Uploaded September 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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MacOS Monterey Beta 8 Update is live for all Developers after only 1 week! Apple has finally moved to a weekly Monterey Beta release schedule. I will go over all the Beta 8 features, changes and information that you need to know. I will also talk about how Patched Sur GitHub is down + the new OpenCore Legacy Patcher 0.2.5 update for Unsupported Macs.

macOS Monterey Beta 8 What's New? + Patched Sur is down & OCLP 0.2.5 Update!

The macOS Monterey Beta 8 Update was released on September 28th, 2021.

0:00 Intro
0:30 Apple also released iOS, iPadOS, watchOS & tvOS beta updates
0:50 iWorks Suite update Pages, Numbers & Keynote 11.2
1:45 Safari 15.0 & Catalina 2021-006 Security Updates
2:25 Beta 8 Delta Update = M1 IPSW Restore File
2:42 Beta 8 Full installer & Beta 7 installer is broken
3:40 Beta 8 Update sizes
4:12 M1 Firmware Update & T2 Bridge OS Update
4:30 Safari 15.1 Update
4:54 How long does it take to install Beta 8?
5:49 Beta 8 Changes
8:18 Beta 8 Enterprise Changes
8:42 Beta 8 Benchmarks
9:10 Patched Sur GitHub is down
10:05 OpenCore Legacy Patcher 0.2.5 Update
12:09 Thank you

macOS Monterey Beta 8 What's New Full Article
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macOS Monterey Apple Patch notes public link = developer.apple.com/documentation/macos-release-notes

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macOS Monterey Beta Releases
Monterey Beta 8 (21a5534d) - 9/28/21
Monterey Beta 7 (21A5522h) - 9/21/21
Monterey Beta 6 (21a5506j) - 8/30/2
Monterey Beta 5 (21A5304g) - 8/11/21
Monterey Beta 4 (21A5294G) - 7/27/21
Monterey Beta 3 (21A5284e) - 7/14/21
Monterey Beta 2 (21A5268h) - 6/28/21
Monterey Beta 1 (21A5248p) - 6/07/21

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