Apple Seeds Seventh Beta of macOS Sierra to Developers and Public Beta Testers

[Ebenezum]

Why is Apple not giving out a changelog or at least hints as to what we should focus our testing on? Or am i being blind again?

What kind of ridiculous beta testing is this if i am not sure what to test?!

I have wondered the same thing myself. I don't see any reason why a link to change log isn't included within the App Store update notes? Its like walking blindfolded!

The important question: will this be the new golden standard when it comes to speed and stability, a la Snow Leopard? Or is it still a bag of poo like most of OS X newest iterations?

Good question.

Too early to say for sure. At the moment after testing the beta I'm not impressed but it might improve before release.

 

[cochinet]

Is macOS Sierra gonna have the  Music lyrics thing like in iOS 10 ? does anybody know?

 

[jhwalker]

Have a late 2012 MBP. It was getting really slow and unusable. Put a Samsung Evo 500 gig SSD and 16 gig ram in and it is really like a brand new computer. Can keep it for 3 or 4 more years now.

Agreed. Moving from the 5400 RPM hard drive that came with my late-2011 MBP to SSD made my machine feel "new" again.

I was ready to plunk down a couple grand for a new laptop, now I'm wondering if it'll last another 5 years.

 

[ScooterComputer]

Agreed. Moving from the 5400 RPM hard drive that came with my late-2011 MBP to SSD made my machine feel "new" again.

I was ready to plunk down a couple grand for a new laptop, now I'm wondering if it'll last another 5 years.

The performance improvement one sees from going from a 5400 rpm drive (even a 7200 rpm!) to an SSD is so dramatic it really isn't funny. From time to time I get into it with other commenters about the entry model iMacs that still have hard drives, and it is absolutely clear to me that people who "apologize" for Apple's bad/malicious/greedy hardware choices never have actually DONE the testing themselves between HD and SSD on the same hardware. Any claim that 5400 rpm hard drives are "fast enough" for OS X is just pure bunk. Apple is also pretty clearly no longer optimizing OS X for hard drives, which just serves to drive the issue home. With SSD prices where they are, any older-Mac user really owes themselves (and their hardware!) the gift of doing this upgrade. Really. Seriously. It is worth it. A MUST DO.

(And friends don't let friends buy entry-level hard-drive based Macs! Push them to refurbs or used, if budget is an issue. But just don't put money down on those sucker's buys!)