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

[Yakibomb]

Odd behaviour of Software update.
I waited a bit before I wanted to restart through notifications, but it disappeared, then pushed the button on update in Appstore, said "Available Updates have changed" in a box, when I pushed the "Show Details" button I got what you see down below in a screen shot, did this a few times and each and every time I get one more entry in "Updates installed...."

I've had this bug every time i've tried to update Yosemite, really hope it won't follow through into the final release

 

[rangen]

Hopefully since this is being labeled as a "GM candidate," they are going to work hard to refine the OS significantly between now and the end of October. 1 month left, and there's still a lot of sloppiness to the UI, like this:

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Indeed

 

[theBostonian]

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

I agree, the font is perfectly serviceable on my high-res, 15" screen (non-retina).

I love the new OS, it looks so nice, especially in dark mode.

 

[benthewraith]

About the Shellshocked exploit

I'm checking to see if Shellshock got patched, Terminal won't give me a result either way, although it passes the other vulnerability so I think I'm good.

 

[scandal666]

Check for Updates

Yes !!, now it's working fine. Thanks to all.

 

[macintoshmac]

Been keeping a little ill, and suddenly found 19 pages of content, so not able to read .. however, found this... I believe the bars have changed. They have gone thinner and have been elongated.

Pardon if it has been reported previously in the pages..

 

[yansun]

Been keeping a little ill, and suddenly found 19 pages of content, so not able to read .. however, found this... I believe the bars have changed. They have gone thinner and have been elongated.

Pardon if it has been reported previously in the pages..

Whats your wallpaper, if I can ask?

 

[macintoshmac]

Whats your wallpaper, if I can ask?

This. I'm a member of Webshots. If you wish to join, I can invite you and we both will get a discount.

 

[une olive]

I can't get it to work either. When I enable Text Message Forwarding it opens up iMessage, but without a code.

Got it

 

[edmartin]

That was the case a few hours ago.

But things have changed now that a full installer for the GM candidate 1 has been released. You can get a code for it at the mac dev center or ios dev center and redeem it in the mac app store. It is 5.17GB. It can be used as a stand-alone installer to do a clean install of the GM without any previous versions installed first.

How can it be used to do a clean install? I'm guessing I would need to create a bootable USB? Could you explain?

 

[myname70]

Today Widgets missing

I mentioned the Today options are dissuader. Only Weather today and social widgets.. Calculator and others are missed in both - GM1 and PB. What are yours Notification/Today widgets?

 

[myname70]

How can it be used to do a clean install? I'm guessing I would need to create a bootable USB? Could you explain?

yes, bootable USB and start it with CMD -- R combination. In google you can find a lot of articles how to make it USB bootable with the desired OS image file (please note, you need a full OS image (size > 5 GB), nit the delay update image (usually size < 1 GB)

Here is a link to Public Beta preparation : http://www.tekrevue.com/tip/os-x-yosemite-usb-installer-public-beta/

Here is the link for Developer Preview (but I think you need the full DP image , size > 5 GB. It is the DP2 version): http://www.tekrevue.com/tip/os-x-yosemite-usb-installer-developer-preview/

 

[kensic]

I wish they'd turn SMS Continuity on and leave it on - in both OSes. Someday I guess.

i have 8.0.2 IOS and OSX YOSEMITE BETA.

and I always see all my SMS's on both devices. (weather i'm sending on my laptop or on my phone. both will update w/e I send)

I along as i'm I have Imessage on, and the person im sending to has imessage on also.

 

[tywebb13]

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[csalm87]

ditto that. No code showing up on the mac.

I had this problem also. Disable iMessage on the iPhone then sign out of iCloud and iMessage on the Mac. Re-enable iCloud and iMessages on the Mac, sign back into iMessage on the iPhone. Try again and keep trying until you get the code. I had to try multiple times. lol

 

[sjinsjca]

Updated. Everything just seems smoother at this point. Haven't seen any visual differences except maybe the size of the blocks in the volume, brightness adjustment HUD

Transitions between Spaces are buttery instead of stuttery.

Hey I made a funny!

 

[IJ Reilly]

That's literally the definition of "modern".

adjective:

of or pertaining to present and recent time;

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of contemporary styles of art, literature, music, etc

This is only one definition of modern, and for it to apply in this case, we would have to accept that Apple is adopting "flatness" to conform to a stylistic trend. I don't buy that argument, if only because Apple tends to set trends, not follow them. The other more applicable definition is "characterized by or using the most up-to-date techniques, ideas, or equipment." This is what I'd expect to be reflected in an operating system if it is to be called modern.

 

[waldo647]

Are any 3rd party apps not working with the GM?

Outlook on my old test MB Air wouldn't open until two Dev revs ago.

I'm ready for my work laptop, I think...

Anyone done much Lightroom 5.6 or Nikon's ViewNX (or MS Office apps)? These are the critical ones for me.

TIA,
- Chris

 

[Erastopic]

Outlook on my old test MB Air wouldn't open until two Dev revs ago.

I'm ready for my work laptop, I think...

Anyone done much Lightroom 5.6 or Nikon's ViewNX (or MS Office apps)? These are the critical ones for me.

TIA,
- Chris

Both Outlook and Lightroom works like a charm, with not issues in general.

But I do not know about Nikon's ViewNX so I can't help you there but I believe there was a thread on here for support apps on Yosemite which had a ton of apps in a list that are supported.

 

[Padmini]

This is only one definition of modern, and for it to apply in this case, we would have to accept that Apple is adopting "flatness" to conform to a stylistic trend. I don't buy that argument, if only because Apple tends to set trends, not follow them. The other more applicable definition is "characterized by or using the most up-to-date techniques, ideas, or equipment." This is what I'd expect to be reflected in an operating system if it is to be called modern.

Nothing wrong with Flat. Its the new style. Looks great when done well.

Bubbles, Buttons, Round, Reflections.....been there, done that.

 

[waldo647]

Both Outlook and Lightroom works like a charm, with not issues in general.

But I do not know about Nikon's ViewNX so I can't help you there but I believe there was a thread on here for support apps on Yosemite which had a ton of apps in a list that are supported.

Cool, thx!

 

[IJ Reilly]

Nothing wrong with Flat. Its the new style. Looks great when done well.

Bubbles, Buttons, Round, Reflections.....been there, done that.

I have no opinion about the merits of a flat vs. something else look. This superficial aesthetics debate doesn't interest me because it has little or nothing to do with how efficiently users interact with the OS. The slowest part of any computer system is the user. The entire point of OS design should be to minimize that friction and help users get their work done quickly, efficiently and with least possible amount of aggravation. An OS that does that better than its predecessors can be called modern. Design decisions made entirely for trendy aesthetic purposes will never do that, and should not be called modern.

 

[Padmini]

This superficial aesthetics debate doesn't interest me because it has little or nothing to do with how efficiently users interact with the OS.

You couldn't be more wrong if you tried. It has everything to do with how it FEELS while using it. You may believe you're above the effects of that experience, but you're not. No one is.

 

[IJ Reilly]

You couldn't be more wrong if you tried. It has everything to do with how it FEELS while using it. You may believe you're above the effects of that experience, but you're not. No one is.

Oh, nice. I don't believe myself to be "above" anything, but I do know that for any tool you care to mention, a positive "feel" is a function of the thing being designed properly for the task. A user may very well not be conscious of the design elements that promote a tool's efficient use. In fact the better the designer does their job, the less users will be conscious of design decisions. All users really need to know is that the tool helps them complete tasks without getting in their way unnecessarily.

Feel is a function of usefulness. How the designer gets there is the hard part, but for certain it's least of all about changing the drapes.

 

[Padmini]

Oh, nice. I don't believe myself to be "above" anything, but I do know that for any tool you care to mention, a positive "feel" is a function of the thing being designed properly for the task. A user may very well not be conscious of the design elements that promote a tool's efficient use. In fact the better the designer does their job, the less users will be conscious of design decisions. All users really need to know is that the tool helps them complete tasks without getting in their way unnecessarily.

Feel is a function of usefulness. How the designer gets there is the hard part, but for certain it's least of all about changing the drapes.

Yes, for instance I can point out one design flaw in Yosemite's Safari that is driving me up a wall.

Clicking the New Tab button in the top right corner, has no visual animation or feedback whatsoever. Compare to Mavericks, where the button depresses and the tab instantly opens. The effect (or lack there of) in Yosemite is that Safari did not respond to the click, until a split second later when the tab does in fact open.