Apple issues first macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 beta to developers

Following the release of macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 on Friday, Apple has restarted the operating system testing cycle once again, issuing its first beta of macOS 10.13.5 to developers enrolled in Apple's testing program on Tuesday.

The first High Sierra 10.13.5 beta bears the build number 17F35e. The test version has yet to make its way to Apple's developer webpage, but is available through the Mac App Store for those who provisioned their Mac to run beta software.

AppleInsider is currently testing out the new beta to find out what new features have been included in this first release.

Developers are able to download macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 beta 1 via the Mac App Store and, when it goes live, Apple's developer portal.

AppleInsider, and Apple itself, strongly advise against installing beta releases on mission-critical hardware, due to the potential loss of data that can occur.

Apple released macOS 10.13.4 to the public on March 29, introducing enhanced eGPU support to the operating system. The addition makes it easier for users to connect a separate Thunderbolt 3 enclosure equipped with a dedicated video card to a Mac, which can increase the available processing power for graphics-heavy tasks, such as VR, gaming, and CAD.

Business Chat was also included, allowing users to communicate directly with companies via Messages, and even make purchases. The update also introduced more clarity on privacy and personal information, the ability to sort Safari bookmarks, and a number of other stability, performance, and security changes.

The first macOS beta also arrives one day after similar initial betas for iOS 11.4, tvOS 11.4, and watchOS 4.3.1 were released to developers.

11 Comments

bobolicious 1174 comments · 10 Years

About 6 years ago

...can anyone point to a MacOS download that is finished beta testing ie. High Sierra 10.12.6...?
Has the lack of user choice become just silly ?
Thx

emoeller 588 comments · 17 Years

MacOS 10.13.4 was a lousy upgrade as it messed up more than it fixed, including disabling DuetDisplay.

djames4242 654 comments · 14 Years

emoeller said:

MacOS 10.13.4 was a lousy upgrade as it messed up more than it fixed, including disabling DuetDisplay.

Also AirDisplay and DisplayLink. Basically any usb (or WiFi) based external display software.

darkvader 1146 comments · 15 Years

When has Apple released anything that doesn't break more than it fixes lately?

Ever since 10.7 broke scroll arrows and Rosetta, Apple has been releasing disasters. Actually, you can even go back to 10.6, when it broke AppleTalk, lots of perfectly good printers were thrown away because of that stupidity.

And now they're destroying the Server app, which they already crippled horribly, they're planning on breaking 32 bit Mac apps for no good reason after they already broke (again, for no good reason) 32 bit apps on iOS.

And of course there's the Logic Pro and Final Cut Pro disasters.

Apple's philosophy these days seems to be "How can we make life harder for people who actually need to get work done"?

flydog 1140 comments · 14 Years

emoeller said:

MacOS 10.13.4 was a lousy upgrade as it messed up more than it fixed, including disabling DuetDisplay.

Duet relied on a hack that was never officially supported by MacOS. Duet also had months to test and develop a workaround, but for whatever reason failed to do so. Your gripe is with Duet not Apple.