I found the installer package for beta 1 (Apple's SWCDN link)
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macOS Tahoe 26.4 Beta 2 - Bug fixes, changes, and more
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Download from the link and it will just auto install from it or do you have to boot into safe mood and install from there?
Nvm - that worked great. Back to Beta 1 without the network filters causing it to crash. Turned off beta installs until apple fixes this. Thanks for the help @u5214128309 much appreciated!!
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vince22
macrumors 6502a
disabled network filters works for me, no need to reinstall beta1 over beta2, hopefully beta3 will solve this network issues.
Polarweasel
macrumors newbie
To disable network filters: Open Settings.app and navigate to Network > VPN. If you have any network filters installed, they'll show up in a list.
I had three, all from the corporate Cisco AnyConnect VPN that I uninstalled last summer. (What a great uninstaller that was... Thanks, Cisco!) Turned them all off and networking started working right. I then removed all three from the list.
I had three, all from the corporate Cisco AnyConnect VPN that I uninstalled last summer. (What a great uninstaller that was... Thanks, Cisco!) Turned them all off and networking started working right. I then removed all three from the list.
southerndoc
Contributor
At the rate Apple is fixing bugs, it'll be 26.5 or 26.6 before it's fixed.
losthismarbles
macrumors regular
What the 26.4 Betas have taught me (remember, new to Apple's "ecosystem") is that a hell of a lot of people just do what Apple tells them, or expects them to.
Be it in how to use -or not.. not really- their core OS functions, or how to approach a number of factors such as, but not limited to, external HDD formats, network-related settings, battery-related settings, hell, how about apps.
Might be me living in a cage of my own making, but year of our Lord 2026, one.. would have expected folks to be a bit more aware of what's out there, why, what it offers and so on.
Or for those that think they do, to get to that next level of actually knowing, because right now, reading this forum, damn what folks are paying app "developers" for.
Am saying all this because rather than hyping and re-hashing the same topics over and over, this or some other Apple-centric website could perhaps focus on that a bit.
(zero issues here; on ext. drives, network connectivity, VPN/DNS, etc. etc. But, i don't wait/rely/bother for Apple to do everything for me)
An important lesson to be learned, by a hell of a lot more people than i'd have thought possible.
Be it in how to use -or not.. not really- their core OS functions, or how to approach a number of factors such as, but not limited to, external HDD formats, network-related settings, battery-related settings, hell, how about apps.
Might be me living in a cage of my own making, but year of our Lord 2026, one.. would have expected folks to be a bit more aware of what's out there, why, what it offers and so on.
Or for those that think they do, to get to that next level of actually knowing, because right now, reading this forum, damn what folks are paying app "developers" for.
Am saying all this because rather than hyping and re-hashing the same topics over and over, this or some other Apple-centric website could perhaps focus on that a bit.
(zero issues here; on ext. drives, network connectivity, VPN/DNS, etc. etc. But, i don't wait/rely/bother for Apple to do everything for me)
An important lesson to be learned, by a hell of a lot more people than i'd have thought possible.
Not quite sure what you mean with all this. It’s a beta release, explicitly not for use in production. Many people use these betas as their daily driver (myself included), as these releases tend to be quite stable. It is unfortunate that these particular versions have more annoying bugs. Then again, one is explicitly warned about this. If there is anything I’d criticize Apple for, that would be that rolling back is so difficult.
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Luftkopf
macrumors 65816
Maybe it’s because I’m reading this after doing a 4:30am nappy change, and I’m just too exhausted from looking after a 7 week old baby, but I don’t get your drift. What is it you’re commenting on?
As one of the resident Apple Shills (certification pending), I use Apple products because, in general, I like how they work. I don’t use a VPN, so I haven’t run into the network bugs, and my external drives aren’t mission critical, so it was super easy to keep working while waiting for the next beta to drop with a fix.
I know it’s inadvisable, but I’m running this on my main machine, I don’t have a spare Mac for testing, but I’ve run macOS betas for many years, I know what I’m in for.
What am I supposed to complain about, or push back on? That Apple have their own file formats?
I’m not trying to be snarky or anything, just trying to understand.
Kal Madda
macrumors 601
Totally agree! Sometimes it can be hard to keep straight what we’re supposed to be outraged about at any given moment. 😉👍🏻
The point is that a computer (unlike iOS/iPadOS) is historically a product that allows users greater freedom in what they choose to install, which applications they want, and perhaps even to play around a little with settings that are not available to everyone.
Now, these restrictions that Apple is imposing are becoming increasingly ‘suffocating’ even for those who have always chosen Apple because of their distrust of Android/Windows and their excessive ability to modify the system with all the associated risks.
In practice: the right balance lies somewhere in the middle... we must not exaggerate in either direction. Security should not be a reason to turn Macs into toys for children raised on bread and iOS.
Luftkopf
macrumors 65816
What restrictions are we talking about? Signed apps? The fact it’s a little tricky to roll back to a previous OS version? What is it you are wanting to do that Apple is blocking?
Edit: Do I need to put my credentials in my signature? I started with MS DOS 3.2, used every major version of Windows since 2.0 and still have a, now unused, Windows 11 machine, and have used an array of different Linux distros, etc. I still prefer macOS.
I was interpreting another user's message, who will surely be able to clarify things better. Always keeping in mind that we are talking about a beta version.
Let's say that, based on this beta, it is possible to hypothesize that Apple is tightening certain ‘freedoms’, starting with extra network services and going as far as eliminating third-party apps such as ‘al dente’... without, however, being able to fully replace their functionality. Anyway, let's stay calm, it's a beta.
Edit: I started with a Commodore VIC20, then 128, various Amiga, then PC that I build myself and now for 30 years mostly mac. I still prefer macOS... And I would like to continue
Kal Madda
macrumors 601
You lost me right there. iPhones and iPads are computers. And many like myself are able to use an iPad in place of a Mac… I choose to use a Mac for certain things, but it isn’t because my primary daily driver iPad supposedly “isn’t a computer”… 🤷🏼♂️. I just like the Mac, and having a computer always connected to my desktop monitor.
darkjungle
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Luftkopf
macrumors 65816
I have fond memories of the Amiga, and of my cousin’s Commodore 64.
I’m looking forward to their clarification.
I think it’s a long bow to draw to get this conclusion from the bugs in the betas. It’s like the other thread where people were convincing themselves that Apple was removing HFS because of the bug. Let’s wait for a few more beta releases before jumping to these conclusions.
Did I miss something? Al dente still works, and many of its features haven’t been replicated, so its users can keep using it, right?
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Adora
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Kal Madda
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It should also be noted that if Apple were removing something, they announce they are doing so in the developer documentation, that way developers can prepare for said changes. I follow the documentation, and have not seen any such changes announced. Maybe I missed something, but I think it’s likely just a temporary bug in the beta.
This is a really weird one. It appears that the problem is with establishing the initial connection. I managed to "get around" the problem by running rsync dozens of times in a loop and aborting if the copy did not start within 5-6 seconds. Really annoying, but workable 🙂
southerndoc
Contributor
I have my appearance set to tinted. My MacBook Air is running macOS 26.4 beta 2. The menu bar appears to actually be tinted more than my Mac Studio running 26.3. Was this something changed in 26.4 or is something else causing the difference? It looks much better on my MacBook Air. I hate the liquid glass BS.
dumiku
macrumors 6502
I just installed the beta, I have no issue with Little Snitch, I only used Content Filter, I turned off DNS Proxy a long time ago as it was giving me issue.
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I enabled DSN Proxy from the Settings app, had network issue then, I open Little Snitch and enable DSN encryption from then and, when I used the test button, it failed using Cloudflare, I switched to another provider then it worked, switch back to Cloudflare again, now it is working but seems a bit slow.
Zen Browser (Firefox based) work fine, but Safari loads website slowly with both content filter and dns proxy enabled and I currently using safari while posting this reply.
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CasualFanboy
macrumors 6502a
You're pretending not to understand things.