Henties Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 (edited) Apple is seeding (has been seeding) Big Sur 11.6.2 RC2 build 306, since 16 November, just noticed it today. Greetings Henties Quote Meaningless and useless posts may be removed at Moderator's discretion. Quote Pick an appropriate title and tags (if any) for your post. A good title makes it easier to find what you are looking for. Using informative tags allows for improved searching of related topics. Quote All posts must be clearly written and easy to read. For example, if you have long blocks of text, use the Code option, etc. Limit "empty lines" as much as possible, use punctuation where you can and be concise. Posts may be edited for this reasons by InsanelyMac staff at their discretion. Edited November 23, 2021 by fantomas Please, be more explicit while you're posting topics, otherwise we will just delete them. Thank you for your understanding. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/349706-big-sur-1162-rc2-build-306-update-available/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 5T33Z0 Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 You know that "RC" stands for "Release Candidate", right? Why are you writing about Release Candidates for an OS which has been released more than a year ago?? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/349706-big-sur-1162-rc2-build-306-update-available/#findComment-2772349 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henties Posted November 23, 2021 Author Share Posted November 23, 2021 @5T33Z0 Yes you are correct, the way Apple handles its operating system versioning baffels me as well. Big Sur was released long ago yes, but days after it's initial release beta code was seeded by Apple and that beta code is now at Big Sur 11.6.2 RC2 build 306. It is offered -seeded - by Apple as a full installer to my Big Sur 11.6.2 build 303 beta installation. Greetings Henties Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/349706-big-sur-1162-rc2-build-306-update-available/#findComment-2772354 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 5T33Z0 Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 (edited) And I gues you are on the public beta or developer seed? This is still beta… you already said it last week, that this is available. It was a beta then and it still is now. Edited November 23, 2021 by 5T33Z0 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/349706-big-sur-1162-rc2-build-306-update-available/#findComment-2772355 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henties Posted November 23, 2021 Author Share Posted November 23, 2021 (edited) @5T33Z0 Just completed the upgrade of Big Sur 11.2.6 RC2 build 306. This was released on 16 November and am expecting "another final" release later today. Yes I am on the developer program, but do not have it enabled permanently, only enable it when I know Apple is seeding an update, my source being https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS_Big_Sur Greetings Henties Edited November 23, 2021 by Henties Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/349706-big-sur-1162-rc2-build-306-update-available/#findComment-2772356 Share on other sites More sharing options...
miliuco Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 @Henties I think you must include in the title the word beta when you are posting about a beta version, really it isn't a "Big Sur update" as such. @5T33Z0 Beta versions have also RC and RC2, it's not only for final versions. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/349706-big-sur-1162-rc2-build-306-update-available/#findComment-2772357 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 5T33Z0 Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 The Point is: don't call it Big Sur Update, when it's a beta update and not a retail release! You won't gett notified about this update if you're not on the developer branch. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/349706-big-sur-1162-rc2-build-306-update-available/#findComment-2772358 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henties Posted November 23, 2021 Author Share Posted November 23, 2021 (edited) @miliuco and @5T33Z0 In order not to add to the "new" Apple versioning confusion, introduced with Monterey as well as Big Sur, I tried to be as clear and concise as possible with the choice of the wording for my heading and also as close as possible to what Apple themselves are calling this latest Big Sur "update". To me the word "beta" in the heading would have been inappropriate because this "update" is RC2 code, much more than just "beta code" If my choice of the wording in the heading is misleading and offensive to some than I apologise and now believe it would have been wiser of me not to have alerted board participants to this latest Apple Big Sur "update" exercise, in the first place.. For clarity the attached screenshot refers. Greetings Henties Edited November 23, 2021 by Henties 2 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/349706-big-sur-1162-rc2-build-306-update-available/#findComment-2772363 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 5T33Z0 Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 (edited) The problem is not that the release exists, the issue is how you get it: Do you get notified about this update if you are on the public beta branch of the update tree? YES! Do you get notified this update if you are on the developer branch of the update tree? YES! Do you get notified this update if you unenroll from any of these branches (which is the default )? NO! And if the answer is NO, then it's not a retail release yet! I explained this twice now already! If you open this Link mentioned in the screenshot you will notice that there's no entry for Big Sur 11.6.2 available. In other words: THIS IS NOT PUBLIC YET, because it is only a Release CANDIDATE… Edited November 24, 2021 by 5T33Z0 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/349706-big-sur-1162-rc2-build-306-update-available/#findComment-2772381 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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