[Damion Participant 1 February 2022 Damion Participant]

I have had this issue; I tested the beta for certain features, but it crashed at the loading bar when I tried to log back in. I tried Recovery mode and internet recovery. No luck! I tried to reset it back to Catalina, but no luck again!

[Damion Participant 1 February 2022 Damion Participant]

@Tad What exactly is the issue with the beta update? Is it device specific?

[Tad Participant 1 February 2022 Tad Participant]

If Catalina users install the 12.3 beta Monterey or 11.6.4 beta of Big Sur on a separate FileVault enabled volume, it would cause a boot loop when attempting to log back into the previous volume running Catalina. So, you are stuck with the beta 12.3 version alone.

[Damion Participant 1 February 2022 Damion Participant]

Is this specific to multi-boot? Any known fixes??

[Tad Participant 1 February 2022 Tad Participant]

It seems like the issue is specific to users running macOS Catalina and having separate APFS volumes to have multiple versions of macOS on their devices. Users are directed to disable FileVault before installing the beta. Otherwise, you will be unable to get back into the original volume. In effect, you are locked out.

[Damion Participant 1 February 2022 Damion Participant]

Users have reported driver issues and problems connecting to peripherals too. Beta versions of software always have issues: downloading and running a beta brings no guarantees.