How's mac OS 26 doing so far?

By Mert Ozer, 7 August, 2025

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Apple Beta Releases

Hey guys,

I heard a lot about the macOS beta and gave it a try for a few days back in June, when it first came out. But since my schedule was crazy busy, I wasn’t able to keep up with everything. I remember reading that the audio ducking bug was fixed, iPhone-style scrolling was introduced, and there were new screen sharing features. Is there anything else new? And how’s the stability, are there any new bugs that aren’t in the current stable release but showed up in the beta? Drop your opinions here!

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By JC on Thursday, August 7, 2025 - 19:37

Not bad. same as a general update. Unfortunately, VoiceOver does not automatically read what Spotlight brings up so I'm using Alfred instead. that to me is very cool. sure, the powerpack is optional, but for basic stuff such as performing a web search, or doing a video search on youtube, and doing basic computer things, Alfred basic is amazing. The spotlight update is cool, but not as accessible as alfred. with Alfred VoiceOVer automatically reads the results. Spotlight used to do that in previous versions of MacOS, however, that's no longer the case. so, that's that. other than that, not bad at all. sure, they have a few more kinks to work on, but not bad on Beta 5.