macOS 11.0 Big Sur Public Beta is Now Available

[tonymacx86]

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The macOS 11.0 Big Sur Public Beta is now available. Apple wants as many users as possible to test macOS Big Sur to provide constructive feedback before the official release later this fall. To participate in the free Public Beta, you must enroll in the Apple Beta Software Program using your Apple ID.

Enroll in the Free Apple Beta Software Program
https://beta.apple.com/sp/betaprogram/welcome

This site will allow discussion of this software and its installation for those who have enrolled. Therefore we’ve added new subforums for the beta where users can post for support: Big Sur Desktop Support, Big Sur Desktop Guides, Big Sur Laptop Support and Big Sur Laptop Guides.

If you're installing the Public Beta, let us know how it goes!

EDIT 2020/8/20:

macOS 11.0 Big Sur Public Beta 2 is Now Available

macOS 11.0 Big Sur Public Beta is Now Available

Updated to the latest Beta. Installed like a charm. Working and feeling more and more solid now. This is my first OS with OC and feels more solid than any of my previous Clover based hacks where at least one thing or the other wouldn't work. But with Big Sur everything is working right out of...

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Note: Please post all help questions in Big Sur Desktop Support.

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[colinzeal]

Very interested in what this community can do.

 

[esafeddie]

Now that the Public Beta is released and as I am part of the Developers Program, I think I am allowed to report that this version of OS X is far more problematic to install on a hack than previous versions because of Apple's security implementation of a sealed volume to enhance security and improve how future updates are handled. The latest Clover version still has a problem installing and loading Big Sur, OC seems to fare a lot better if running the very latest version coupled with up to date kexts. The look and feel of Big Sur kind of threw me off at first but after playing with it for a few weeks, I like it.

 

[dehjomz]

Must use Opencore. Big Sur has kernel collections and such, so the prelinked kernel method of old is deprecated. clover is broken on Big Sur. But the developers of Opencore have been on it since the early developer previews. Opencore 0.6.0+ works very well on Big Sur on my 10th gen intel.

 

[colinzeal]

Tony, you put this guide together. Does clover work for you?

 

[johnmcdonnell]

Everything is working great on my old Z68X Ivy Bridge system with OpenCore v0.6.0

Edit: Subsequent updates through 11.0.1 Release Candidate 2 (build 20B28) installed normally after changing Misc > Security > SecureBootModel to Disabled in my config.plist. Everything continues to work properly. Updated to OpenCore v0.6.3.

 

[djlild7hina]

Everything works great here on X299. Just need OpenCore 0.6.0 and SSDT-RTC0.aml (Replaces SSDT-AWAC.aml)

 

[cacamaca]

Everything is working great on my old Z68X Ivy Bridge system with OpenCore v0.6.0
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You mean Sandy Bridge (2nd generation) . More reason for you to be proud. Had the same motherboard but upgraded recently to 9th generation. Excellent MB!

Edit: NM, it looks like starting with BIOS F11 it supports Ivy as well. Learning a new thing every day

 

[scottkendall]

Installed seemed like a few extra reboots this time.

No onboard Audio: / Guess I will be using USB for the time being.
Copied my PCI Device List out of my old config to the new one fix audio

 

[JimmakoS]

Installed seemed like a few extra reboots this time.

No onboard Audio: / Guess I will be using USB for the time being.

I have audio with Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7. ALC 1220, alc 11, latest AppleALC.kext, opencore 0.6.0.