Apple Releases Third OS X Yosemite Public Beta, Developer Preview 8

[NMBob]

I had hoped that the Finder navigation buttons would be fixed in DP8 but unfortunately they have not been.

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The forward and back buttons have also returned to System Preferences, but now there is a confusing 'show thumbnails'-like button (Like shows up in Finder windows) that must mean "Show All". How stupid.

 

[Osullivan1]

So did they pull DP8 for PB participants? Can someone who's enrolled in the developer preview confirm this? Im tired of refreshing the app store every minute.

Nope I have the public beta, running it now.

 

[coolfactor]

It's fine.

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30 years of the smiling Mac icon says otherwise. Especially if they are trying to attract enterprise customers... the smile needs to be more... subtle. What's what word I'm looking for here?

 

[bushido]

Dropbox did that with me on Mavericks too
Usually it bounced back in place though... I might test it when I can get PB3 and it's stable enough, right now I don't feel safe using dropbox yet

really? didnt happen on Mavericks as far as i can recall and it does also happen between other menu bar apps when i shut down dropbox

 

[hamis92]

Here's what it looks like in "dark mode."

BTW, my storage is now fixed in About This Mac.

Does it look different if the battery is charging (I can't check right now)? If so, Apple addressed my complaint that the icon did not indicate whether the battery was actually charging or not.

 

[Apple Knowledge Navigator]

the smile needs to be more... subtle. What's what word I'm looking for here?

'Uninspiring'? (Like Microsoft)

 

[coolfactor]

I had hoped that the Finder navigation buttons would be fixed in DP8 but unfortunately they have not been.

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I agree. For buttons and text fields, the UI has taken a big step backwards.

 

[kmj2318]

Animations are so smooth

 

[Peace]

anyone here tried all of CS6 on yosemite yet?

Works fine for me.

 

[enilsen16]

Nope I have the public beta, running it now.

Ok well it was available for me up until 8 minutes left to download.

 

[mortenfrool]

30 years of the smiling Mac icon says otherwise. Especially if they are trying to attract enterprise customers... the smile needs to be more... subtle. What's what word I'm looking for here?

more discreet?

 

[skipbarker]

Update still not live for US East Coast.

 

[jbachandouris]

No fair, still not available for me.

Upstate NY.

 

[tkermit]

if they are trying to attract enterprise customers... the smile needs to be more... subtle.

is this a joke?

 

[JoelBaka]

really? didnt happen on Mavericks as far as i can recall and it does also happen between other menu bar apps when i shut down dropbox

Yep, only happend when I (re)booted though. I never had it happen with other apps, time to use Feedback Assistend I guess

 

[anyjungleinguy]

There are new cursors (can't find many of them, but the spinning blue cursor when loading web content is new, I assume the beachball is too)

Nope, that's definitely in Mavericks.

 

[Peace]

Nope, that's definitely in Mavericks.

The blue spinning beachball has been around for a long time.

 

[Hiiambo]

Update still not live for US East Coast.

Incorrect. I'm in philly and I've dl and installed pb3

 

[Planey28]

Nope, that's definitely in Mavericks.

It's not, since in the last public beta it was still glossy. The cursor was in mavericks and below but it has been flattened out in the latest build.

 

[Fangio]

DP8 = build 14A361c
PB3 = build 14A361p

 

[Dephibio]

jikes that battery indicator is way too busy i thought somethings not working right with my charging cable at first

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Mine looks normal ...

 

[maxout25]

Are you on DP2 or PB2? those are two different things.

Oops! I meant PB2!

 

[cocky jeremy]

anyone here tried all of CS6 on yosemite yet?

Been running since DP1.

 

[Ericus Macabeus]

Never understood why it takes so long to get a new operating system included in new hardware they ship.
I understand that 'Joe's Computers & Internet Cafe' may have some old stock in the back, but I got 'Lion' with a MBA on Black Friday a few years ago, from the Apple Store, while ML had been released in late July that year, that's some four months earlier.

It's not a big deal, but I've always wondered about that.

It depends on the model. If it is a rarely sold model, at that store then it won't get turned in the stock. Also, if a new item comes in and it goes in front of the older stock than it won't get rotated. It's like beer at a bar except in this case, your computer won't go stale.

 

[bushido]

Mine looks normal ...

plugged in and fully charged? thats the new icon i am getting when its fully charged and plugged in but for some reason the flash screams ERROR to me. irritating

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yay they finally listened to my bug report and fixed the Mail app.

I couldnt add a POP E-Mail before because the "next" button didnt do anything