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Apple Seeds First Beta of macOS High Sierra to Public Beta Testers
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Just upgraded my 2011 iMac without any issues, and even ran everything through a RDC!
Little Snitch didn't work (come to expect that, although they already have a working beta which has a fancy new map view) and the 1Password Safari extension is broken, but otherwise, everything else seems to work just fine.
Sure I'll find some problems over the coming months, but as I don't really need the iMac it's a great test bench before installing on my MacBook.
Little Snitch didn't work (come to expect that, although they already have a working beta which has a fancy new map view) and the 1Password Safari extension is broken, but otherwise, everything else seems to work just fine.
Sure I'll find some problems over the coming months, but as I don't really need the iMac it's a great test bench before installing on my MacBook.
Upgrade complete no issues so far - chose AFS file system - Mid 2015 Retina / 15" / i7 / 16GB RAM / and Office works no issues as well. No crashes no system issues and no time machine backup. I have been very lucky as all previous betas from Mavericks onwards have worked with no issues - beta on beta on beta - not a problem. Some apps like Server and Safari Technology preview are not compatible so simply removed these till later.
macOS High Sierra is a hopeless case on my late 2009 21.5" iMac. Claims to be a corrupt OSIntall.mpkg and error verifying Firmware.
This has occurred on all builds Developer Beta 1, Developer Beta 2, Developer Beta 2 Second release and Public Beta 1
Apple claim macOS High Sierra to be compatible with the late 2009 21.5" iMac however rather cynically I question this. Could it be in fact a ploy to get the user to purchase a new Mac.
Just as well I am looking at the 2015 21.5" 4k Retina iMac.
This has occurred on all builds Developer Beta 1, Developer Beta 2, Developer Beta 2 Second release and Public Beta 1
Apple claim macOS High Sierra to be compatible with the late 2009 21.5" iMac however rather cynically I question this. Could it be in fact a ploy to get the user to purchase a new Mac.
Just as well I am looking at the 2015 21.5" 4k Retina iMac.
It’s running on my 2014 Mac Mini, but boy is it sluggish. Ran Disk Utility, no problems reported. However, every time I start up, I get this message:
Error communicating with the server.
The operation couldn’t be completed. Operation timed out.
Info: {
}
I can click this away and continue, however slowly. Any ideas?
Peter
2014 Mac Mini
3.0GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7 (Turbo Boost up to 3.5GHz)
16GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM
1TB Fusion Drive
Intel Iris Graphics
Error communicating with the server.
The operation couldn’t be completed. Operation timed out.
Info: {
}
I can click this away and continue, however slowly. Any ideas?
Peter
2014 Mac Mini
3.0GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7 (Turbo Boost up to 3.5GHz)
16GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM
1TB Fusion Drive
Intel Iris Graphics
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Maybe some helpful info here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7467525?start=0&tstart=0
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Hardware compatibility list - http://osxdaily.com/2017/06/06/macos-high-sierra-compatibility-list/
Any idea how this would run on a 2010 11" MacBook Air? I currently have Sierra on it and it runs pretty decently.
Outlook works fine on my 13" MacBook Pro (2016) with High Sierra (beta 2)...
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Download Little Snitch (beta 4, I believe) from Objective Development. Appears to work fine...
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I'm finding it a lot snappier on my 2016 MacBook Pro. Just sayin'. No problems so far. Updated all my app software where possible...
It's been installing on my 2011 MacBook Pro for a while now...I'm pretty sure it is stuck with just a bit left to go on the loading bar.
Adobe might be able to help you with that. Leave a message of their forums to ask if they do or should do special pricing for retirees.
Installed HS/APFS this morning on my MBA (early 2015). CS6 Design Premium (DW, FW, FL, PS, AI, ID) running just fine here.
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If you're running Office 2016 v.15.35 and above, it should be fine.
Should the Time Machine backups work normally in the public beta? "Macintosh HD" is shown in the list of excluded items and it cannot be removed there.
here, it's ok. a little sluggish in moments, and lots of little buggy behaviors. outside of easyfind, and forecast bar, my apps are working. so i can function, but definitely looking forward to pb beta 2...
Installation on my mid 2012 MacBook Air (11" Core i5, 4gb ram 128gb SSD) running smooth after installing yesterday.
No issues with APFS conversion. Mem usage is higher than Sierra. The kernel is using almost 3 times as much as the Sierra kernel used.
I also installed on my mid 2011 iMac (21" Core i5 CPU, 16gb ram, 1TB disk).
Again.. running just as smooth as Sierra and is showing the same high mem usage with the kernel.
I don't recommend APFS on a spinner. I had issues with conversion and reverted back to MacOS Extended.
No issues with APFS conversion. Mem usage is higher than Sierra. The kernel is using almost 3 times as much as the Sierra kernel used.
I also installed on my mid 2011 iMac (21" Core i5 CPU, 16gb ram, 1TB disk).
Again.. running just as smooth as Sierra and is showing the same high mem usage with the kernel.
I don't recommend APFS on a spinner. I had issues with conversion and reverted back to MacOS Extended.
Fusion drives seem to be a area of problem now, I would not encourage anyone with one to be in the beta at the current version. In your case I would use a usb3 or thunderbolt external drive for the beta. Some have had no issues, but have read many who have.
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Maybe memory leaks in the new OS as it should use equivalent or less memory not more.
Day 2 with the beta. Overall, this is a pretty stable beta. There are definitely some performance glitches which are expected since I bet a bunch of diagnostics are turned on slowing things down. Resuming from sleep is a bit slow and launching applications is not quite a zippy as it was in Sierra. There is one problem I can't seem to shake though. I'll throw it out there in this forum to see if anybody else has had this issue. Let me also preface that this issue has been present since Sierra. I also reformatted my hard drive in May to clean up the crud and see if the bug came back. And it did. And it's still present in High Sierra. Anyhow, the bug has to do with dock icons showing as generics. Has anybody else experienced this problem? See picture below.
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iMac Mid-2011 MD063LL/A
Attempted the update to High Sierra beta, a little sluggish to begin with. Once converted the system to APFS the system became incredibly sluggish on boot, taking around 20 mins before normal operations.
I've wiped the Hard Disc and going to try a clean install with a small 128GB partition on the new file system. I'll update with any changes.
Attempted the update to High Sierra beta, a little sluggish to begin with. Once converted the system to APFS the system became incredibly sluggish on boot, taking around 20 mins before normal operations.
I've wiped the Hard Disc and going to try a clean install with a small 128GB partition on the new file system. I'll update with any changes.
according to the high sierra thread here, you should be fine; you WILL need to install legacy java for illustrator to run (i needed it for dreamweaver CS6). https://support.apple.com/kb/dl1572?locale=en_US
I submitted a bug report last night with my system being unable to do a Time Machine backup. Has anyone else been able to use Time Machine?
I know that betas are inherently risky, but with this one I'm really working without a net I can't get TM to work and of course super duper doesn't work with APFS.
Anyway, I don't want to be one of those guys who has an individual problem and claims there is a _____ bug. But I think that there are some problems with Time Machine.
Edit: I posted this before I saw some of the older posts. Clearly, there is some issue with Time Machine, maybe not for everyone, but for many.
And as a PSA, as a thank you for letting you use the software early, please turn in bug reports. The more reports they get, the easier it is to locate the source as they can see what everyone has in common.
I know that betas are inherently risky, but with this one I'm really working without a net I can't get TM to work and of course super duper doesn't work with APFS.
Anyway, I don't want to be one of those guys who has an individual problem and claims there is a _____ bug. But I think that there are some problems with Time Machine.
Edit: I posted this before I saw some of the older posts. Clearly, there is some issue with Time Machine, maybe not for everyone, but for many.
And as a PSA, as a thank you for letting you use the software early, please turn in bug reports. The more reports they get, the easier it is to locate the source as they can see what everyone has in common.
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