Apple Seeds Sixth Beta of macOS Big Sur 11.3 to Developers [Update: Public Beta Available]

[Apple_Robert]

I read somewhere, that this year there won't be a new macOS version, but Apple will concentrate it's energy in fixing Big Sur. The next iteration of OS for Mac computers will likely come next year (2022).

You must have been dreaming.

 

[elptdbi3lYI]

We already have a good enough GPU. It’s the M1 GPU. And AMD doesn’t Make GPUs. They make CPUs.

bait of extremely low quality

 

[RandomDSdevel]

I read somewhere, that this year there won't be a new macOS version, but Apple will concentrate it's energy in fixing Big Sur. The next iteration of OS for Mac computers will likely come next year (2022).

-----Source, or it didn't happen!

 

[steve333]

Safari doesn't need customizations, it needs to freaking work!

 

[blazerunner]

We already have a good enough GPU. It’s the M1 GPU. And AMD doesn’t Make GPUs. They make CPUs.

Are you serious?

 

[reimertz]

We already have a good enough GPU. It’s the M1 GPU. And AMD doesn’t Make GPUs. They make CPUs.

You are wrong. They do.

 

[MBAir2010]

what a bunch of cornball songs on that playlist, every FM radio station and open tavern plays these non stop.
shame "wrapped around finger" is on that list, the lyrics we never made for human consumption.

 

[Realityck]

We already have a good enough GPU. It’s the M1 GPU. And AMD doesn’t Make GPUs. They make CPUs.

AMD bought ATI Technologies in 2006, the current graphics cards are identified with AMD Radeon RX 6000 Series Graphics Cards as a one example. Look here at the graphics tab on the URL.

 

[jz0309]

We already have a good enough GPU. It’s the M1 GPU. And AMD doesn’t Make GPUs. They make CPUs.

AMD makes both ...

 

[hatchettjack]

Safari doesn't need customizations, it needs to freaking work!

it works great for me!

 

[AdamNC]

it works great for me!

Same here.... Much smoother and fluid compared to other options.

 

[steve333]

After Big Sur the bookmarks menu has an annoying delay and as always some websites don't work well with safari, I have Firefox as a back-up

 

[gank41]

I’m no longer able to unlock with my S6 Apple Watch, getting an error about signing into iCloud on my iPhone. Which I am. Rebooting my iPhone, Watch, and MBP aren’t helping. I filed FB9063282

 

[cmaier]

I’m no longer able to unlock with my S6 Apple Watch, getting an error about signing into iCloud on my iPhone. Which I am. Rebooting my iPhone, Watch, and MBP aren’t helping. I filed FB9063282

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You running the watchos beta too?

 

[gank41]

You running the watchos beta too?

Yeah.

 

[radus]

I do recommend to wait for a new Mac.

You are right, probably.

 

[macintoshmac]

Build number 20E5224a.

There was times that macrumors posted that. Now we have to.

Yep, members have been doing that for a while now and MR still doesn't do that. I wish they did. It was really nice to know at a glance from the content what the build number was, now we have to find out ourselves by hunting in the forum posts or looking at the dev portal ourselves.

Also, beta 6 is really good on a MacBook Air 2017. It hasn't felt this good since the first couple of betas of Big Sur 11. UI snappiness is joyous right now. I truly hope they do not rob the MBA 2017 of it again.

 

[arobert3434]

Yep, members have been doing that for a while now and MR still doesn't do that. I wish they did. It was really nice to know at a glance from the content what the build number was, now we have to find out ourselves by hunting in the forum posts or looking at the dev portal ourselves.

...

Just curious, what do people use this information for?

 

[macintoshmac]

Just curious, what do people use this information for?

If I have a build number say 2134d and the build number of next beta is 2135c, I might think to skip it and wait for the next. If it were, say, 2145a, I would download it pronto to see how it fares. Otherwise it is simply informational most of the time.

 

[Gubbz]

I'm nervous, I'm only half way through sorting out my music, last beta gave me duplicate albums, one in the cloud and one with local files. Not sure when, but I also found I had duplicate files, but there were lots of albums with duplicate song files. The slow solution was to delete the local, and move the album folder of any remaining files to the trash and then download from the cloud version... I have also found that a lot of albums, even ones that I've bought from iTunes have missing tracks :S

 

[macsareveryinteresting]

AMD bought ATI Technologies in 2006, the current graphics cards are identified with AMD Radeon RX 6000 Series Graphics Cards as a one example. Look here at the graphics tab on the URL.

Did I ever mention I use GeForce?

 

[srbNYC]

Has anyone discovered any fixes or changes in this beta?

 

[macintoshmac]

Has anyone discovered any fixes or changes in this beta?

There has been one fix for me (save dialog sidebar text issue) and overall snappiness is back on MBA 2017. There is one issue still pending, that might be more with Affinity than Apple, me thinks.

 

[kstotlani]

Since when did Big Sur mess up external monitor display?

Just some examples below. I am not sure if your question was serious or you think Apple can do no wrong so tried to answer it thinking you were serious.

Some Users Having External Display Connection Issues With macOS Big Sur 11.1 and 11.2

Some macOS Big Sur users who are running the 11.1 and recently released 11.2 update have been experiencing ongoing issues with external displays, based on multiple reports on the MacRumors forum, Apple Support Communities, Twitter, and Reddit. There are at least two separate issues at play, but...

www.macrumors.com

Big Sur external monitor not worki… | Apple Developer Forums

developer.apple.com

Big Sur 11.1 External Display Issues! - Apple Community

discussions.apple.com