macOS 26 Beta 1 - Working and Non-Working Apps Thread

[fisherking]

logic pro's been reported as working; it is here, as are ALL of my 3rd-party plugins 😅

also, final draft, hidden bar, and clamshell all work.

menubar IP seems to be open, but can't see the text. will test it again later (& will add all of this to the list) 👍

 

[Jordan2139]

M2 MacBook Air:
I've noticed a few days after updating FaceTime seems to hang when I try to open it and seems to have a sort of memory leak. The application window doesn't even open and activity monitor shows memory usage increasing... After 2 crashes I've noticed a peak usage of 45gb of memory at one point (obviously much higher than my 8g)

 

[Lukeit]

Hi All! Anyone here using IconChamp to tell if it is working? Thanks!

 

[Stefdar]

No, it's not.

 

[gank41]

maybe this is more indicative of my having a serious addiction to menu bar apps, but I'm devastated that neither Bartender nor Ice currently work... don't tell me the only alternative is to have some restraint

Have you turned on the option to turn on Test Builds in Settings / Advanced?

 

[Gary L. Gray]

Non-Working Apps (move to the other list once they are confirmed to be working)

• Any Add To Dock or Web App removed from the dock (do not appear in new spotlight)
• Adapter (Crashes without actually loading the app)
• Aldente ( Battery Manager)
• Bartender fails to set his menu bar
• Carbon Copy Cloner V7.1.1 (See my post #38) - Latest beta v7.1.2-b2 is good
• Default Folder X 6.1.6
• DEVONthink 4 (runs but crashes on exit)
• Endless Sky (crashes within a few minutes - edit: another try didn't crash but glitchy graphics
• Ice ( Bartender replacement) does not work as should then crashes
• Mailbutler (crashes)
• Malwarebytes (runs, but you'll have difficulty installing new updates)
• Movist (doesn't start)
• Menubar IP - seems open, but text is not visible
• Orion (app launches but browser crashes when browsing or clicking anywhere)
• PopChar V10.4
• The Long Dark ("failed to load dll")

Partially Working

• iMazing (Broken context menus and popups, various buttons not working. See post)
• Little Snitch (current stable release is broken, but nightly is reported to be working. Thread about this.)
• Microsoft Outlook - Couple of crashes, but generally working okay.
• PureVPN (Dashboard allows VPN to be enabled but not disabled. Taskbar still allows it to be disabled)
• Steam (app works but haven't actually gotten a game to work - maybe it's just the games themselves?)
• Time Machine icon not set up, had to go into settings and select my backup disc. Now enabled.
• CleanShotX - 4.8 - can take screenshots, but can't edit them in the CleanshotX app because most of the icons in the toolbar aren't accessible)

Debated (some say it works, some say it doesn't)

• Docker Desktop (See this post)
• Dropbox - 226.3.5047 works
• Surfshark - 4.19.0 works

Working Apps

• 1CCBlocker
• 1Password
• 4D Client
• AdGuard Pro
• Adobe Creative Cloud
• Adobe Photoshop 2025
• Affinity Designer 2
• Affinity Photo 2
• Affinity Publisher 2
• Alfred 5
• Amethyst
• Apache Netbeans
• AppCleaner
• BambuStudio
• Battle.net Launcher
• BBEdit
• Bear
• BetterDisplay
• BetterTouchTool
• Bitdefender AV
• Blackmagic Disk SpeedTest
• Canva
• Carbon Copy Cloner 7.1.2-b2 (see above)
• ChatGPT Desktop
• CheatSheet
• Checkbook Pro 3
• Clamshell
• Clean My Mac
• CoconutBattery Plus
• Cursor
• CyberDuck
• DaisyDisk
• Datacolor Spyder
• DaVinci Resolve
• Discord
• Displaperture
• Downie 4
• DriveDx
• Drobo Dashboard
• Fantastical
• Festivitas
• Figma
• Final Draft
• Firefox
• Firefox Developer Edition
• Forklift
• Geekbench 6
• Ghostty
• Google Chrome
• GraphicConverter 12
• HazeOver
• Hidden Bar
• Home Assistant
• Home brew•HP Smart
• iAWriter
• IINA
• iStat Menus
• iTerm 2
• Ivanti Secure Access
• Libre Office
• Lightroom CC
• Lightroom Classic
• LM Studio
• Logi Options+
• Logic Pro v11.2
• Lossless Cut
• LuLu
• Mactracker
• MacUpdater
• MAMP/MAMP Pro
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office 365 – Teams OK
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Word
• MongoDB Compass
• Monilogue Sound Librarian
• Mp3Tag
• MySQL Workbench
• Nextcloud Desktop Client
• Nextcloud Talk
• NordVPN
• Notion
• Nova (shows standard prerelease software disclaimer, but works)
• ntsc-rs
• Obsidian
• Okta Verify
• One Markdown
• OpenAudible
• OpenEmu
• Owly
• Parallels Desktop Pro
• Parcel
• PCalc
• PCS60
• Permute
• Perplexity
• Phoenix Code
• Photo Mechanic
• Pixea
• Pixelmator Pro
• Polypane
• Postman
• Private Internet Access
• Proton Pass
• Proton VPN
• PyCharm
• qBittorrent
• Qobuz
• Quickbooks Online desktop app
• Reeder Classic
• Remote Desktop
• REW
• Roon
• Scrivener
• Skeets
• Signal
• Sky Go
• Slack
• SnippetsLab
• SoundSource (works after an acknowledgement and ARK plugin update)
• Spark
• Speedtest.Net App
• Spotify
• Stats
• StudioTax 2024
• SuperDuper (booting from the clone is working smoothly)
• Synology Drive Client
• Tailscale
• Telegram
• TG Pro
• Things
• Things 3
• Topaz Photo AI 4 (some UI issues with progress bars)
• Topaz Video AI 7 (some UI issues with progress bars)
• Transmit
• TurboTax 2024
• Unity Hub
• Usage
• Visual Studio Code
• VLC
• VMWare Fusion
• Webex
• WhatsApp Desktop
• Wireguard
• WinBox 4
• World of Warcraft
• XQuartz
• Yahoo mail app
• Zoom

It has been confirmed that Sublime Text Build 4200, Wolfram 14.2.1, and Matlab R2025a all work under Tahoe. Please update the list.

 

[Ahheck01]

Mullvad is working.

Well, I updated, and this isn't entirely true. It has the same issue as last year's beta where Messages won't go through when VPN is active.

 

[Mac Arthur1]

MacWhisper added

 

[oMc]

A public beta has been released for AlDente. Fixes the issues encountered with Tahoe.

Release [BETA] AlDente 1.33.2 · AppHouseKitchen/AlDente-Charge-Limiter

[BETA] AlDente 1.33.2 Lumache All Public beta with initial support for macOS Tahoe 26 Developer Beta. Apple made things tricky, but we found a new solution. Use with caution, this is an emergency ...

github.com

 

[dmccombs]

Has anyone tried Quicken?

 

[thatsmeonlyme]

Update: I checked the box "Open using Rosetta" under Get Info and now Forklift opens.

V 4.3.3 is working without Rosetta onMBP M1

 

[Jakimo]

Surfshark 4.20.0 works fine

 

[samrhall]

Does anyone know if these appiications work?

1. Karabiner Elements
2. Sketchybar
3. Aerospace

Karabiner Elements working for me.

 

[Microtard64]

Added the following:

Working:

• 1Password
• BetterTouchTool
• Spark
• Fantastical
• HazeOver
• iStat Menus
• Owly
• Firefox
• ChatGPT
• MacUpdater

Non-Working:

• SoundSource (disabled as usual with new updates)

I cannot find a way to enter Time Machine. The menubar icon doesn’t appear and there is no option I can find in System Settings.

 

[mailbuoy]

I cannot find a way to enter Time Machine. The menubar icon doesn’t appear and there is no option I can find in System Settings.

I do not have macOS26... but isn't Time Machine an app in your application folder?

 

[rinodrops]

Bartender Test Build 5.3.8 does not solve Tahoe's menubar item glitch.

 

[thohnb]

Anyone tried Vivaldi Browser newest version on MacOs 26 beta 1 yet?