Second macOS Tahoe 26.3 Beta Now Available for Developers

Apple today provided the second beta of an upcoming macOS Tahoe 26.3 update to developers for testing purposes, with the update coming four weeks after the launch of the first beta.

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Developers can download the ‌macOS Tahoe‌ 26.3 update by opening up the System Settings app, selecting the General category, and then choosing Software Update. Beta Updates will need to be enabled, and a free developer account is required.

There's no word yet on what's included in ‌macOS Tahoe‌ 26.3, and no new features were found in the first beta.

We'll likely see Apple release ‌macOS Tahoe‌ 26.3 at the end of January given past launch timelines.

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Top Rated Comments

Corefile Avatar
3 weeks ago
I annoyed the IT guys at work and they said they'd install Tahoe on my work laptop as punishment. Is this allowed?
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
SDAVE Avatar
3 weeks ago
Nice, Tahoe needs A LOT of work, hope Apple does a good job by .3 and .4
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
saberfi Avatar
3 weeks ago
Hopefully the screen flicker issue is addressed. ?️‍♂️
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
RadMac Avatar
3 weeks ago
Apple, pls bring back the LaunchPad
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Wx_Man Avatar
3 weeks ago
Still seeing only updates to 15 Sequoia. That’s because when I signed up for the beta channel I turned off any updates to 26.

Seeing as how v26 is the beta itself, I’ll keep tracking the news on MacRumors until Apple releases v27.1 at the end of the year. By then v26 will finally be out of beta. Hopefully.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
SDAVE Avatar
3 weeks ago
Ok .3 Beta 2 is much better than Beta 1 and obviously better than .2 Release

Apple you can do this. Make it better.

I can see at least 20% perf improvement at least day to day operations on my Intel MP
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)