That'll take you to a page that tells you to make a backup. On the next page, scroll down until you see a link to enroll your device in Apple's beta program. Scroll down until you see a "Get Started" button and click that. It's pretty straightforward from here because Apple cleanly spells out exactly what to do each step of the way.
Open Safari (this worked better than Chrome for me) and go to Apple's beta website (opens in a new tab). Can't hurt! Enroll your device and install the betaĪlright, get off your computer and pick up that iPhone. Hit the iPhone button in the upper left part of the iTunes window, click "Summary," and then click "Back Up Now." You can also encrypt your data with a password, if you want. Windows users need to connect their iPhones via USB and open the iTunes app. Encrypt your data with a password and click the "Back Up Now" button. Click "General" in the Finder window and select the option to back up your iPhone's data to the Mac. If you're on macOS Catalina, open Finder and find your iPhone in the sidebar. Mac users need to connect their phone to their computer via USB.
There are multiple ways to do this (opens in a new tab), but it might be best to do it on a Mac or Windows computer. If you want to avoid this or dealing with bugs in general, Apple recommends making a backup of your iPhone as it exists with iOS 13 before you take the iOS 14 plunge. On the macOS side of things, a beta build a couple of years ago once made a bunch of apps stop working (opens in a new tab) because they weren't compatible. Credit: Screenshot: mashable Create a backupĪ beta version of new software could, theoretically, mess up your phone real bad. IOS 14 has plenty of new bells and whistles. If you don't have any of those, you're out. The short version is that anything newer than an iPhone 6 will work, but here's the full list of compatible devices: Make sure your device supports iOS 14įirst up, you need an iPhone that actually works with the new iOS.
You'll get to test an unfinished, constantly evolving version of the new iOS before the rest of the world.īefore you can do that, though, you'll need to do a few easy things first. When that happens, there are some pretty simple steps you can take to hop on the beta bandwagon.
The public beta for iOS 14 doesn't have an exact release date yet, but Apple has said it's coming sometime this month. Apple's next iteration of iOS probably won't be fully cooked and ready to serve until sometime in September, but you can get in on the fun as early as July if you know what to do.
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