r/MacOSBeta • • 6h ago

News I made Tabby: pick windows in Mission Control with Tab, move them to desktops with ⌘1–9, and a ⌘Tab that shows windows instead of apps. Free.

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Mission Control, moving windows between desktops and ⌘Tab all forced me to grab the mouse or lose track of windows of the same app. Tabby is a small native menu bar app that fixes the three: Tab/⇧Tab/Return inside Mission Control, ⌘1…⌘9 to send the selected window to a desktop, and a ⌘Tab that lists every window (⌘Q closes just the selected one). Free, no installer, no analytics, macOS 14+. It's in alpha, so bug reports are very welcome. Demo and download: https://cristiandjr.vercel.app/tabby


r/MacOSBeta • • 10h ago

Bug Screen Lock on Os 27.2 Beta 2

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I'm on a M1 Max MacBook with 32 gb of ram and since updating to OS 27.2 beta 2(26b5101f) randomly when I'm doing task it will just go to the screen lock where I need to enter in my password.

Typically I'm scrolling around with a mouse and I have a second monitor. I have already submitted a bug report, but I can't seem to replicate it. Hotcorners is turned off and I tried scrolling around with my mouse to see if I can replicate it but can't. It seems to happen randomly, when I'm on safari or playing RuneScape or using claude.

Anyone else experience this?

Edit, I did just update to OS 27.2 beta 3 and it hasn't done it anymore.


r/MacOSBeta • • 23h ago

Help New Siri AI passes both the car wash and strawberry test

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r/MacOSBeta • • 23h ago

Bug OS 27.2 DB 4--cannot move windows on screen. no, i am not in stage manager. a restart helps, but it comes back within an hour. happening with most apps (including chrome).

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r/MacOSBeta • • 18h ago

Feature I turned my Mac's notch into a mini AI assistant

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r/MacOSBeta • • 22h ago

Help Hard Reset / Backup Advice?

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Currently running the latest beta.


r/MacOSBeta • • 19h ago

Discussion I built Yanis with adjustable AI autonomy—because not everyone wants an agent making decisions for them

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r/MacOSBeta • • 1d ago

Bug Drag and drop from Chrome to iMessage broken after macOS 27 update

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r/MacOSBeta • • 2d ago

Discussion More pulling & bouncing effects across the UI.

106 Upvotes

What are we thinking? First the traffic lights, and now certain dialog boxes, have this effect when clicked & dragged.

I don't mind the traffic lights being 'bouncy' but this is slightly different.

In 27.0 you can move the trash warning box around the screen like any other window, in 27.2 b4 it stays pinned to the centre of the screen and does this if you try to move it.


r/MacOSBeta • • 18h ago

Help Beta 27.0.0 overheats and needing to charge more frequently

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Is there a fix? my computer overheats and it has healthy battery life, good battery status and I have good amount of storage. It has never done this since I updated it last week.


r/MacOSBeta • • 1d ago

Bug Screen Lock on Os 27.2 Beta 2

1 Upvotes

I'm on a M1 Max MacBook with 32 gb of ram and since updating to OS 27.2 beta 2(26b5101f) randomly when I'm doing task it will just go to the screen lock where I need to enter in my password.

Typically I'm scrolling around with a mouse and I have a second monitor. I have already submitted a bug report, but I can't seem to replicate it. Hotcorners is turned off and I tried scrolling around with my mouse to see if I can replicate it but can't. It seems to happen randomly, when I'm on safari or playing RuneScape or using claude.

Anyone else experience this?


r/MacOSBeta • • 2d ago

Bug Dragging windows between monitors is broken in macOS 27.2 beta 4

17 Upvotes

Notice where the window ends up landing when the cursor crosses from screen to screen. It doesn't stay put under the cursor.

This doesn't affect all windows though, just like window dragging within the same monitor is not broken for all windows: https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOSBeta/comments/1lcvtsh/am_i_the_only_one_having_issues_with_dragging/

But it definitely affects some windows, including "About This Mac" window.


r/MacOSBeta • • 2d ago

Bug What Happened to Minimized Windows in App Exposé?

5 Upvotes

MacOS 27.2 Beta


r/MacOSBeta • • 2d ago

Discussion macOS 27.2: Safari tabs have new appearance when dragging to reorder in Sidecar

60 Upvotes

Safari tabs now lift and scale as you drag to reorder. When you tap and hold a tab to open its context menu, the touch menu now omits “Ask Siri.”

Didn’t we have that super clear tab style without the lift and scale in the betas over the summer when using a pointer?


r/MacOSBeta • • 1d ago

Help solution??

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r/MacOSBeta • • 2d ago

Bug Promotion Bug Resolution

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At this point, does 27.2 resolve uneven scrolling in macOS native apps like mail, notes, finder, and preview, for those who have/had this problem in 27.0.1?


r/MacOSBeta • • 2d ago

Bug mac os 27.2 beta 4 can't drag windows sometimes?

12 Upvotes

at least with brave I'm having trouble dragging the window around, anyone else having this issue? it's like the window is locked in place sometimes

edit: discord same issue, cant drag the title bar to move the window. Also double clicking it isn't making it change size


r/MacOSBeta • • 2d ago

Help MacBook Air M4 gets slow and freezes a few hours after restart since GoldenGate 27.0.1. Any fix or way back?

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Hi all,

I’m not technical at all, so apologies if I’m missing something obvious. Apple offered me the latest, fastest and richest macOS, and nothing told me it was still in beta, so I upgraded from Tahoe to GoldenGate 27.0.1. I now regret it bitterly.

Right after a restart everything is fine. A few hours later the Mac becomes sluggish:

  • Apps freeze or lag
  • The Dock magnification animation (the wave effect) stutters
  • Everything freezes for a moment when I press Cmd+Tab
  • The cursor often disappears for a few seconds

It ran smoothly on Tahoe.

My setup

  • MacBook Air M4, 24 GB RAM
  • About 25% storage free (377 GB used of 494 GB)
  • Previous macOS: Tahoe
  • Time Machine backups from before the upgrade
  • Open apps: Outlook, Chrome (10 tabs), Notion (4 tabs), Claude, WhatsApp, Preview

Activity Monitor, sorted by % CPU, while the Mac is slow (screenshot attached)

  1. Google Chrome Helper (Aperitif Renderer): 326.3%
  2. kernel_task: 268.5% (52 h of CPU time)
  3. WindowServer: 93.8%
  4. OneDrive: 56.1%
  5. Google Chrome Helper (Aperitif Renderer): 7.9%

Memory looks fine: about 70% used, memory pressure around 36%, 6.8 GB compressed.

My questions

  1. Has anyone else seen this on 27.0.1, and is there a known cause? kernel_task and WindowServer seem very high to me.
  2. Is there a simple fix a beginner can try?
  3. Since I have a Time Machine backup from before the upgrade, what is the safest way to go back to Tahoe without losing recent files?
  4. Does anyone know if a fix is likely in the next update?

Thanks a lot!


r/MacOSBeta • • 2d ago

Help Need macOS 27 "traffic light" icons

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Hi! I’m on Tahoe rn, so I wanted to ask you guys if you could send me the files for traffic lights
Thanks in advance and have a great one!


r/MacOSBeta • • 2d ago

Feature rolled back to macos 26.7.1. from golden gate today. life has been so much better for the last few hours.

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r/MacOSBeta • • 3d ago

News In MacOS 27.2 beta 4, the lag in mission control was fixed

42 Upvotes

Also fixed the transition in Mission Control from a full-screen app to an app in the dock. Enjoy!


r/MacOSBeta • • 2d ago

Help Cannot downgrade my Macos version because "installer is damaged"

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I have been trying to install macos Sequoia on my m1 pro MacBook pro by using a bootable installer I've created.

however, every time I try I get the message that "this copy of the install macos Sequoia application is damaged and can't be used to install macos". At first I assumed that I had a bad download of the os and redownloaded from scratch, but the issue persisted.

Then, I tried using the internal SSD as a temporary bootable volume, and got the exact same issue with a fresh download and install of the macos Sequoia installer.

I then thought that maybe it was a specific version of Sequoia I was using, so I downloaded a different one through terminal and yet again I get the same error.

Failing all else I attempted to downgrade to Monterey by also creating a bootable installer and it gives me the exact same error.

the weirdest thing about all of this is I had actually successfully downgraded in the past and everything worked completely fine, however after updating again it now seems like I'm stuck where I'm at.

The installer is damaged message seems like a generic message when the computer simply refuses the installer because after 3+ downloads of various versions of macos I highly doubt every single one was bad.

My current install is running the 27.2 dev beta 3. i have absolutely no idea what is causing these errors but if anyone has a clue or a solution please let me know.


r/MacOSBeta • • 2d ago

Help I built a true-random shuffle for Apple Music (macOS AppleScript)

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r/MacOSBeta • • 3d ago

Bug Mission Control space switching frame by frame

29 Upvotes

Most annoying Mission Control bugs are now fixed by Apple in macOS 27.2 DB4 and fairly quickly, but animations still need tweaking IMO.

Notice how visually busy the Golden Gate's animation is. You get these flashes or unwanted content at the top of the screen at the end of animation, which can be distracting. In this video they are slowed down to show exactly what's happening.

Notice how Sequoia’s animation is much more focused and, in my opinion, more pleasant.


r/MacOSBeta • • 2d ago

Feature I built a Mac app that turns the notch into your own workspace

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