Some beta testers that immediately downloaded what they expected to be the macOS Sequoia 15.6 RC got the macOS Tahoe 26 public beta by mistake, but Apple has since fixed the issue.
Apple mistakingly sent out public macOS Tahoe betas. Image source: Apple
Apple mistakingly sent out public macOS Tahoe betas. Image source: Apple
Apple is expected to release the OS 26 public betas by July 25, and more evidence of that expected move cropped up Monday. Those paying attention to Apple’s beta distribution servers noticed an errant macOS Tahoe release that seemed to make it to some unsuspecting users.
At 1:03 p.m. Eastern, AppleInsider staff noted a macOS Tahoe 26 release with the build 25A5316i. It never appeared on developer tester Macs, but it did populate for at least one user.