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Apple Seeds Third Beta of macOS High Sierra to Public Beta Testers
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Have to ask, how is Office 365 running on PB3? I have not taken the plunge yet, but I am eager to get onto High Sierra.
This build of safari seems to have that feature...
I installed the Safari technology preview, which doesn't have the lap toasting feature. (30% cpu watching video, 2013 macbook air)
https://developer.apple.com/safari/technology-preview/
Feels faster than Beta 2, but the genie effect still isn’t smooth on my 2016 MacBook.
Notification Center won’t keep the widget order.
Otherwise it‘s already running nicely
Notification Center won’t keep the widget order.
Otherwise it‘s already running nicely
It's a bit complicated, but you can find the instructions online. It's done through terminal.
Is anyone else having sounds issues with the beta?
I have a macbook air (6,2) (Mid 2013) With a 1.7 GHZ i7, 8GB of RAM and 500GB SSD. I did not upgrade to the 1st beta, but, I upgrade to Beta 2 and Beta 3. I have no sound in Beta 2 or Beta 3. I get the boot sound and while all the items in the system tray are starting/appearing the sound icon is black; however, just before the wifi connects, the icon becomes greyed out. If I try to go to system preferences and click the sound icon, I get the spinning beachball of death. The only thing that I can think of is that I have airfoil installed and it is not compatible with the Beta, however, airfoil does not load at start-up. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks!
I have a macbook air (6,2) (Mid 2013) With a 1.7 GHZ i7, 8GB of RAM and 500GB SSD. I did not upgrade to the 1st beta, but, I upgrade to Beta 2 and Beta 3. I have no sound in Beta 2 or Beta 3. I get the boot sound and while all the items in the system tray are starting/appearing the sound icon is black; however, just before the wifi connects, the icon becomes greyed out. If I try to go to system preferences and click the sound icon, I get the spinning beachball of death. The only thing that I can think of is that I have airfoil installed and it is not compatible with the Beta, however, airfoil does not load at start-up. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks!
Photos crash on launch too. Have to unchecked iCloud photos library to make it work. But on the other user on the same laptop is working fine, with iCloud library on.
It's working for me here on a 13" MacBook Pro Late 2013 with PB3.
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I'm on the Office 365 Beta Fast ring and have not had any issues with Office suite including Outlook.
I think ill wait until the next round comes out. I went to early with the IOS beta and it wasn't fun.
The upgrade hung with 17 minutes remaining on both my iMac and MacBook Pro. Hard powered off and now it is resuming with an estimated time of 35 minutes. First time I've had an upgrade just konk out in the middle. This beta release seems to be riddled with more bugs and less stability than prior public betas.
Aside from APFS failing to convert (all betas), every beta release has gone smooth and fast. Very stable for me. I think my issues converting to APFS may be a blessing in disguise.
[doublepost=1501110645][/doublepost]Since upgrading from High Sierra Beta 2 to 3 Parallels 12 will not open or work. When I open Parallels I receive an error message to “Allow” Parallels to Open in the Security and Privacy System Preference under “General”. When I go to the Security and Privacy/General Preferences box, Parallels is not listed at all to “Allow” the program to open.
Apple today seeded the third public beta of an upcoming macOS High Sierra update to public beta testers, two weeks after releasing the second public beta. The third public beta of macOS High Sierra is likely identical the fourth developer beta, which was provided to developers earlier this week.
Beta testers who have signed up for Apple's beta testing program are able to download the third macOS High Sierra beta through the Software Update mechanism in the Mac App Store after the proper profile has been installed.
Those who want to be a part of Apple's beta testing program can sign up to participate through the beta testing website, which gives users access to iOS, macOS, and tvOS betas. For instructions on how to install the public beta, check out our how to, and make sure to make a backup before giving the software a try. Don't install the beta on a main machine, as betas are notoriously unstable. High Sierra runs on all machines that support Sierra.
The macOS High Sierra update is designed to improve and refine the existing macOS Sierra operating system. Along with a new, more efficient file system (APFS) designed for modern storage, the update introduces Metal 2, the next-generation version of Apple's Metal graphics API with support for machine learning, external GPUs, and VR content creation.
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High Efficiency Video Encoding (HEVC aka H.265) is coming in High Sierra, and many of the existing apps are being updated. Photos features a new persistent side view and editing tools for Curves, Selective Color, and Live Photos, while Siri is gaining a more natural voice and support for more music-related commands.
Safari offers a new autoplay blocking feature for videos and Intelligent Tracking Prevention to protect your privacy, while Mail storage is being optimized to take up 35 percent less space. iMessages can now be stored in iCloud, and there are new iCloud Drive file sharing options and new iCloud storage family plans.
For a full overview of the new features you can expect to see when macOS High Sierra is released in the fall, make sure to check out our macOS High Sierra roundup.
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Exactly the same happened with PB2 in my tbMBP 2016 15", also running Airfoil. Tried in a different user, but it was the same.
The "Capacity" feature is a waste and useless. I have always complained that Apple should not be able to indicate capacity values that are not true to the product including the OS. Whats the added bonus of "capacity" for users that have no need to check it? Are people really that "challenged" that they don't know the size of their device? That is a 128GB device should internally be say 140GB so that when the OS is included the capacity is close to or matches the 128GB size - aka naked storage.
I tried the fast option on the Office beta but had some issues a while back which were a massive pain so I went back to insider slow. I might just pull the trigger on this MacOS Beta today! Thanks for the reply.
[doublepost=1501142977][/doublepost]One last question, are the APFS issues resolved now? I have an MBP 2013 and want to know whether I should avoid using the new file system or convert to it.
Most would say avoid it for a while until they work things out. Most of the serious issues I have read have to do with AFPS. High Sierra with HFS+ is pretty much a rock with PB3 for me. I have been unable to convert. It fails. That said, if I could I would just because I like to mess around and can't help myself. Just be ready to restore a backup.
Most would say avoid it for a while until they work things out. Most of the serious issues I have read have to do with AFPS. High Sierra with HFS+ is pretty much a rock with PB3 for me. I have been unable to convert. It fails. That said, if I could I would just because I like to mess around and can't help myself. Just be ready to restore a backup.[/QUOTE]
Ok thanks, but you definitely get the option during installation to use HFS or APFS?
Ok thanks, but you definitely get the option during installation to use HFS or APFS?[/QUOTE]
If you have a SSD you "should" get the option. Some people say they didn't have the option and it converted automatically or they didn't have the option because they had a HDD. I had the option, I chose it and it failed. It's been failing since PB1.
If you have a SSD you "should" get the option. Some people say they didn't have the option and it converted automatically or they didn't have the option because they had a HDD. I had the option, I chose it and it failed. It's been failing since PB1.[/QUOTE]
Once again, thanks. Is it possible others just clicked past the option?
Once again, thanks. Is it possible others just clicked past the option?[/QUOTE]
Yes, that was common with the first release and to convert after install you should go into recovery mode and use disk utility to convert it. However I have read a few posts were people say the option wasn’t there but their drives converted automatically. Not sure how much weight I would put on this as it seems weird and not widespread.
Make a backup and give it a go. Just be aware that if you convert and want to go back to Sierra I believe it can’t be installed on an APFS for Steve drive so you will need to reformat it back to HFS+ (I believe).
Do you have an SSD? It may not even let you convert a 2013. I have a 2011 and I know that the older ones choke on the conversion more than new machines. If you have an SSD was it installed after purchase? Third party drive?
Yes, that was common with the first release and to convert after install you should go into recovery mode and use disk utility to convert it. However I have read a few posts were people say the option wasn’t there but their drives converted automatically. Not sure how much weight I would put on this as it seems weird and not widespread.
Make a backup and give it a go. Just be aware that if you convert and want to go back to Sierra I believe it can’t be installed on an APFS for Steve drive so you will need to reformat it back to HFS+ (I believe).
Do you have an SSD? It may not even let you convert a 2013. I have a 2011 and I know that the older ones choke on the conversion more than new machines. If you have an SSD was it installed after purchase? Third party drive?[/QUOTE]
Thanks. I have a late 2013 MBP with 128gb SSD. I will give it a go. I would also imagine that the option comes up pretty early in the installation process since it should be selected prior to actually writing anything to disk.