I hope they refresh the widgets with the new translucent look on the Dashboard but I don't really see that happening.
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Apple Releases OS X Yosemite Developer Preview 6
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That's why I'm hoping for a sixth beta.
For Handoff to work, you need to be running the same numbered versions. So, DP6 and beta 6.
Seems strange, as you said, not to be able to use/test the feature until it's released to the public.
Mac Mini Sound
Well, even with DP6 the sound on my Mac Mini craps out when the screen goes to sleep. When it comes back, the volume is at maximum, the sound icon is greyed out on the notification bar, and the on-screen volume is stuck at Max as well and cannot be changed.
Only fix is to open a terminal window and execute:
sudo killall coreaudiod
And then it's fine again until the next time the screen goes to sleep.
As i said earlier, it worked fine until I put the first Public Beta on it (was on Mavericks previously) and then it's not worked right since. Any ideas on what else I can try to fix this? I can live with it until Yosemite goes gold and see if that fixes it, but if there's something simple I can try I'm all ears
PS: I tried a repair permissions just now, and it fixed a few things but after a reboot it is still doing the same thing.
UPDATE: So it seems that now my external MiniDisplayport monitor is being detected as an audio device, and when it wakes up it was usurping the audio duties. I did an ALT-Click on the volume control and selected Headphones instead (external speakers) and so far it's not reverting to the MiniDisplayport device!
Thanks!
Well, even with DP6 the sound on my Mac Mini craps out when the screen goes to sleep. When it comes back, the volume is at maximum, the sound icon is greyed out on the notification bar, and the on-screen volume is stuck at Max as well and cannot be changed.
Only fix is to open a terminal window and execute:
sudo killall coreaudiod
And then it's fine again until the next time the screen goes to sleep.
As i said earlier, it worked fine until I put the first Public Beta on it (was on Mavericks previously) and then it's not worked right since. Any ideas on what else I can try to fix this? I can live with it until Yosemite goes gold and see if that fixes it, but if there's something simple I can try I'm all ears
PS: I tried a repair permissions just now, and it fixed a few things but after a reboot it is still doing the same thing.
UPDATE: So it seems that now my external MiniDisplayport monitor is being detected as an audio device, and when it wakes up it was usurping the audio duties. I did an ALT-Click on the volume control and selected Headphones instead (external speakers) and so far it's not reverting to the MiniDisplayport device!
Thanks!
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Way to big yourself up, I'm haven't paid £100 to be part of developer program so don't get the developer previews, but I'm still a developer so know a thing or two and can definitely find the route of some quirky problems.
Apple's incentive is to receive reports of the latest problems, if they do not update the public betas there will be a lot of reports complaining of problems which have been fixed in newer builds.
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Yes! I complained about that a while ago, glad they've noticed it was a tad too transparent.
Isn't it funny.. When the new HUD came it had poor translucency that was barely visible and then they actually fix it but it still has an annoying issue.. Sigh, another two weeks to wait until this is fixed.
If you look at my screenshots down below, this is the volume being changed at a blank white background.. Notice how it has an orange "vibrancy" to it? Same with the purple one.
It seems that the new HUD is keeping some of the Vibrancy from your wallpaper and adds it to the main HUD it self wherever you go. Of course this goes away when you use the HUD over something that has not a plain color. On iOS the HUD just becomes grey when you change your volume on a white background.
I don't know if this counts for all Macs running Yosemite but I'm running a MacBook Pro 13" Retina and I am aware that non-retina and retina Macs gets different issues from time to time.
This might have been mentioned before but I was too lazy to go through 19 pages of posts just to check.
Edit: The best way to go past this issue is to use a wallpaper with low saturation or with faded colors. Still annoys me tho.
If you look at my screenshots down below, this is the volume being changed at a blank white background.. Notice how it has an orange "vibrancy" to it? Same with the purple one.
It seems that the new HUD is keeping some of the Vibrancy from your wallpaper and adds it to the main HUD it self wherever you go. Of course this goes away when you use the HUD over something that has not a plain color. On iOS the HUD just becomes grey when you change your volume on a white background.
I don't know if this counts for all Macs running Yosemite but I'm running a MacBook Pro 13" Retina and I am aware that non-retina and retina Macs gets different issues from time to time.
This might have been mentioned before but I was too lazy to go through 19 pages of posts just to check.
Edit: The best way to go past this issue is to use a wallpaper with low saturation or with faded colors. Still annoys me tho.
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I have had exactly zero problems with Mavericks. I've installed it on high-end Macs, and older low-end systems. What matters is how a user treats his/her system, and what kinds of things that they install on top of the OS. I've seen very powerful Macs weighed down with crapware, and old software left over from Macs from years ago. This has a bad effect on Mavericks, and any other newer OS X version. I've been doing I.T. work for a very long time, and it still amazes me how people bitch and whine, and they refuse to believe that they caused their own problems either through ignorance, or just plain old fashioned laziness.
works for me
Interesting. Reset all my shortcuts and checked the spotlight preferences and it still isn't wanting to work for me.
I don't know if this has been already mentioned, but the house icon has a new design
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and the iCloud drive icon is new too
WOW!! REALLY? I'm definitely upgrading then!
</sillyness>
So with the GOAL of people upgrading to their newest operating systems; TO ME (you hole); it seems stupid to not release them at the same time when the whole point to both new systems is that oh THEY WORK TOGETHER; just as it seems stupid to me to release DP6 and not Beta 6. I, unlike you, dc if I am wrong I am simply questioning their marketing if they are to not release at the same time. Some people.
Apple never released new iOS and OS X releases together. So I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you. They will be at least a month apart and the sky will not fall, don't worry.
The best Era of Mac design.
I absolutely agree! While Yosemite is really something new and fresh in terms of design, the whole direction puts me off a bit. The same feeling of a kid's toy made of plastic has been lurking in my mind since the introduction if iOS 7. And boy those neon-pastel gradients...
The panther/Tiger era was the best in therms of design IMO. That iMac was gorgeous with those matching peripherals. After Tiger not just design, but features got worse. Think about crippling Exposé by removing window names, and while Mission Control is good, the essential feature of Exposé is reduced further. This was just one example. My other gripe is interface related, namely more and more parts of the GUI got that boring grey surface that is so windows 95. I don't believe this the only way to get to a full vector based GUI that can be fully scaled to custom resolution. Yosemite does well with transparency, showing content beneath the surface. OTOH I'm not satisfied with this fully either. While Windows 7 Aero was kind of a sugarcoat and plasticky, this iOS 7 and now Yosemite styled sanded glass surface and transparency isn't perfection either. It is leaps and bounds better than what Win 7 had, but it's a tiny bit off the mark IMO. If only it were a smidgen more real, dare I say more skeumorph!
My vision of Mac OS would revolve around real world materials in GUI design. Dark, transparent, sanded glass surfaces, but just a bit more realistic than Yosemite to move away from the kid's toy look. Just use what the Macs are made of! I would tone down skeumorphism, but not like this 180 degree turn that we see now. Aluminium and some real world textures are definitely welcome in an essential, somewhat abstract from.
These new icons and pastel tones feels like kid playground, same as iOS 7 etc...
i think it can be done better, i do not say that skeuomorphism is better.
I think it can be done better and more future like. Now it looks in design perspective - something between the way it should need to look...
My feelings is that Apple is seeking a way to new design, but not founded it yet!
The same way when Apple in past designed it first iMac's
(it is hard to design something new (non seen before) and this is hard way to go, hope they are thinking on this. )
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I absolutely agree! While Yosemite is really something new and fresh in terms of design, the whole direction puts me off a bit. The same feeling of a kid's toy made of plastic has been lurking in my mind since the introduction if iOS 7. And boy those neon-pastel gradients...
The panther/Tiger era was the best in therms of design IMO. That iMac was gorgeous with those matching peripherals. After Tiger not just design, but features got worse. Think about crippling Exposé by removing window names, and while Mission Control is good, the essential feature of Exposé is reduced further. This was just one example. My other gripe is interface related, namely more and more parts of the GUI got that boring grey surface that is so windows 95. I don't believe this the only way to get to a full vector based GUI that can be fully scaled to custom resolution. Yosemite does well with transparency, showing content beneath the surface. OTOH I'm not satisfied with this fully either. While Windows 7 Aero was kind of a sugarcoat and plasticky, this iOS 7 and now Yosemite styled sanded glass surface and transparency isn't perfection either. It is leaps and bounds better than what Win 7 had, but it's a tiny bit off the mark IMO. If only it were a smidgen more real, dare I say more skeumorph!
My vision of Mac OS would revolve around real world materials in GUI design. Dark, transparent, sanded glass surfaces, but just a bit more realistic than Yosemite to move away from the kid's toy look. Just use what the Macs are made of! I would tone down skeumorphism, but not like this 180 degree turn that we see now. Aluminium and some real world textures are definitely welcome in an essential, somewhat abstract from.
Mine didn't, non retina MBP
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Yes I have but for some reason when I open it, it just crashes and gives me some kind of error saying to reopen
Correct. I'm ok with typos if they come from someone who is trying to make a sincere contribution. Writing "I hatez di Mavericks!!!" without any explanation does not entitle someone to the benefit of the doubt. Please read this guy's initial post if you don't get it.No typos allowed!
I tried two fresh installations, one on each of my Macs, because I thought maybe some incompatible software was running, and it still had enough issues to make me downgrade. I minimize how many things run in the background constantly (avoiding even Dropbox) and don't use any "system performance utilities".
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Sincerely, this has been the worst day for me as a developer since June 2.
I can't use Xcode 6 anymore. Xcode 5 is not backwards compatible with my storyboard apparently because of margin-dependant constraints (I made sure to uncheck that all the time). Older betas of Xcode 6 crash the simulator and crash when I open the storyboard, no matter if I use iOS 8 or 7.
I'd have to develop on my painfully slow MBP, which is still stuck on Yosemite DP4 because it has never detected an upgrade since then.
On top of that, no new iOS 8 beta, which has utterly buggy APIs. Not a good day...
I can't use Xcode 6 anymore. Xcode 5 is not backwards compatible with my storyboard apparently because of margin-dependant constraints (I made sure to uncheck that all the time). Older betas of Xcode 6 crash the simulator and crash when I open the storyboard, no matter if I use iOS 8 or 7.
I'd have to develop on my painfully slow MBP, which is still stuck on Yosemite DP4 because it has never detected an upgrade since then.
On top of that, no new iOS 8 beta, which has utterly buggy APIs. Not a good day...
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Sincerely, this has been the worst day for me as a developer since June 2.
I can't use Xcode 6 anymore. Xcode 5 is not backwards compatible with my storyboard apparently because of margin-dependant constraints (I made sure to uncheck that all the time). Older betas of Xcode 6 crash the simulator and crash when I open the storyboard, no matter if I use iOS 8 or 7.
I'd have to develop on my painfully slow MBP, which is still stuck on Yosemite DP4 because it has never detected an upgrade since then.
On top of that, no new iOS 8 beta, which has utterly buggy APIs. Not a bad day...
I avoid storyboards and usually avoid the Interface Builder altogether. Even in Xcode 5, I've had nightmare situations with it. It's a lot of trouble for not much gain, and you have to do most of the customization in code anyway, so I'd rather have it all in one place.
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My dad uses it just so he can have 10 calculators open at once, and kids with iBook G4s who just upgraded to Tiger from Panther might still be intrigued by it. Other than those cases, I doubt it.
finder not opening
Hey guys, any advice? Finder is not loading properly in DP6 ... I'm coming from the the public beta (too nerdy to hold off).
I tried deleting finder preferences, force quitting ... anything else?
Thanks!
Nick
Hey guys, any advice? Finder is not loading properly in DP6 ... I'm coming from the the public beta (too nerdy to hold off).
I tried deleting finder preferences, force quitting ... anything else?
Thanks!
Nick
Have their operating systems ever worked together and been marketed together before? This is a yes or no question not a lets write a few lines and try to make the other user feel dumb question cuz I do understand those are the only kinds of condescending answers you can seem to type out of those sausage fingers of yours.
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Reinstall the DP? There are links everywhere.