Apple Seeds macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 Release Candidate to Developers

[Braderunner]

Have you checked the various posts in the AW forum on how people fixed this issue since watchOS 7? I had it happening on Mojave, and one of the earlier Big Sur public betas...

🤦 ummmm...yeaah.
Look....for me....nothing has anything to do with it...except macOS...ELEVEN. POINT. ZERO. POINT. ONE.
NOT Mojave. Not Catalina. Not watchOS 7. And, no...watchOS 7.1 didn’t change anything. I think 7.1 was released before 11.0.1. Anyway...it started with 11.0.1.
But, thanks for asking.

 

[dumiku]

RC here

 

[Braderunner]

I didn’t either and unfortunately am still having the issue. All devices have been updated.

Same here.

 

[tarjan]

Anyone have the RC get "stuck"? Mine downloaded 3.2gb, then prepping for 15 minutes (really 30, but who is counting) then it showed downloading with a full blue bar but did nothing for a few hours. Went back to the update screen and it started over again and asked if I wanted to update now. I hit update and... its just sitting at downloading but not actually doing anything,

 

[SFjohn]

Serious question:

Is anyone going to be a Day 1 upgrader after the Catalina mess?

Yes, absolutely! I usually do public beta’s, but not this time around. As soon as it gets a public release I’m going for it.

 

[yurc]

Serious question:

Is anyone going to be a Day 1 upgrader after the Catalina mess?

For production machine which I rely on, usually no.

I have bunch of gear connected to my Mac (tangent panel, graphics tablet, audio interface etc) so I don't expect everything will sail smoothly on first day release.

 

[ErikGrim]

🤦‍♂️ I NEVER had the issue with watchOS 7. I NEVER had the issue until macOS 11.0.1.
Latest beta of watchOS 7.1 didn’t do anything for it. For me, it started with macOS 11.0.1.
Sooooooo....wanna repeat that?
Yes. I understand people WERE having an issue with watchOS 7. However...I was not. We’re they running Big Sur? I don’t know. But, I know that I was...and I wasn’t having the issue. Even though others were reporting it.
I know what I’m talking about. It’s MY situation. I’ve been clear about this. Now, to answer your next comment. Yes. You were.

Still not working with 7.1 and 11.0.1

 

[gank41]

Still not working with 7.1 and 11.0.1

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Check this forum out:

Mac unlock not working on watchOS 7

I thought I'd share a few fixes I found because I know someone else has this problem. 1. Open "Keychain Access" 2. In "View", enable "Show Invisible Items" 3. Search for "Auto Unlock" 4. You should see a whole bunch of application passwords for "Auto Unlock: XXXX's ..." 5. Select all records...

forums.macrumors.com

I keep it bookmarked because I have to run thru it for each update. I’d assume macOS 11 would be the same...

 

[jezbd1997]

It would seem that way.

How does it seem that way? They released 14.1 betas before 14 was out. This update will likely just be pre installed on the new macs.
It’s the way their testing works always ahead of public release

 

[jezbd1997]

Hmm are they really going to bypass 11.0 and have 11.0.1 as the first official public release?

No 11.0 should be released first, this will come next week maybe when the new macs are shipping

 

[heretiq]

Serious question:

Is anyone going to be a Day 1 upgrader after the Catalina mess?

It’s not advisable, but I’ve used Big Sur on my daily driver since Beta 1 and it has been solid and dependable running the stock Apple apps, Microsoft Office and iWork suites, Microsoft Outlook and Teams, as well as the other apps that I use regularly (Afinity Designer, Sketch, Agenda, Xcode and Parallels). I had a short-lived issue with Parallels that was corrected by a Parallels update. The biggest issue I had was with Xcode which I attribute to a couple of Xcode betas. I’ve upgraded to RC and things went smoothly — so I’m definitely looking forward to upgrading to the production release on Day 1. I’m running on a 16“, 32GB MBPro though so ymmv.

 

[chrfr]

No 11.0 should be released first, this will come next week maybe when the new macs are shipping

It's far more likely that 11.0.1 is what's made available to the public and 11.0 is what would be getting installed on Apple Silicon Macs currently in production.

 

[Jimmy Bubbles]

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.

That was addressed today in watchOS 7.1 update.

 

[Jimmy Bubbles]

Can't wait to see this OS sing on Apple Silicon.

It’ll sing the POST-chime, ha!

 

[R3k]

Serious question:

Is anyone going to be a Day 1 upgrader after the Catalina mess?

Well since I’ve been running the beta’s for months...yes.

 

[ErikGrim]

Check this forum out:

Mac unlock not working on watchOS 7

I thought I'd share a few fixes I found because I know someone else has this problem. 1. Open "Keychain Access" 2. In "View", enable "Show Invisible Items" 3. Search for "Auto Unlock" 4. You should see a whole bunch of application passwords for "Auto Unlock: XXXX's ..." 5. Select all records...

forums.macrumors.com

I keep it bookmarked because I have to run thru it for each update. I’d assume macOS 11 would be the same...

Did not work for me :/

 

[Fingernail]

Speaking of Big Sur running on older devices, has anyone been running this on a 2015 15in MBP? Any insight on this or comparing to 10.15?

I have been testing on a 2015 15in MBP. Compatibility has been excellent so far, but it has been slow whenever prompting for administrator privileges. That could be due to it being a beta.

 

[macintoshmac]

Well, this is odd. Some see beta 2, some see Release Candidate. I see Release Candidate on my device.

 

[macintoshmac]

Anyone have the RC get "stuck"? Mine downloaded 3.2gb, then prepping for 15 minutes (really 30, but who is counting) then it showed downloading with a full blue bar but did nothing for a few hours. Went back to the update screen and it started over again and asked if I wanted to update now. I hit update and... its just sitting at downloading but not actually doing anything,

It is possible that while checking the checksum something was found off, and it resorted to full download again, or maybe somewhere the download was corrupted and it had to download again. Give it some time, or what's to lose, just restart the computer and have at it again.

 

[MallardDuck]

RC here

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Bizzare, I just finally got it to work, and just shows 11.0.1 beta, but it has the right build number. Must be something in the CDN that's not flowing right.

 

[MallardDuck]

Well, this is odd. Some see beta 2, some see Release Candidate. I see Release Candidate on my device.

What's your build number? The beta is 20B5022a

 

[macintoshmac]

What's your build number? The beta is 20B5022a

I am downloading it, as you can see. The download detailed options did not present a build number, oddly, I had checked to see the size. On my MacBook Air 2017, this is 2.81 GB if I am remembering it correctly. Developer Portal tells me I should be getting build number 20B 5022a.

 

[MallardDuck]

I am downloading it, as you can see. The download detailed options did not present a build number, oddly, I had checked to see the size. On my MacBook Air 2017, this is 2.81 GB if I am remembering it correctly. Developer Portal tells me I should be getting build number 20B 5022a.

Gotcha. A full upgrade from Catalina was 11 and change

 

[macintoshmac]

Gotcha. A full upgrade from Catalina was 11 and change

I am coming from Big Sur 11.0.1 beta 1 (20B5012d).

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

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.

I've not had any issues with unlocking with my (new) series 6 watch.

Do you use beta OS on the watch, too?

Edit: Have you tried the IT crowd trick: Turn (the option) off and on again. (Or - the bit more cumbersome - unpair and repair it). Or - if anything else fails: Try the long list supplied here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7735380