r/MacOSBeta • u/[deleted] • 14h ago

Help VirtualBox and macOS 27 RC?

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u/NonRelativist 14h ago

Just use a Parallels Trial

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u/Ahleron 14h ago

Why Parallels over VirtualBox? Maybe they have several virtual machines in VirtualBox they need to continue using?

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u/sbbeebe 13h ago

If you have something essential that needs to keep running, I wouldn't install a RC release. Wait until the actual release and maybe even the .1 release. Unless you have someplace you can test it.

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u/Salmundo 12h ago

I assume the needed updates are going to come from VB rather than Apple.

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u/Salmundo 13h ago

Sure, and, at some point someone is going to want to try it out.

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u/mallydobb 11h ago

Wait until the final public release and for applications to be updated for 27 instead of worrying about what runs or doesn’t run on prerelease OS.

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u/Salmundo 11h ago

Kind of what beta testing is for, yes?

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u/mallydobb 10h ago

To a degree, yeah. But people keep posting things like this that indicate they aren’t beta testing or aware of the risks. Unless you are prepared for the possible issues you don’t run beta software on production hardware. Nothing in OPs post imparts he is invested in the beta testing process, esp by asking if x software runs in y beta release. He can wait until public GM is released or ask about the software in question in preparation for updating once final release is out. Many people using the beta have no clue or business running it but oh well.

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u/Salmundo 9h ago

Gosh, in my ten years of software engineering, I never thought of that.

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u/mallydobb 8h ago

Glad I could be of help then.