“As we reported Apple was readying for release this month, Apple has shared that it will open the public beta version of OS X Yosemite tomorrow, July 24th, for users wanting to preview the upcoming version of the Mac operating system ahead of its release targeted for this fall,” Zac Hall reports for 9to5Mac. “Users can sign up to be an OS X Beta Program member on Apple’s Beta Program site.”
“Apple says the OS X Yosemite beta will be updated less frequently for the OS X Beta Program than the version via the OS X Developer Program,” Hall reports, “but users running the public beta of OS X Yosemite will be able to install the final release of OS X Yosemite over the beta version when it’s readied for release in the fall.”
More info and links in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Note: The program is limited to the first one million people who sign up.
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Got two Macs. One of them is about to be beta’d
“…but users running the public beta of OS X Yosemite will be able to install the final release of OS X Yosemite over the beta version when it’s readied for release in the fall.”
It’d be bugger all use if it didn’t. Tech journalism at its finest.
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I’m currently running the dev preview 4 of Yosemite and it’s pretty solid. The only issue I’ve run into is when watching some Youtube HD videos on Safari 8 is it sometimes has syncing issues with the audio and stutters a bit. With Chrome under the same build it works fine.
The part about the Chrome under the same build, do you know they are two completely OS’s? You are comparing Apple’s to stone tools.
Chrome browser- not Chrome OS.
Apple also warns that some new features may not be available, including phone calls, SMS, Handoff, Instant Hotspot, and iCloud drive. Spotlight suggestions are currently U.S.-only, and some applications and services may not yet be compatible with Yosemite.
Is this true? Can anyone corroborate? (The reporting is from AppleInsider — a pretty hit or miss organization in my experience.)
It’s beta dude!
@MDN Take:
Or anyone with bit torrent client.
yeah, and that includes anyone who doesn’t care what someone might insert into the package before they download it into their hard drive
Just sayin, i like my thing wrapped proper by the manufacturer
This is cool but being on the support side of this industry I can’t wait for the first client to contact me when they lose some important file because they felt the need to run this on a production Mac.
It will happen. Too many stupid people out there.
I hope the public beta means a less buggy OS out of the gate. Recent releases of Apple SW seem to have been rushed out the door before getting a full shakedown.
Almost 6pm in Cupertino now on the 24th. No email from Apple yet about Yosemite.