macOS Tahoe 26.0 Beta 2 - Bug fixes, changes, and more

[caeniX8]

sure, and there are also others here not seeing a slowdown. 🤔

are you running any extensions? if you're on a macbook, can you try at another location? and is private relay on or off...

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I only have the AdGuard extension installed, and it’s never caused any issues. Do you run the browser clean, or do you have any extensions enabled?
No, I don’t use Private Relay.

 

[fisherking]

I only have the AdGuard extension installed, and it’s never caused any issues. Do you run the browser clean, or do you have any extensions enabled?
No, I don’t use Private Relay.

i've got 1blocker. try disabling adguard completely, see if it's any better (fwiw, 1blocker is a great alternative).

 

[Adora]

I'm experiencing Mail and Notes columns gradually becoming wider. Reset it and over time it keeps creeping so it's wider. Sometimes the column listing emails or notes titles/subjects is wider than the content of the note/message.

In Mail the middle column with the preview of the mails is about three times as wide as the mail itself. I change it always but after every relaunch of Mail it's back.

 

[caeniX8]

i've got 1blocker. try disabling adguard completely, see if it's any better (fwiw, 1blocker is a great alternative).

Alright, I’ll give that ad blocker a try and see if things get better. Thanks!

 

[Adora]

Alright, I’ll give that ad blocker a try and see if things get better. Thanks!

I would recommend the real system-wide AdGuard. Never had any problems with it. There were some crashes in the first beta but now it's running fine again. You also don't really need the Assistant browser extension because there is a build in one, that will just appear in the bottom-right corner of almost any browser, that is on a list where you can choose which browsers or maybe other applications should be filtered.

I found a Family Plan Liftetime Subscription for just $19 (incl. tax) and it is also making AdGuard on iOS to Adguard Pro if you login. It's for 9 devices used at once.

If you use a VPN I would test the trial first, if they work together. I can't recommend AdGuard VPN at the moment by the way. Because it's always crashing if you click the icon in the menu bar in macOS 26 Beta 2.


I got my license from here, it looks much more expensive now but there is a $24 discount code in the description. It's not really worth it to only get the Personal plan:

AdGuard Family Plan Lifetime Deal | StackSocial

<p>Get rid of annoying ads and protect your device from malware with this AdGuard Family Plan lifetime deal, which is available for a limited time only.</p>

www.stacksocial.com

1Blocker also has a paid version. But it can't do that much and is only available as subscription I think. I always used it's TestFlight beta because you could "purchase" the paid version for free in there. But there is non at the moment.

You could also try completely free Crumblr or the free version of Bolt from the same developer. But you can only activate filter lists in the extensions and there is nothing else to control it. It's somehow like Wipr but free.

 

[Adora]

MacTracker just got an update using the standard folder color.

But why the heck Apple thinks this alarm red should be pink? You can see how real pink looks like because it's my accent color everywhere since I bought my M3 iMac.

So, back to dark (standard) blue for the folders. It looks best for me. I somehow like it more than the bright blue. That's a copy of my download folder on my Proton Drive. I gave it the same icon as the download folder in macOS 15.5. It did not change like maybe every folder that had an individually changed icon.

 

[redcarian]

If I have folder colour set to “automatic”, and the theme colour set to “multicolour”, I get light blue folders in Finder windows, and dark blue folders pinned to my Dock.

If I set the theme colour to blue and leave the folder colour as automatic, I get dark blue folders everywhere.

Other theme colours have the folder colour follow the theme colour, as you’d expect.

 

[Adora]

Is anyone also often getting this in the App Store:

 

[Adora]

If someone needs maintenance for problems, Onyx could help. There is a beta version for macOS 26 now:

Titanium Software | Operating System Utilities for Mac - OnyX

OnyX is a multifunction utility that you can use to verify the startup disk and the structure of its system files, perform cleaning and computer maintenance tasks, configure some hidden parameters of many Apple applications, and more.

www.titanium-software.fr

 

[jsamuels]

Is anyone else using Downie for mostly YouTube and Twitch downloads? Some download formats that normally were no problem can't be played properly. It only works if you start it from the beginning and leave it play untouched without moving forth and back in the timeline, but if you do it just stops where it is and nothing happens. Most YouTube videos can be played normal, but some not and I had this problem with every Twitch download since Beta 1. And it's in every player I tried. Converting it to another MP4 format helps.

Also Downie is always asking twice for every download when you choose to ask every time for what format/resolution to download. It seems some downloads cancel after a few seconds and then it's asking again with a smaller list to choose from.

This also never happened in 15.5.

I don't write to developers anymore. They always seem to be annoyed if you report bugs. And answer always something like "you are doing it wrong" or don't even know what's my problem. Even if I am not using a beta OS. And I am always very friendly and explain the issues as exactly as possible. There are only a few ones left that get reports from me.

I'm not experiencing any of these issues with Downie. Guess I'm lucky.

 

[cmatuk]

Is there a way to filter out iphone apps on the new (and lame) launchpad replacement? Also, does anyone like it? I've submited a few please bring launchpad back and I seem to be the one report 😅