Apple Seeds Fourth Beta of macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 to Developers and Public Beta Testers

[MacRumors]

Apple today seeded the fourth beta of an upcoming macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 update to developers and public beta testers for testing purposes, one week after seeding the third 10.13.6 beta.

The new macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 beta can be downloaded through the Software Update mechanism in the Mac App Store with the proper profile installed.

We don't yet know what improvements the sixth update to macOS High Sierra will bring, but it likely focuses on bug fixes and performance improvements for issues that were not able to be addressed in macOS High Sierra 10.13.5.

No feature changes were discovered in the first three macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 betas, but we'll update this post if new features or notable bug fixes are discovered in the fourth beta.

Work on macOS High Sierra is wrapping up, with Apple now shifting focus to the next-generation version of macOS, macOS 10.14, which was unveiled at the Worldwide Developers Conference in early June.

Article Link: Apple Seeds Fourth Beta of macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 to Developers and Public Beta Testers

 

[tywebb13]

Build number is 17G54a

 

[MacBird]

2.47 GB, wasn't the last one quite a bit smaller?

 

[pat500000]

How’s hs so far? Stable? I’m on sierra.

 

[w4z]

is blurry pdf issue still exist ?

 

[Chase R]

The Mac is in a sad, sad state.

 

[dogslobber]

Display Link?

 

[TheSkywalker77]

All these have done is slowed down my Mac. Granted I'm on an unsupported Mac for High Sierra it never ran this slow before a beta.

 

[tywebb13]

2.47 GB, wasn't the last one quite a bit smaller?

Yes. This is because it downloaded the combo this time. Did for me too. There is a delta for beta 4. Not sure why the combo downloaded this time. Combos usually only download if you have skipped some point releases, eg going from 10.13.1 to 10.13.6. Whereas if you go from 10.13.5 to 10.13.6 or an earlier beta of 10.13.6 to a later one then we would expect the delta to download.

As well as overall size, you can tell which one you are getting by looking in the folder /Library/Updates as it downloads. If you see folder 091-90757 you are getting the combo. If you see 091-90756 it is the delta. Don't bother looking if you've already installed it - these folders delete themselves after installation. You have to look AS IT DOWNLOADS BEFORE IT INSTALLS. For public releases it should also say "Combined Update" in the mac app store if it is a combo - but it didn't this time for this beta.

Here are all the packages for beta 4 with their respective file sizes:

 

[MacBird]

Yes. This is because it downloaded the combo this time. Did for me too. There is a delta for beta 4. Not sure why the combo downloaded this time. Combos usually only download if you have skipped some point releases, eg going from 10.13.1 to 10.13.6. Whereas if you go from 10.13.5 to 10.13.6 or an earlier beta of 10.13.6 to a later one then we would expect the delta to download.

As well as overall size, you can tell which one you are getting by looking in the folder /Library/Updates as it downloads. If you see folder 091-90757 you are getting the combo. If you see 091-90756 it is the delta. For public releases it should also say "Combined Update" in the mac app store if it is a combo - but it didn't this time for this beta.

Here are all the packages for beta 4 with their respective file sizes:

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Interesting, thanks for the explanation! Who knows why they released a combo, I did not skip any of the previous betas.

 

[Kognito]

How’s hs so far? Stable? I’m on sierra.

Did a fresh install a week or so back from Sierra after holding out due to the bugs and the compatability issues which inevitably plague various dev tools.

Can happily say I’m pleased to have made the switch as High Sierra seems just as fast, if not slightly faster and a lot of the niggles I had with Sierra are gone. No issues with APFS although if I were you I’d go for the fresh install and transfer content rather than an in-place filesystem change.

 

[pat500000]

Did a fresh install a week or so back from Sierra after holding out due to the bugs and the comparability issues which inevitably plague various dev tools.

Can happily say I’m pleased to have made the switch as High Sierra seems just as fast, if not slightly faster and a lot of the niggles I had with Sierra are gone. No issues with APFS although if I were you I’d go for the fresh install and transfer content rather than an in-place filesystem change.

Right on. Seems like it’s about time to update. Thanks!

 

[Bryan Bowler]

I sure hope this update finally fixes several of the iMac Pro bugs. Some of the issues have been present for 7 months. Yet Apple has been saying that they’re “all in” when it comes to taking care of their pro users.

 

[Morgenland]

is blurry pdf issue still exist ?

Depends on the degree of sobriety

 

[kemo]

previous Beta build made High Sierra smooth as butter for me on MBP 15'' 2017 w/ Touch Bar. Finally. Not sure what fixes brings this one. Can't wait to see how will Mojave compare with stability / speed to the HS once released. But as always I guess it will be a wait game - for at least .2 or .3 update before perfectly fine and usable as daily driver.

 

[ceej269]

How’s hs so far? Stable? I’m on sierra.

Immediately after installation and restart there was no wifi. It was turned off and nothing happened when attempting to turn on. So I again rebooted. Seems okay now but has only been updated for 5 mins so time will tell.

 

[pat500000]

Immediately after installation and restart there was no wifi. It was turned off and nothing happened when attempting to turn on. So I again rebooted. Seems okay now but has only been updated for 5 mins so time will tell.

Thanks for info