How to Enroll your Mac into Beta with Seedutil! Ventura

MrMacintosh.com - Join the macOS Monterey beta program with seedutil! — You can enroll into the macOS Beta program using the built-in seedutil binary!

You can test out the new macOS Ventura beta by enrolling your Mac into Beta program with Seedutil! The seedutil binary was introduced in macOS High Sierra and is now the easiest way to enroll into the beta!

If you are looking to download the latest version of macOS Big Sur, Monterey or Ventura, I have a page where post direct Apple download links.

You can find the article here –> https://mrmacintosh.com/macos-12-monterey-full-installer-database-download-directly-from-apple/

Seedutil Binary

MacOS includes a binary that allows you to enroll into the beta program called seedutil

$ sudo /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Seeding.framework/Versions/A/Resources/seedutil 
usage: seedutil enroll SEED_PROGRAM
    seedutil unenroll
    seedutil current
    seedutil migrate OLD_VERSION NEW_VERSION
    seedutil fixup

Listed above are all the options needed. You can unenroll to get out of the beta, check your current status and even run an option called fixup to fix issues.

Different seedutil Beta Programs

The following commands below will enroll you into the beta program. I will also explain what each program is for.

DeveloperSeed – This program is for developers & system administrators

sudo /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Seeding.framework/Versions/A/Resources/seedutil enroll DeveloperSeed

CustomerSeed – This program is for developers and is almost the same as the DeveloperSeed but it sometimes allows you to download an older update.

sudo /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Seeding.framework/Versions/A/Resources/seedutil enroll CustomerSeed

Example – Apple will release macOS Big Sur 11.5 RC. In a few days they will also release 11.6 beta 1. DeveloperSeed will get 11.6 beta 1 and CustomerSeed will still have 11.5 RC for a short time.

PublicSeed – This is for the Public Beta that is usually released for customers who would like to test the beta. The Public Beta release for Monterey is set for July 2021.

sudo /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Seeding.framework/Versions/A/Resources/seedutil enroll PublicSeed

Unenroll = How to uninstall and remove your Mac from Beta

If you would like to unenroll our uninstall the beta from your Mac, you can with the unenroll option! You will again see standard macOS Updates. To get back on the macOS final track, you will have to wait until a new update comes out or reinstall macOS Big Sur.

sudo /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Seeding.framework/Versions/A/Resources/seedutil unenroll

Check your current enrollment with the “current” option

sudo /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Seeding.framework/Versions/A/Resources/seedutil current

Currently enrolled in: DeveloperSeed 
Program: 2
Build is seed: NO 
CatalogURL: https://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/others/index-10.16seed-10.16-10.15-10.14-10.13-10.12-10.11-10.10-10.9-mountainlion-lion-snowleopard-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog.gz 
NSShowFeedbackMenu: YES 
DisableSeedOptOut: NO

Fix any issues with “fixup”

If you are having any issues with the current beta, you can run fixup.

sudo /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Seeding.framework/Versions/A/Resources/seedutil fixup

Fixing up seed program settings 2021-06-07 15:52:44.392 seedutil[24331:1522681] audiences result was 0