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How to install the MacOS 27 public beta on your Mac today - it's live now

MacOS 27 will go live on all eligible MacBooks this fall, but you can opt into the public beta now.

OS X Daily · 1d

MacOS 27 Golden Gate Public Beta Now Available to Download for Mac

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The macOS 27 public beta is worth it just for the Liquid Glass tweaks

CNET · 5h

iPadOS 27 Doesn't Reimagine the iPad, but It Does a Great Job With Siri

Apple's latest public betas for its various devices are here as expected, and I've been living with iPadOS 27 in its developer beta for a month now on the latest 11-inch iPad Air with an M4 chip.

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Apple iOS 27 First Public Beta For iPhone Is Here — Should You Upgrade?

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Apple F*cking Did It: One Month With Siri AI

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iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 Now Available to Public Beta Testers

‌iOS 27‌ introduces Siri AI, a more capable version of ‌Siri‌ that can search the web, access your personal information, see what's on your screen, and take actions in and across apps.

CNET · 1d

Download the iOS 27 Public Beta in 4 Quick Steps

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These are the things you should do first after updating to iOS 27

Macworld on MSN

Apple to end support for encrypted Mac OS Extended drives–here’s what it means

Macworld In a newly released support document, Apple announced that support for the encrypted Mac OS Extended (HFS+) format will end with macOS 28, which is expected to be released in 2027. This means that users will need to reformat or decrypt any storage device formatted with encrypted Mac OS Extended to use the drive with macOS 28.

PSA: macOS 28 will drop support for encrypted Mac OS Extended volumes

Apple has announced that starting with macOS 28, users will need to decrypt or reformat certain storage volumes to keep using them.

Ars Technica

macOS 27 requires Apple Silicon, as Apple draws down the Intel Mac era

As Apple announced last year, this year’s macOS release will end support for Intel Macs. The macOS 27 Golden Gate release will require a Mac with an Apple Silicon chip inside, including the original M1 that launched in the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and ...

MacTech

2027’s macOS 28 will drop support for encrypted Mac OS Extended (HFS+) volumes

OS 27 Golden Gate isn’t out of beta testing yet, but Apple is warning that 2027’s macOS 28 will drop support for encrypted Mac OS Extended (HFS+) volumes. Such external drives will need to be either decrypted or reformatted ahead of the update.