One week after releasing macOS Sierra beta 4, Apple is already back with a new beta build of its future operating system for Mac that is set for public release later this fall.
Apple mentions in the release notes that it has made bug fixes for Apple Pay, iTunes, Keychain Access and even Microsoft OneDrive in the new build. The upcoming update brings a ton of new features, including Siri for Mac, auto-unlock with Apple Watch, Apple Pay, better iCloud integration and more.
The new macOS Sierra beta 5 can be downloaded by developers directly from the Mac App Store if you have macOS Sierra beta 4 installed already. If not, you can download it directly from the Apple Developer Center.
The last macOS Sierra beta brought a couple of minor changes, the biggest of which was the addition of 100 new emoji that add more gender diversity to the character set.
We’ll let you know what new stuff we find as soon as we get it installed.
Buster Hein is a freelance writer who lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Twitter: @bst3r.
4 responses to “macOS Sierra gets its fifth beta build”
is it safe now to install in my only Mac?
Depends on your tolerance level for bugs and crashes. It’s not recommended that you install it on a primary use device.
I’m a big fan of always having the last updates in my apple products but this time I downgraded my iPhone from iOS10 back to 9.3 and I’m not really enjoying the new macOS Sierra, all you are missing here is Siri, which to be honest I don’t use that often so I would recommend to stay just were you are.
OneDrive wasn’t changed, it’s a MS app — the only change is that OneDrive can now store user credentials in KeyChain.