As a workaround manually load the kext:
Bash:
sudo kextload /System/Library/Extensions/smbfs.kext
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Apple Seeds New Public Beta of macOS Big Sur to Public Beta Testers
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As a workaround manually load the kext:
Thanks for posting this. Can I please ask what issues you are having? Acrobat is business critical for me and I’d love to be at least aware of a potential issue before taking the plunge with a beta or the gm. Adobe have a track record of not having a fix until after an official release and in a couple of cases a while after the official release.
Same here. Working great on my iMac Pro-level Hackintosh.
SMB is anything but basic. In fact, it's a pretty complex protocol when implemented fully.
What makes it even more complicated is that the crack smoking idiots at Apple decided to drop the trusted and stable SAMBA open source package and write their own piece, essentially reinventing a perfectly working wheel.
It sounds to me like you should definitely not be using a beta operating system. If you use your computer for work, are not a hobbiest with a spare machine, or a programmer that needs to test functionality DO NOT USE A BETA OPERATING SYSTEM.
It's an OS, there's literally no reason to upgrade before it's ready.
Because it's a BETA. It's supposed to have problems, and YOU are supposed to find them and provide feedback - with no guarantee that they'll be fixed or features implemented at any pre-determined schedule/amount of time.
I feel like at least two to three people say this in every thread about beta software, and yet so many people seem to not understand or accept it.
By the way, it's probably not an "issue" - they purposely aren't loading the KEXT file for a reason... you just don't know what it is.
Beta, by its very definition, IS part of quality control! Providing Public Betas is relatively new for Apple, they use to seed betas to select companies and individuals and the public had no clue about a new OS version until last-minute leaks or the official announcement hit the trade pubs (and later, blogs).
It's really not Apple's fault that so many people have no patience, ignore all warnings for the sake of being the first to install something, don't understand the purpose of betas or how they work (and don't work) from version to version, install it on their primary machine, and/or expect everything to be working as though it's a final shipping product.
Well said. I really don't understand why people don't "get it".
Adobe Acrobat keeps crashing. This has been going on since the first Public beta. I don't know if it's up to Apple or Adobe to sort it out but somebody has to. It's driving me nuts.
Apple today seeded a new beta of the upcoming macOS 11 Big Sur update to its public beta testing group, allowing non-developers to give the software a try ahead of its public release this fall. The third beta release for public testers comes two weeks after the second beta, and a few days after seeding the sixth beta to developers.
Beta testers who signed up for Apple's beta testing program can download the macOS Big Sur beta through the Software Update mechanism in System Preferences after installing the proper profile. Though labeled as the sixth beta, this is the third beta that Apple has provided to public beta testers.
Mac users who want to be a part of Apple's beta testing program can sign up to participate on the beta website, which gives users access to iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS betas. Potential beta testers should make a full backup before installing macOS Big Sur, and it may not be wise to install the update on a primary machine because betas can be unstable.
macOS Big Sur introduces a refined design for the macOS operating system, which is more similar to iOS but immediately familiar to Mac users with tweaks to window design, color palette, app icons, system sounds, menu bars, and sidebars.
The update brings Control Center to the Mac for the first time, providing quicker access to system controls for things like volume, keyboard brightness, screen brightness, Wi-Fi connection, and more.
An updated Notification Center includes more interactive notifications and redesigned widgets that mirror the new widgets in iOS 14. Notifications are now grouped by app, and you can customize which widgets show up.
Safari has a new customizable start page, built-in translation, and a Privacy Report feature that lets you know which trackers each website is using to follow you across the web. There's a new Mac App Store category for extensions, and you can now control the specific sites that extensions are able to work with for more privacy.
The Messages app for Mac has been overhauled to bring it more in line with the Messages app for iOS and it supports features like pinned conversations, mentions, inline replies, Messages effects, and Memoji creation and Memoji stickers. Search is also better to make it easier to find old conversations, photos, links, and more.
A redesigned Maps app in macOS Big Sur adds support for Look Around, indoor maps, Guides, and Shared ETA updates, plus it can be used to generate cycling routes and routes with charging stops for electric vehicles, which can be sent to iPhone.
There are also smaller updates for apps like Photos, Music, and Home, with a full list of everything new in macOS Big Sur available in our roundup.
Article Link: Apple Seeds New Public Beta of macOS Big Sur to Public Beta Testers
What are you referring too, Photo's and Music seem to be working fine. File loss?
After playing around with Big Sur for a bit, I have to say it seems to be a pretty stable release. Not a single crash. Some aspects seem faster, like opening and closing apps, manipulating windows, etc. Scrolling through folders with lots of items seems slower. Can't say I care all that much for the various window changes, the box around the dock, and other such aesthetic choices. Seems like change just for the sake of change. And what's with all the spacing between items in the menu bar?
Thanks. It’s more as I said in my post adobe not having things ready or fixed on day one or in some cases x weeks after a new operating system is launched. Just wanted to know what issues I may be facing when this thing is official.
I won’t be installing (beta / gm / actual release) on my work Mac until I can confirm it’s not going to cause me and my team issues.
I will put it on my personal MacBook Pro but not until the smb thing is confirmed fixed as I use this too.
Microstutters seems to depend on the amount of motion in the frame. Static shots seem fine, but rapid pans seems to elicit the stutters. Probably codec dependent.I using a late 2015 iMac 4 Ghz i7 M395X and 8K VP9 Bulgaria demo is actually running pretty smoothly. It just spins up my fan at times because your GPU is a lot better.
Here are many 8K videos to sample at 4320P with VP9
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Something that does cause me to wonder if these are truly 8K and not upscale is that even if they are no doubt nice looking videos, I'm seeing digital scaling artifacts in fine details.
This does not look like an 8K image downscaled to 5K to me:
No. You probably tried to install beta 5 on your 2020 iMac and failed first. You need to fully purge all the install files before attempting to install beta 6.
My computer downloaded the update, rebooted, and then asked me to update again. Currently waiting for it to finish "preparing."
Hmm.
Hmm.
So just delete Mac install Data folder from the external partition I was 'trying' to install it on.
Azrael.
OOI, does anyone knows if the internals have changed much? Running Docker4Mac is awfully slow. Truly awfully slow. And it isn't the container or the hardware. We are actually getting a more responsive experience using the other OS that isn't Linux.
thanks. I’ve throw the beta on my other (back up) MacBook Pro for testing.
I managed to open and view some PDfs fine but I’ve not spent enough time with it to do any definitive reporting.
All the icons in the menu bar are pretty gross and way too spaced out. Some don’t change states between light and dark mode either.
Heads up to anyone who uses bartender - it’s completely broken in this version.
Istat menus has some weird behaviours too. Devs for both of these apps are normally super all over this so I’d be expecting updates or new versions when this drops officially.
Excel crashes opening old xls files. I need to migrate these to xlsx to see if the issue persists.
Unsplash wallpaper works but keeps resetting on restart. More weirdly if you have the app installed, change your wallpaper back to a stock os version and then toggle menu bar hiding it resets the wallpaper back to your Unsplashed version!
Will attempt todo some more thorough creative cloud testing over the weekend.
Again all these things are third party Apps that I’m sure will be fixed for big sur compatibility.
Search for "macOS" and include system files, sort by recent. There should be an install folder you need to get rid of. You will probably need to disable SIP to be able to.
Let me tell you this I have late 27k 5K with nvme drive and hdd split with 24GB if ram since 2016 I have been going from beta to beta OS non stop using dev profiles and it’s been my main machine! It broke my virtual machine once and everything else I can work around with. Try that with windows 10 lol
Mac OS Big Sur. Installed.
It's got a very different look. More 'abstract' than the crisp refinement of Catalina. Not unpalatable.
Azrael.
anyone having problems with adobe acrobat pro not working with this update? Keeps quitting on me. hopefully the next update will fix the crash. Or adobe puts out an update.