So I just got the new iMac 2020 and have been running Big Sur beta on my MacBook and absolutely love it. Beta 4 doesn’t support the new iMac 2020 which is a bummer. When do we expect to see Big Sur Beta 5?
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Mac OS Big Sur Beta 5?
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Redmond Pie says the developer beta 5 is out but I don't see that confirmed anywhere else.
Probably assumed iOS beta 5 out bigsur beta 5 must be out. Can’t see it being out today since there has Ben as safari update. Out as well iOS and iPad etc
Fingers crossed! Big Sur is gorgeous IMO, love the clean look.
Hope is fading for a release today. If I remember correctly Big Sur was released a couple of hours after iOS in previous weeks.
I can't disagree. I'm on the public beta, having picked up a i5 Mac mini to use it to play with Big Sur. I don't use much other than Microsoft 365, and the stock Apple apps. Add in Transmission/Handbrake, and that's the lot for me.
Hasn't missed a beat for me, and with the probably longer time until release, and how stable it is right now, it should be the best macOS release in many a year.
Yeah, other than a very nasty SMB issue I've not had any real stability problems to note so far.
It's holding up my Migration Assistant move from my old iMac. So fingers crosses it's out soon AND with support for the 2020 beasts.
Theres a possibility it wasn't released with the iOS/iPad update at over 1gig each Big Sur is 12gig it would put a lot of strain on their servers see what happens today/tomorow
News of beta 4 dropped around 1:40pm PDT August 4 on Macrumors and 9to5, so I'd guess if it's happening today, we have until 2pm PDT to see something pop.
Edit: I've only loaded Big Sur starting with dev beta 4 on my iMac, and have only had issues so far with Little Snitch (new v5 builds based on the Network Extension framework). Adobe CC products, Transmission, Music, Mail, Reeder, Spotify, etc. work as expected. Pretty happy with it overall.
Edit: I've only loaded Big Sur starting with dev beta 4 on my iMac, and have only had issues so far with Little Snitch (new v5 builds based on the Network Extension framework). Adobe CC products, Transmission, Music, Mail, Reeder, Spotify, etc. work as expected. Pretty happy with it overall.
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As a designer - the only thing that bugs me with the black CC logo in the toolbar
Hey Adobe - let's fix this!
I had a problem installing twinmotion with B4. I hope B5 loves that, but I wouldn't hold my breath about Epic helping to resolve software issues on MacOS for the moment.
It will be released when it is released but that is only an approximate time.
Not coming today they just released public beta iOS/iPad release Big Sur beta and it would crash their servers
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Some other apps, like Viber, have the same issue. It's annoying but I'm sure it'll be addressed once Big Sur is officially released.As a designer - the only thing that bugs me with the black CC logo in the toolbar
Hey Adobe - let's fix this!