Apple Seeds Ninth Beta of macOS High Sierra to Developers

[csurfr]

Not seeing the dev update on my 2017 MacBook Pro. . .

 

[faded_glory]

With this file system update, does the update process convert the file system or does it wipe and install afresh after formatting?

 

[cjboffoli97]

I've heard this is really buggy and people are speculating it won't ship in September. Odd, for a "catch-up" on the fundamentals release.

Any views from people who have used the betas?

In a decade of testing MacOS betas, High Sierra has been the LEAST buggy in my experience. I've had much more trouble with iOS 11 – not with bugs per se but with apps not functioning correctly with iOS11 betas.

 

[heretiq]

Just as 100 other people say “No thanks, I’ll stick with Snow Leopard”

I know there are others who feel that way; but I don’t get it. What could possibly be so appealing about Snow Leopard that it is preferred over High Sierra and other subsequent OSs?

 

[NightFox]

Surprised to see the golden rule of 'never release a beta on a Friday' not being heeded by Apple, but I guess this close to September 12th they've got their engineers working 24/7 anyway.

 

[Danbrown521]

Not seeing it here in Florida on my Late 2013 retina MacBook Pro

 

[CmdrLaForge]

Did anyone test FCPX 10.2.x ?

 

[csurfr]

Not seeing it here in Florida on my Late 2013 retina MacBook Pro

I reinstalled the utility and it then downloaded from the App Store. Might try that?

 

[TVreporter]

I'm on a 2011 i5 3.1GHZ iMac running El Capitan with no issues. But I've been really resistant to dare upgrading any higher. Anyone else try higher (and yes I know some options wouldn't be available)?

 

[MrGimper]

I reinstalled the utility and it then downloaded from the App Store. Might try that?

When I did that for beta 7, it stacked my machine .... no entry sign and boot loop....

 

[ButteryScrollin]

not showing for me

 

[Chris The Bipolarbear]

I reinstalled the utility and it then downloaded from the App Store. Might try that?

Don't tried that did not work your spend 1/2 waiting for it to install and comes out as Mondays up date build 17a358a 17a360a

 

[Milltek]

Build number is (17A360a). Running smoothly on a mid-2010 27" iMac and late 2010 Macair.

 

[ikir]

I downgraded to Sierra because of the APFS-mess. Is there any way to install it keeping JHFS+ without using an HDD and cloning it to SSD?

First time since Yosemite DB1 I had to downgrade.

i ave no issue with APFS, indeed is super fast. You need to understand this is a beta! Anyway you can continue with old JHFS+. It will ask about APFS during first boot. I suggest you to do a backup then install and upgrade to APFS which is incredible.

 

[Teknikarin]

Apple has also released the Public Beta Update 8...

 

[danieldk]

With this file system update, does the update process convert the file system or does it wipe and install afresh after formatting?

It converts the filesystem from HFS+ to APFS in-place. Also see:

https://developer.apple.com/library...Management/Conceptual/APFS_Guide/FAQ/FAQ.html

 

[dan9700]

its not showing for my MacBook pro

 

[noisenet]

I've heard this is really buggy and people are speculating it won't ship in September. Odd, for a "catch-up" on the fundamentals release.

Any views from people who have used the betas?

Using PB7 on a late 2015 iMac w/4.0GHz i7 & 24GB RAM - seems to be working great.

 

[MrGimper]

With the number of people not seeing this, is it possible it’s an update just targeted to specific devices?

 

[Shredliotti]

With the number of people not seeing this, is it possible it’s an update just targeted to specific devices?

Good catch, I bet you're right or they're having some backend issues pushing it.

 

[nrose101]

I've heard this is really buggy and people are speculating it won't ship in September. Odd, for a "catch-up" on the fundamentals release.

Any views from people who have used the betas?

I have been using it since day 1. While the first two were horrible. I have had zero issues since then.

 

[WolfSnap]

Not seeing it at all on my MacBook Pro w/ TouchBar (2016)

 

[gobikerider]

Just as 100 other people say “No thanks, I’ll stick with Snow Leopard”

How long will that continue? It seems a lot of software no longer supports OSX Snow Leapord.

 

[ghostface147]

Public beta out now.

 

[Chazzle]

With the number of people not seeing this, is it possible it’s an update just targeted to specific devices?

No, same thing happened on Monday. It just took forever to roll out to everyone. Not sure why as like someone said, iOS updates usually hit everyone simultaneously.