Wondering what the next version of macOS is like?

Heres how it’s possible for you to try both methods.

We recommend the public beta, since developer betas can be even more unstable.

Editing a screenshot in Shottr’s editor on a Mac.

In the screenshot above we can see that 15.0 is the latest version.

Now wait for the installer to download.

Its around 15GB, so it may take a while.

A Macbook with ‘MacOs 15’ coming out of the screen.

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Click Add and your volume will be created.

you might now close Disk Utility, youre ready to plant the macOS beta.

All thats left to do is run this file and start the installation.

Enable macOS beta updates.

Click Continue and on the next screen youll be invited to select an installation location.

Click Show All Disks and pick the volume you created earlier.

Hit Continue and choose whether to copy account options.

Download macOS installers using Terminal.

Finally, hit Install and enter a password if prompted.

The macOS beta will be installed on the relevant partition.

Youll need to do this each time you want to swap between beta and stable macOS versions.

Creating a new volume in “Macintosh HD."

press the minus "” button next to “Volumes” and confirm by clicking “Delete.”

What About Installing macOS 15 Beta in a Virtual Machine?

Parallels Desktop managed to create a virtual machine that terminated during the installation.

Creating a partition for macOS Sequoia installation.

And beta software is fleeting.

If youre willing to give it a shot, weve included instructions below that might help.

Alternatively, you might use afree IPSW downloaderto download the relevant IPSW file.

Running the macOS Sequoia beta installer.

Youll also need to install machine Support for macOS 15 beta from the Apple Developer website.

Get started by clicking Create a New Virtual Machine and then choose Virtualize in the window that pops up.

Now its time to configure your machine.

Installing macOS Sequoia on a separate volume.

Next, specify four CPU cores, and nominate 80GB of disk space.

Finally, give your machine a name and click Save.

With your machine selected, nudge the Play button to get started.

Final step of installing the macOS beta.

UTM will ask you if you want to install macOS, click OK and wait.

Installing macOS in Parallels Desktop is really easy.

First, kick off the app and hit the plus + icon in Control Center.

Deleting a macOS 15 volume.

Choose Install Windows, Linux, macOS from an image file then click Continue.

Finally, click Create and wait for the installation process to complete.

An unhelpful error message in UTM for Mac.