Apple Releases OS X Yosemite Golden Master Candidate to Developers [Update: Also Public Beta]

[DerekAndonian]

Nothing for PB users then?

No. Your PowerBook can not run Yosemite.

 

[HenryDJP]

You missed Windows 2000, which was "Good". Plus I wouldn't say 98 was "Good", either...

I am NO Windows lover by a long shot but I have to agree with you 100%. Windows 2000 was by far the best version of Windows and 98 definitely sucked.

 

[Paradoxally]

There isn't any fix for this? Like you can do with the non-retina iPad mini - switch to thicker fonts so iOS 7 looks a bit better on non-retina screens...?

Apple's solution: buy a retina Mac.

I have to say, though, Yosemite on a non-retina looks like crap.

On a retina, it only stops looking like crap once you change the system font back to Lucida Grande. Otherwise, Helvetica is just too thin.

 

[seme332]

My update is still supposed to take 12 hours. what in gods name is wrong with apples servers all the time?

 

[vatter69]

Not that it helps you but the DL took all but 3 mins and i'm also from Germany.

 

[Antoni Nygaard]

My update is still supposed to take 12 hours. what in gods name is wrong with apples servers all the time?

took 4 minutes for to download 10 min ago around 1GB

 

[GoodWatch]

Since installing Beta 4, the Finder restarts as soon as I access an external drive (USB) or memory card. Anybody else with this problem?

 

[teknikal90]

i know there are other more specific threads, but given that this concerns the GM candidate....
anyone updated a 2011 MBP 15"?
what features are now confirmed to be left out? I love continuity and whilst i accept it cant transfer app states, can i still answer calls and send SMSs from my 2011 MBP onto an iPhone 6?

Thanks

 

[IJ Reilly]

Okay grandpa. Every new OS is flat, thus modern. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it isn't modern.

Well, little tadpole, it has nothing to do with whether I like it or don't like it.

 

[Skika]

i know there are other more specific threads, but given that this concerns the GM candidate....
anyone updated a 2011 MBP 15"?
what features are now confirmed to be left out? I love continuity and whilst i accept it cant transfer app states, can i still answer calls and send SMSs from my 2011 MBP onto an iPhone 6?

Thanks

Yes. But you will have to wait for 8.1 for sms.

 

[bobbba]

Airplay between iOS 8.02 on my iPhone and Yosemite finally working

SMS relay not though so Is it working for anyone on iOS 8.0.2 or is it an iOS 8.1 only feature?

 

[Erastopic]

Finally! I waited so long for Apple to fix that translucency with the Volume HUD which has also a slight redesign. which I feel was a bug but others a feature. It's now blank rather than to transfer the translucency from the wallpaper.

They have also made the Finder icon much more enjoyable without those light/faded borders.

But I also want to mention that I'm happy they made the GM just a candidate, meaning there could be more GM's in the near future. Some of Yosemite still feels inconsistent like some of the Utility apps still has the old icon.

 

[Ashwee]

Think safari is broken, websites appear zoomed in and cant be zoomed out, it's happened a couple of times in the last hour

 

[philr5150]

i really hoped they would add dark menu bars

Put it in Dark Mode. I've been using this for a couple of weeks and really like it.

http://www.tekrevue.com/tip/enable-dark-mode-os-x-yosemite/

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My update is still supposed to take 12 hours. what in gods name is wrong with apples servers all the time?

It's called workload. Deal with it.

 

[VMukhtarov]

All I can say about this GM Candidate

 

[BiggiePhat]

No one else having issue with going from DP7 to GM? It says i can update to Beta 3 after i installed DP7 (which it made me download after i redeemed my GM code) but Beta 3 is the Public beta...

 

[philr5150]

Apple's solution: buy a retina Mac.

I have to say, though, Yosemite on a non-retina looks like crap.

On a retina, it only stops looking like crap once you change the system font back to Lucida Grande. Otherwise, Helvetica is just too thin.

Disagree. I think it looks absolutely fine on my MBP (non-retina).

 

[DamnDJ]

Since installing Beta 4, the Finder restarts as soon as I access an external drive (USB) or memory card. Anybody else with this problem?

Just plugged in my external WD Passport with 4 partitions with no problems.

 

[xdexina]

New iWork Design and Icons previewed in trackpad gestures demo (System Preferences -> Trackpad)

Wow... another thing... it shows up as "October 14th" on the calendar... can this mean... the release date?

 

[UhFive]

I am running iOS8 and the PB Yosemite, should I be able to access the new Photos app that syncs between my mobile devices and computer? This is actually one of the biggest features I am ready to see.

 

[Jason.childs]

What I did was open Messages in Yosemite. I typed the name of a friend I know who doesn't have an iPhone. I then picked his phone number and tried to send a message. It tried to send as an iMessage which failed immediately (He has an HTC One M8). And then it asked me to verify a code on my iPhone which I did. And then it worked.

Still not working, when try to do a non iPhone number, I get a "this number isn't registered with iMessage." I don't get any notification from on my iPhone and when trying to register from my iPhone to get a code on my Mac it doesn't show anything on my Mac. Any suggestions? So frustrated

 

[brianvictor7]

Given Apple's track record over the last month I will NOT be downloading until at least a couple of revisions.

Been using the Beta for a while now (not the latest download). It's been pretty good.

 

[tywebb13]

any changes to iTunes 12? build #?

If there is going to be a new build of itunes, it will come separately. It doesn't usually come bundled with a delta update of OS X.

 

[ashdelacroix]

Why did you have to point that out...it will drive me crazy now. You're absolutely right.

I am pointing out the arbitrary use of the term "modern" (as included in every MR article about Yosemite). It seems that "flatter" is being made a characteristic of "modernism" by MR, and by your definition, anything that is changed is automatically more "modern." Neither is really accurate. The design is merely different, not more modern.

I disagree strongly. I think, generally, there is a clear evolution from the chunkier, grey designs of 20 years ago, to the colourful and accessible skeuomorphic design of the last 10 years, and the streamlined, flatter design of the last few years.

Current design has inherited the best of the past but is setting out to be different in confrontation with that inheritance, making the current trends for "flat" design "modern" insofar as it positions itself against the past.

And this is to assume "modern" as in line with contemporary design trends rather than "modernism" as an art movement, for which the latter term is inappropriate and, indeed, anachronistic.

 

[Czo]

Anyone has GPU performance problem on iMac 27" Mid 2011 with AMD 6970M? Expose and window dragging is very sluggish, Cinebench R15 score dropped from 59.62 (Mavericks) to 20.49.

http://homokozo.czo.hu/cinebench_yosemite.png
http://homokozo.czo.hu/cinebench_mavericks.png