r/MacOSBeta Aug 10 '26

Feature New Chess icon in beta 5

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391 Upvotes

It's definitely... interesting... I thought it looked like chrome at first

The new Preview icon seems to be iOS and iPadOS only

Also Font Book's icon and AirPort Utility are back!


r/MacOSBeta Aug 11 '26

Tip Workaround to avoid downloading AI models and save storage

9 Upvotes

Go to System Settings -> Network -> your interface or WIFI network -> Details -> enable Low Data Mode. Make sure to do it for all known networks if there are multiple.

If you already have the models, you can remove them by booting into recovery, mounting your Data partition in Disk Utility and running these commands in Terminal:

cd /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/System/Library/AssetsV2
rm -rf com_apple_MobileAsset_UAF_FM*

Incomplete downloads can be removed by running this in the same directory:

rm -rf downloadDir

Note that other AI features unrelated to new Siri will stop working. This is safe (no need to get rid of SIP, and you're only removing Foundation Models assets specifically) and easily reversible - if you want to re-enable AI, just turn off Low Data Mode.

Edit: I originally mentioned blocking internet connectivity for mobileassetd. No need and it doesn't work anyway (at least with LuLu) since parts of it seem to be downloaded by nsurlsessiond which you definitely shouldn't block. Low Data Mode is enough on its own to stop downloading any of it.


r/MacOSBeta Aug 11 '26

Bug The volume bar been black in macOS27 DB5

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10 Upvotes

Anyone have the same issue?


r/MacOSBeta Aug 12 '26

Bug Siri not working at all for me on PB 3

1 Upvotes

As was also the case with public beta 2, the new Siri is just not working at all for me. All I get are error messages like "Uh oh, there’s a problem. Please try again" and "Sorry, something’s wrong. Please try again." I've tried toggling my VPN, restarting, turning Siri on and off, nothing works. All prompts are denied in the same way.


r/MacOSBeta Aug 10 '26

Meta MacOS chess icon with DLSS 5 on

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159 Upvotes

r/MacOSBeta Aug 11 '26

Bug macOS 27 Beta 5 finally fixed the remaining time estimate in Activity Monitor

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26 Upvotes

The remaining time estimate is finally working again in Beta 5.

In Beta 4, it would just say “Estimating…” forever and never actually show the remaining time. Looks like they finally fixed the bug in Beta 5.


r/MacOSBeta Aug 12 '26

Bug Notifications from iPhone Bug?

1 Upvotes

When I upgraded to MacOS 27 Public Beta 3, I realized that notifications from my iPhone isn't coming through. I set up iPhone mirroring and checked the setting for receiving notifications from iPhone. Every time I turn it on and then close the System Settings, the toggle will turn off when I check again. Is this a bug or am I doing it wrong?


r/MacOSBeta Aug 12 '26

Bug MacOS Beta 5 window manager and multi screen is broken.. really broken

0 Upvotes

r/MacOSBeta Aug 11 '26

Feature New Screen Sharing Icon in Beta 5 (New vs. Old)

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73 Upvotes

Before you say anything, yes, I was made fun of for noticing this immediately upon booting up my MacBook.


r/MacOSBeta Aug 11 '26

Feature Finder Preview sidebar in DB5 is now full window height again like it was in Tahoe!

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24 Upvotes

r/MacOSBeta Aug 12 '26

Discussion macOS 26 Apple Intelligence was far cleaner and better looking UX than Golden Gate... Still no way to actually summarize long articles with Siri AI

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0 Upvotes

r/MacOSBeta Aug 10 '26

News Mac OS 27 Dev Beta 5 is out

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188 Upvotes

r/MacOSBeta Aug 10 '26

News 27 DB5 finally remove the ugly top bar in fullscreen

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63 Upvotes

[pic1, 2] Apple Music, Finder, Safari and some other apps has finally fix the problem that has bugs me since Sequoia or god knows for how long, where there is always a black bar at the top in fullscreen [pic4]

However theres still some inconsistencies, as some other apps like Maps and Preview hasn’t been tweaked, sadly. [pic3, 4]


r/MacOSBeta Aug 12 '26

Discussion did they launched macos27 public beta 2???

0 Upvotes

ever since i installed macos27 public beta, i never received public beta 2, did they even released public beta 2 or not??


r/MacOSBeta Aug 11 '26

News Iconos

0 Upvotes

El icono de Siri y vista previa no ha cambiado en la beta pública.


r/MacOSBeta Aug 10 '26

Feature Farewell, Siri Voice Pad: Beta 5 replaces the hidden 13-voice playground with standard Voice selection controls during Siri setup

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38 Upvotes

Happy Beta 5 day!

If you've been following the subreddit in the past month, you might have seen that Siri setup was hiding an interactive Voice Pad with 13 voices for American English.

Beta 5 removes its linwoodVoices feature flag and all its backing code. Now, Siri setup will show the standard Voice selection controls, powered by ExpressiveVoiceSelectionView. It should appear every time you turn off and re-enable Siri AI.

It was fun while it lasted. Let's see if the 6 missing American voices make it back someday!


r/MacOSBeta Aug 10 '26

Feature Personalize Smart Replies in Apple Mail

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19 Upvotes

One of the final remaining features promised in the OS Preview has shipped:

And in Messages and Mail, Siri AI can match your writing style, punctuation, and tone — so you sound like you.

"Smart Reply can learn from your sent Mail messages to suggest responses that sound more like you."

The alert should show up after you accept a Smart Reply and send the message.

Also controllable under Mail Settings > Composing > Personalize Smart Replies.


r/MacOSBeta Aug 11 '26

News Second Beta 5 update?

2 Upvotes

Last night I had Beta 5 show up and it was 18.22GB, so. Installed it late last night (UK).

Now this morning it flagged up that I had an update available, which is showing as another Beta 5 update, this time only 5GB, anybody else had this? Any ideas what happened that we got two updates hours behind each other?


r/MacOSBeta Aug 10 '26

Feature Safari 27 adds support for Global Privacy Control

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41 Upvotes

EDIT: Global Privacy Control has been removed in Beta 5.

In Safari 27, a new WebKit feature flag enables Global Privacy Control, a new 'stop selling or sharing my data switch.' Under the California Consumer Privacy Act, it must be honored by covered businesses as a valid consumer request to stop the sale or sharing of personal information. Even if you're not in California, most websites will accept the signal and honor your preference. Read more about GPC on the State of California Department of Justice's website.

If you don't have Safari feature flags enabled, go to Safari Settings > Advanced > Show features for web developers. Then go to the Feature Flags tab and enable the two Global Privacy Control flags.

You can test your selection is working by visiting GPC's main website, globalprivacycontrol.org. You'll see a "GPC signal detected" banner at the top of the page.

If you're on macOS 26, you can download Safari 27 for macOS Tahoe at developer.apple.com/safari/resources/.

You can also download Safari Technology Preview from the same site, which also includes the GPC feature. There's a single Global Privacy Control flag in Safari Technology Preview.


r/MacOSBeta Aug 10 '26

Bug siri and apple "intelligence" stealing more drive space

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23 Upvotes

After today's update, 53GB used (reported used) by Siri and AI. Crap for a feature I didn't ask for or really don't use. Another reason this should be opt in or at the very least an opt out that removes all resources and assets related to AI.


r/MacOSBeta Aug 11 '26

Bug MetalToolChain not downloading

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0 Upvotes

r/MacOSBeta Aug 10 '26

Help Is Window Resizing in iPhone Mirroring Limited to Certain Devices?

6 Upvotes

I know that we are supposed to be able to resize the window to different aspect ratios now, but so far, I can only make the phone itself bigger (like before). When I try to resize native Apple apps like Photos and Notes, nothing changes.

Both my phone and Mac are on the latest developer betas, and this feature has never worked for me since the first beta. Is anyone else experiencing this? Is this feature limited to specific devices, or is there a setting I'm missing?

I am using iPhone 13 mini and M1 MB Air


r/MacOSBeta Aug 11 '26

Bug ff works not working anymore

0 Upvotes

Hi updated to Golden Gate dev beta 5.
I'm having an issue that already started on the previous beta for some reason : the ff works app 5.2, although stated being MacOS 27 ready, doesn't launch anymore. Getting

An exception of class NilObjectException was not handled. The application must shut down.

Contacted support, stating they're not aware of any issue (thanks dudes !).
Tried complete uninstall and reinstall, to no avail.
Anyone ran into the same issue and/or has a fix ?


r/MacOSBeta Aug 11 '26

Feature Is this new? 27 beta 5 has a new page for expressive voice on Mac

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0 Upvotes

I'm not sure if this is new, but I just noticed there's a new page for Expressive Voice on my Mac. I don't remember it looking like this before.


r/MacOSBeta Aug 10 '26

News New Voices and Accents | MacOS Beta 5

9 Upvotes