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How to Install the macOS High Sierra Public Beta

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Apple today released the first public beta of macOS High Sierra, the next major version of its operating system for Mac computers that will officially be released in the fall. The beta of the upcoming OS is compatible on all Macs that are able to run macOS Sierra.

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The availability of the public beta means users who aren't signed up for the Apple Developer Program can test the software update ahead of its official release. Bear in mind that Apple's intention is to act on user feedback to iron out remaining bugs and issues, so the stability of the beta isn't guaranteed and probably shouldn't be installed on a Mac that you use every day.

Note that if you decide you want to revert back to your previous setup after testing the High Sierra beta, you will need to erase the beta partition and perform a fresh installation of macOS Sierra.

With those caveats out of the way, here's a step-by-step breakdown describing how to download and install the macOS High Sierra Public Beta on a Mac.

Enroll in the Apple Beta Software Program
To install the macOS High Sierra public beta, you need to enroll your Mac in the free Apple Beta Software Program.
Visit the Apple Beta Software Program website in a browser on your Mac.
Tap on the Sign up button, or sign in if you are already a member.
Enter your Apple ID credentials and tap on the Sign in button.
Agree to the Apple Beta Software Program terms and conditions if necessary.
On the Guide for Public Betas screen, with the Mac tab selected, scroll down to the Get Started section and tap on enroll your device.
Download the macOS High Sierra Public Beta
After enrolling in the Apple Beta Software Program, you need to grab the profile installer and run it on your Mac. Here's how:
In the same Get Started section on the beta site's Mac tab, click the profile button under where it says Download macOS High Sierra public beta access utility, and wait for the file to download.
Open the downloaded file in your Downloads window and double-click the package to run the installer.
When the installer has completed the download, the Mac App Store should open automatically showing the Updates screen. Click Update to download the public beta software. (If it doesn't show the public beta in the Updates list, manually restart your Mac and navigate back to the Updates section in the Mac App Store.) When the download is complete, your Mac should restart automatically.

Install the macOS High Sierra Public Beta
If the macOS High Sierra installer doesn't automatically open upon restart, launch it from your Applications folder using the Finder.
Click continue at the bottom of the installer.
A dropdown prompt will appear advising you to back up your Mac. Click Continue - assuming you've already backed up. If not, click Cancel and do that now.
Click Continue at the bottom once you've finished backing up, or if you already performed a backup.
Click Agree to accept the terms and conditions and then click Agree again to confirm.
Select the drive on which you want to install the public beta.
Click Install, enter your administrator password, and click OK.
Click Restart, or wait for your Mac to reboot automatically.


And that's it. Your Mac should now be running the macOS High Sierra Public Beta. For a complete picture of all of the new features you can expect to see when macOS High Sierra is released in the fall, make sure to check out our full macOS High Sierra roundup.

Article Link: How to Install the macOS High Sierra Public Beta
 
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Step 1: Don't.
Step 2: Seriously, why would you do this? Do you not actually use your computer?
(This is meant for anyone who would actually need a tutorial on how to do this, obviously there are a few people out there with legit reasons to install the beta. Although most of them should have developer accounts.)
 
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MoJoRo said:
Step 1: Don't.
Step 2: Seriously, why would you do this? Do you not actually use your computer?
(This is meant for anyone who would actually need a tutorial on how to do this, obviously there are a few people out there with legit reasons to install the beta. Although most of them should have developer accounts.)
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Can u install the beta on my mac pls?
 
Don't install this ****. I had a KERNEL PANIC but solved it by trying to update again in Disk Utility with no APFS...guess that was the origin of the error.
 
This is the Terminal Commando Line to make a bootable USB of macOS High Sierra Public Beta :)

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra\ Beta.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/HighSierra --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra\ Beta.app
 
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Marx55 said:
Format disk as APFS?
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Open Disk Utility > Select the USB Drive > Click Erase > Name: HighSierra > Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled) > Erase.

You can now use the Terminal Commando Line above to make a bootable USB of macOS High Sierra Public Beta.
 
MoJoRo said:
Step 1: Don't.
Step 2: Seriously, why would you do this? Do you not actually use your computer?
(This is meant for anyone who would actually need a tutorial on how to do this, obviously there are a few people out there with legit reasons to install the beta. Although most of them should have developer accounts.)
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So...you're saying I should install this on my friend's computer rather than my own? Got it.
 
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egilstrod said:
Open Disk Utility > Select the USB Drive > Click Erase > Name: HighSierra > Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled) > Erase.

You can now use the Terminal Commando Line above to make a bootable USB of macOS High Sierra Public Beta.
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Is it possible to format as APFS from High Sierra Disk Utility? If so, I guess it is only needed to install it in a pendrive for instance, boot from it and format any desired drive as APFS with Disk Utility GUI.
 
I totally spaced out and thought I was updating SAFARI. Whoops. Let's hope this ends well.
So far the only real issue was safari not seeming to be able to load ANY pages. A reboot got it up and running again.
 
Kaibelf said:
Try it and let us know.
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Got High Sierra 10.13 in Virtual Box installed the way to install completed, and then restarting and on the HS boot I saw some different message in VB and then it rebooted itself back to Sierra 10.12.
Will try again later.
 
You guys really should include in big red letters to
BACK UP YOUR COMPUTER FIRST!
The fact that you guys didn't even mention it, but paved the way for people to ruin their computers, is somewhat bad.
 
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Markoth said:
You guys really should include in big red letters to
BACK UP YOUR COMPUTER FIRST! The fact that you guys didn't even mention it, but paved the way for people to ruin their computers, is somewhat bad.
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I think they did mention it, although they wisely chose to avoid the annoying big red letters.

This wasn't helpful?:

MacRumors said:
the stability of the beta isn't guaranteed and probably shouldn't be installed on a Mac that you use every day.
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This also seemed to be a cautionary piece of advice:

MacRumors said:
if you decide you want to revert back to your previous setup after testing the High Sierra beta, you will need to erase the beta partition and perform a fresh installation of macOS Sierra.
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And finally, just in case that was not crystal clear:

MacRumors said:
A dropdown prompt will appear advising you to back up your Mac. Click Continue - assuming you've already backed up. If not, click Cancel and do that now.
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But yeah... no big red letters - however there did seem to be an expectation that folk will actually read the article... I think they did just fine.
 
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Apple today released the first public beta of macOS High Sierra, the next major version of its operating system for Mac computers that will officially be released in the fall. The beta of the upcoming OS is compatible on all Macs that are able to run macOS Sierra.

macos-hs-beta.jpg

The availability of the public beta means users who aren't signed up for the Apple Developer Program can test the software update ahead of its official release. Bear in mind that Apple's intention is to act on user feedback to iron out remaining bugs and issues, so the stability of the beta isn't guaranteed and probably shouldn't be installed on a Mac that you use every day.

Note that if you decide you want to revert back to your previous setup after testing the High Sierra beta, you will need to erase the beta partition and perform a fresh installation of macOS Sierra.

With those caveats out of the way, here's a step-by-step breakdown describing how to download and install the macOS High Sierra Public Beta on a Mac.

Enroll in the Apple Beta Software Program
To install the macOS High Sierra public beta, you need to enroll your Mac in the free Apple Beta Software Program.
Visit the Apple Beta Software Program website in a browser on your Mac.
Tap on the Sign up button, or sign in if you are already a member.
Enter your Apple ID credentials and tap on the Sign in button.
Agree to the Apple Beta Software Program terms and conditions if necessary.
On the Guide for Public Betas screen, with the Mac tab selected, scroll down to the Get Started section and tap on enroll your device.
Download the macOS High Sierra Public Beta
After enrolling in the Apple Beta Software Program, you need to grab the profile installer and run it on your Mac. Here's how:
In the same Get Started section on the beta site's Mac tab, click the profile button under where it says Download macOS High Sierra public beta access utility, and wait for the file to download.
Open the downloaded file in your Downloads window and double-click the package to run the installer.
When the installer has completed the download, the Mac App Store should open automatically showing the Updates screen. Click Update to download the public beta software. (If it doesn't show the public beta in the Updates list, manually restart your Mac and navigate back to the Updates section in the Mac App Store.) When the download is complete, your Mac should restart automatically.

Install the macOS High Sierra Public Beta
If the macOS High Sierra installer doesn't automatically open upon restart, launch it from your Applications folder using the Finder.
Click continue at the bottom of the installer.
A dropdown prompt will appear advising you to back up your Mac. Click Continue - assuming you've already backed up. If not, click Cancel and do that now.
Click Continue at the bottom once you've finished backing up, or if you already performed a backup.
Click Agree to accept the terms and conditions and then click Agree again to confirm.
Select the drive on which you want to install the public beta.
Click Install, enter your administrator password, and click OK.
Click Restart, or wait for your Mac to reboot automatically.

And that's it. Your Mac should now be running the macOS High Sierra Public Beta. For a complete picture of all of the new features you can expect to see when macOS High Sierra is released in the fall, make sure to check out our full macOS High Sierra roundup.

Article Link: How to Install the macOS High Sierra Public Beta
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[doublepost=1499055909][/doublepost]Doesn't work; any ideas? since no one on the fricking planet earth can help me??
https://twitter.com/Gravydog316/status/880936666164219905
"Installing Information on the recovery server is damaged"
 
Gravydog316 said:
[doublepost=1499055909][/doublepost]Doesn't work; any ideas? since no one on the fricking planet earth can help me??
https://twitter.com/Gravydog316/status/880936666164219905
"Installing Information on the recovery server is damaged"
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You did install the Beta Access Utility first, right?
Download the macOS Public Beta Access Utility
That got me past this screen. This part is required.

There are answers to these questions in this earth, just make sure your using the advanced search tools and parameters and you'll find others people's help and how they succeeded.
And as repeatedly stated, never apply betas to your live disk environment but a separate test system with test volumes with all live volumes unmounted and disconnected.

Maybe Apple needs to have a litmus test to download a beta, answer 10 random macOS questions correctly in 1 minute and then you can download it.
 
Hmm...

I have formatted my SSD to APFS and installed macOS High Sierra Public Beta (PB) through USB.

I have my USB formatted as HFS+ (Journaled) and have macOS High Sierra PB on it.

When I am trying to boot from my USB after restarting it will not load. It stops at the end of the "load bar". It will not boot into it.

Why does it not work? I also have the question if I can install macOS High Sierra PB if I reformat my SSD as HFS+ (Journaled)?

Thanks! :)
 
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