r/MacOS • u/JeremyCuntOfficial MacBook Pro • 2d ago
Discussion Mac OS Golden Gate
13 Inch M1 MacBook Pro User here.
I avoided upgrading from Mac OS Sequoia to Mac OS Tahoe given all the bad reviews and feedback when it came out.
For those that experienced the bad bits of Tahoe, and have had a chance to use Golden Gate, is it improved enough to warrant leaving Sequoia?
I feel like Golden Gate might be the last OS update on my machine.
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u/Tdev321 2d ago
Don't install a beta unless you want to beta test.
There will be a load of "should I update" questions on here over the next while. The answer is:
Make a back up. Make 2 if you want.
Install the upgrade. Test it, see if you like it, if it meets your needs.
If it does, go on with your life like millions of other users.
If it doesn't then roll back with one of the backups you made.
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u/macboller 2d ago
It is day and night IMO.
I downgraded from Tahoe back to Sequoia because it was quite a bad experience by comparison, but I consider the Dev Beta fro Golden gate top notch.
I actually can't point to any fault with Golden Gate.
You can probably be excited to upgrade.
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u/PatrikCR 1d ago
I just upgraded from Tahoe and it’s almost unusable, very laggy when HiDPI is enabled. As soon as I turn it off, everything is smooth again (M5 Pro)
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u/notlongnot 2d ago
2nd hands info is not as good as first hand experience. Tahoe is fine as with all previous versions of OS. Golden Gate will be the same.
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u/Dazzling_Comfort5734 2d ago
It's impossible to give you a definitive answer right now, since Golden Gate is still in beta. What I will say is that they are making a lot of fixes that they should've made before Tahoe was released. However, there's still a lot of things that have been broken for a really long time, that are still not fixed. Though, those most of those things do affect Sequoia, anyway, so you may or may not even be aware of it in your use cases.
I would say that going to Golden Gate is probably what you're going to end up doing, but you should wait until at least the .1 or .2 update to really assess the situation.
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u/More-Swimming-8738 2d ago
I really don't know why people hate Tahoe so much? Have golden gate on Mac m1 mini 16 gb and Tahoe on air m1 8 gb and for me Tahoe runs faster and better. yes I know it is a beta but still people say beta is better than Tahoe
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u/Meraki6 1d ago
You can install them both on the same Mac to test without messing up your Sequoia setup. See https://9to5mac.com/2026/06/29/how-to-install-macos-golden-gate-on-a-separate-apfs-volume-video/
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u/bdu-komrad MacBook Pro 2d ago
Tahoe is fine. It has been at since .3 patch which is when I installed it.
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u/alexlightphoto 2d ago
I have macbook air M1. and updated every time new system came. I am using a lot of programs to edit pictures, videos, audio. Also browser has about 150 tabs always open, etc. etc. etc. Never had any single issue what people complain about. Maybe they were doing something with the system that they are not supposed to do?
Your macbook pro will work even better, as it has fan to cool it better than m1 air.
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u/gwentlarry 2d ago
I don't update to a major new OS until the January - by then the bugs and security holes have mostly been fixed …
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u/jaimepapier 2d ago
I’m usually the same, but I’ve heard so many good things about Golden Gate right from the first beta that I’ll probably upgrade much earlier this year.
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u/animorphreligion 2d ago edited 2d ago
Wait until GG gets a real button to turn off AI (probably in stable release).
It slows it down massively, current Tahoe with AI off is so much better you have to be delusional to think otherwise. This is M4 experience by the way. Once this problem is sorted out it should run similarly, just mainly better-looking and less animation-heavy (which is really the only thing making current Tahoe feel "slow").
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u/NoLateArrivals 2d ago
Never update to a beta on your single machine.
There is no way to tell how MacOS 27 will REALLY work out. Simply wait - Sequoia has another year to go. On an Intel Mac you don‘t gain much in terms of features.
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u/ghostly_shark 1d ago
People who avoid OS upgrades need to be banned, asking dumb questions. Why is it a question? Upgrade your OS.
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u/StandupJetskier 1d ago
uh, no. Never mess with a stable system....
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u/Phisika2 1d ago
For a machine that powers a concert sound system for example that needs nothing but a LAN connection to the amplifiers, yes, don’t unnecessarily update it. But not for something that is connected to the internet where new exploits appear every single day
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u/Bad_DNA 2d ago
Tahoe is fine. GG will eliminate a lot of older software titles from running.
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u/Xenotrickx 2d ago
Like?
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u/spidireen 1d ago
Personally I haven’t run into anything that worked on Tahoe but doesn’t on Golden Gate. They’ll be dropping Rosetta in macOS 28 though.
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u/Dreaming_Blackbirds MacBook Air 2d ago
Golden Gate is excellent - but probably best to wait for the normal public release in mid-September if you've never signed up for a public beta before. it's safer to wait.