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macOS Tahoe Now Available With Liquid Glass Design, Phone App, Spotlight Actions and More
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it's not. Last beta was 25A353, this is 25A354. I'd guess the change is almost nonexistent there. Had to turn off the public beta option and check for updates to see it at all.
You have to do the 15.7 update first then I found I could do the macOS 26 on my M2 16 inch MacBook Pro
No. You can install it directly.
Yes!! I just did the ⌘-R thing and Tahoe became available for download!!! 
👍 Thanks for the advice!
👍 Thanks for the advice!
Can anybody tell me where the download Tahoe installation file is located, please? It has downloaded and ready to upgrade and usually resides in the Application folder, except no sign there. Checked a few other obvious places too, but no joy. I want to create an installer USB for a clean install.
It's normal for large updates to be distributed in stages. Not everyone will see the update all at once. Apple hosts many "update" servers, not just one.
Be patient. Tahoe will appear in due time.
If the update isn't showing up you can select macOS Tahoe 26 Public Beta. Just make sure to turn beta updates off after the update if you don't want to receive beta updates. Edit: Nevermind. It installs the wrong version if you do that, so you have to download the release update afterwards.
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The first day or two it will be really slow. Exited to see Game Center, Spotlight updates, Journal, new app navigator, and this liquid glass stuff.
How do you go from 353 to 354?
Edit: Someone else answered. Turn off betas updates and the update will show.
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I've tried several times, for me it gets to 7-8gb downloading super fast nearly full gigabit speed then craps the bed where istat shows the speeds in Kilobytes.
And if you cancel and restart, it does not resume.
Something is definitely screwed up at Apple. it always dies at the same point.
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Same here. First 8 GB take seconds then it just stops and stalls out. Been trying for an hour probably half a dozen times. Probably give up and try again tomorrow. Seems silly Apple hasn't figured this out yet.
Ran into an interesting issue with mine. Update shows it’s only 9.3gb for me. Downloaded it, installed it, system does it reboot to install but it did the reboot really fast. I check, it’s still showing on 15.6.1. Now it’s redownloading the update all over again
Just found a couple of websites online that suggests that the installer isn't automatically downloaded into updates any more. Instead, you need to open a Terminal window and use:
softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer (which I am assuming is for the current release of the OS installed - I've just installed 26 so we'll see what it downloads
softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer --full-installer-version - sub option to download specific version. example for 14.6.1
softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer --full-installer-version 14.6.1
File should allegedly appear in /Applications as before on completion.
I just tried installing the 15.7 Sequoia update, and it stopped at half the download, 2.29 out of 4.38gb.
Something is definitely wrong with Apple's servers.
Something is definitely wrong with Apple's servers.
I've not used any of the beta and I'm pleasantly surprised at how understated Liquid Glass is.
Well done Apple.
Get past the lock screen and you have to really hunt for Liquid Glass.
And that's a good thing, as you tend to do your work on the Mac.
Some have said that Apple hasn't worked out how to use Liquid Glass on macOS. Maybe so. But it might also be that Apple recognised that as its oldest platform and with it's most conservative users it would be best to underplay the new look.
Having said that, I can see why long time Mac users are unsettled with the way that the Mac is going.
However, I think that a greater link to Apple's most successful product - the iPhone - is important to have.
Let's hope that they can still keep each platform's identity intact.
And iPadOS is now free to be the Janus like OS - i.e. one side looks to iOS and the other to the Mac.
Well done Apple.
Get past the lock screen and you have to really hunt for Liquid Glass.
And that's a good thing, as you tend to do your work on the Mac.
Some have said that Apple hasn't worked out how to use Liquid Glass on macOS. Maybe so. But it might also be that Apple recognised that as its oldest platform and with it's most conservative users it would be best to underplay the new look.
Having said that, I can see why long time Mac users are unsettled with the way that the Mac is going.
However, I think that a greater link to Apple's most successful product - the iPhone - is important to have.
Let's hope that they can still keep each platform's identity intact.
And iPadOS is now free to be the Janus like OS - i.e. one side looks to iOS and the other to the Mac.
Downloaded Sonoma, so just trying this instead...
softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer --full-installer-version 26.0
...and it has started the download. "26" didn't work, but "26.0" seems to be.
EDIT: It worked. Installation file now in the /Applications folder
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