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IF RC2's build number is the final release, do i need to update?

patearrings

patearrings

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I am running the RC2 (20B28). If this is the final release and the version released to the public today is the same build number, can i just unenroll from the beta program and expect the future versions of Big Sur to be suggested updates (i.e 11.0.2).

Thanks
 
That was how it worked last year with Catalina, yes.

I even think the final was one version build number higher than the last beta, but it didn't update before the next minor.
 
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j-a-x said:
Can anybody confirm the build number of Big Sur release?
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Not yet. There is a 20B29 build seen in some benchmark reports so there may be an update for the actual release build.
 
chrfr said:
Not yet. There is a 20B29 build seen in some benchmark reports so there may be an update for the actual release build.
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I see. I'm on RC2 build 20B28. If it goes up to 20B29 is there any way to (or any reason to) upgrade to that from RC2?
 
chrfr said:
Not yet. There is a 20B29 build seen in some benchmark reports so there may be an update for the actual release build.
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Do you remember if that benchmark is from an Intel Mac or ARM Mac?

If ARM Mac, the OS may have different build number.
 
Dev site lists 20B29 as the final release, but when I go to the App Store to download Big Sur, it invokes Software Update and says "the requested version of macOS could not be found."
 
I removed the beta profile, restarted, but it’s prompting me to install RC2 (I hadn’t updated yet). It looks like the beta profile is removed in System Prefs, but I expected to see the public release. Going with the update since it’s the same/similar build and hopefully 11.0.2 will get me back on the shipping releases. Anyone seeing similar?
 
twinpeaks_sf said:
I removed the beta profile, restarted, but it’s prompting me to install RC2 (I hadn’t updated yet). It looks like the beta profile is removed in System Prefs, but I expected to see the public release. Going with the update since it’s the same/similar build and hopefully 11.0.2 will get me back on the shipping releases. Anyone seeing similar?
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My update was ~4gb FWIW.
 
OK, unenrolled, am now getting a 2.21gb update. Will report back.

Worth noting i unenrolled via terminal, not through the UI with:

sudo /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Seeding.framework/Versions/A/Resources/seedutil unenroll
 
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Yep. Unenrolled and got the update. About to install now.

Edit: and done. Install was pretty fast and painless.
 
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patearrings said:
Update: 20B29, so it has updated and it is a 2.21gb update from RC2.
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Thank you and appreciate the command line tool to unenroll as well. Like you said, unenrolled and getting the update. I'm sure the differences are pretty much negligible but glad I'll be on the latest build.
 
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