj]

I joined the developer program a few years back just to test Mojave I think it was. I upgraded to 10.15.6. beta now. But Big Sur does not show in software update. Or on the developer website. How can I get it?

 

[Lazy]

Good for you, I wish I never had installed Catalina. I can't wait for 11.0.2 now.

Heh, that’s likely the version I’ll wait for too. If things look great with the initial release maybe I’ll succumb to temptation with 11.0.1.

Big Sur is the first macOS release in several years that I’m actually looking forward to. It will try my patience too much to wait beyond the first one or two point releases.

 

[cinq2]

Big Sur is the first macOS release in several years that I’m actually looking forward to. It will try my patience too much to wait beyond the first one or two point releases.

Haha yes, ideally I would have installed the 11.0.3 but I know I it will be an almost miracle if I skip the 11.0.1 so..

Yet I may actually have found a solution: Created a partition to install the public beta inside, this could hold me off until 11.0.3

 

[RandomDSdevel]

Beta 2's available now (article, associated forum thread.)