Apple Seeds Ninth Beta of macOS Tahoe to Developers

Apple today provided developers with the ninth beta of macOS Tahoe 26 for testing purposes, with the update coming a week after the eighth beta.

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Registered developers can download the new beta software through the System Settings app.

‌macOS Tahoe‌ features Apple's Liquid Glass redesign, which extends across all of the new updates this year. Apple also brought the Phone and Journal apps to the Mac for the first time, and introduced a new cross-platform Games app.

With the update, Apple overhauled how Spotlight works, enabling new functionality that allows it to be used to complete all kinds of actions like sending emails without having to open up an app. There are also changes to a number of apps, including Messages, Safari, and Notes.

All of the new features that are included in ‌macOS Tahoe‌ are outlined in our dedicated roundup. ‌macOS Tahoe‌ is set to launch this fall.

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djgamble Avatar
23 weeks ago
Is it just me or are Apple’s macOS names getting worse every year?

They went from clean, global names like Tiger and Leopard to a bunch of US-centric tongue-twisters (Mojave, Ventura, now Tahoe). Half the world can’t even pronounce them properly... I still hear people saying 'Yo-se-might' instead of Yosemite (which, fun fact, was already the nickname for a blue-and-white G3 tower… back when the iMac was Bondi blue, showing Apple actually had a more global focus).

Feels like Apple’s boxed itself into a weird little California tourist brochure. Meanwhile, there are still a dozen cool big cat names they never used. Imagine macOS Lynx, Ocelot, or even Jaguar 2.0. Way easier to say and not tied to one country’s geography.

And let’s be real... they’re a global brand that's manufacturing in China and routing profits through Ireland. The 'California only' naming scheme feels less like heritage and more like a gimmick. At this rate, what’s next - macOS Fresno?
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armandxp Avatar
23 weeks ago
wonder if next week is the RC?
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tywebb13 Avatar
23 weeks ago
build number is 25A5351b

also there is

macOS 15.7 RC 5 (24G219)
macOS 14.8 RC 5 (23J19)
iOS 26.0 beta 9 (23A5336a)
iPadOS 26.0 beta 9 (23A5336a)
tvOS 26.0 beta 9 (23J5351a)
audioOS 26.0 beta 9 (23J5351a)
visionOS 26.0 beta 9 (23M5335b)
watchOS 26.0 beta 9 (23R5350b)
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ultratiem Avatar
23 weeks ago
Nothing has changed!!! Safari, as i write this on my ipad, is asking to fill in my password for this site in this textbox! Been like that for 5 betas. I guess it’s an ok bug to carry thru. Totally not a security issue. WTF!



macOS is the same. Not a single bug fixed. Music still opens in a tiny window, resizing often causes it to panic and compute like a slug. Not a damn thing has changed since B3.

Am I taking crazy pills? What is Apple even doing with their software???

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MacUserFella Avatar
23 weeks ago
“Apple today provided developers with the eighth beta of macOS Tahoe 26 for testing purposes, with the update coming a week after the eighth beta.”

Eighth beta… after the eighth beta?
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23 weeks ago
What happened to the previous article about beta 8 being the last before release?
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