{"id":524273,"date":"2026-07-13T18:47:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/524273\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T18:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:47:07","slug":"fifth-developer-betas-of-ios-26-6-macos-26-6-are-out-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/524273\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifth developer betas of iOS 26.6, macOS 26.6 are out now"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 26-gen operating system updates continue to get tested, with the fifth developer betas of iOS 26.6<\/a> and others possibly the last of the cycle. <\/p>\n

Apple is trying out the 27-generation<\/a> before the fall launches, but it’s still working on updates for its current-gen operating system roster. <\/p>\n

The fifth developer betas landed after the fourth, which arrived on July 6<\/a>. The third landed on June 29<\/a>, the second were distributed on June 15<\/a>, and the first round came out on May 26<\/a>. <\/p>\n

iOS 26.6 build 5 is 23G5065a, replacing 23G5057c
\niPadOS 26.6<\/a> build 5 is 23G5065a, replacing 23G5057c
\nwatchOS 26.6<\/a> build 5 is 23U5062b, replacing 23U5054b
\nvisionOS 26.6<\/a> build 5 is 23O5765a, replacing 23O5757c
\ntvOS 26.6<\/a> build 5 is 23L5766a, replacing 23L5758b
\nmacOS Tahoe 26.6 build 5 is 25G5065a, replacing 25G5057c
\nHomePod Software 26.6 build 5 is 23L5766a, replacing 23L5758b<\/p>\n

Apple also brought out two release candidates for older macOS versions: <\/p>\n

macOS 15.7.8 RC 5 is 24G817
\nmacOS 14.8.8 RC 5 is 23J615<\/p>\n

When there are two developer beta tracks undergoing testing at the moment, the 27-gen version contains new features and bigger changes. The current-gen track is all about performance and security. <\/p>\n

The first iOS 26.6 beta build included a new feature for Contacts that notifies users if they reach the maximum of 20,000 blocked listings. There was also a security fix for Apple Maps<\/a>. <\/p>\n

AppleInsider and Apple strongly recommend that users don’t put beta operating systems or beta software onto their primary or “mission-critical” devices due to the potential for data loss and other issues. Ideally, they should retain backups of their data and try to use spare and secondary hardware for testing purposes. <\/p>\n

The more risk-averse users should wait for public beta builds, which are more battle-hardened and less prone to errors. <\/p>\n

Find any changes in the new builds? Reach out to us on X at @AppleInsider<\/a> or @Andrew_OSU<\/a>, or send Andrew an email at [email\u00a0protected]<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 26-gen operating system updates continue to get tested, with the fifth developer betas of iOS 26.6 and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509138,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[111,139,69,145],"class_list":["post-524273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}