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One of the good things OS X Yosemite brings is far better (shorter) shutdown times.:)

Edit: Oh, and downloading it right now, slow like molasses, this is a first time for me this is so slow.
 
I've only just joined the beta program.

It says its downloading BETA 3 but it's dated September 30th, so is this the GM or no?

It's not the GM, it's the PB equivalent of the 8th dev build. There wouldn't be much utility in releasing a PB version of the GM – the most useful feedback on the GM will come from active developers.
 
the earnings call is on october 20th so public release then? they have used this before to announce OS X releases. i know they could do an event but the 21st was shot down already for an event.
 
Downloading now from the App Store - but god is it slow - I'm on a 80mb connection and it is going at a snails pace..
 
Looks like there is a new Show All button in Settings. I also discovered new animations for increasing/decreasing the brightness and volume.
 
People seems to get it confused..

Handoff (which is where you can start an email on one device and pick up on the other, instant hotspot, and AirDrop) will not work on your Macs

Continuity (accepting/placing phone calls, as well as SMS) will work on your Macs as long as you're running iOS 8 and Yosemite.

Right thanks for the clarification. They are rather similar.

Are you staying Continuity WILL work as long as the machine can be installed with Yosemite? Or do you need to be equipped with those low energy bluetooth on your computer?
 
Currently downloading (1.18GB on a late 2013 rMBP), at a pace suggesting there's a digital dude walking in front of the datastream holding up a red flag. Time to deploy an RFC1149-compliant connection..

Downloading now from the App Store - but god is it slow - I'm on a 80mb connection and it is going at a snails pace..

Yup, I normally download at about 4 MB/s, now about 550 KB/s.
 
Wow much excite, while I'm sure I can find a place to download the GM I think I'm going to wait for a public release of this. Apple has had a bit of a rough time lately so I don't wanna force it upon myself and make matters worse. Hell I might even wait for a small patch before I upgrade.
 
People seems to get it confused..

Handoff (which is where you can start an email on one device and pick up on the other, instant hotspot, and AirDrop) will not work on your Macs

Continuity (accepting/placing phone calls, as well as SMS) will work on your Macs as long as you're running iOS 8 and Yosemite.

I think you've got the names the wrong way around there mate.
 
The speed of this download - I'm wondering if the server is sitting under a Apple Developers desk on a 56K modem... :D
 
One of the good things OS X Yosemite brings is far better (shorter) shutdown times.:)

Edit: Oh, and downloading it right now, slow like molasses, this is a first time for me this is so slow.

Hehe glad there is an improvement but I shut down my computer like once a month and then the remainder of the time it's just sitting in suspend. Nice to have the feature but it will probably be rarely used (at least I hope so). :D
 
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