Maybe this is the RC, I wouldn't be surprised to see it released as the final version with the same ID.
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macOS Tahoe 26.3 Beta 3 - Bug fixes, changes, and more
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RC turning into RTM is not rare, but beta build being rebadged to RC - I am not so sure...
No way this is RC lol
Apple is not stupid, theres a lot of negativity around social media on Tahoe stability, not only just Intel Macs, but M series Macs as well. And I'm pretty sure they get a ton of feedback on issues thats why Beta 3 is such a mess, they're prob trying to rush and fix major issues before .4 comes in with latest Gemini+Apple Intelligence updates.
Since my desktop is a 2019 Mac Pro I most likely will revert to Sequoia as my last macOS before I retire this thing. Unless Apple gets their ish together by .4 and .5
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Anybody else having your computer crash and restart every time it goes to sleep? I'll post the report the next time it happens.
Won't do much, Apple doesn't care about Beta software over the phone or a 5 year old (used to be $25,000) Intel machine. Best is to complain through the Feedback App. Are you new to Apple? I've been with them since the 90s and nothing has changed.
macuser for a very-long time. i've actually had help on the phone despite running a beta (once, anyway). you can wait until the .3 official drops, then you can call. or start a thread (or more) here focused on specific issues... good luck!
What kind of Mac do you have? Afterwards, I'll try putting mine on standby. I usually do it manually and it doesn't cause any problems.
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At first, I was annoyed that my sister's 2019 iMac was excluded from Tahoe... now I think that, all things considered, it will save me a lot of work.
She already didn't like iOS 26 very much.
I tried to replicate the sleep issue with and without an external monitor/hub/keyboard/mouse, with and without power, but this Mac did not experience the problem. (MBP M1 Pro)
MBA M4. I turned off sleep when on a power adapter and it fixed the issue. I submitted both a crash report and feedback to Apple so hopefully it's fixed in the next beta.
Try again it should have a background, I checked and I saw it, the I look at other settings then, came back to General and the background was there.
That’s pretty useless too in my experience.
I have the 26.3 Tahoe and on M4 Pro Mac Mini - one game I use (a fitness app) runs poorly with bad frame rates.
Ah I see the post before about that…
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It's not useless at all. I've had Apple respond to me for issues many times in the past and actually saw changes in following releases. If they never respond to your feedback that means they either cant replicate (if they cant, they will ask to show how to get that issue via screenshots/video) it or its a common feedback and they will fix it.
That's the whole point of the Beta's, for people to submit feedback. I've even had Tim Cook's and Steve Job's offices reply to me via email for major issues.
Complaining only here on a forum will get you nowhere.
Bro they haven't changed the way they do betas lol. They have specific teams that handle feedback + bug fixes after OS launches. I know people that work there.
I once wrote to Tim Cook, and within a few days I was contacted by a very kind Apple representative in Ireland. I once wrote to Craig Federighi (for feedback on a potential security issue that had been ignored for some time) and he kindly asked for more information, and we exchanged several emails.
Feedback. That's another story. They remain ignored/unlinked to other similar feedback for months/unresolved. This is my personal experience.
Assuming that Apple, some time ago, took user feedback more seriously does not mean that it still does so now. Since, basically, they are the only way to communicate, we have to believe that they still make sense, but in my personal experience, they do not devote enough attention/resources to them.
On the other hand, it wouldn't be the first company to start taking user feedback less seriously... just look at how, over time, it has become increasingly difficult with almost all companies to talk to a human being or even just get an email address rather than a bot to talk to.
'just because apple took user feedback more seriously' doesn't in any way mean it does not take it as seriously now. no need to make things up, based on your singular experience. 🤷
i've submitted about 100 reports over the years, and have heard back about 5 times. just the way it goes; am not taking it personally.
Same here. I recall having an issue with Yosemite that was difficult to reproduce, and the apple engineers and I had a fun (I mean actually fun) deep dive into recreating the issue. It turns out it was a unique processor specific issue that was ultimately harmless for the vast, vast, majority of the population but had significant effects for my work (literally a specific CPU instruction change that would normally be harmless or beneficial for everyone screwed up my work).
Basically I was Longtimeuser4:
I say was because I submitted a few similar issues with the m-series and Apple closed them without a resolution until the gofetch vulnerability was discovered (my issue was somewhat related to how the M1 cache operates), and they suddenly reached out.
Anecdotes aren't data, but on a personal level the experience of having a submitted issue 'resolved' without doing anything until media attention forced action has ensured that I'm not going to waste more time documenting and investigating any future complex errors.
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some changes improve some people's workflow.
also (imho), an OS should not be static, but can change to reflect tech advances, new ways of working, possibility...