“Following the launch of yesterday’s public beta for OS X Yosemite, the operating system’s share of global Mac traffic has nearly doubled according to installation numbers from GoSquared,” Juli Clover reports for MacRumors.
“The site has been tracking the usage of OS X Yosemite in real time since its initial developer launch on June 2,” Clover reports. “Yesterday, ahead of the beta launch, Yosemite accounted for 0.26 percent of all Mac traffic globally and as of today, that number has crept up to 0.49 percent.”
“Last year, OS X Mavericks was adopted at a rapid pace, seeing 7 percent installation in under 24 hours after its public launch,” Clover reports. “Based on the public beta numbers and the high developer interest, Yosemite adoption may be even more rapid when the software is released to the public this fall.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lynn Weiler” for the heads up.]
MacDailyNews Take: Do you have OS X Yosemite Public Beta 1 installed? If so, how do you like it?
Excellent but I miss the 3D dock. It was a joy to look at!
I never liked the 3D dock, and I would use the Terminal command for the hidden setting to make it “2D,” like it looks when you put it along the side of the screen. Except you could not do that trick with Mavericks… So, this new Yosemite dock is a VERY welcome change.
It’s out already? I got to check it out as soon as I get home !
I like “going dark” with the menu bar and dock.
Also, I much prefer this new approach to the iTunes “overhaul,” compared to the attempt made last year with the “new look” iTunes 11; that was inferior to the functionality and usability compared to “old school” iTunes (when the “sidebar” is there). Once the bugs are fixed and I get more familiar with it (and all the changes), I think I will “learn to like” iTunes 12.
FYI – A great place to install the Yosemite Beta is on an SDXC flash card. Assuming your Mac has a high-speed SDXC card slot, but even my 2011 Mac mini has one… Format it for Mac, and point the Yosemite installer to the SDXC volume. It’s quite fast. 64GB SDXC cards are priced well under $40 these days, if you find a sale.
Windows 8 launch traffic actually went negative as people quickly tried to upload it back from where it came from.
at first they were thought to be viruses, but they quickly learned that no clear distinction could be made.
What’s the difference between Developer Preview 4 and Public Beta 1?
They are the same build.
Not quite. I have both, being a developer, and the Public Beta 1 is a slightly later build, though I can’t figure out any operational differences.
The notice I got (regarding the Public Beta) said…
“The build they received is 14A299l which is identical and not any newer than your current build 14A298i.”
Doubled? Not really that big of a deal… they were going to give out a million copies for user testing… can’t imagine the developer community is anywhere NEAR that large…. soooo a “doubling” isn’t surprising.. as a matter of fact, it’s a bit underwhelming, given whatever the size of the developer base is….
Waaaa, somehow my iCloud syncing is now broken. 🙁
I think that was one of the caveats that stopped me from installing it—broken sync
Did you get it resolve – iCloud syncing? I’m having the same issue.
In a VM. So far so good. I’m clearing another HD for an installation on Monday to try and break it with odd software.
Installing today
I have it installed on a 64GB Sandisk Extreme Plus Micro SDXC card (mounted in a Nifty Drive SDXC adaptor) on my 13″MBP (8GB RAM). So far, so good. Don’t have the Cloud storage set up though.
I signed up late so probably missed the boat. Did you guys get an email notification before you could download?
Nope, but I logged in at the site and it presented me with the redemption code and link to the App Store.
It was all a but confusing though, as the site couldn’t keep up with the demand at that moment and crashed on me all the time 😉
Thanks dude. I’ll check it out
I have an issue connecting to my wifi connection at the moment, lol. I’d love to give Apple feedback on this matter, but since my iMac (mid-2007) cannot connect to the internet at the moment when running Yosemite, I can’t. When I switch over to OS X 10.9.4 Mavericks my wifi networks show up and are accessible as per usual. I’d love to know how to provide feedback when such a situation occurs. Haven’t found anything on Apple’s website, and Feedback Assistant doesn’t work on Mavericks.
(I’m not harping on Apple and realize this is beta software.)
Visual-wise, I prefer Yosemite over Mavericks. It looks cleaner. Looking forward to Public Beta 2.
Functionally, not a lot different. Visually, a lot if small things have changed. The new font is great, with a few small issues. When a capital V is next to an i, such as the View menu, the dot and top of the i are too close making hard to read.
Also, the new checkboxes are very hard to tell if they are greyed out or not. For example, in the Sharing Preference Pane, I tried to turn one on and it wasn’t doing anything. After some looking closer, I realized that it was not available, but the difference is incredibly small.
Luckily, they added some options in Accessibility that help, much like the same issues with iOS 7.0. “Increase Contrast” and “Reduce Transparency” make the visual discrepancies much more functional and easy to use. I find it odd that Apple’s recent versions have made me need the accessibility options when I don’t even need glasses. I think they are going just a bit to far on some of these minimalist aspects and hope they back off, much like they did in iOS 7.1.
Pretty good so far, my work IMAP account seems to take a bit longer to sync (say when mail becomes read, from unread) if I initiate that from my other Mac. Other than that, good.