While other operating systems such as iOS 14, iPadOS 14 or watchOS 7 could be facing their latest betas, the new operating system for Mac seems to be a bit further behind. The new macOS 11, dubbed Big Sur by Apple itself launched its third public beta yesterday, a few days after its sixth beta for developers. We analyzed this beta and when this software could finally be released for all compatible equipment.
No notable news in this beta
Apple releases two types of betas of its software for those who want to try new operating systems before anyone else, either because they are developers and have to test their applications or for eager users who want to try everything new. On the one hand we have the so-called betas for developers and on the other the public betas accessible to all, the latter being the ones that come out later and usually with the same code as the developer one.
It is not recommended to install betas of any kind as a general rule because they may contain bugs that worsen the user experience. In Macs this fact is especially evident because they are teams that are normally focused on work, so trying these betas just out of curiosity can pay dearly in the form of bugs such as unexpected reboots, applications that do not work or an exaggerated battery consumption in the case of the MacBook. Although this third public beta, like the fifth one for developers has corrected some problems, it is still a buggy version and far from the final version . There are no aesthetic and functional novelties.
MacOS Big Sur expected for October
The development of the software of the Macs is usually already slower than that of the iPhone or iPad. In fact, you don’t have to go very far back in time to see how many times these versions have come out later than the others, since macOS Catalina was launched last year almost a month after iOS 13 and company. Everything points to the same thing happening this year.
After two decades in macOS 10, since the launch of OS X, Apple has changed figures to this version and it will be macOS 11. This change is significant for several factors, the first of which is wanting to show a paradigm shift with the next arrival of ARM processors designed by the brand itself. The other big change comes at the aesthetic level, since icons, interfaces have been changed and even a useful control center similar to that of the iPhone and iPad has been added. Therefore, this version requires greater care so that it does not contain errors when it reaches users in its final version.
Apple is expected to launch its first Macs, predictably from the MacBook range, later this year. There is no specific date and sources close to the supply chain are not capable of reaching that much. But it is practically certain that they will bring macOS Big Sur as standard. Taking into account that Apple will hold two events before the end of the year, the first being next Tuesday and focused on iPad and Apple Watch, we would have to meet the iPhone 12 in a second event that is presumably held in October. We do not know if the aforementioned Macs would also be presented at this event, but it could be the starting gun for macOS 11.
We will continue to wait for new information and analyze everything new that successive versions of Mac software bring.