Apple Releases First OS X 10.11.4 El Capitan Beta to Public Beta Testers

[Mahsamatman]

I assume you actually mean 10.11.4 and 10.11.3? And yes, that's perfectly normal. They are also working on at least 10.12 and iOS 10 as we will see it at WWDC and developers will have betas available shortly after.
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https://manytricks.com/moom/

In my view, an essential purchase.

Worth looking at Sizeup as well. I'v been using it for so long I can't recall when I bought it.

 

[dogslobber]

So um Apple is woking on 10.11.4 yet Apple hasn't released the finished 10.11.3 update yet. Hmm seems about right.

Perhaps Apple did a Microsoft and skipped over a release?

 

[KnighsTalker]

10.11.5 will come out next week.

 

[fortepianissimo]

Any one is having trouble connecting using Cisco AnyConnect after the update?

>> notice: Establishing VPN session...
>> notice: Establishing VPN - Initiating connection...
>> notice: Establishing VPN - Examining system...
>> notice: Establishing VPN - Activating VPN adapter...
>> notice: Establishing VPN - Configuring system...
>> state: Disconnecting
>> notice: Disconnect in progress, please wait...
>> state: Disconnecting
>> error: The VPN client was unable to successfully verify the IP forwarding table modifications. A VPN connection will not be established.
>> state: Disconnected
>> notice: Ready to connect.


> vpn -version
Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client (version 3.1.04074) .

Copyright (c) 2004 - 2013 Cisco Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.



Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client (version 3.1.04074) .

Copyright (c) 2004 - 2013 Cisco Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

 

[Kar98]

Just installed the public 10.11.4 beta and it turned off TRIM for my Crucial SSD, had to run the trimforce command again to get it back on. Hopefully this isn't a sign that Apple are going back on their TRIM support.

Why, is a 80 GB, 4,200 rpm spinny drive not good enough for you?

 

[acctman]

so what are the improvements?

 

[bn-7bc]

System Preferences should give users the option to change the green buttons behaviour;

• Fullscreen
• Maximize (a la MS Windows)
• Enlarge to maximum area required (but doesnt fill the screen entirely)

Yes and replace finder with something more windows explorer like (as mouch a like as possible whithour upsetting ms legal department)

 

[Mr Humphries]

>> notice: Establishing VPN - Configuring system...
>> state: Disconnecting
>> notice: Disconnect in progress, please wait...

I can no longer connect using OpenVPN, only IPSec (don't use Cisco though). Negotiations choke at the same point as above.

 

[fortepianissimo]

I can no longer connect using OpenVPN, only IPSec (don't use Cisco though). Negotiations choke at the same point as above.

I just filed a report via the Feedback Assistant. Hopefully this gets fixed very soon.

In the meantime if anyone finds a workaround please share. Thanks!

 

[Junipr]

https://justgetflux.com

Been using f.lux for some time but would gladly take direct integration within the OS over a separate, third party app

 

[haddy]

so what are the improvements?

None...IMHO

 

[Mr Humphries]

just filed a report via the Feedback Assistant

Just done likewise.

 

[CmdrLaForge]

I have no issues with 10.11.2. I stay on that one

 

[Sanlitun]

Well a couple of interesting things with this one on a Mac Pro:

1. USB over Thunderbolt is still broken.

2. My MX Master mouse no longer works properly via Bluetooth. I can re-pair it and it will work briefly, but it eventually loses the connection and will not work again until it is paired again.

 

[charleliso]

I like to use top sites and it works for awhile but then stops responding to input

 

[navaira]

Yes and replace finder with something more windows explorer like (as mouch a like as possible whithour upsetting ms legal department)

Baby don't hurt me, no more.

 

[nextstop]

Yes and replace finder with something more windows explorer like (as mouch a like as possible whithour upsetting ms legal department)

windows explorer sucks.

 

[Kar98]

windows explorer sucks.

Sucks a whole lot less than Finder does these days.

 

[dogslobber]

10.11.5 will come out next week.

It's possible if they have overlapping betas from now on that beta users never EXIT beta, ever.

 

[xgman]

Well a couple of interesting things with this one on a Mac Pro:

1. USB over Thunderbolt is still broken.

2. My MX Master mouse no longer works properly via Bluetooth. I can re-pair it and it will work briefly, but it eventually loses the connection and will not work again until it is paired again.

sigh . . such basic stuff. Here we are in 2016 struggling with usb and bluetooth? It's just wrong......

 

[Amigastu]

Why, is a 80 GB, 4,200 rpm spinny drive not good enough for you?

Hmm, I'd rather keep my SSD if possible using a spinning disk again doesn't appeal to me at all

 

[Ebenezum]

If I knew that I would be smiling ;-)

The day after New Years Eve, I hit Update (to 10.11.3) The Mac did the update and as it wanted to boot... It would NEVER get past the boot-bar on the black screen. I tried for two days, using ALL knowledge I have gathered over 20 years with Mac, read Google ETC ETC ETC... The screen stayed black.

I had to backup and init the disk... And during re-backup given the fact that ANYONE using USB3 with a Retina MacBook Pro is living on a VERY dangerous edge where the OS is likely to just throw-out the USB3 drive WHENEVER it so pleases and in such a case EVEN destroy the Partion ---- OS X DID destroy my Volume. More precisely, it destroyed the EFI Partition. Anyway, I WAS able to (wasting 5 days) reconstruct ALL my data with the wonderful tool called Disk Drill.

So DUE to the 10.11.3 " UPDATE " I LOST about 2 weeks of work.

In the wake of this, I dumped ALL my USB3 drive and swapped them for Thunderbolt which I in my experience has NEVER exhibited SUCH issues.

I LIKE El Capitan and the idea of it. It IS a truly amazing OS. Only it is FAR from stable. If only Apple would fix what is IN the bug-reports, the OS would come back and mirror stability which I as OS X user (Until Mavericks) has gotten accustomed to... But by the release of a major upgrade every year, Apple is doing nothing but making their developers AND users Angry and FORCING them to STOP installing their beta software. Which is VERY BAD for bugs !!!

I sympathise. This is the reason I never install beta OS into production Mac. I have an old iMac for testing purposes. As for El Capitan being amazing I disagree. It does have potential compared to Yosemite but in my opinion Apple is taking OS X into wrong direction, adding more features from iOS isn't something I find desirable.

I do agree with yearly releases, too much change in a short time means more trouble for developers and users.

 

[nemguy]

I'll stay with Yosemite 10.10.5 ; 10.11 look still very unstable and probably a test for 10.12 which, it will be the real final product.

 

[navaira]

Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan review: better performance and stability, and some great new features coming to the Mac

Mac OS X 10.12 The Nose review: even better performance and stabler stability, and some greater newer features coming to the Mac

My favourite part of El Capitan is how I can't reproduce problems from one computer on another.

 

[BittenApple]

Still no USB fixe for iMac 27 Late 2015, USB external drive only works in port 1 nearest the power connector, and all my new lexar card readers don't function amongst other usb devices, i cant believe they fixed this in the previous stable release and then broke it again in the new beta!

You sure its not a HW problem?