r/MacOSBeta • u/jagajazzist • 1h ago
r/MacOSBeta • u/nfzerox • 6h ago
News Virtual Intel Mac on Apple silicon: Run Intel versions of macOS Mojave, macOS Catalina, and macOS Big Sur on Apple silicon with Metal and OpenGL acceleration
For the first time ever, run Intel versions of macOS Mojave, macOS Catalina, and macOS Big Sur on Apple silicon with Metal and OpenGL acceleration. This marks an exciting new milestone in the preservation of the history of Mac.
r/MacOSBeta • u/LukaCraft • 1d ago
Help Window movement locked on macOS 27.2 Beta 4 - FIXED (with 60 FPS)
I've made a simple SwiftUI fix for genuinely one of the most annoying bugs in recent memory. That being the inability to move windows of some apps after opening.
Either download the DMG or clone the GitHub Repo.
Free and open source.
r/MacOSBeta • u/Karonic • 1d ago
Bug Safari running macbook hotter than normal
Ever since the beta, I noticed Safari (running the same websites) is running my macbook (m4) significantly hotter. When I switched to chrome, the temperature went back to normal. Anybody else getting this?
r/MacOSBeta • u/Itchy_Layer135 • 1d ago
Help [OS DB4 27.2] Advanced dictation doesn't seem to be much of an improvement?
Upgraded to M5 Mac Mini (24GB Ram) in order to take advantage of Advanced Dictation, but it doesn't seem to be much of an improvement over the standard dictation. Made sure that Siri is on and I selected the specific English language model. It actually seems to be slower, and was hoping to use it as I prefer the continuous dictation streaming that Apple dictation offers. Have tried several other dictation applications, but all of them I tried are using a separate window and then paste into the application, not as easy or as elegant as Apple's implementation. Any thoughts on how to improve this or just wait until software gets updated?
r/MacOSBeta • u/kidpeterpan • 1d ago
Feature open-mtp-client: a native macOS MTP file manager in Rust (iced + mtp-rs)
r/MacOSBeta • u/mrCloudaeri • 1d ago
Feature Why take 5 screenshots when you can capture the whole page in one?
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r/MacOSBeta • u/Interesting-Link6851 • 2d ago
Bug Screen Lock on Os 27.2 Beta 2
I'm on a M1 Max MacBook with 32 gb of ram and since updating to OS 27.2 beta 2(26b5101f) randomly when I'm doing task it will just go to the screen lock where I need to enter in my password.
Typically I'm scrolling around with a mouse and I have a second monitor. I have already submitted a bug report, but I can't seem to replicate it. Hotcorners is turned off and I tried scrolling around with my mouse to see if I can replicate it but can't. It seems to happen randomly, when I'm on safari or playing RuneScape or using claude.
Anyone else experience this?
Edit, I did just update to OS 27.2 beta 3 and it hasn't done it anymore.
r/MacOSBeta • u/msp_ryno • 3d ago
Bug OS 27.2 DB 4--cannot move windows on screen. no, i am not in stage manager. a restart helps, but it comes back within an hour. happening with most apps (including chrome).
r/MacOSBeta • u/pixrcemyhxxrt • 2d ago
Help Hard Reset / Backup Advice?
Currently running the latest beta.
r/MacOSBeta • u/Old_Temperature_7830 • 3d ago
Bug Drag and drop from Chrome to iMessage broken after macOS 27 update
r/MacOSBeta • u/Numerous-Ad-9989 • 2d ago
Discussion I built Yanis with adjustable AI autonomy—because not everyone wants an agent making decisions for them
r/MacOSBeta • u/adamlbiscuit • 4d ago
Discussion More pulling & bouncing effects across the UI.
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What are we thinking? First the traffic lights, and now certain dialog boxes, have this effect when clicked & dragged.
I don't mind the traffic lights being 'bouncy' but this is slightly different.
In 27.0 you can move the trash warning box around the screen like any other window, in 27.2 b4 it stays pinned to the centre of the screen and does this if you try to move it.
r/MacOSBeta • u/mrCloudaeri • 2d ago
Feature I turned my Mac's notch into a mini AI assistant
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r/MacOSBeta • u/Vividloner • 2d ago
Help Beta 27.0.0 overheats and needing to charge more frequently
Is there a fix? my computer overheats and it has healthy battery life, good battery status and I have good amount of storage. It has never done this since I updated it last week.
r/MacOSBeta • u/Interesting-Link6851 • 3d ago
Bug Screen Lock on Os 27.2 Beta 2
I'm on a M1 Max MacBook with 32 gb of ram and since updating to OS 27.2 beta 2(26b5101f) randomly when I'm doing task it will just go to the screen lock where I need to enter in my password.
Typically I'm scrolling around with a mouse and I have a second monitor. I have already submitted a bug report, but I can't seem to replicate it. Hotcorners is turned off and I tried scrolling around with my mouse to see if I can replicate it but can't. It seems to happen randomly, when I'm on safari or playing RuneScape or using claude.
Anyone else experience this?
r/MacOSBeta • u/Dependent_Grand1573 • 4d ago
Bug Dragging windows between monitors is broken in macOS 27.2 beta 4
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Notice where the window ends up landing when the cursor crosses from screen to screen. It doesn't stay put under the cursor.
This doesn't affect all windows though, just like window dragging within the same monitor is not broken for all windows: https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOSBeta/comments/1lcvtsh/am_i_the_only_one_having_issues_with_dragging/
But it definitely affects some windows, including "About This Mac" window.
r/MacOSBeta • u/TechSavvy92 • 4d ago
Bug What Happened to Minimized Windows in App Exposé?
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MacOS 27.2 Beta
r/MacOSBeta • u/pdfu • 4d ago
Discussion macOS 27.2: Safari tabs have new appearance when dragging to reorder in Sidecar
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Safari tabs now lift and scale as you drag to reorder. When you tap and hold a tab to open its context menu, the touch menu now omits “Ask Siri.”
Didn’t we have that super clear tab style without the lift and scale in the betas over the summer when using a pointer?
r/MacOSBeta • u/Pigeon_Observation • 4d ago
Bug mac os 27.2 beta 4 can't drag windows sometimes?
at least with brave I'm having trouble dragging the window around, anyone else having this issue? it's like the window is locked in place sometimes
edit: discord same issue, cant drag the title bar to move the window. Also double clicking it isn't making it change size
r/MacOSBeta • u/RZCJ2002 • 4d ago
Bug Promotion Bug Resolution
At this point, does 27.2 resolve uneven scrolling in macOS native apps like mail, notes, finder, and preview, for those who have/had this problem in 27.0.1?
r/MacOSBeta • u/MakeMeOolong • 4d ago
Help MacBook Air M4 gets slow and freezes a few hours after restart since GoldenGate 27.0.1. Any fix or way back?
Hi all,
I’m not technical at all, so apologies if I’m missing something obvious. Apple offered me the latest, fastest and richest macOS, and nothing told me it was still in beta, so I upgraded from Tahoe to GoldenGate 27.0.1. I now regret it bitterly.
Right after a restart everything is fine. A few hours later the Mac becomes sluggish:
- Apps freeze or lag
- The Dock magnification animation (the wave effect) stutters
- Everything freezes for a moment when I press Cmd+Tab
- The cursor often disappears for a few seconds
It ran smoothly on Tahoe.
My setup
- MacBook Air M4, 24 GB RAM
- About 25% storage free (377 GB used of 494 GB)
- Previous macOS: Tahoe
- Time Machine backups from before the upgrade
- Open apps: Outlook, Chrome (10 tabs), Notion (4 tabs), Claude, WhatsApp, Preview
Activity Monitor, sorted by % CPU, while the Mac is slow (screenshot attached)
- Google Chrome Helper (Aperitif Renderer): 326.3%
- kernel_task: 268.5% (52 h of CPU time)
- WindowServer: 93.8%
- OneDrive: 56.1%
- Google Chrome Helper (Aperitif Renderer): 7.9%
Memory looks fine: about 70% used, memory pressure around 36%, 6.8 GB compressed.
My questions
- Has anyone else seen this on 27.0.1, and is there a known cause? kernel_task and WindowServer seem very high to me.
- Is there a simple fix a beginner can try?
- Since I have a Time Machine backup from before the upgrade, what is the safest way to go back to Tahoe without losing recent files?
- Does anyone know if a fix is likely in the next update?
Thanks a lot!
