Apple Seeds First Public Beta of macOS Big Sur 11.3

[xylitol]

Full disclosure, I did have a problem earlier today with safari crashing, so I figured I had some outdated files or something from all the betas and what not I have been running, so I did a clean install. Normally just do one once a year, but I had issues. Fixed em.

What are you talking about? My Safari has never crashed.

 

[Aoligei]

12.38GB Download for public beta??

 

[hatchettjack]

Looks like you’re doing a full install! Mine was 6.05 GB

 

[hatchettjack]

What build number do you all have?

 

[mxrider88]

Does anyone know if this finally fixes the continuity bug when a second user logs into the secondary account?

 

[Maconplasma]

Yes I spoke with many Apple Reps from the Genius Bar to online Support and its more than half of the population who is experiencing the same Display issues around the world not just in the US.

I never denied it existed. You're suggesting I said that. And you didn't address what I actually asked. Apple's website has a section to report issues which you have to describe and send directly to them to report bugs. Telling the genus bar and Apple support is not the same thing.
And to be honest while I'm not discounting your issue to say the issues "around the world" is over exaggerating. You do realize you can have 1 person with this issue in each country right? So to say around the world to make it sound very widespread was unnecessary, especially since I wasn't denying the issue. I was just saying that Apple may have not made this a priority since there are other issues that everyone is experiencing.

 

[DimaVR]

macOS 12 is probably gonna be a refinement release, because Big Sur will a huge architectural undertaking.

I agree for sure macOS 12 is where things will be smooth since 11 was such an over haul for m1

 

[eutexian]

no issues here🤷🏻‍♂️

No problems for me in this exact same scenario, I even have the same phone, (and MB-air M1 base model)

 

[destroyer01]

I never denied it existed. You're suggesting I said that. And you didn't address what I actually asked. Apple's website has a section to report issues which you have to describe and send directly to them to report bugs. Telling the genus bar and Apple support is not the same thing.
And to be honest while I'm not discounting your issue to say the issues "around the world" is over exaggerating. You do realize you can have 1 person with this issue in each country right? So to say around the world to make it sound very widespread was unnecessary, especially since I wasn't denying the issue. I was just saying that Apple may have not made this a priority since there are other issues that everyone is experiencing.

Yes I agree

 

[Unsupported]

Yeah, I just saw your 3 replies. But still, my question wasn’t about the issue. I know mail has been having issues on iOS and macOS for ages.

My question was simple: if Apple didn’t solve it on Mojave, Catalina or Big Sur, what makes you think macOS 11.3 will be the good one?

I know hope is the last think we lose but regarding that issue, if it wasn’t solved in 2 or even 6 years (on your previous reply you mention the year 2015) what makes 11.3 so special? I don’t get it. Don’t get your hopes up man

PS: but yeah, I wish they fix as many bugs as they can, of course.

The issue was resolved in Mojave and Catalina, it has returned in Big Sur.

Some people did experience the problem in those two previous OSs, I didn't.

What makes you think that I think 11.3 is "so special"? I've been posting about the issue since the first release of Big Sur, and so have others here at MacRumors, one at least was beta testing and said he'd experienced it and reported it to Apple.

I don't understand what problem you have with hoping that Apple eventually fixes a bug that's been around for a long time but seems to have got worse in Big Sur.

I post here expecting others to either confirm that they've experienced the same bug, or that they've found a fix.

 

[Unsupported]

I honestly don't know what the whining is about. Notifications on Mail work just fine for me. I normally don't use it, but I turned it on to see what complaining was about, and yo - it is working great. Mystery

"whining"?

I'm so happy for you that Notifications on Mail work just fine for you. It is a bug that's effecting some of us.

A lot of people are complaining about issues that don't effect me, ie: displays, bluetooth... should I waste everybody's time and bandwith telling them I'm fine and accusing them of "whining"?

 

[Quu]

I don't know anything about this but I thought the whole point of homepod was that you didn't need stereo pairs because of all the spatial processing. I remember Apple going on and on about "one homepod is all you need".

One Homepod sounds great. Two Homepods sound amazing. Just my opinion of course and I do have two.

 

[CoreForce]

Will Big Sur still block binds to port 55555 for no particular reason?
Looks like the same bug they had in iOS 14 for a while.

 

[Mustafa.]

my photos APP keeps dying every time I open it with my iPhone 12 Max connected to import a picture.

I'm still on Big Sur 11.1

Big Sur IS A BIG PIECE OF CRAP!

can't even transfer pictures from your phone.

APPLE keeps getting worse and worse with LEMMON operating systems every NEW OS that comes out

The GOOD programmers all left APPLE for better jobs and the Pre School programmers are left.
I can't believe how BAD Big Sur is. And Tim Cook makes Millions!

Update: I updated to 11.2. SAME PROBLEM. the minute I unlock my trusted device with my passcode to import pictures to the photo's APP the APP CRASHES!

If I could SWEAR I would. This is just plain stupid. 2 updates. Same problem.

I know what the future is! Staying Intel Mac. Going Back to Catalina.

And Heavily investing in Windows 10 software. Windows 10 and PC's are where all the PRO Users will BE

Not on wimpy ARM Machines !


PS. i9 MacBook Pro is STILL KING over M1. Here is Proof.

you need to import manually. select max 1k photos and import after its done the same thing it worked for me. its a new OS 11.5/6 will be bug free i think

 

[mzayani]

I reinstalled Catalina. I have no time for this crab Big Sur.

 

[mi7chy]

Any fix for some of the other issues?

Broken trackpad palm rejection
Touching Touch ID doesn't wake device from long sleep
Pressing Touch ID wakes it up and turns it off or wakes it up then prompts with dialogue to shut down
Slow eMMC like SSD performance on 256GB model

 

[fishmongerer]

my photos APP keeps dying every time I open it with my iPhone 12 Max connected to import a picture.

I'm still on Big Sur 11.1

Big Sur IS A BIG PIECE OF CRAP!

can't even transfer pictures from your phone.

APPLE keeps getting worse and worse with LEMMON operating systems every NEW OS that comes out

The GOOD programmers all left APPLE for better jobs and the Pre School programmers are left.
I can't believe how BAD Big Sur is. And Tim Cook makes Millions!

Update: I updated to 11.2. SAME PROBLEM. the minute I unlock my trusted device with my passcode to import pictures to the photo's APP the APP CRASHES!

If I could SWEAR I would. This is just plain stupid. 2 updates. Same problem.

I know what the future is! Staying Intel Mac. Going Back to Catalina.

And Heavily investing in Windows 10 software. Windows 10 and PC's are where all the PRO Users will BE

Not on wimpy ARM Machines !


PS. i9 MacBook Pro is STILL KING over M1. Here is Proof.

I switched to Windows two years ago and don't have any problems.

 

[Unsupported]

I reinstalled Catalina. I have no time for this crab Big Sur.

🦀

 

[Unsupported]

I switched to Windows two years ago and don't have any problems.

"The box said Windows 95 or better, so I bought a Mac"

 

[fishmongerer]

"The box said Windows 95 or better, so I bought a Mac"

I remember that. I was using a Mac then. Times change...

 

[warp9]

One Homepod sounds great. Two Homepods sound amazing. Just my opinion of course and I do have two.

Can you use more than two for surround?

 

[randolorian]

Hope they fix the issue with 16” MBPs with external monitors.

What is the issue? I‘m using a 16” with a 27” 4K USB-C display without any problems.

 

[PBG4 Dude]

I don't know anything about this but I thought the whole point of homepod was that you didn't need stereo pairs because of all the spatial processing. I remember Apple going on and on about "one homepod is all you need".

If you listen to bands that played heavily with panning between L & R channels, it will sound like crap on a single HomePod. I thought I was listening to some weird live version of Close to the Edge by Yes, but it turned out half the guitar melody was being cut because it was swapping between channels too quickly. Don’t even get me started on how garbage Hendrix sounds like on a single HomePod.

 

[Wolf1701]

"whining"?

I'm so happy for you that Notifications on Mail work just fine for you. It is a bug that's effecting some of us.

A lot of people are complaining about issues that don't effect me, ie: displays, bluetooth... should I waste everybody's time and bandwith telling them I'm fine and accusing them of "whining"?

Accusing someone to "whining" is indeed useless. Stating that something works is, IMHO, useful because can suggest that the problem is in your system/configuration.

 

[thinkdiff89]

Did they change that ugly notifications icon in System Preferences?

Nope... A lot of the System Preferences (which should be called Settings...) icons are weird and inconsistent-looking. And the menu dropdowns for View and Window are still misaligned. Like, come on.