Apple Issues First Beta of OS X 10.8.4 to AppleSeed Members

[MacRumors]

Apple today issued the first beta of OS X 10.8.4 to AppleSeed members, just over two weeks after OS X 10.8.3 was released. The 10.8.4 beta is build 12E27, while 10.8.3 was build 12D78.

Apple is asking users to focus on Wi-Fi, Graphics Drivers and Safari, though no specific issues were mentioned.

Article Link: Apple Issues First Beta of OS X 10.8.4 to AppleSeed Members

 

[Xenomorph]

Hopefully shutdown is snappier.

 

[Junkyman]

1 out, 16 over the course of more than a half year to go.

Not to mention 10.9 will probably come out before 10.8.4.

 

[Unggoy Murderer]

I hope they fix the Safari memory leaks. PID: WebProcess using 10GB of RAM after day or two of usage is a little extreme...

And no, it's not Facebook's fault.

 

[0000757]

Safari seems snappier.

(They're asking people to focus on Safari? Come on, you knew this joke was coming)

 

[unobtainium]

Wonder when we'll see 10.9.

 

[Dwalls90]

Hopefully shutdown is snappier.

Seriously.

I don't know why, but it takes forever with my SSD compared to snappy start up times.

 

[lunaoso]

Not to mention 10.9 will probably come out before 10.8.4.

If I remember correctly, that's what they did with 10.7.5 last year. I know they had 10.7.5 in beta when ML came out, just not sure how far back the beta started.

 

[irDigital0l]

April fools!!!

oh wait...

 

[Badagri]

April fools!!!

oh wait...

LoL, bad day to be on the innerwebz.

 

[ScottishCaptain]

What the hell is an AppleSeed member?

What happened to beta access through the developer program?

-SC

 

[Kashchei]

What the hell is an AppleSeed member?

Good point. Is this story an April Fool's joke?

 

[hppy29]

Appleseed Members are people that Apple choose to test software before it goes on to developers. It is an invite only membership.

 

[theBostonian]

Seriously.

I don't know why, but it takes forever with my SSD compared to snappy start up times.

From this thread on Apple's discussion forums it would appear that various programs are given a 20 second window in which to close, thereby causing a delay.

There's a solution in that thread of editing a plist file with a shorter time to pass before a program is force closed.

I wonder if Apple raised the time because of cloud services? Perhaps they want programs to finish syncing before shutting down?

In any case, it's annoying with or without an SSD

 

[Kashchei]

Appleseed Members are people that Apple choose to test software before it goes on to developers. It is an invite only membership.

Thanks! I had no idea.

 

[GIZBUG]

Safari seems snappier.

(They're asking people to focus on Safari? Come on, you knew this joke was coming)

Fail

 

[Risco]

6 months and 25 betas later.....

 

[iDemiurge]

What the hell is an AppleSeed member?

Ask John Appleseed. He knows all about it. In fact he's testing 10.8.5 already.

 

[Peace]

Before anybody asks. And I know this question will pop up.

Appleseed members are not known for leaking iso's or dmg's.

 

[theBostonian]

Before anybody asks. And I know this question will pop up.

Appleseed members are not known for leaking iso's or dmg's.

That almost sounds like an invitation to PM you

 

[Peace]

That almost sounds like an invitation to PM you

Please don't. It's not.

 

[theBostonian]

Please don't. It's not.

I have no intention of PMing you, hence the " "

Don't panic, calm down and pop a valium.

 

[twintin]

I hope they fix the Safari memory leaks. PID: WebProcess using 10GB of RAM after day or two of usage is a little extreme...

Currently my Safari has been up for around 17 days and never have I seen it consume GB of memory (in fact, I have never seen it consume huge amount of memory at all since August last year) and neither do I have any process called WebProcess.

What the heck have you installed on yours ?

 

[lunarworks]

Let the bitching and complaining begin. #macrumors

 

[724699]

Hopefully this isn't an April fools joke! They definitely have more work to do on the graphics subsystem and Safari performance improvements. The WebKit dev builds are still snappier overall.