Apple has seeded the macOS 11.5 Big Sur Release Candidate to developer and public beta testers today. The release offers Music app bug fixes and an update for the Podcasts app.

macOS Big Sur 11.5 includes the following improvements for your Mac:
• Podcasts Library tab allows you to choose to see all shows or only followed showsThis release also fixes the following issues:
• Music may not update play count and last played date in your library
• Smart cards may not work when logging into Mac computers with the M1 chip
MacDailyNews Take: Yes, it’s snappy!
Are the TextEdit bugs fixed?
Stop the Fisher Price design “features”. Give us the ability to dump them!
Are you saying it’s like Windows XP? They called that Fischer Price, too. Lego for babies is called Duplo, I hope we’re not being duped.
Hmmm…. doesn’t feel like a release candidate yet.