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Apple Releases Third macOS Tahoe 26.3 Public Beta

Apple today provided public beta testers with the third release of an upcoming macOS Tahoe 26.3 update for testing purposes. The public beta comes a day after Apple provided the third beta to developers.

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After signing up for beta testing on Apple's beta site, public beta testers can download the updates using the Software Update section in the System Settings app.

We don't know about any new features in ‌macOS Tahoe‌ 26.3 as of yet, but Apple might introduce new capabilities in later beta releases.

The beta is limited to developers and public beta testers at the current time, but we are expecting Apple to release the update at the end of January.

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Top Rated Comments

SilentSpecter Avatar
15 weeks ago

Third time is a charm, so Apple’s third attempt to make version 26 right is working…..right? RIGHT? 🤨


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15 weeks ago
Just downgraded back to Sequoia 15.7.3 and man... it's so snappy and fast I can barely keep up.
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Black_Mage Avatar
15 weeks ago
Third time is a charm, so Apple’s third attempt to make version 26 right is working…..right? RIGHT? 🤨
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
d4cloo Avatar
15 weeks ago
I see a lot of bugs being reported on Reddit. Similarly many of the visuals remain unaddressed, such as the top header bar in Preview being a complete mess, the blurred text making buttons unreadable in most headers and Photos taking on the wrong color (dark vs light) causing this weird smudge at the top.

Tahoe looks so ugly… I just don’t know why they had to ruin a perfectly fine UI. Even Ubuntu looks so much better and more consistent now.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Black_Mage Avatar
15 weeks ago

I am kind of wondering if I can just keep humming along on Sequoia until MacOS 27.
I had that same thought.
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RadMac Avatar
15 weeks ago
Apple, Bring back LaunchPad
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