Dev beta 5 doesn’t support it. I assume this this is the same build.
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Apple Seeds Second Public Beta of macOS Big Sur to Public Beta Testers
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Beta 1 is fairly good with some odd UI issues and application performance, nothing unexpected for a beta. However, after installing Beta 2, kernel panic over and over and over. Would not stay up long enough to launch anything. Good thing I had a backup from Catalina to revert to so back on stable Catalina. Staying away from this one until a more stable beta, or just wait until the final bits are released.
Definitely appears that way.
I should have timed this.
I could be wrong, but I don't think we'll see this in effect until Big Sur is released. I believe I read somewhere that these betas always do a full install, hence the 7-8GB installer each time instead of an incremental/delta update like we normally see between OS updates. So we'll likely first see this when installing the 11.0.1 or 11.1.0 update to Big Sur.
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You did find the tech preview version of fusion? I also think the official version is out today.
I’m pretty sure the design in issues so we have to purchase upgrades...
Drag the divider between the contact list and messages area to the right. It does take a fair amount of dragging, but eventually you'll get the names back.
So far so good. No kernel panics yet and Safari seems to be more stable. But perhaps too early to tell. There's little bugs here and there that I'll keep reporting.
Did an update from B4 to B5 on a 2015 MPB.
Did an update from B4 to B5 on a 2015 MPB.
Should be, via System Pref -> Software update. Have you tried restarting your Mac and trying again?
no. It will make like it installed but never boots. You can do the option key thing and launch Catalina instead of the installer and you are still working, but can't run Big Sur... Also, Bootcamp drivers don't work for me either. I can install windows, but no drivers install.
What machine are you running? I'm looking for a 16" MBP, I have the weekend to fiddle and I can handle certain bugs, but it would be really annoying if MS Teams didn't work since I use it almost all day of late.
Are you running Big Sur as your host OS or guest VM? I had a couple of hangs upgrading my Big Sur guest VM to public beta 2 and the install progress bar seemed stuck for 30+ minutes but it eventually finished. Seems stable now. I am running Catalina on the host, Parallels 16 and using the Apple hypervisor (Configure->CPU & Memory->Advanced Settings).
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Holy crap—I had no idea this existed! You just saved me so many OCD clicks! I'm on Mojave 10.14.6, and it works perfectly.
Instead of right-clicking and picking the appropriate menu item, you can also simply option-doubleclick on any given divider.
Absolutely smooth sailing for me (MacBook Air 2018). Except for Spotlight, which has somewhat improved over PB1, but still far off from what I'm used to.
Everyone be careful. For my MacBook Pro 16 2019, I had major problems. It would boot, then stop during software loading, freeze, fan power surge, and cut off from an endpoint security kernel panic. Tried reinstall, recovery mode install, and safe mode. No kernel panic in safe mode, but any reinstall would result in same situation. Had to go into recovery, erase my hd, and install Catalina. Never had any problems with Beta 1 - 4.
Same here with beta 5 on MBP 16. I am having all kinds of issues after the update yesterday. Launching Parallels VM causes instant panic and shut down. It is getting really hot when that happens too. I switched the CPU settings over to the apple hyper visor and reclaimed space on windows VM and it launched fine after that.