Apple Seeds Fourth macOS High Sierra 10.13.1 Beta to Developers [Update: Public Beta Available]

[LarryJoe33]

Luckily, beta 4 just now showed up as a 2.08 GB update on my Mac running beta 2.

Phew

 

[RednBlue]

Public Beta now out.

 

[justperry]

Thanks for the tips. It's so strange. Yours looks like a settings change was made via the update, and that selecting a different option fixed things? Mine actually never changed from "immediately," and it still has the issue.

Seems like other bugs changed something, hope it will get fixed.

 

[DempaX]

Public Beta now out.

Started downloading really fast then suddenly after a Gig, stalled.

 

[RednBlue]

Very fast here.

 

[Squirrelxb]

Very fast here.

The download? Or your machine after the update?

 

[dogslobber]

Another 2GB of Apple fun!

 

[reig3]

When are the latest iMacs with fusion drives going to get High Sierra? Did I miss it?

 

[RednBlue]

The download? Or your machine after the update?

Fast download, smooth installation. Speed of machine is subjective - seems ok to me

 

[chucker23n1]

Also, there is no such thing as a full installer of a minor MacOS beta - only release versions and some major version betas get those.

Moving from beta 2 to beta 3 ran an installer.
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When are the latest iMacs with fusion drives going to get High Sierra? Did I miss it?

Apparently not in 10.13.1

 

[cyb3rdud3]

Just showed in the software update for me - downloading and installing now

 

[LV426]

I have this as well on the GM of 10.13. Absolutely, utterly shocking. I have an encrypted drive and a firmware password but this makes all that pointless, might as well have no security at all.

I reported it in the bug reporter but of course that's just a black hole so I had no idea if it was seen or not.

I'm going to try this beta and see if it's fixed... but the fact that this is in the current 10.13.0 public build on millions of Macs is shameful. Apple should be raked across the coals for this one.

In System Preferences | Security and Privacy | General, do you have the 'Require password after sleep or screensaver' checked and set to an appropriate time? I have mine set to 5 seconds. So, I can quickly close the laptop lid then change my mind. But a lid closed any longer than 5 seconds will need a password or fingerprint.

 

[Peace]

Showed up as an update for me, in the updates tab of the App Store.......

It was an update for me as well.
The version Apple pushed out a few days ago was a full install.

 

[colinchuang]

Have the fixed the location issue in iMessage yet? It have been there since 10.12.4...

 

[Str0bes]

Anyone having issues with Quicktime taking extremely long to open videos on an external drive or NAS? Sometimes it won't even open and just hang there. Really hoping it's not just me.

 

[jonnysods]

A patch is badly needed. Sometimes when my comp wakes up it doesnt recognise any mouse clicks and I have to power down to get anywhere.

 

[Apple Fritter]

Worked on the iPad now as well after only 6 attempts.

 

[Martyimac]

Worked on the iPad now as well after only 6 attempts.

I'm amazed you got MacOS running on an iPad at all.

 

[Apple Fritter]

I'm amazed you got MacOS running on an iPad at all.

LOL! That's what I get for keeping a gazillion tabs open. Mea culpa. Me > moron.

 

[haddy]

To confirm macOS 10.13.1 Beta 4 (17B45a) is available via the App Store Updates tab. It is a 2.08 GB download for a 2017 MacBook Pro 15".

Same here for a 27" iMac.

 

[Mike Haas]

Here's my take for what it's worth. I'd been having a lot of issues with high Kernel Task mem usage and swap file usage very unusual for 16G Ram in my experience on this iMac. I finally decided to look it up and 10.13.1 was suggested to clear those issues up, since none of the standard troubleshooting in 10.13 seemed to work for anyone experiencing the same issues. I'm pleased to say that 10.13.1 resolved the issue. One user suggested this was due to 10.13 mishandling video usage. I don't know if that's true, but the issues noted above seem to have gone away.

 

[slooksterPSV]

Anyone install this on an older Mac say mid 2009 (unsupported). Things seem really slow for 10.13.0. I’m curious to see the performance enhancements resolve some performance issues.

 

[slooksterPSV]

I hope it’s just trying to finish updating and settling. Boot to desktop no apps open 3.5GB used of ram. Caching in full boar. Slow. Very very slow. I’ll give it time though

Edit: I installed beta 4

 

[fotizgt]

Anyone knows or tried, if the problem with verifying too long large video files is fixed?

 

[LarryJoe33]

Yes, people only keep asking a hundred times because like me, they've already re-installed the profile and it STILL doesn't show up as recommended to install.

Most people think logically. They don't normally think to do something over that they know they've already done unless they are specifically told otherwise. Nowhere in the app store is any of this explained.

In fact the date on the app store suggests to me re-installing High Sierra would install an OLDER version! HAHA!

I don't know any other way to say this, but if Apple is saying you need to go through the whole hour long process again, well F them. Some people won't even bother.

There has to be a better way.

Don't be a beta tester, that's a better way. I am fairly confident you are scerving up the process though. And running the full installer wasn't so bad.