How do I get beta 9 on my Apple Silicon dev machine?

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Created Oct ’20

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We're having issues with porting our app. We have been checking for software updates and there have been no updates via the normal channel.

I see the Big Sur beta 9 is out and there was a reference to a fix for Apple Silicon.

We have macOS 11.0 (20A5299w) on the machine now.

Is that the latest? If not, how do we update??

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franzinc OP

Oct ’20

Can someone that has the ARM release installed tell me what your kernel is?

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franzinc OP

Oct ’20

Code Block macarm:~ layer$ softwareupdate --list
Software Update Tool
Finding available software
2020-10-13 11:13:13.542 softwareupdate[1728:514681] Creating client/daemon connection: AD818608-64ED-4697-B00A-1AC3E80D03F2
No new software available.
macarm:~ layer$ sw_vers
ProductName:	macOS
ProductVersion:	11.0
BuildVersion:	20A5299w
macarm:~ layer$

We are having Xcode crashing issues.
We are having issues with memory mapping.

Is there an update?

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Answer 3

franzinc OP

Oct ’20

After hours and hours and hours and hours of frustration, I finally TRIPPED over this in another forum post:

Code Block sudo /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Seeding.framework/Versions/A/Resources/seedutil fixup

Now, softwareupdate --list shows an update.

But, no love:

Code Block macarm:~ root# softwareupdate -ai
Software Update Tool
Finding available software
2020-10-13 13:49:04.969 softwareupdate[1789:534964] Creating client/daemon connection: 40046C32-C842-42EA-A330-D6CBFDEA5799
Downloading macOS Big Sur Beta 9
Failed to download & prepare update: (null)
macarm:~ root#

This is maddening.

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