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Apple Seeds Fifth Beta of macOS Tahoe to Developers

Apple today provided developers with the fifth beta of macOS Tahoe 26 for testing purposes, with the update coming two weeks after the fourth beta.

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Registered developers can download the new beta software through the System Settings app.

‌macOS Tahoe‌ features Apple's Liquid Glass redesign, which extends across all of the new updates this year. Apple also brought the Phone and Journal apps to the Mac for the first time, and introduced a new cross-platform Games app.

With the update, Apple overhauled how Spotlight works, enabling new functionality that allows it to be used to complete all kinds of actions like sending emails without having to open up an app. There are also changes to a number of apps, including Messages, Safari, and Notes.

All of the new features that are included in ‌macOS Tahoe‌ are outlined in our dedicated roundup.

‌macOS Tahoe‌ is set to launch this fall.

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Top Rated Comments

rbgaynor Avatar
14 months ago

I wonder if it's stable enough to use full-time.
It’s been very stable for me in daily use, YMMV.
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
14 months ago
This beta behaves really fast. I do not know if I ever had a macOS version that was so fast on my M1 MacBook Pro. I like it!
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
JLee14 Avatar
14 months ago

I wonder if it's stable enough to use full-time.
Last build was not stable for me personally, but check the feedback on this one to see if it works with you.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
antmarobel Avatar
14 months ago
All together now: Nothing here, so far (Brasília) 🤣
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
_smoee Avatar
14 months ago
Nice, its fixed the huge icons in iCloud account settings. but sadly not compact tabs yet.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
14 months ago
Here in Germany, i got all the beta except the one for macOS. Here M3Max Macbook Pro 14".
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)