Not for a PB, as DB hasn't come out. At best, DB comes today, and PB tomorrow.
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Big Sur -Public Beta
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Not for a PB, as DB hasn't come out. At best, DB comes today, and PB tomorrow.
And I'll seamlessly be able to move from the public beta to public releases no problem?
For instance, if I'm on "Public Beta 8" and that matches the GM, if I opt out of the beta program at that point will I be able to move to 11.0.1 without issue?
Yup.
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MacOS is next day usually (especially when fortnightly releases are happening).
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Sure, MacOS 11 PB has been next day, so far. But historically the MacOS / OSX PB 'usually' comes out 2-3 hours after the dev release.
I'm sure MacOS 11 is getting closer to a same day PB release, until it finally moves to a weekly release schedule for both parties, ahead of GM.
'Probably' doesn't mean 'definitely' 😉
I'm sure MacOS 11 is getting closer to a same day PB release, until it finally moves to a weekly release schedule for both parties, ahead of GM.
'Probably' doesn't mean 'definitely' 😉
Cool, thanks. I think I'm gonna dive in on the Public Beta. My Macbook Pro is my lone home computer, but it's not something I rely on for day-to-day usage so if there's a few kinks it shouldn't mess me up too badly.
Catalina was the next day, until they go weekly, and even then, that wasn't every year.
macOS Catalina PB4 the day after DB5..... For example. It followed same day on DB6, which was the first DB of them going weekly for Catalina.
I'm not saying it's definitely not coming today, I'm just saying it's not likely, so as not to get people's expectations up.
Approaching :30 after the hour with no PB in sight. Maybe tomorrow, though it'd be interesting to see them release a beta to the public on a Friday before a holiday weekend.
it’s happened before. On a Friday, that is. Not sure it was a bank holiday one. This week has been a weird one for Apple’s betas
I think you’ll find that I stated the developer release would be the 3rd with the PB the 4th.
1 of 2 correct...
Not sure if you meant me? I was not confident, but there is a pattern so far. Check it out on the wiki page on Big Sur, or the Mac Rumors news pages, and you’ll see the developer beta has come out every 15 days! Public the day after.
Obviously no guarantee, but companies tend to work to schedules.
Alright, just updated to Big Sur.
Should I run another Time Machine backup or should I leave the Catalina backup as is until the GM releases just in case I need to revert to it?
Should I run another Time Machine backup or should I leave the Catalina backup as is until the GM releases just in case I need to revert to it?
I left mine as is, but most of my storage is external anyways. I figured if the beta was seriously bad I could roll back but its pretty much become a daily driver. Im just playing it safe with my backup. Ill probably give the final release a few days before I start backing up again.
Cant help you there, mine dont ever sleep. My display does but not the computer.
your computer doesn't sleep because of a problem? or are you letting it run all the time by choice? (& if so, why? just curious)...