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Same, with my M1 MacBook Air.

That's what I think. Hope it'll be available before dinnertime, so my M1 Air can upgrade as I eat with the family. I've already done a Time Machine backup last night as well, just in case something goes wrong.
Its currently 7.40pm for me my iPhone was updating throughout dinner, now I am waiting for my macbook hahaha
 
Anyone know if it's the same build as the last public beta / release candidate?
As of 10:40 PT, Software Update says I'm up to date with the latest public beta. I never installed a developer beta. System Information: System Version: macOS 26.0 (25A353)
 
I was still on 15.6.1 and didn’t even realize there was a 15.7 update! I went ahead and installed that to see if it would trigger macOS 26, but nope, 26 still isn’t showing up for me.
 
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I'm sure it's coming. The final build is showing up on the Developers website.
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I usually do clean installs every few years. This is one of the years. I'll be upgrading, checking a few things and then erase/clean installing.
I don't think this makes much sense anymore. macOS installs as a read-only image these days. Your previous install cannot have been changed at all.
 
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As of 10:40 PT, Software Update says I'm up to date with the latest public beta. I never installed a developer beta. System Information: System Version: macOS 26.0 (25A353)
Same. My MBA which has been enrolled in public beta isn't getting the update as of yet.

Edit: now it popped!
 
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I’m waiting until at least a .1 update. I look forward to everyone else installing this version and reporting their experience.
 
It's like this every year, people. They roll out the releases slowly on release day. It's frustrating, but it's normal Apple behavior.
It is good behavior not to release all updates in the same minute. These updates add up to crazy amounts of data. You actually can see them in the traffic statistics of internet exchanges (cix). And they have to migrate through the infrastructure of the content delivery networks.
 
I had Public beta 3 on my MacStudio M1 Max, got MacOS 26 on it now, but not shown on my M4 Mac Studio.

Update: Loading Tahoe on my M4 Studio
 
Same, with my M1 MacBook Air.

That's what I think. Hope it'll be available before dinnertime, so my M1 Air can upgrade as I eat with the family. I've already done a Time Machine backup last night as well, just in case something goes wrong.
isn't time machine backup becoming more problematic with loss of
after refreshing the Soft Update in System Preferences for 30 mins, finally MacOS 26 appears. now updating.
still not seeing it yet
 
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