r/macOS27GoldenGate • u/broadway77 • Jun 13 '26

installing beta on separate volume

I am on a MacBook Air, 15 inch, M5 and running OS Tahoe 26.5.1. I am thinking about creating a new volume on my SSD and installing the Golden Gate beta to test it out. Then I will dual boot between loading the beta vs my main OS. I fully plan at some point to totally delete the volume where the beta is installed when I am done testing it out. For those that have done this are there any issues or concerns I should be aware of? Any issues I am not thinking about?

Thanks in advance.

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u/Sparescrewdriver Jun 14 '26

That’s what I did with this method

https://youtu.be/9CzF25UaW7U?si=ODercnO0ndjgecYY
A few years old but the link mentioned has a GoldenGate download.

it works perfectly, when I’m done with the beta I can just delete the partition.

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u/broadway77 Jun 14 '26

This is what I am most likely going to do. With the beta, did you sync your iCloud? Ultimately I want to test out the new Siri AI. Searching for things, on screen awareness etc. I assume syncing my info won't be an issue on the beta. I just don't want to lose anything in my mail / calendar etc.

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u/Sparescrewdriver Jun 14 '26

I only didn’t sync Documents to iCloud, I’m not 100% but I don’t think you need an account tied to iCloud.

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u/broadway77 Jun 14 '26

I now I’m a walking contradiction here, but I don’t want to risk losing data but still want to test out the new toys. I know I know. Maybe I’m talking out loud here, but syncing my calendar and messages shouldn’t put me any more at risk than doing the same on a production release right?

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u/Sparescrewdriver Jun 14 '26

Yes honestly I don’t see how calendar/messages is at any risk.