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I have macOs Ventura 13.0 (22A380) installed and I am wondering if will this be what is released today as the first non-beta? Or will I get a prompt for an update?
 

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I have macOs Ventura 13.0 (22A380) installed and I am wondering if will this be what is released today as the first non-beta? Or will I get a prompt for an update?
Nobody who knows this can answer here.
 
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However, you are on RC2 already, and RC2 is just making sure there are no more bugs. If apple does find a bug, they will release a different build to the public. Doubt it though, so you won't get an update.

Last time they did this was iOS 15.
 
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I'm guessing the upgrade servers will start getting hammered @ 1:00 PM and will take a long time to download.
 
The officially released version is macOS Ventura 13.0-22A380.
From the Terminal you can list the available updates with
Code:
softwareupdate -l
and you can install macOS Ventura with
Code:
softwareupdate -i 'macOS Ventura 13.0-22A380'
or you can download it only with
Code:
softwareupdate -d 'macOS Ventura 13.0-22A380'
 
The officially released version is macOS Ventura 13.0-22A380.
From the Terminal you can list the available updates with
Code:
softwareupdate -l
and you can install macOS Ventura with
Code:
softwareupdate -i 'macOS Ventura 13.0-22A380'
or you can download it only with
Code:
softwareupdate -d 'macOS Ventura 13.0-22A380'
Thanks a bunch, says "No new software available".
 
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That worked, had to do it a few times (server traffic?). Thanks again.

If I wipe the drive and do a clean install, will it pull Ventura now?
 
That worked, had to do it a few times (server traffic?). Thanks again.

If I wipe the drive and do a clean install, will it pull Ventura now?
If you mean by Internet Recovery (or something similar) every time I have tried that it pulls down the OS the machine was released with.

I think you'd have to make a bootable USB or something with Ventura on it to go straight to Ventura with a clean install. But I could be wrong.
 
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If you mean by Internet Recovery (or something similar) every time I have tried that it pulls down the OS the machine was released with.

I think you'd have to make a bootable USB or something with Ventura on it to go straight to Ventura with a clean install. But I could be wrong.
Yeah, that's what I meant, now that you mention it, I think I read that somewhere else before.
 
I kicked off the "official" release from Software Update starting 45 mins ago on my Studio Base Max.

Completed in ~20 mins and the "preparing macOS Ventura started and said it will take ~30 minutes.

The entire process took just under 1 hour to be up and running again.

Nothing looks broken so far :)

Won't have much time to test anything til later this evening and during the week.
 
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I find the best way to install is to:
  1. Download the latest OS from the App Store
  2. Create a new bootable USB installer
  3. Check that your Apple ID password is working (without it you won't be able to reinstall your apps)
  4. Sign out of macOS and any licensed apps that you have.
    1. This is to ensure that install of macOS does not count towards any licensed copies of the software you have i.e. Apple Music, MS Office etc.
  5. Back up everything
    1. Make sure you have passwords and instructions for setting up accounts such as email and installed software
  6. Check that you have backed up everything
  7. Have you really backed up everything?
  8. Check that you have really backed up everything
  9. Follow the instructions in the above article to do a clean install
  10. Reinstall everything
    1. I find brew and mas are great for reinstalling software via a script
  11. Best of luck :)
 
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I find the best way to install is to:
  1. Download the latest OS
  2. Create a new bootable USB installer
  3. Check that your Apple ID password is working (without it you won't be able to reinstall your apps)
  4. Sign out of macOS and any licensed apps that you have.
    1. This is to ensure that install of macOS does not count towards any licensed copies of the software you have i.e. Apple Music, MS Office etc.
  5. Back up everything
    1. Make sure you have passwords and instructions for setting up accounts such as email and installed software
  6. Check that you have backed up everything
  7. Have you really backed up everything?
  8. Check that you have really backed up everything
  9. Follow the instructions in the above article to do a clean install
  10. Reinstall everything
    1. I find brew and mas are great for reinstalling software via a script
  11. Best of luck :)
Thanks, downloading now, but super slow even on 1GB fiber.
 
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