Apple Releases OS X Yosemite Developer Preview 2

[slicecom]

Was the option to turn transparency off on the status bar always there?

Yep.

 

[Tyler23]

Was the option to turn transparency off on the status bar always there?

If you're talking about what I think you're talking about, it's been around since the beginning of OS X (or at least a very, very long time..at least since OS X Tiger).

 

[tanousjm]

i can't seem to center it like in DP 1. its either on the left or the right.

You need to drag a "Flexible Space" widget to the bar on the right side of the address bar, and then possibly adjust the space so they're even.

 

[kemo]

Was the option to turn transparency off on the status bar always there?

yes it was in DP1 as far as I remember under "Accessibility" option I think. It was system wide thus for the status bar as well, am I correct?

 

[IsiahMS]

If you're talking about what I think you're talking about, it's been around since the beginning of OS X (or at least a very, very long time..at least since OS X Tiger).

Was talking about the one in desktop/Screensaver options..

 

[afsnyder]

Swift is far from being ready for serious development. They have done a little bit with it, but I doubt that they will actually rewrite anything using Swift. And why would it double the performance? Swift is slightly faster for some things and slower for other things. All in all, there will be no visible difference in performance.

It's just a cleaner/faster way to code right?

 

[Tyler23]

Was talking about the one in desktop/Screensaver options.. Image

Yep, been there for at least 5 years.

 

[IsiahMS]

yes it was in DP1 as far as I remember under "Accessibility" option I think. It was system wide thus for the status bar as well, am I correct?

It's under Desktop Screen saver options now.

 

[sniffies]

Mail push works again. However, junk mail filtering still doesn't work.

 

[stiligFox]

Aww gonna miss the star field! I remember spending 5 minutes zooming back and forth on my first Mac that supported Core Animation... Ah good times.

 

[Tyler23]

It's under Desktop Screen saver options now.

Been there for many years.

 

[IsiahMS]

Been there for many years.

Never noticed it mate, maverick's status bar isn't really that translucent

 

[Squuiid]

Never noticed it mate, maverick's status bar isn't really that translucent

Depends on the background image really. More varied image at the top makes it more noticeable.

 

[bbfc]

The Safari UI has been slightly tweaked, but still some UI glitches, especially on the new tab page.

Spotlight loads first time and doesn't stick anymore - seems smoother also.

App Store - when going full screen the top menu bar disappears (Features, Top Charts etc), not sure if this is by design or just a bug.

Seems to be eating RAM at the moment - the memory pressure box is full of green!

 

[iCore24]

MAJOR UPDATE FIX!

You can now enable "Automatic graphics switching" in Settings/Energy Saver for rMBP.
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AND IT WILL NOT MAKE YOU LAPTOP LAGGY AND SLOW...Kind of!!!
Usually when its enabled and I scroll though my desktop spaces you can notice a lot of stutter. I tested this before updating and it was still there. But now its perfectly smooth! There is a little stutter using mission control but I think it always did even before updating. Also opening folders in the dock is really laggy!
But it is still better then mavericks!

Now why would you want to do this????

Because my battery last less then 5 hours and enabling this gives around 2 MORE HOURS!



* Here is a side by side look at the DP1 and DP2 settings icon. I like the new one a lot better! More symmetrical.

 

[SmOgER]

I can confirm that regardless to if you are a licensed dev, if you obtained the beta through whatever means other than entering a code into the mac appstore you still get the update

Yep, wanted to say the same thing.


Downloading now via MAS so no one could say I got it illegally hehe!

 

[lee27]

Has anyone been able to install Yosemite in a clean install? I installed over Mavericks and would prefer a clean one.

However, everytime I CMD+R start up, and then go to the install screen, I get a "authorizing this installation with apple" and then get told it failed and to contact Applecare.

I'm a developer and redeemed with a code from the app store.

Yes, I made a bootable USB. Followed instructions on youtube. worked great!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm-qUPUyVB4

 

[bbfc]

It can be dragged and repositioned like the icons.

I like this. I'm not really a fan of it in the centre, but i'd like an option to make it expand across the whole toolbar when no flexible space is to the right.

 

[brendu]

iTunes 12 won't be "fully ready" until late september / october time frame ..

Good to know, thanks.

 

[IsiahMS]

Safari seems to eat ram like nobodies business. I can't tell if the OS itself is also eating ram, it's pretty intense.

 

[Klae17]

OTA?

Let's not get our terms mixed up. Please. :/

Over the Air.

 

[kenbrinkman]

Thank you!

DP2 is worse than DP1 for me, it's not even showing the time for me :/

Try turning off 24 hour time if you had it on. Fixed this issue for me.

 

[kemo]

Safari seems to eat ram like nobodies business. I can't tell if the OS itself is also eating ram, it's pretty intense.

Crap! I hoped they gonna improve the memory management for Safari as its crazy how Safari on Mavericks easily eats 2GB of RAM with 5 tabs. That's unbelievable.

 

[CptnJustc]

Aww, I liked the flowing stars. They seemed an appropriate theme for a 'Time Machine' anyway.

 

[8CoreWhore]

Has anyone been able to install Yosemite in a clean install? I installed over Mavericks and would prefer a clean one.

However, everytime I CMD+R start up, and then go to the install screen, I get a "authorizing this installation with apple" and then get told it failed and to contact Applecare.

I'm a developer and redeemed with a code from the app store.

This is what I did, works perfectly.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/06/how-to-create-a-test-partition-for-the-os-x-yosemite-beta/