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Second macOS Tahoe 26.5 Beta Now Available for Developers

Apple today provided the second beta of an upcoming macOS Tahoe 26.5 update to developers for testing purposes, with the update coming two weeks after the first beta.

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Developers can download the ‌macOS Tahoe‌ 26.5 update by opening up the System Settings app, selecting the General category, and then choosing Software Update. Beta Updates will need to be enabled, and a free developer account is required.

No new features were found in the first ‌macOS Tahoe‌ 26.5 beta, and it's likely the update primarily focuses on bug fixes and performance improvements.

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13 hours ago at 11:03 pm
Because it works. Stable & fast.
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1 day ago at 10:39 am
build number is 25F5053d

others:

macOS 15.7.6 RC 2 (24G711)
macOS 14.8.6 RC 2 (23J511)
iOS 26.5 beta 2 (23F5054d) - via ipsw
iOS 26.5 beta 2 (23F5054h) - via ota
iPadOS 26.5 beta 2 (23F5054d) - via ipsw
iPadOS 26.5 beta 2 (23F5054h) - via ota
watchOS 26.5 beta 2 (23T5553h)
visionOS 26.5 beta 2 (23O5453d)
tvOS 26.5 beta 2 (23L5455c)
audioOS 26.5 beta 2 (23L5455c)

there seem to be 2 builds for ios and ipados depending how you install it. ipsw's have d's and ota install has h in the build

btw it seems ipsw's for the ios and ipados d builds have difficuties installing:



it really means they should pull those d ipsw's and make new h ipsw's to replace them. dunno if that has happened yet or even if it will ever happen.

there is also a mythical creature called watchOS 26.5 beta 2 (23T5553d) even though there is no ipsw for watchos!

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13 hours ago at 10:30 pm
So, basically nothing to see here…

And it shows… it has been over 12 hours since this news-headline and this is only the 3rd reply. 😀
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