If you don’t have a second Mac there are a couple of ways you could run macOS beta on your Mac without running the risk of losing data or finding your Mac stops working:

We strongly recommend that you don’t risk all by putting the macOS beta on your primary macOS, especially not in the early days of the beta development. If you have a second Mac that isn’t mission-critical then install it there. Therefore it’s not advised that you install it on a Mac that you rely on. Is the macOS beta stable?īy its nature, a beta has the potential to be unstable. That covers how to get the betas, but once you have them what can you do, and what should you do? We’ll cover that below. Agree to the Ts&Cs (more on them below).Įverything else you need to know about beta testing.You’ll see a prompt to install the latest macOS beta, click on Continue.Click Update and the latest version will download. Once the new macOS beta is installed Software Update will check to see if there are any updates.Double click on the dmg file and the installer will run.Go to Downloads on your Mac and click on the macOS Beta Access Utility to open it.

If you are enrolled as a public beta tester, download the Download the macOS Public Beta Access Utility.Click on Install Profile to download the new macOS Developer Beta Access Utility to your Mac.

If you are enrolled in the Developer Program, go to Apple’s beta download page.You may have to update to the latest version of your current beta before you can do so, if not follow the steps below to get the beta access utility.

If you were already running an earlier macOS Public Beta you’ll find the new macOS beta as an upgrade via Software Update.

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