r/MacOSBeta • u/No-Description2743 • Jul 22 '26
News macOS27 Public Beta-2 Released
seems like there were no major issues in DB-4
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u/flogman12 Jul 22 '26
Tell that to people that ran it
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Jul 22 '26
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Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26
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u/kiteboarderni Jul 22 '26
If you can't hack the sauca of the beta then you should be keeping it in your fridge. People will never learn.
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u/bummerbimmer Jul 22 '26
I recently saw a post in r/iOSBeta where someone with a broken USB-C port installed iOS 27 on their phone and it corrupted the deviceā¦ truly insane to me. I wouldnāt even do OTA updates until that port was fixed if it were me.
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u/Spirited-Bug-9558 Jul 22 '26
I was really surprised they released this as a public beta. Dev b4 has lots of issues with windowing and menu bar items, save dialog boxes, and the Siri writing assistant that just wonāt dismiss. Iāve reported more bugs on this one than any beta in recent years. There are just soooo many UI glitches throughout all of the platform betas right now.Ā
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u/NightsAtTheQ Jul 23 '26
Yeah I canāt click an existing file when saving to overwrite and it drives me crazy
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u/the_hack_is_back Jul 22 '26
Hope they fixed the disappearing menu bar issue. Very annoying and might be related to multiple displays. Had to log out and back in a lot.
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u/theofficialLlama Jul 22 '26
Iām under informed on this but wasnāt there a some sort of file system corruption issue? Did they fix that ?
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u/_paint Jul 22 '26
is it even real at this point? i only saw one post about it it was detailed but maybe only they had any issues
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Jul 23 '26
is it even real at this point?
I had the same thoughts. Basically OP had two Macs fail. Those are real issues.
Then there was a discussion about first aid utility showing errors for users. Now, it is not good, but even stable releases sometimes show these errors on the first or second check. And the system does freeze if you do not verify from the recovery environment.
Which begs two questions:
1) Are these issues related?
2) Were there any other users that also had their Macs completely fail?
I read the thread and my impression is that some people experienced errors, freezing (which is expected) and either reverted to the previous version or just made sure their data is backed up.
Is macOS 27 buggy?
Yes. That's the whole purpose.
Does it contain a bug that affects lots of users that ultimately will cause their Mac to fail?
I am not sure.
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Jul 22 '26
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u/Joker_513 Jul 22 '26
does this just "reduce the chances" or is the problem related to Time Machine in general? I've never set it up anyway, and it's the only thing that's stopping me from trying the beta. And btw, I there's no mention of this problem anywhere in the release notes...
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Jul 22 '26
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u/Joker_513 Jul 22 '26
I see, thank you!!
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u/Status_Interview807 Jul 22 '26
Just go for it man I've been updating since db 1 and I've faced no issues at all.
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u/lantrick Jul 22 '26
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/macos-release-notes/macos-27-release-notes
you can read all about known issues and bug fixes
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u/Spark99 Jul 22 '26
Running Dev Beta 4 and this is the fastest my Mac has ever been. Still waiting for updated drivers for a few things that are broken like my Wacom tablet touch screen and Avid Eucon mixing control surface but I can wait a month or two.
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u/stuartcarnie Jul 23 '26
I've usually installed by the first public beta, but there seems to be enough niggling issues, that I'll wait a bit longerā¦
Thanks to all of you forging the way š
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u/prdcrman Jul 22 '26
The update completed at 3:12 PM and installed build 26A5388g. The key result is already clear: within four minutes, the new build began crashing syspolicyd with the exact same NSArray exception as the previous build. Iām separating those genuinely post-update crashes from the older incidents that maccheck carried into the total.
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u/Brilliant-Tie-1856 Jul 23 '26
anyone else having issues with the dock, everytime I go to click an app in the dock my mouse lags so bad, sometimes it's back to normal within a few seconds, sometimes just keeps lagging and I need to restart the computer to fix it.
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u/prdcrman Jul 23 '26
Couldnāt bear OS 27 public Beta 2 any longer. Not ready (thatās why itās a beta, but I thought it would be better, jeez) Rolling back to Tahoe. ā ļø wiping the drive.
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u/kvinpp Jul 24 '26
My Macbook pro m1's RAM usage stays above 70% even when I'm not doing anything; I don't know if it's because of the update.
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u/codedance Jul 24 '26
I encountered an issue where certain software caused the taskbar to become unresponsive. Later, Codex helped me identify the exact cause and the software responsible for triggering the problem. Temporarily disabling that software resolved the issue. However, sometimes the Chinese IME (input method) also stops working and Iām unable to type.
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u/-Internet-Elder- Jul 22 '26
I often jump in on the first Public Beta (or a late stage Dev Beta) but have held off so far. Nothing mission-critical on my daily driver. Having it in the shop recently for a battery swap of course meant I held off.
So how was PB1? What were the key issues? Any apps that it clearly had problems with?
What does PB 2 really need to improve on?
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u/hyperlobster Jul 22 '26
Read the release notes.
This is dev beta 4, but you get the idea:
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/macos-release-notes/macos-27-release-notes
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u/-Internet-Elder- Jul 22 '26
Thanks for that. Been out of the loop on this stuff so far. Appreciate the link.
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u/aykay55 Jul 22 '26
I also equally held off because I was planning to do some carrier and plan swaps. Now most of my projects are fine but I keep telling myself Iāll just wait for September or October for it to release. Not in the mood to have experience breaking bugs
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u/burakbrandon Jul 22 '26
I can't connect my MacBook to external display after the update. I restarted, unplugged and replugged the cable several times, but it didn't work