Apple Seeds macOS Tahoe Release Candidate

Apple today provided developers and public beta testers with the release candidate of macOS Tahoe 26 for testing purposes, with the RC coming after nine rounds of betas. The release candidate is the finalized version of ‌macOS Tahoe‌ that will be released to the public if no bugs are discovered during this last week of testing.

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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 on September 15.

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Top Rated Comments

silvertech Avatar
18 weeks ago
There is no way it’s ready.
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
matt_and_187_like_this Avatar
18 weeks ago
this will be interesting, neither tahoe nor ios seem ready for rc imo
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
DeltaMac Avatar
18 weeks ago
SSV is "Signed System Volume", the security feature in recent macOS systems that prevents the modification of the main boot volume. Some info here ('https://support.apple.com/guide/security/signed-system-volume-security-secd698747c9/web'). Main system volume cannot be modified, so (in theory) a clean install should not be necessary, and is no longer considered a helpful troubleshooting step.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
q64ceo Avatar
18 weeks ago
iOS26 is pretty awesome. It's beautiful. Cannot say the same for Tahoe. Apple is making a huge mistake with macOS.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
maxoakland Avatar
18 weeks ago

this will be interesting, neither tahoe nor ios seem ready for rc imo
They're not even close to ready. This is shaping up to be Apple's worst release since the 90s
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
thertrain Avatar
18 weeks ago
iOS 26 feels ready for primetime but I am not sold on macOS... let's see if this RC feels more polished
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)