Apple Releases Third Beta of macOS Mojave to Public Beta Testers

Tuesday July 17, 2018 1:54 pm PDT by Juli Clover

Apple today seeded the third beta of an upcoming macOS Mojave update to its public beta testing group, a week and a half after seeding the second macOS Mojave public beta. Today's third public beta is the same as the fourth developer beta released yesterday, and makes macOS Mojave available for 2018 MacBook Pro models.

Beta testers who have signed up for Apple's beta testing program can download the macOS Mojave beta through the Software Update mechanism in the Mac App Store. Subsequent betas are installed in a different way, using the Software Update icon in System Preferences.

Those who want to be a part of Apple's beta testing program can sign up to participate through the beta testing website, which gives users access to iOS, macOS, and tvOS betas.

Potential beta testers should make a full Time Machine backup before installing macOS Mojave, and it should not be installed on a primary machine because betas are unstable and often have bugs.

macOS Mojave's main new feature is a systemwide Dark Mode, which gives Mac users a new way to view the operating system. A revamped Mac App Store makes it easier than ever to discover great apps, while Dynamic Desktops give you wallpapers that subtly change throughout the day.

An improved Finder window with Gallery View, Sidebar, Quick Look, and Quick Actions makes it easier to manipulate, edit, and organize your files, while Desktop Stacks organizes all of the files on your desktop.

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The Apple News, Stocks, Home, and Voice Memos apps have made their way to the Mac in Mojave, and for the first time, you can use Siri on Mac to control HomeKit products. Group FaceTime, an iOS 12 feature, is also available in Mojave and lets you chat with up to 32 people at one time.

Apple is keeping your data safer than ever with new security and privacy improvements, and Safari in macOS Mojave makes it much harder to track you through share/like buttons and via your system configuration.

macOS Mojave is compatible with 2015 and newer MacBooks, 2012 and newer MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, Mac mini, and iMac models, the 2017 iMac Pro, and Mac Pro models from late 2013 and mid-2010 and mid-2012 models with Metal-capable GPUs.

Mojave will be available in a beta capacity for the next several months so Apple can work out bugs ahead of a fall release.

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Top Rated Comments

TMRJIJ

100 months ago

Anyone else getting some Nostalgia from the Software Updates section in System Preferences now?

Score: 16 Votes (Like | Disagree)

Kaibelf

100 months ago

I have to admit, despite being early in the beta cycle I have had smooth sailing with Mojave on multiple machines. It even worked when I upgraded it on a fusion iMac from the old PB High Sierra that had APFS set before they yanked it.

Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)

Candlelight

100 months ago

Installed fine for me. No issues so far. 2013 MacBook Pro 13".

Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)

MacManiac76

100 months ago

Is Dashboard broken somewhat for everybody? Now it crashes when opening the third pane of the Calendar widget which shows the current days events, holidays, etc. Also, the widgets have a black extended background around the edges that is still present in this beta. Is Apple intentionally trying to make it buggier with each release until it dies off or what? I still like to use it for quick Weather, Calendar, Stock, and Sticky Note widget viewing. I know most of this can be viewed in the Notification Center as well, but I still prefer to use Dashboard most of the time.

Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)

Mike Haas

100 months ago

Overall, this PB3 has been pretty solid, I'm just still experiencing a bug with the dynamic wallpaper. I still haven't seen it shift depending on time of day. Anyone else ran the dynamic wallpaper and got anything different?

It was reported that dynamic wallpaper was working under the Fourth Developer Beta but I can confirm it doesn't work in this Public Beta for me either. Also, there is no option under the Privacy Settings to add dynamic desktop (or wallpaper) to Location Services.

Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)