How to install the macOS Big Sur public beta on your Mac

Apple unveiled its new Mac operating system two weeks ago at WWDC20, and it’s a big change. First because of the name change, macOS 10 becomes macOS 11, second because of the new user interface and third because of its compatibility with future Macs with Apple Silicon processors. The first beta for developers arrived a few days ago, but now you can now install the macOS Big Sur public beta.

The public betas came so that any user could test the new operating systems before their final release. So now we can test macOS Big Sur without needing to be a developerYou just have to follow the steps that we show you below.

Install the macOS Big Sur public beta

Keep in mind that it is a beta and that many things could go wrong, your Mac is not going to break or anything like that, and you can always go back to macOS Catalina, however we recommend that you read our recommendations.

Previous recommendations

It is not recommended to install a beta on work teams, many apps could give errors, so install the macOS Big Sur public beta at your own risk.

• Verify that you have a Mac compatible with macOS Big Sur, here you have the complete list.
• Now make sure you have made a backup before installing the macOS Big Sur Public Beta.
• Keep in mind that there may be applications and programs that do not work correctlyIf you use your Mac to work, keep it in mind.
• Mac could be slower, getting too hot, rebooting, and the battery might last less than normal are just some of the bugs that happen in betas.
• Do it with time, macOS updates typically take 30 minutes to 1 hour to complete.

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How to install macOS Big Sur beta

If you’ve already read the recommendations, and want to move on, here are the steps to install the first macOS Big Sur public beta:

• The first thing to do is access from your Mac to the Apple website for test public betas.
• Click on the button Sing up below.
• Us we identify with our IDIf we don’t have an ID to test the public betas, we can create one.
• We go down to Get Started and click on macOS Big Sur and in Download the macOS Public Beta Access Utility.
• A file will be downloaded that we will have to install on our Mac.
• It is advisable restart our device when the installation is finished.
• Once installed, it will appear as one more update in  Software update.
• Click on Update now and the new system will be installed on our Mac.

The macOS Big Sur installation could take several minutes to complete, eventually you have to download a lot of GB of data and then install it. Nevertheless the public beta installation process is quite simple, Apple has created a very easy system so that we can all test the betas of their new operating systems.

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