Apple Seeds Third OS X 10.10.4 Yosemite Beta to Developers and Public Beta Testers

MacRumors · May 11, 2015

Apple today seeded the third beta of OS X 10.10.4 to developers, approximately two weeks after releasing the second OS X 10.10.4 beta and three weeks after releasing the first OS X 10.10.4 beta. OS X 10.10.4 has been in testing since mid-April, following the early April release of OS X 10.10.3, which included the new Photos for OS X app.

The beta, build 14E17e, can be downloaded through the Software Update mechanism in the Mac App Store or through the Mac Developer Center. Apple is asking developers to focus on Photos, Migration, and Arabic and Hebrew languages.

OS X 10.10.3 introduced several consumer-facing changes including the new Photos for OS X app, a redesigned emoji picker, new diversified emoji, and more, but OS X 10.10.4 appears to be an under-the-hood update that brings performance enhancements and bug fixes. Thus far, OS X 10.10.4 betas have not included outward facing design changes or feature additions.

The first two updates to OS X Yosemite, OS X 10.10.1 and OS X 10.10.2, were also minor behind-the-scenes updates that improved performance through bug fixes and enhancements.

Article Link: Apple Seeds Third OS X 10.10.4 Yosemite Beta to Developers and Public Beta Testers

jjm3 · May 11, 2015

Downloading via the public beta program now too!

Bigsk8r · May 11, 2015

Thus far, I have been pleased with the progress with each update.

Michael Goff · May 11, 2015

Wow, this is a pretty heft update (if size is any indication)

Larsen2k4 · May 11, 2015

I tried to rejoin the Beta Program for several days, but the appleseed website seems to have redirecting problems - anyone else having this problem?

Michael Goff · May 11, 2015

Oh, also ... this thing is downloading fast. :O Almost the whole GB of it done already.

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Larsen2k4 said:
I tried to rejoin the Beta Program for several days, but the appleseed website seems to have redirecting problems - anyone else having this problem?

This might be a silly question.... but using Safari, right?

Larsen2k4 · May 11, 2015

Michael Goff said:
This might be a silly question.... but using Safari, right?

Yup... But I already tried several browsers (Website asks for Apple ID to login -> "Can't load... too many redirections" )

6836838 · May 11, 2015

Michael Goff said:
Wow, this is a pretty heft update (if size is any indication)

It's not.

Tankmaze · May 11, 2015

so what's new ? if anyone willing & can share it of course.

hydr · May 11, 2015

Tankmaze said:
so what's new ? if anyone willing & can share it of course.

What´s new with Photos that is.. Let us know.

iParis · May 11, 2015

Lol, so ever since installing one of the original Yosemite betas, the Mac App Store has shown all the developer betas as updates for me.

I originally thought 10.10.4 was the cause of a bunch of increasingly bad wifi issues, but it's still persistent on 10.10.3. I thought that since maybe that drive/file system has been on 10.10.4 at some point that, I was going to still have problems. Now I'm convinced it's something wrong with the hardware in my 2015 MDA as I tried 10.10.3 on an external disk and and formatted the internal drive with it and it's still giving me problems. My 2010 MacBook reports accurate speeds in comparison now I'm even able to get a better connection in the MBA with using my iPhone as a USB hotspot.

iPhil · May 11, 2015

Well my DL time went from 8 minutes to 4 hrs back to hr ... Time is jumping all around like usual on MAS DL's

Michael Goff · May 11, 2015

Larsen2k4 said:
Yup... But I already tried several browsers (Website asks for Apple ID to login -> "Can't load... too many redirections" )

Hmmm. I don't know, then. Sorry.

acedout said:
It's not.

Then why was it a gig?

M5RahuL · May 11, 2015

Focus Areas

- Photos
- Migration
- Arabic and Hebrew

1.01 GB update !

14E17e

tech324 · May 11, 2015

Is there a way to check what graphics driver version you have?

extricated · May 11, 2015

hydr said:
What´s new with Photos that is.. Let us know.

YES. I'd love to know if they've tweaked Photos some more.
I usually fall all over myself trying to integrate with Apple's next big thing, but Photos has been among the few I regretted.

kagharaht · May 11, 2015

Interesting that there is no focus to WiFi/Networking areas.

Michael Goff · May 11, 2015

M5RahuL said:
Focus Areas

- Photos
- Migration
- Arabic and Hebrew

1.01 GB update !

Which one of those got rid of the lag that I had when opening up Mission Control? :|

M5RahuL · May 11, 2015

tech324 said:
Is there a way to check what graphics driver version you have?

NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M:

Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M
Type: GPU
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x8
VRAM (Total): 2048 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0fe9
Revision ID: 0x00a2
ROM Revision: 3776
gMux Version: 4.0.8 [3.2.8]

Chipset Model: Intel Iris Pro
Type: GPU
Bus: Built-In
VRAM (Dynamic, Max): 1536 MB
Vendor: Intel (0x8086)
Device ID: 0x0d26
Revision ID: 0x0008
gMux Version: 4.0.8 [3.2.8]
Displays:
Color LCD:
Display Type: Retina LCD
Resolution: 2880 x 1800 Retina
Retina: Yes
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Built-In: Yes

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Michael Goff said:
Which one of those got rid of the lag that I had when opening up Mission Control? :|

Hebrew

Michael Goff · May 11, 2015

M5RahuL said:
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M:

Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M
Type: GPU
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x8
VRAM (Total): 2048 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0fe9
Revision ID: 0x00a2
ROM Revision: 3776
gMux Version: 4.0.8 [3.2.8]

Chipset Model: Intel Iris Pro
Type: GPU
Bus: Built-In
VRAM (Dynamic, Max): 1536 MB
Vendor: Intel (0x8086)
Device ID: 0x0d26
Revision ID: 0x0008
gMux Version: 4.0.8 [3.2.8]
Displays:
Color LCD:
Display Type: Retina LCD
Resolution: 2880 x 1800 Retina
Retina: Yes
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Built-In: Yes

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Hebrew

I learn something new every day.

jbachandouris · May 11, 2015

4 hours 29 minutes. MR members must be hammering that server(s) right now.

And now it's down to 2 minutes. That was a quick 4 hours.

winston1236 · May 11, 2015

This could be the one that finally fixes the wifi bug...

Michael Goff · May 11, 2015

winston1236 said:
This could be the one that finally fixes the wifi bug...

The problem with "the wifi bug" is that I doubt it's A bug. It's likely not as simple as that.

roverma · May 11, 2015

Photos 1.0.1

Photos is version 1.0.1 now

PBG4 Dude · May 11, 2015

Wow, that downloaded in less than 5 minutes!

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