Apple Seeds Eighth Beta of OS X El Capitan to Developers, Sixth Beta to Public Testers

[MacRumors]

Apple today released the eighth beta of OS X El Capitan to developers for testing purposes, nearly two weeks after releasing the seventh El Capitan beta and more than two months after unveiling the operating system at its 2015 Worldwide Developers Conference.

Today's update, build 15A279b, is available through the software update mechanism in the Mac App Store and through the Apple Developer Center. There's also a new sixth beta for public beta testers, which is identical to the eighth developer beta.

It is not clear if this update will add any outward-facing changes to El Capitan, as many of the prior betas have focused on under-the-hood performance improvements and bug fixes to optimize the operating system ahead of its public release, but beta 7 did add some minor cosmetic updates to El Capitan.

As an update complementary to OS X Yosemite, OS X El Capitan builds on the myriad features introduced last year. Behind-the-scenes improvements in El Capitan make a number of apps and processes on the Mac faster, and the introduction of Metal makes system-level graphics rendering 40 percent more efficient.

El Capitan introduces a new system-wide font, a revamped Mission Control feature, a split-view feature for using two full-screen apps at once, deeper functionality for Spotlight, and improvements to Safari that include Pinned Sites and a universal mute button.

OS X 10.11 El Capitan is currently available to both registered developers and public beta testers. Apple plans to release El Capitan to the public in the fall.

Article Link: Apple Seeds Eighth Beta of OS X El Capitan to Developers, Sixth Beta to Public Testers

 

[iPhil]

PB 6 is out too... @2.50GB in size

 

[viettanium]

when beta 9?

 

[p3ncil]

PB 6 is out too

Yep can confirm

 

[dyrer]

Winter is coming
One more big update

 

[cactus_in_uw_gat]

I'ts happening! Apple event coming closer

 

[Eventer_]

public wlan at my work is so slow... Need to go home 😀

 

[djcode24]

any idea when iOS 9 GM will be out??

 

[michelg1970]

Also downloading - if that is any news at all 🙂

EDIT: oh it is news: I am downloading PB 6 while the article is about DP 8... 🙂

Another EDIT: it is not news anymore. You guys beat me... 🙂

 

[EKH]

any idea when iOS 9 GM will be out??

Sep. 9th

 

[jtropeano]

Fingers crossed that a lot of the Exchange issues we're seeing in Mail.app and Calendar are fixed here. Downloading now, will report back.

 

[TimUSCA]

Those of you waiting on iOS 9, I wouldn't hold your breath...

Given the lack of iOS 9 betas, I can only assume it's at a point where they're ready to add Force Touch but can't until new hardware is announced.

 

[joshuaclinton]

And, still no iOS update.

 

[Corrode]

Those of you waiting on iOS 9, I wouldn't hold your breath...

Given the lack of iOS 9 betas, I can only assume t's at a point where they're ready to add Force Touch but can't until new hardware is released.

Wow, I hadn't thought of them holding back iOS 9 updates because of Force Touch. Good call!

 

[bbeagle]

Winter is coming
One more big update

Still 23 more days of Summer left, and WINTER is coming???

 

[madsci954]

any idea when iOS 9 GM will be out??

History has shown shortly after the iPhone keynote, which will be Sept 9.

 

[michelg1970]

Still 23 more days of Summer left, and WINTER is coming???

Meteorological fall starts at 1st September... And in some parts of the world summer straight goes into winter... As on the North Pole for example ;-)

 

[bbfc]

At least these Developer Builds don't take half as long to install as Windows Insider Builds do.

 

[Dephibio]

Yosemite had 8 DPs but I think we'll see at least one more with El Cap.

 

[diddl14]

A new watch beta would be nice.

 

[bbfc]

Yosemite had 8 DPs but I think we'll see at least one more with El Cap.

And look how that turned out. The more builds the better, if it means a far more stable GM.

 

[iPhil]

Yosemite had 8 DPs but I think we'll see at least one more with El Cap.

I'm thinking of Late September to late October for GM El Capitan release

 

[Four oF NINE]

downloading now, 4 minute download.. back after install

 

[tywebb13]

Today's update, build 15A279b, is available through the software update mechanism in the Mac App Store and through the Apple Developer Center. There's also a new sixth beta for public beta testers, which is identical to the eighth developer beta.

No it isn't. Public Beta 6 is build 15A278b.

 

[Dephibio]

I'm thinking of Late September to late October for GM El Capitan release

Could be. First Yosemite GM candidate was released on Sep 30.