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Apple Releases New iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, and tvOS 27 Public Betas

Apple today released the fourth public betas of iOS 27, iPadOS 27, tvOS 27, and macOS Golden Gate, allowing anyone with a compatible device to download and test the new software. The fourth betas come a week after Apple seeded the third betas and just a few hours after the sixth developer betas.

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You can get started by signing up on Apple's beta website and then opting in to the public beta by opening up the Settings app on your device, selecting General, and choosing Software Update.

We are nearing the end of the beta testing process, and few new features were found in today's developer betas. ‌macOS Golden Gate‌ includes new wallpapers, while ‌iOS 27‌ has a Shortcuts splash screen and a new Game Center icon.

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Top Rated Comments

4 weeks ago
Don't see the user beta for Mac OS 27 yet..........
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
StrangeNoises Avatar
4 weeks ago
i see it, but the download fails at 10%. retried several times, probably about to give up for the night. (it's 23:41 here.)

edit: It fails with the same error reported by gloop6o: "Failed to personalise the software update. Please try again." I didn't try *that* hard to make it work anyway 😉 reckoned it was clearly a server problem. I did try it on two separate machines though.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
4 weeks ago
I could see it right away but it's giving error "Failed to personalize the software update." I've tried several fix attemtps (disable Find My, switched wi-fi, delete Library/Updates, manually in Terminal with “sudo softwareupdate -i -a -R”, restarted into Safe Mode and attempted there) but nothing helped. Since so many other people can't even see it yet, I'll hope it's just Apple's servers/propagation issue and will fix itself shortly...

iOS one installed fine, it's just macOS screwing up

update: iscat's method ('https://forums.macrumors.com/goto/post?id=34729890') worked for me: "sudo softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer"
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
rbbloom99 Avatar
4 weeks ago
Mine just installed AND messages bug fixed👍🙏
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Prof. Avatar
4 weeks ago
Uh oh...



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Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
4 weeks ago

Same. Any moment now...
Also looking for watchOS.
They now seem to wait a day to release the corresponding watchOS public beta build due to previous updates bricking some models.
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