HUGE PROBLEM: Beta Releases Immediately After RC Candidate Release

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Created Apr ’21

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I think Apple's made a bad decision.

They released macos Big Sur 11.3 RC on the 20th of April.

Now they've released the first beta of 11.4.

So someone like me who typically does some last minute testing prior to an RC (aka Gold Master) release to the public I can no longer do that.

I think this is a huge problem for me and even larger mistake by Apple. I don't recall this ever happening in nearly 20 years. So now I have to delay some testing until AFTER the release of macOS 11.3.

This makes me seriously unhappy.

The download page offered by Apple has a direct download link for each version beta or RC which is misleading.

I'd imagine that the links for the rest of the operating systems works in the same fashion.

I hope Apple fixes this because now my testing will be delayed way longer than I wanted.

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Answer 1

Claude31 OP

Apr ’21

Why did you download 11.4 beta and not stay with 11.3 RC ?

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Answer 2

fizzyade OP

Apr ’21

I want to install the 11.3 RC on a mchine but can't because the beta update insists on downloading the 11.4 beta.

<insert facepalm emoji>

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Answer 3

Claude31 OP

Apr ’21

If you have 11.2 installed, you can still test and publish.

When I look at system preferences, updates, it proposes me 11.2.3.

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Answer 4

rshuston OP

Apr ’21

I have the same problem. Although I had the 11.3 RC installation pending in my System Preferences when it got released last Tuesday, I held off installing it because I needed to finish out my development activities on my current installation for that week. I had planned on installing 11.3 RC over the weekend, but to my dismay when I went to my System Preferences, it had already switched to the 11.4 beta 1 release. I even tried restoring my settings and downloading the developer profile again, but it kept coming up 11.4. I don't want 11.4 yet; I want 11.3 RC so I can release updated apps. So frustrating. I submitted a Feedback but report, but I get the feeling Apple no longer reads those items.

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