Apple Seeds Fourth Beta of macOS Big Sur 11.5 to Developers

Apple today seeded the fourth beta of an upcoming macOS Big Sur 11.5 update to developers for testing purposes, with the new beta coming two weeks after the release of the third macOS Big Sur 11.5 beta.

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Developers can download the ‌‌‌‌macOS Big Sur‌‌‌‌ 11.5 beta using the Software Update mechanism in System Preferences after installing the proper profile from the Apple Developer Center.

macOS Big Sur 11.5 may be a more minor update focusing on under-the-hood performance improvements and bug fixes for issues that weren't able to be addressed in the macOS Big Sur 11.4 update. No new features were found in the first three betas.

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casperes1996 Avatar
60 months ago
I swear to God I have not edited this. The email I got from the AppleSeed beta testing program called it Bug Sur



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rpmurray Avatar
60 months ago

Big Sur was so 2020. Just run Monterey if you are gonna have bugs anyway ;)
New and improved bugs.
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
roncron Avatar
60 months ago

There was no grammar mistakes. There was however a spelling error.
*There were no grammar mistakes.
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Morod Avatar
60 months ago
Under-the-hood is good!
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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60 months ago

But I do sort of trust you because it has the “donoreply.”
Surely that shoud be "donutreply"? ?
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
casperes1996 Avatar
60 months ago

Dang! I wish I had thought of calling it that first, so fitting.
I've seen a lot of people call it that on these forums. Though it's been fairly stable and smooth to me. From a stability perspective certainly as good as Mojave
But just found it funny :P
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