macOS Golden Gate Beta 2 Now available for Developers

[apostolosdt]

The Beta has been installed and running smoothly on all the machines I've tried it. Let's hope for the Beta 2, too.

 

[azentropy]

Was hoping they would bring back writing tools/proofread to the right click content menu, but they haven't at least yet.

 

[eRaz0r84]

Same with the full installer...

This happend with previous updates when Rosetta was installed. do you have rosetta active? if so, it might take a few more hours till u can update. So be patient 😀

 

[Ulukita]

If you can’t change you Siri beta voice/ tone/pace sliders on iOS27 you can make the changes in Golden Gate and they carry over to the phone.

 

[roncron]

I love hearing the feedback from the early adopters. Keep it coming.

Same! Especially when the feedback is mostly good.

 

[Brian_v11]

I've been having intermittent issues with my Message conversations with automated SMS messages disappearing. However, I do know that Verizon (my provider) is also updating their services for RCS so I'm guessing that has more to do with it. Otherwise, beta has been stable for me.

 

[jordanlucero]

Two big fixes for me! iPhone Mirroring is fixed, but a bit slow. Switching to a full-screen app in Mission Control will more reliably hide the dock, but it's still a bit iffy.

 

[ronno]

Hopefully no more Safari crashing when the automatic tab organization is enabled

 

[mattpilott]

I was hoping it would fix this

 

[Camel993]

unfortunately the mission control dragging windows are still a bit wonky. BUT much better then dev beta 1

 

[Peter Maurer]

I was hoping it would fix this

Same here! I'd love for them to go back to squircles to match the fixed window radius, but I'd settle for making toolbar items small enough for the radii to match.

 

[Camel993]

Also I'm so happy that you can now assign windows to desktops properly and they STICK even after restart.


Nevermind only when using a single display 🙁

 

[patearrings]

Image playground is much better, moving objects and recreating them to better view is awesome,
object removing feature is really impressive, helpfull on many photos,

system is more fluid

AI Siri - still on waiting list

Enter this in terminal and then reboot. You will skip the entire waiting list. You’re welcome 😎

sudo defaults write "/Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/GenerativeModels.plist" "EnhancedSiriWaitlist" -dict-add Enabled -bool NO

 

[Tagbert]

Touch ID is still broken for login to Windows 11 on Parallels.

Is that a new beta of Parallels or just the older 26 version?

 

[Tagbert]

This build doesn’t feel like a beta at all. Golden Snow Leopard Gate MacOS?!

Just don't eat the golden snow

 

[Camel993]

Menu bar icons are doing a Mexican wave dance when using an external display and clicking back to the laptop screen, and vice versa.

 

[banjo_1928]

Good to see that Apple have fixed right-click on menubar icons that was broken in the first beta.

 

[jwm]

Is that a new beta of Parallels or just the older 26 version?

It's the public version of Parallels. There was an update released today, but nothing to fix bugs in macOS 27 beta. It's the only bug I've come across with Parallels, which is quite impressive for early betas.

 

[jphall]

Same with the full installer...

I had a weird issue with a previous OS update with this "personalize" issue, after several OTA and USB Installer attempts, it booted me to Recovery and asked for my Recovery Key. I thought I had it saved in 1Password, but that Key didn't work. I looked through keys in saved photos (various computers over the last two years) and none worked.

System Settings>Privacy & Security>FileVault and "Show" Recovery Key. Make sure you have that saved. Probably a good idea for everyone to go make sure they have that info saved as you never know when you might need it and you might not have it saved where you can get it. ::yikes::

Might be a good idea to reset the Key anyway as I am quite certain I was entering the correct key. And obviously something is not right as you are getting that "personalize" error... .

I did have to do a Time Machine restore, hadn't done that in a very long time and was pleased how well it worked with my Tahoe 26.5.1 backup to the Recovery reinstall of 26.5.1.

good luck! and I hope it installs for you without going to the recovery reinstall.

 

[jphall]

Just don't eat the golden snow

watch out where the huskies go! And make sure to enjoy some of those St. Alfonzo's pancakes while you are there!

 

[Fishrrman]

The bugs that prevented one from disabling SIP and from disabling startup security appear to have been fixed (at least for me).

 

[Elusi]

My experience trying betas in the past have been that they're fun but buggy experiences certainly not ready for a daily driver.

This time it's been comparatively smooth. I forget I run a beta on my macbook. It just looks better.

 

[thorntonp]

Destktop wallpaper on 2nd monitor still blank.

 

[DudiQ]

Fixed the issue with right click on menu bar and also broken preview pane in Finder. Although I still cannot ‘pick’ names from other files (by clicking on them) when trying to save a new file

 

[nexgenmusic]

Fixed the issue where the Apps launcher would not work after user logout or restart. That was the most infuriating bug to me so far (PS. I'm not using GG on any production machines, we're still on Sequoia).