For years, I’ve written articles warning people away from installing pre-release versions of Apple operating systems. Sure, beta season is exciting, what with Apple unleashing brand-new features that promise to transform your Mac, iPhone, or iPad. By downloading a beta, you can live in the future – today.
But the price… is bugs. And incompatibility. As Macworld’s Michael Simon wrote recently (fave.co/3YlEV64), if you’re patient, you’ll get what you want this autumn, and without spending a summer complaining about bugs and bad battery life.
But I’ve changed my tune about public betas. You might not want tothrow caution entirely to the wind, but it’s the summer of 2023, and I think if you want to install an Apple beta, you should just go ahead and do it. Really.
