Apple Seeds macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 Release Candidate to Developers

[Mike Haas]

"The file can't be found" prompt when connecting an iPhone via USB still isn't fixed 😅

I hate that - it has plagued me all Summer long. Good, sorry, but I thought I was the only one.

 

[Mike Haas]

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.

The downloader says "Big Sur Release Candidate." Hell, it had better be a release candidate by now!

 

[batting1000]

Is the download super slow for anyone else? Usually don't have any issues but the update screen is estimating 6-7 hours.

Just as I said this, it sped up and finished lol

 

[chrisduketv]

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.

LOL indeed it does! They are confused themselves, I guess.

Well, I finally upgraded to Big Sur (yes, it shows 11.0.1 Beta in "About This Mac") so there's no going back now for me.

 

[mnsportsgeek]

Ooo the mythical Big Sur.

 

[Ladyc0524]

Hopefully, this fixes the "Mac not unlocking with Apple Watch" problem that the last beta release caused. For me...at least. Never had that issue until first 11.0.1 beta.

Still having that issue unfortunately

 

[robertpetry]

Public Beta RC is out now too

 

[jakeuten]

Still having that issue unfortunately

It's mentioned in the WatchOS 7.1 change log. Have you updated your watch?

 

[Ladyc0524]

It's mentioned in the WatchOS 7.1 change log. Have you updated your watch?

Yes my watch is updated.

 

[Ladyc0524]

It's mentioned in the WatchOS 7.1 change log. Have you updated your watch?

I stand corrected. Just checked for an update on my watch and it was there. Disregard everything I said previously!

 

[jz0309]

Public Beta RC is out now too

yep, it does say "Release Candidate", downloading now and will report back what "About my Mac" says when install is completed

 

[-BigMac-]

Still says 'Release Candidate' for me.

 

[Braderunner]

Still having that issue unfortunately

After this update? Ugh.

 

[Ladyc0524]

After this update? Ugh.

No it’s my fault. I just checked for a watch update and it’s there so I need to update my watch to fix the issue.

 

[Braderunner]

I didn’t have this issue with 11.0.1 but there is a watchOS 7.1 out now that is supposed to fix Mac unlock issues

WatchOS never caused an issue for me. First beta of 11.0.1 did.

 

[sideshowuniqueuser]

I just got my first new 'Mac' about a month ago. 27" iMac. Love this thing! And I was looking forward to Big Sur mainly for Safari update to stream 4k. But since I have to wait, I've been using MS Edge browser. I know I may get some hate for this, but I'm absolutely loving the Edge browser! I'm kind of glad that Safari was behind in this because it made me seek out alternatives.

Having said that, I'm still looking forward to the official update to Big Sur, and will more than likely go back to using Safari. But it's been nice to use the alternative for now.

Out of curiousity, why do you love it? What's better about it?

 

[Martyimac]

Public Beta says Release Candidate. D/L was 3.27GB

 

[votdfak]

I still have problems unlocking notes with AW

 

[Chris The Bipolarbear]

Is release candidate the same as GM for ios?

the don't release GM any more the actatul wording is Release candidate
Note: The term "Release Candidate" (RC) replaces "GM seed" and indicates this version is near final.

 

[patseguin]

Is this a good build to do a clean install with now or should I wait for GM? I installed Big Sur pretty much the next day after getting my Mac Mini and my space on my drive has filled up too fast. Need to do a clean install.

 

[jz0309]

WatchOS never caused an issue. First beta of 11.0.1 did.

from the watchOS 7.1 release notes:
"- Resolves an issue that prevented some users from unlocking a Mac with Apple Watch"

Apple Releases watchOS 7.1 With Mac Unlocking Fix, Headphone Audio Warnings, ECG in Korea and Russia

Apple today released watchOS 7.1, the first major update to the watchOS 7 operating system that was released back in September. watchOS 7.1 follows watchOS 7.0.2 and watchOS 7.0.3, which were bug fix updates. ‌‌watchOS 7.1‌‌ can be downloaded for free through the dedicated Apple Watch app on...

forums.macrumors.com

there are also plenty user reporting unlock issues with Catalina ...

 

[patseguin]

Is this a good build to do a clean install with now or should I wait for GM? I installed Big Sur pretty much the next day after getting my Mac Mini and my space on my drive has fille dup too fast. Need to do a clean install.

 

[chrfr]

Is this a good build to do a clean install with now or should I wait for GM? I installed Big Sur pretty much the next day after getting my Mac Mini and my space on my drive has fille dup too fast. Need to do a clean install.

If you're doing a clean install, at this point you might as well wait.

 

[ichavis]

Does Norton 360 work with the Release candidate?

 

[chrisduketv]

WOW.

Today is my first experience with Big Sur. I wanted to wait until the RC or final release was out because I know that 3rd party developers would be ready to release their updates, should I have any problem. My biggest concerns were with Adobe Creative Cloud (specifically Audition) as well as Drobo Desktop for my Drobo 5D connected to my 2019 MacBook Pro. No issues there.

So far, I'm blown away. I also seemed to gain a TON of disk space. Maybe Big Sur went to Jenny Craig?

It looks awesome, and so far zero issues after a few hours of playing with it and testing critical apps I use.

The only thing that so far hasn't worked as well as I had hoped is the AirPod Pro switching between my iPad Pro, iPhone 11 Pro, and Mac. It seems to want to work when it wants to.

But *finally* I have 4K YouTube videos in Safari without having to switch over to Chrome. Thank God.