Apple Releases OS X El Capitan Golden Master to Developers Ahead of September 30 Launch

[WilliamG]

It's now available for Public Beta as well. Got a similar message myself.

Same here! Public BETA testers get the GM now, too. Yay!

"Thank you for participating in the Apple Beta Software Program. Your feedback and usage of the
OS X El Capitan public beta has helped us make this release great. We are pleased to give you access to
the OS X El Capitan GM Candidate.

If you are currently testing OS X El Capitan, please back up your Mac and do the following to install the
GM Candidate. Go to your Purchased tab in the Mac App Store and click the Download button next to
OS X El Capitan GM Candidate. When your download finishes, the installer will automatically launch.
Follow the onscreen instructions to complete installation."

 

[orvtnj]

Not seeing it here... might this article have come a little early?

It's not under update. It's under "purchased" tab. I'm downloading it.

 

[iamcaseyf]

if you are part of the public beta, it is in the App Store under Purchases

 

[MacClueless]

Did I read this wrong? I thought it said CANDIDATE.

 

[Swiss-G]

Did I read this wrong? I thought it said CANDIDATE.

It does. There may be more than one GM candidate released before 30 September.

 

[iSquirrelu]

Can't change system icons in the GM seed?

 

[MacBird]

The build number for the public beta GM is 282a.

 

[Candlelight]

Anyone else seeing two GM Candidates in their purchases? I'm downloading the one with the later date so I'm guessing that's the correct one...

 

[kiancheong]

Is it just me or does everyone else's installer download into the Downloads folder? Previously all OS X installers download into the Applications folder.

Also, the installer has Beta pasted all over. A quick check thru the Info.plist shows the build number being 15A283.

 

[kjm18]

my Mac App Store says no updates available when trying to check for GM for PB

 

[Candlelight]

my Mac App Store says no updates available when trying to check for GM for PB

It's not an update, it's in your purchases tab.

 

[kjm18]

Same here! Public BETA testers get the GM now, too. Yay!

"Thank you for participating in the Apple Beta Software Program. Your feedback and usage of the
OS X El Capitan public beta has helped us make this release great. We are pleased to give you access to
the OS X El Capitan GM Candidate.

If you are currently testing OS X El Capitan, please back up your Mac and do the following to install the
GM Candidate. Go to your Purchased tab in the Mac App Store and click the Download button next to
OS X El Capitan GM Candidate. When your download finishes, the installer will automatically launch.
Follow the onscreen instructions to complete installation."

just noticed this, downloading it now

 

[mitchsaunders]

It's in your Purchases tab. NOT in your updates.

And you have to redeem a code from developer.apple.com.

It downloads the full installer as opposed to a delta update.

EDIT: just downloading now.

 

[iFalcon]

Odd...

I was a tester and received the same GM email tonight. Logged in and then it said it would be under purchases. However, It's not there....Odd

 

[tremlock]

I can't get my MacBook Pro to start after the update. The status bar on the boot screen gets to about 75% and the Mac shuts down. Can't boot into safe mode either. Any suggestions?

 

[robert05au]

It downloading nicely at 3 mb/sec

looking forward to trying it out later

 

[Amazing Iceman]

I received this email about El Capitan GM Candidate earlier tonight, so check your email; you may receive it too:

 

[FarmerBob]

I can't get my MacBook Pro to start after the update. The status bar on the boot screen gets to about 75% and the Mac shuts down. Can't boot into safe mode either. Any suggestions?

Yeh, it's a longer than normal, a bit bizarre more convoluted install on this one. But my version is just saying 10.11. No suffix. Before it was the Beta 8 version of 279b. The GM installer was dated Jun 06.

 

[Amazing Iceman]

Yeh, it's a longer than normal, a bit bizarre more convoluted install on this one. But my version is just saying 10.11. No suffix. Before it was the Beta 8 version of 279b. The GM installer was dated Jun 06.

I'm still downloading it. Do you recommend creating flash media to install it or just do it from the image file?

 

[haddy]

Yeh, it's a longer than normal, a bit bizarre more convoluted install on this one. But my version is just saying 10.11. No suffix. Before it was the Beta 8 version of 279b. The GM installer was dated Jun 06.

Yep same here.......seems to be working okay

 

[iamMacPerson]

Can anyone confirm the PB GM Candidate 1 is the same build as the DB GM Candidate 1?

 

[optophobia]

build 15A282a installed.....

 

[redheeler]

Build 15A282a. Playing around with it, the only differences I've spotted compared to the beta are the added setting to disable pre-release updates in System Preferences > App Store, and the "Beta" suffix gone from version in About This Mac.

 

[kiancheong]

Build 15A282b here, downloaded thru App Store via Developer portal.

 

[mcrazza]

I too see the El Cap GM candidate in the MAS Purchased tab.

Can anyone please confirm if it's safe to DL the GM candidate and upgrade the main system install from Yosemite to El Cap? Yes, no, or should I wait for the official release?