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Here's how to get your hands on iOS 12 beta ahead of the official launch this fall.
There are two ways for you to get your hands on the iOS 12 beta.
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But before you go any further, take note of the following:
- Playing with pre-release software is inviting troubles into your life, and if you don't want bugs getting in the way of your workflow, steer clear of iOS 12 beta (at least at this early stage in the game when things can be particularly unstable)
- I highly recommend that you do a full local encrypted backup of your iPhone or iPad using iTunes [2] (if you don't, and things go wrong, you could end up rolling back to a completely fresh installation)
With that out of the way, you now have two options:
The first is to enroll in the Apple Developer Program[3], which costs $99, and while it's aimed at developers, it will also give you early access to beta code for iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS.
The second way is to sign up to Apple's public beta program. You need to go to the following web page using Safari on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch device: https://beta.apple.com/sp/betaprogram/[4]. After you've signed up you will be offered a profile to download and install on your iOS device. After it's been downloaded, you restart your device and then head over to Settings > General > Software Update to download the update.
Note: The iOS 12 beta is not yet