...but from what you just posted, it states beta, not RC.
It’s very likely that they froze 11.0 weeks ago and the Apple Silicon Macs will ship with 11.0, as will possible updated Intel Macs. As development does need to continue, they’re up to 11.0.1 now. It’s certainly possible that 11.0 will never be publicly available unless it came preinstalled and that 11.0.1 will be a day 1 update for newly shipping Macs.
Software Update shows release candidate. Once it's installed, "about this Mac" still shows "macOS 11 Beta," which is pretty typical of what Apple has done in the past with early GM Seeds of macOS.
You'd download the full installer from the App Store and install that.
Yes. Software is beta until its a release. This beta version is a candidate to be declared as the release version.
If i stay on the RC, unenroll from the beta program and wait for the first big sur update after the final release (i.e 11.0.2) will my RC machine then update to that, or i would still need to install the final release first?
The security issues patched by today's supplemental update are being exploited in the wild. This was an urgent security patch for iOS/iPadOS/macOS.
I'm a beta-tester and I can tell you that Apple pretty much ignore the vast majority of the bugs I've ever posted (which is kind of depressing) and mostly focus on the really bad stuff (of which there's usually plenty). It's the right strategy given the hand we're dealt. Over the years I've come to the conclusion that as Apple have grown into a behemoth company they, just like Microsoft, now have significantly lower software quality capability and have left it for the rest of the world find many of the bugs. Back in the early days Apple never made public betas of anything, now it's a time and cost savings strategy for them. If you're looking for a seamless smooth ride or some polish and attention to detail in a new OS X release then I advise you wait until about the n.4 or n.5 release (and don't put 50% of the blame on the beta-testers!).
I've been on Mac exclusively over 25 years starting with MacOS 8. I'm not sure how far back in the "early days" you're referring to but Apple has offered public betas dating back since before the first GM version of OS X. And I absolutely will blame the beta testers because many of them here have first hand stated that they don't report bugs. They just want to try it out. I will place blame where it deserves. If you don't want to be blamed for bugs then don't join the Public beta program.
Well for me Apple Watch not unlocking still , Apple Music still not working so good luck!
Now it says Beta 2 again LOL. I saw this as well, reloaded the page a few minutes later and it was back to beta 2.
