

While installing the beta, use this partition instead of the default.Īs of this writing, we can’t find a way to get High Sierra working properly in a virtual machine, so that option is out for now. , with at least 20GB of space (more if you want to try a bunch of applications.) Label this partition something obvious, like “High Sierra.”

If you don’t have the luxury of a second Mac (after all, money doesn’t grow on trees), consider dual booting instead. I installed on an old MacBook Pro I keep around the house for exactly these sorts of things. The best idea is probably to put High Sierra on a second Mac-one you don’t use for day-to-day work.

High Sierra is not ready for production machines at this point: if you install the public beta you can expect bugs and crashes.ĭo not try to use the High Sierra Beta as your primary operating system.
