Question About Updating Big Sur Beta/Final Release

[AppleTalker]

Apologies in advance - I’m not a “MacGenie” or expert in this stuff, but am very interested.

So I have a 2014 MacBook Air and 2012 MacBook Pro. I followed apostmi’s guide on the BigSurPatcher subreddit for my 2014 MBA (all I did was just download and install the pkg file he linked and successfully installed Beta 1 of Big Sur).

Since my 2014 MBA qualifies for the official upgrade, did I mess up by installing the pkg installer? Or will I be able to download the official final version from the App Store when it launches?

Also: For my 2012 MBP, since it doesn’t make the official cut, for each beta build, will I need to reinstall the entire OS and reinstall all my apps and files for the 2nd beta build and so on? And when the official release drops and a Big Sur Patcher launches, will the OS need to be fully reinstalled fresh?

Then, after the Big Sur Patcher is released and I use it to download the final version of it, do I use it to download future security updates and do these require a fresh reinstalling every time?

Again, sorry for all the questions. Just couldn’t find much information about it. Thank you.

 

[mikecwest]

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Apologies in advance - I’m not a “MacGenie” or expert in this stuff, but am very interested.

So I have a 2014 MacBook Air and 2012 MacBook Pro. I followed apostmi’s guide on the BigSurPatcher subreddit for my 2014 MBA (all I did was just download and install the pkg file he linked and successfully installed Beta 1 of Big Sur).

Since my 2014 MBA qualifies for the official upgrade, did I mess up by installing the pkg installer? Or will I be able to download the official final version from the App Store when it launches?

Also: For my 2012 MBP, since it doesn’t make the official cut, for each beta build, will I need to reinstall the entire OS and reinstall all my apps and files for the 2nd beta build and so on? And when the official release drops and a Big Sur Patcher launches, will the OS need to be fully reinstalled fresh?

Then, after the Big Sur Patcher is released and I use it to download the final version of it, do I use it to download future security updates and do these require a fresh reinstalling every time?

Again, sorry for all the questions. Just couldn’t find much information about it. Thank you.

You are probably better off asking in that subreddit.
I can tell you in the past, that on previous builds on unsupported systems, it was required to re-patch after every update.

You might also check www.insanelymac.com , as they specialize in installation on unsupported devices.

 

[AppleTalker]

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You are probably better off asking in that subreddit.
I can tell you in the past, that on previous builds on unsupported systems, it was required to re-patch after every update.

You might also check www.insanelymac.com , as they specialize in installation on unsupported devices.

And by "re-patch", you mean the current OS needed to be wiped (all files/apps/etc. gone) to get to the next update?

 

[mikecwest]

And by "re-patch", you mean the current OS needed to be wiped (all files/apps/etc. gone) to get to the next update?

He is referring to "patching" the installer to allow it to install on an unsupported machine, similar to installing on a hackintosh. Usually, you would have to re-apply the patch, or your machine might not boot. I have not ran anything like that for awhile, so maybe things have changed.