Apple has provided developers with the fourth beta and release candidate of macOS 11.4 for developer testing.
The first developer beta of macOS Big Sur 11.4 is available for testing days before version 11.3 is expected to release to the public. Apple made the macOS Big Sur 11.3 Release Candidate beta. Mac OS X Public Beta also had some notable differences from Mac OS X and later macOS releases. One of the most obvious was the Apple logo was in the center of the menu bar, rather than the upper left. The Apple logo was in the center of the menu bar on Mac OS X Public Beta. Marcin Wichary/Guidebook Gallery. The macOS Developer Beta Access Utility requires macOS 10.8 or later. Download the macOS Developer Beta Access Utility from the download page. Open the macOS Developer Beta Access Utility and follow the instructions. Once installation is complete, you’ll be presented with the macOS beta. May 10, 2021 Apple today seeded the third beta of an upcoming macOS Big Sur 11.4 update to developers for testing purposes, with the new beta coming two weeks after the release of the second macOS Big Sur 11.4. MacOS Big Sur beta profile has started downloading. After the download process is complete, you can double-click 'macOSDeveloperBeta16AccessUtility.dmg' file. And install the pkg installation package: Follow the prompts on screen and enter your password to install.
The latest betas and configuration profiles can be downloaded from the Apple Developer Center, with subsequent changes available as over-the-air updates on enrolled devices. At this point in the cycle, public beta versions usually arrive a few hours later, via the Apple Beta Software Program.
The fourth build follows after the third, which landed on May 10, while the second surfaced on May 4. The first developer beta was released on April 21, followed by the initial public beta on April 22.
Previous betas have offered up no real clues as to what feature changes are being introduced in macOS 11.4, with it starting to seem more like a general performance improvement and bug fix release. One confirmed change in the release notes is that the betas work with new graphics cards based on AMD's Navi RDNA 2 architecture, including the 6800, 6800XT, and 6900XT.
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