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Is 11.2 coming out today?

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steve333

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The Update is available today, I downloaded it.
It improves speed and finally stopped asking me to sign in with my Apple ID even though I was signed in.
It didn't fix the spinning ball in Safari when I click on Bookmarks though. It seems to take a long time drawing the website icons, is there a way to turn the icons off?
 
Benz63amg

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steve333 said:
The Update is available today, I downloaded it.
It improves speed and finally stopped asking me to sign in with my Apple ID even though I was signed in.
It didn't fix the spinning ball in Safari when I click on Bookmarks though. It seems to take a long time drawing the website icons, is there a way to turn the icons off?
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what update is available today? the Final release of 11.2? i don't see such update available
 
Benz63amg

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steve333 said:
I just checked and it isn't 11.2, sorry. It was just an incremental update I guess but it did help some issues
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The last update for BigSur was 11.1 and that came out close to 2 months ago so I’m not sure what incremental update you’re referring to. I truly hope we get 11.2 Final either tomorrow or on Tuesday.
 
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Benz63amg said:
The last update for BigSur was 11.1 and that came out close to 2 months ago so I’m not sure what incremental update you’re referring to. I truly hope we get 11.2 Final either tomorrow or on Tuesday.
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I guess it's possible that update was there for a while and I was never notified
 
Bazza1

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budman1961 said:
I am getting it too. Not in the beta program. A little less than 4gb.
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Yup. 11.2 out. Second half of download seemed to take longer than first, but that may have just been an increasing load as users got wind of it. About an hour start to finish.

Just completed install - seems fine.

ADDENDUM: Looks like I gained about 5 GB of storage, too.
 
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DaveFromCampbelltown

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Bazza1 said:
'Final' seems hopeful. Let's just call it 'Today's' release. 😏
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I keep two versions of Big Sur, a 'Production' version which is not enrolled in the Beta program and a 'Testing' version which is.
The latest release of Big Sur 11.2 turned up as an upgrade in the 'Production" version, so it is a Final Release version.
Also, Beta builds have a letter at the end of the build number, like 20C5061b, while Final builds don't, like 20C69 for 11.1 or 20D64 for 11.2.
 
jazz1

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So how is it working? Anyone see improvements? As usual the update takes a long time. Mine is still on the Apple Icon progress bar....one of my external monitors went wonky with old fashioned tube TV ripple lines. Then a hard re-boot fixed it.
 
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It’s frustrating that there’s no combo. For the last twelve years, I’ve always updated using the combo as it seems the safest way to do it. Not having a stand-alone combo installer makes me twitchy.
 
DaveFromCampbelltown

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Feek said:
It’s frustrating that there’s no combo. For the last twelve years, I’ve always updated using the combo as it seems the safest way to do it. Not having a stand-alone combo installer makes me twitchy.
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You can get the full download installer.
Go to https://github.com/grahampugh/macadmin-scripts and download 'installinstallmacos.py'
Run it in a terminal session ( you will need to enter your sudo password) and it will give you a full list of System Installers.
No. 3 is the latest full installer for Big Sur (11.2, build 20D64).
It is fully legal as these files are from the Apple file servers.

It takes about 35 mins to download at 50 Mbps, and another 10~15 mins to create the installer file.
 
DaveFromCampbelltown

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Feek said:
Thanks. It looks like 14 is the installer for Big Sur

14 071-00838 11.2 20D64 2021-02-01 macOS Big Sur

That's the full installer though, not the Combo?
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Yes, it is the full installer. The Combo update is what you get via Software Update in Preferences. You can't download it as a separate, small file.
It looks like the last Combo update for macOS was for Catalina 10.15.7
 
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steve333

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I downloaded it and I still have that Safari Bookmark menu issue. Am I the only one?
It take a few seconds to draw the website icons and I get a spinning ball before I can go down and click on the bookmark I want. It's ruining the enjoyment of my computer and didn't happen until Big Sur.
 
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steve333 said:
I downloaded it and I still have that Safari Bookmark menu issue. Am I the only one?
It take a few seconds to draw the website icons and I get a spinning ball before I can go down and click on the bookmark I want. It's ruining the enjoyment of my computer and didn't happen until Big Sur.
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Sounds annoying and I don't see this on my computer. Have you tried to reset Safari?
From the Apple forum:

Safari/Preferences/Advanced - enable the Develop menu, then go there and Empty Caches. Quit/reopen Safari and test. Then try Safari/History/Show History and delete all history items. Quit/reopen Safari and test. You can also try try Safari/Clear History…. The down side is it clears all cookies. Doing this may cause some sites to no longer recognize your computer as one that has visited the web site. Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Select Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/Cache.db and move it to the trash.

Do a backup, preferably 2 backups on 2 separate drives.

Quit the application.

Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Select Library. Then go to Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist. Delete the .plist.

Restart the computer, open the application, and test.
 
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I facing lag spikes on Twitch when fullscreen.On theatre mode it works fine but when I fullscreen it, freezes for 5 secs and fast forwards it.
 
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steve333

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MacBird said:
Sounds annoying and I don't see this on my computer. Have you tried to reset Safari?
From the Apple forum:

Safari/Preferences/Advanced - enable the Develop menu, then go there and Empty Caches. Quit/reopen Safari and test. Then try Safari/History/Show History and delete all history items. Quit/reopen Safari and test. You can also try try Safari/Clear History…. The down side is it clears all cookies. Doing this may cause some sites to no longer recognize your computer as one that has visited the web site. Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Select Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/Cache.db and move it to the trash.

Do a backup, preferably 2 backups on 2 separate drives.

Quit the application.

Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Select Library. Then go to Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist. Delete the .plist.

Restart the computer, open the application, and test.
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Thanks, I will try those.
Doing a google search it looks like I'm not alone. I reported it to Apple twice
 
pommephone

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So if I'm on beta RC 3 Version 11.2 (20D64) is there any reason to install the public release 20D64? I'm ready to leave the beta program for now.
 
thadoggfather

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pommephone said:
So if I'm on beta RC 3 Version 11.2 (20D64) is there any reason to install the public release 20D64? I'm ready to leave the beta program for now.
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leave the beta program, unless you want to ride the eventual 11.3 beta train, no update needed. same thing.
 
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