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title Beta updates on macOS
description Choose the Mac beta channel or return to stable releases

import PlatformGuides from "/snippets/platform-guides.mdx";

Every new minor version ships as one or more betas before its stable release, such as 0.82.0-beta.1 ahead of 0.82.0. Patch releases skip the beta and go straight to stable.

Getting betas

Open **Settings > General** and, under Software Update, set **Update channel** to **Beta**. Click **Check Now**, or wait for the next daily check. The newest release wins, beta or stable.

TablePro > About TablePro shows the version you run, with -beta.N in it while you are on a beta.

Going back to stable

Set Update channel back to Stable. The beta stays installed, because an update never moves to a lower version. The first stable release above it replaces it: on 0.82.0-beta.2, that is 0.82.0.

To leave sooner, download the current stable from Installation and install it over the beta. A beta never writes connections or settings that the stable release before it cannot read.

Reporting a problem

Open an issue on GitHub with the full version from TablePro > About TablePro. A beta with an open regression does not become the stable release.

For administrators

The channel is the com.TablePro.updates.receivesBetaUpdates key, true for Beta, which a configuration profile can pin for a fleet. See Managed updates.