Apple Seeds First OS X 10.10.4 Yosemite Beta to Developers

MacRumors · Apr 16, 2015

Apple today seeded the first beta of OS X 10.10.4 to developers, just over a week after releasing OS X 10.10.3 with the Photos for OS X app to the public.

The new beta, build 14E7f, can be downloaded from the Mac Developer Center.

It is not yet clear what's new in the 10.10.4 beta, but according to the release notes, the update "improves the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac." Earlier OS X Yosemite updates, including OS X 10.10.1 and OS X 10.10.2 brought only minor changes to the operating system in the form of bug fixes and performance enhancements. OS X 10.10.4 may serve the same purpose.

OS X 10.10.3, released last week, was the first major update to OS X Yosemite that brought new features, including the Photos for OS X app, a redesigned emoji picker, and new diversified emoji.

Article Link: Apple Seeds First OS X 10.10.4 Yosemite Beta to Developers

ifraaank · Apr 16, 2015

Downloading....... They're getting really fast with new betas!

Erastopic · Apr 16, 2015

Very small beta in terms of MB.. Don't expect much people!

DougTheImpaler · Apr 16, 2015

And the cycle begins again, quiet desperation hoping for native Maxwell drivers without the need for web drivers, so I can put a GTX 970 in my cMP.

colem1 · Apr 16, 2015

Agressive... I like it 

MacVidCards · Apr 16, 2015

DougTheImpaler said:
And the cycle begins again, quiet desperation hoping for native Maxwell drivers without the need for web drivers, so I can put a GTX 970 in my cMP.

Yes, about time

MikhailT · Apr 16, 2015

Erastopic said:
Very small beta in terms of MB.. Don't expect much people!

It's ~900MB for my '12 rMBP. Not sure why you think it's a small one. Since Photos.app is out, they've probably removed it from the seed and thus, it will be smaller than the previous 10.10.3 betas

Erastopic · Apr 16, 2015

MikhailT said:
It's ~900MB for my '12 rMBP. Not sure why you think it's a small one. Since Photos.app is out, they've probably removed it from the seed and thus, it will be smaller than the previous 10.10.3 betas

Only 600MB for me on my 13" Retina MacBook Pro

ncrypt · Apr 16, 2015

Wait, 10.10.1 and OS X 10.10.2 included performance improvements?

MikhailT · Apr 16, 2015

ncrypt said:
Wait, 10.10.1 and OS X 10.10.2 included performance improvements?

...only minor changes to the operating system in the form of bug fixes and performance enhancements.

Both did decrease the CPU usage of WindowServer for me, which is considered as performance improvements.

10.10.3 got a nice boost IMO. Hopefully, 10.10.4 continues that progress.

Snow Leopard took a long time to get it perfect, the original release wasn't that great.

Safari wasn't updated, so no update in that area.

TP18 · Apr 16, 2015

Erastopic said:
Only 600MB for me on my 13" Retina MacBook Pro

15" Retina MacBook Pro - 900MB
Coming from the supplement update earlier today

atlchamp · Apr 16, 2015

just installed it, so far no changes visible, must be performance based updates

justperry · Apr 16, 2015

MikhailT said:
Both did decrease the CPU usage of WindowServer for me, which is considered as performance improvements.

10.10.3 got a nice boost IMO. Hopefully, 10.10.4 continues that progress.

Snow Leopard took a long time to get it perfect, the original release wasn't that great.

Safari wasn't updated, so no update in that area.

I think you are (partly) wrong, see screenshot:

zombiecakes · Apr 16, 2015

Im guessing it doesnt fix the wifi

crashoverride77 · Apr 16, 2015

zombiecakes said:
Im guessing it doesnt fix the wifi

Buy a new router.
Wifi is working fine for the majority of people and has for months.

justperry · Apr 16, 2015

crashoverride77 said:
Buy a new router.
Wifi is working fine for the majority of people and has for months.

No, it's not working fine, I still have WIFI issues, also on other routers.
But, it is better than before.
YOU don't have problems doesn't mean others don't have issues.

Sound214 · Apr 16, 2015

I hope this fixes the bluetooth connection issues on the Retina iMac.

CheesePuff · Apr 16, 2015

justperry said:
No, it's not working fine, I still have WIFI issues, also on other routers.
But, it is better than before.
YOU don't have problems doesn't mean others don't have issues.

I have 2 different model MacBook Pro's, both have been on Yosemite since 10.10.0 and never had a WiFi issue with my router or public ones.

justperry · Apr 16, 2015

CheesePuff said:
I have 2 different model MacBook Pro's, both have been on Yosemite since 10.10.0 and never had a WiFi issue with my router or public ones.

I have been on OS X since 10.0b (yes, the first OS X release more than a decade ago) and never had WIFI issues until 10.10, that says something, no problem before on 10.9 with 3 different routers, now all of them have dropouts/disconnects so it's 10.10 which is the problem, not my routers.

crashoverride77 · Apr 16, 2015

justperry said:
No, it's not working fine, I still have WIFI issues, also on other routers.
But, it is better than before.
YOU don't have problems doesn't mean others don't have issues.

Yes, and because you have issues doesn't mean others also have these issues.

Bigsk8r · Apr 16, 2015

ifraaank said:
Downloading....... They're getting really fast with new betas!

I was thinking the same thing. A lot coming out in shorter and shorter turnaround times. Either that, or they are just a lot more public about it.

centauratlas · Apr 16, 2015

Hopefully they fix a crashing bug that is new in 10.10.3 on an i7 MacMini

justperry · Apr 16, 2015

crashoverride77 said:
Yes, and because you have issues doesn't mean others also have these issues.

As if buying a new router will fix it, wasting money on something that doesn't work, some good advice you gave in your post.

I am not claiming most people have WIFI problems, I just say there are still WIFI problems and that is a fact.

zombiecakes · Apr 16, 2015

crashoverride77 said:
Buy a new router.
Wifi is working fine for the majority of people and has for months.

it literally has nothing to do with the router but the model of mac, but perhaps Im holding the router wrong

Stuke00 · Apr 16, 2015

justperry said:
I have been on OS X since 10.0b (yes, the first OS X release more than a decade ago) and never had WIFI issues until 10.10, that says something, no problem before on 10.9 with 3 different routers, now all of them have dropouts/disconnects so it's 10.10 which is the problem, not my routers.

Have you gone back to those previous versions to see if you still have the issue or not?

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