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Apple Releases OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 With Security Fixes, iCloud Drive Browsing Options in Time Machine

nospamboz said:
10.10.2 Combo Update silently updated today, and now works over 10.10.1.
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thanks for the update

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kmkjams said:
I believe with Yosemite, when you try to do an erase and install (with a USB stick, with 10.10) it forces the machine to go to the most recent version of Yosemite unfortunately. If you watch the steps of installation, the first thing it does is 'download additional components' before installing anything. Tried this the other day when we had to wipe a co-workers laptop, and used our OS X 10.10 USB stick. It required an internet connection for us to install OS X. I am not sure if this is what you were referring to, but I found this very odd.
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It's not really what I was referring to, but that is interesting (and somewhat annoying) so thanks for sharing all the same.

I was referring to an in place update on an already running Yosemite machine, where we had 10.10.1 installed, if I manually downloaded the combo update installer for 10.10.2 that update would update machines running 10.10.0, but would not allow 10.10.1 machines to update to 10.010.2 using that installer. (hopefully that isn't to confusing)
Other users have said that Apple has since fixed the Combo update that you can download from their to work as expected.
 
Any kind of update fails on my Mini 4,1 (mid-2010). Both versions of the combo (original and the silently updated one), delta, SU - they all fail with "6 minutes to finish" stuck ad infinitum.
The OS is a system that dates back to 10.4 Tiger and has been updated since (including moving from the 1st Intel mini to the current one).
Any tips?
tywebb13 said:
Yeah the new combo dated Jan 28, 2015 is at Unfortunately although they have updated it, the old one is also still online. They should have removed the old one.
So you have to make sure you use the one dated Jan 28, not 27.
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The old one links to a 404 page.
 
drlunanerd said:
Installed on the same model MBP and not seeing this. Perhaps an issue with your display colour profiles?
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I toggled the settings back an forth in discrete and integrated modes and restarted. This seems to have solved my problem.
 
Nice Job Apple the new Safari Halls But. Very nice job.
 
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WiFi issue since upgrade to 10.10.2

I have a MacBook Pro 13" mid 2014, 2.6 GHz, 8GB RAM and 256 GB hard drive.

With Yosemite 10.10.1 my WiFi was working perfect. I simply closed the lid at night and in the morning when I opened it I was connected to the Internet instantly.

Since I have upgraded to 10.10.2 I have the following issue:

I closed the lid last night after upgrading and this morning when I opened it up the WiFi did not connect. I had to stop the WiFi, restart it and then it worked.
After some work I closed the lid and left the Hotel.
Tonight I opened the lid and no Internet connection. The WiFi icon in the menu bar was showing as connected, but Safari did not load any page at all. I turned off the Wifi and restarted it, but no success. I had to shut down the MacBook Pro, restart it and after that it worked.
The Hotel WiFi is working correctly, as when i was having the issue described above, I was able to surf with my iPad without any issue, therefore the problem is with Yosemite 10.10.2.
 
I think for Apple should design an ingenious way to "force" people to CLEAN install every major release. This variability of wi-fi performances - some constantly have problems; some works fine all alone; some did not have issues but now have after updates - is clearly a software problem. With the ridiculous yearly update cycle and OTA update, the OS X for each user is vastly different: who knows what crap has been handed down from earlier versions?

Apple's software strategy is a MESS.

I cannot handle the buggy 10.9 (though others say it's great), so I clean installed 10.10. There has not been major issues.
 
I don't think people will appreciate being forced into clean installs every time. It sometimes is appropriate to do so. But only sometimes! Certainly not every time.

But people would appreciate more information from apple regarding updates.

When OS X is still in beta I usually use the beta deltas to update because they are quicker.

But when public release happens, I update with the full installer, not the delta or even the combo.

The reason I do this is that the full installer updates the recovery partition as well whereas the delta and combo don't.

Apple don't provide this information on the mac app store page.

Another thing they don't say is that a previously reverted yosemite core storage volume will be reconverted if you run the full installer and will need to be reverted again if that is what you want (and you will if you want to be able edit partitions in disk utility or dual boot multiple recovery partitions via the startup manager).
 
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Tanegashima said:
Yes it is.

It runs Java bytecode in a contained environment, so it's a Java Virtual Machine.

Just the way it runs Java bytecode has changed.
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Err, no... it's no longer running Java bytecode.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_Runtime

and performs transformation of the application's bytecode into native instructions that are later executed by the device's runtime environment.
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To maintain backward compatibility, ART uses the same input bytecode as Dalvik, supplied through standard .dex files as part of APK files, while the .odex files are replaced with Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) executables. Once an application is compiled by using ART's on-device dex2oat utility, it is run solely from the compiled ELF executable
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The conversion from bytecode is the whole reason for ART existing.

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Tanegashima said:
It's a Java Virtual Machine, it executes Java bytecode, doesn't matter how it does. It manages Java Virtual Machine memory. So it's a JVM
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You don't understand what it is doing....
 
oopsroger said:
I think for Apple should design an ingenious way to "force" people to CLEAN install every major release.
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I can't believe so many so-called technical people still refuse to do a clean install. Having said that, if Apple's software quality wasn't so horrendous then there wouldn't be so many problems. But people should do a clean install, it's idiotic not to.
 
I have a circle with a cross going through it on the first restart after updating. Repaired disk, repaired disk permissions, no dice. Anyone else experiencing this? What should I do?
 
Has anybody else noticed that some apps are now displaying non-retina graphics (Steam for example)? Also has the date next to the finder window in time machine always been in non-retina (see screenshot)?
 

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xSeaside said:
It's not just Safari actually. Sometimes I can't connect to the App-Store or the iTunes Store or it just loads those pages not correctly (like in Safari).
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I noticed this too - in my console log there is some sort of error relating to discovery or DNS; I'll see if I can copy and paste it next time the error comes up.

Usually comes and goes after 10 - 20 seconds.

Combined with Safari's slowness it really makes using Yosemite a chore.

Saying that, 10.10.2 seems to have increased stability on my 2011 iMac 27", so perhaps we're getting there...
 
SlCKB0Y said:
Err, no... it's no longer running Java bytecode.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_Runtime
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Give up already, don't pretend to know more than what you do. This is isn't Android circlej***.

http://source.android.com/devices/tech/dalvik/index.html

Android runtime (ART) is the managed runtime used by applications and some system services on Android. ART and its predecessor Dalvik were originally created specifically for the Android project. ART as the runtime executes the Dalvik Executable format and Dex bytecode specification.

ART and Dalvik are compatible runtimes running Dex bytecode, so apps developed for Dalvik should work when running with ART. However, some techniques that work on Dalvik do not work on ART. For information about the most important issues, see Verifying App Behavior on the Android Runtime (ART).
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They can't call it "Java byte-code", because "Java" is a registered trademark of Sun. However, the language is open-source, and so does a couple of other things.

It is a JVM, no doubt of it.
 
What a pain in the a** My wifi problem was that after waking my MBP from sleep I find that my wifi is turned off. Not something I did, just something it likes to do itself post Yosemite. Obviously I was hoping that this update would fix it and for two days it did but now I wake my computer and yet again the wifi is turned off. I'm thinking Mountain Lion is calling me back:cool:
 
tywebb13 said:
I don't think people will appreciate being forced into clean installs every time. It sometimes is appropriate to do so. But only sometimes! Certainly not every time.

But people would appreciate more information from apple regarding updates.

When OS X is still in beta I usually use the beta deltas to update because they are quicker.

But when public release happens, I update with the full installer, not the delta or even the combo.

The reason I do this is that the full installer updates the recovery partition as well whereas the delta and combo don't.

Apple don't provide this information on the mac app store page.
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This.

I've used the new 10.10.2 full installer, made a bootable usb stick with the createinstallmedia terminal command, and then installed from it over the existing installation. All data remained intact and I got an updated recovery partition named 10.10.2 (thats visible in bootscreen).

Afaik the only way to update it too. Nice to have.
 
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Fangio said:
This.

I've used the new 10.10.2 full installer, made a bootable usb stick with the createinstallmedia terminal command, and then installed from it over the existing installation. All data remained intact and I got an updated recovery partition named 10.10.2 (thats visible in bootscreen).

Afaik the only way to update it too. Nice to have.
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Do we know what changes 10.10.2 brings to the recovery partition?
 
Fangio said:
Afaik the only way to update it too. Nice to have.
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Yes it is nice to have. No it is not the only way to update the recovery partition.

There is another way without having to actually install the system. But it does require the full installer to be downloaded. It is particularly useful if you have already updated the system via a delta or combo and the recovery partition is not yet updated.

To make the recovery partition:

1. Download the Lion Recovery Update from http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1464?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US. (And before you ask, YES. I mean LION.) Make sure it is in your downloads folder. If you still happen to have the yosemite installer app somewhere, right click on it and click Show Package Contents. Go to Contents/SharedSupport/. Copy the InstallESD.dmg file into your Downloads folder. If you don't still have the installer, you can get it again by redownloading from your purchases tab in your mac app store.

2. Download and decompress the file recovery.sh.zip from http://4unitmaths.com/recovery.sh.zip and move recovery.sh into your Downloads folder if it's not there already.

3. Open Terminal and type the following commands:

chmod +x ~/Downloads/recovery.sh

sudo ~/Downloads/recovery.sh

4. Wait a few minutes for it to finish and return back to a prompt. Reboot with holding down the option key to test your 10.10.2 recovery partition.
 
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Tanegashima said:
Give up already, don't pretend to know more than what you do. This is isn't Android circlej***.

http://source.android.com/devices/tech/dalvik/index.html



They can't call it "Java byte-code", because "Java" is a registered trademark of Sun. However, the language is open-source, and so does a couple of other things.

It is a JVM, no doubt of it.
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You can't understand basic concepts. Upon installation, the conversion from bytecode to native takes place and each and every time the user runs the application it is running a native linux executable.

So yes, ART can interpret bytecode, but it is never in that form when run by a user.

The installation-time conversion to native code is how ART achieves the massive speed increases when compared to Dalvik...

Your posts also ignore the fact that you've always been able to develop for Android using C/C+ with the NDK.

I couldn't care less about Android and do not own any devices - I can't stand when people misrepresent technical details.
 
mid-2014 rMBP, did a clean install of 10.10 a few months back. Did in-place upgrade of 10.10.1 and 10.10.2 through app store.

Two days and counting. So far, so good
 
Simple question. What is the difference between the 1/27/15 10.10.2 [which I downloaded] and the 1/28/15 version that is almost twice as large??

I asked Apple support and they didn't know.
 
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