“A month after Apple previewed OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 to registered developers, the company on Monday issued the first public beta of the update, notable for Photos, a new application that will replace the aged iPhoto,” Gregg Keizer reports for Computerworld.
MacDailyNews Take: Thank God. iPhoto is a laggy mess – we can’t wait to ditch it!
“Like many of the changes Apple has introduced to OS X, Photos resembles the same-named app on iOS,” Keizer reports. “Although Apple does not disclose update release timetables, the appearance of a Yosemite 10.10.3 public beta hints that the final version will ship in the next month or so.
Keizer reports, “On Dec. 20, for instance, Apple seeded a public preview of 10.10.2 and released the finished update on Jan. 27.”
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MacDailyNews Take: The Photos beta shows much promise, but we’ve only begun to dabble with it. If you’ve tried the Photos beta, what do you think so far?
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