macOS Tahoe 26.1 public beta now available, here’s how to install it

After releasing the first developer beta for macOS 26.1, Apple is now rolling out the first public betas for the upcoming system. Here’s how you can install it.

First, a word of advice

If you’ve been happy with macOS 26, you might want to consider skipping this beta, as it doesn’t seem to bring many user-facing features. After the release of developer beta 1, we reported a few under-the-hood changes, such as Apple laying the groundwork for adopting Anthropic’s MCP protocol,…