Relieved sigh...happy to report that I just got a USB drive to work with the new beta and Virtualbox.
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Apple Releases Second OS X 10.11.2 El Capitan Beta to Public Beta Testers
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Relieved sigh...happy to report that I just got a USB drive to work with the new beta and Virtualbox.
ImperialForces
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Well... it better be out within a month!! I am having horrible WiFi issues after updating my 2015 retina macbook pro, never had issues in Yosemite...
So Apple needs to release this fix soon to the public
I wish I stayed on 10.10.5, but as someone else said 10.11.2 isn't released to the public yet, just to public testers.
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No, of course not. Apple is perfect. What was I thinking talking like that?!
Thanks for taking the time to fully understand the issue instead of giving into a knee-jerk apologist reaction and for bringing me squarely back to my senses.
It's amusing and sad that they still haven't fixed 5ghz WiFi issues properly.
I wasn't have any issues waking from sleep, WiFi would connect instantly, now it's either disconnecting on wake or takes 30 seconds before it eventually starts working.
This is waking up from less than a couple of minutes sleep:
--- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics ---
35 packets transmitted, 17 packets received, 51.4% packet loss
18 packets before it eventually connects...
Whereas with 2.4ghz WiFi it's instant.
I wasn't have any issues waking from sleep, WiFi would connect instantly, now it's either disconnecting on wake or takes 30 seconds before it eventually starts working.
This is waking up from less than a couple of minutes sleep:
--- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics ---
35 packets transmitted, 17 packets received, 51.4% packet loss
18 packets before it eventually connects...
Whereas with 2.4ghz WiFi it's instant.
safari is causing the system to beachball like there is no tomorrow!
That's been my experience too on my 2013 rmbp. Yosemite seemed quicker to me.
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Well, I don't know how long full install will take since I cannot reinstall the whole system right now. But every update install takes less than 20 minutes. I am happy with it.I've done several El Capitan installations and it still always corrupts my MAIL database. The latest installation was apparently fixable, but still testing. In previous attempts, my Email account names and servers were all corrupted, couldn't send/receive email at all on most accounts, but it looks like Apple has mostly solved that problem. Still had to import my mail a couple times which should not be necessary. Apparently I have more email saved and more accounts than the average user, but you would think Apple would account for businesses and Hillary Clinton having multiple accounts right?
In previous installs, El Capitan also made my Apple ID unusable, unable to log into iTunes, connect to iPhone, download pictures from the phone, you name it. That problem appears to be fixed.
The original installer program was extremely buggy. Now its just SLOOOOOOW.
Overall the latest BETA works pretty good, but keep in mind it took me over 5 hours to do the installation! That's worse than Windows 95 & Vista put together and that's on a Mac Pro! HAHA!
Oh, this result is on an "aging" early 2014 MacBook Air with 128GB storage SSD.
(Not for you)I hope this release helps make Apple Mail useable again. The last update caused daily periods of inability to receive mail.
Wouldn't want to crowd out the more important 'Emoji keyboard posts' on the front page now would we.
This is more important news than yet another unfounded speculation about the next iPhone.
I have to agree with what others have said already: I have zero problems with SMB connections with El Capitan, neither did I have any problems with the previous few version of OS X. In fact, I think they are faster than ever (though that might be due to the general increase in performance in 10.11 I'm seeing).
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Certainly couldn't be an issue on the Windows side of things.
I have zero issues with slow SMB on all of our networks and across thousands of machines.
Hmmm. Let's just think about it for a second... Who invented SMB? And who uses some third party implementation of it?
That bein said, Apple's SMB implementation does not work as well as it should and it's gotten worse several OS X releases ago when they switched to SMB X. So, no, it's no necessarily an El Capitan issue, it's a general issue with their inferior SMB X stack.
i replied a little after this original post. The latest update has fixed it. It was being a RAM hog.
That's really interesting... I have 200 Mbps internet. Router does both 5 and 2.4 Ghz. Worked great on Yosemite. When I updated to El Capitan, I can still connect to either band with no problem... But on 2.4 I get 1-50 Mbps speed, but on 5 I get 170-240. Went crazy trying to figure out what the problem was, lol. And I looked into possible solutions for the 2.4, but no other device gets such slow speeds. I even tried removing all devices from the 2.4 just in case it was bogging down the bandwidth, but my MBA was still slow.
Literally the only difference was "upgrading" to El Capitan. Some of my other upgrades include: Major Bluetooth problems especially with Apple devices, Bluetooth slows down wifi, Microsoft Office takes 10 "bounces" to open instead of 4-5, EXTREME lag when typing into the URL/search bar on Safari, slow system boot times. These are all things that were not a problem at all in Yosemite.
I used to want to join the beta program because I wanted the latest features right away.... But now I realize that public final releases are basically software that should still be in beta. It wasn't like this for me 3-5 years ago
Try clearing the PRAM and NVRAM. That usually fixes strange hardware problems that appear after updating or upgrading (unless there's a massive amount of users who have the problem, then it's something else).
Give it a try, you got nothing to lose.
That's really interesting... I have 200 Mbps internet. Router does both 5 and 2.4 Ghz. Worked great on Yosemite. When I updated to El Capitan, I can still connect to either band with no problem... But on 2.4 I get 1-50 Mbps speed, but on 5 I get 170-240. Went crazy trying to figure out what the problem was, lol. And I looked into possible solutions for the 2.4, but no other device gets such slow speeds. I even tried removing all devices from the 2.4 just in case it was bogging down the bandwidth, but my MBA was still slow.
Literally the only difference was "upgrading" to El Capitan. Some of my other upgrades include: Major Bluetooth problems especially with Apple devices, Bluetooth slows down wifi, Microsoft Office takes 10 "bounces" to open instead of 4-5, EXTREME lag when typing into the URL/search bar on Safari, slow system boot times. These are all things that were not a problem at all in Yosemite.
I used to want to join the beta program because I wanted the latest features right away.... But now I realize that public final releases are basically software that should still be in beta. It wasn't like this for me 3-5 years ago
As I mentioned to another user, try clearing the PRAM and NVRAM and see if it makes a difference.
Is this how a NY State of Mind is supposed to be? If that's the case, I don't care about NY or yourself.
Well, I don't know how long full install will take since I cannot reinstall the whole system right now. But every update install takes less than 20 minutes. I am happy with it.
Oh, this result is on an "aging" early 2014 MacBook Air with 128GB storage SSD.
You could get one of those low-profile USB flash drivers to increase your storage specially if your MacBook Air has USB 3.0 ports.
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Thanks for your advice.
I, instead, have a USB 3.0 hard disk dedicated for iTunes library and some other files.
The most obvious disadvantage of this is: I need to plug it in before using iTunes.
Did anyone notice their Mac install an EFI update with the new 10.11.2 15C31f beta? My Late 2011 15" MBP installed an EFI update upon reboot and now has a newer boot ROM version than I remember.
MacBookPro8,2
MBP81.0047.B2C
MacBookPro8,2
MBP81.0047.B2C
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darn. was having that problem with the first 10.11.2 beta. What the heck is going on over there at Apple? One step ahead and two steps back.. arghhgh USB issues in late 2015? Hard to believe....
seriously? good for you. we're all happy...
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Has anyone noticed the Display resolution settings for external monitors has changed?
Have a 4k Samsung monitor via Thunderbolt->DP and instead of showing me all the resolutions in System Preferences it only shows 2560x1440 as the highest (i.e. no more 4k).
Kinda weird....
Have a 4k Samsung monitor via Thunderbolt->DP and instead of showing me all the resolutions in System Preferences it only shows 2560x1440 as the highest (i.e. no more 4k).
Kinda weird....
Yes mine did that too:
MacBookPro8,3
MBP81.0047.B2C
I wonder why the SMC Version is 1.70f6 and not 1.70f5 as listed by Apple. That has been so longer before.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201518
and i thought that was only me. i have noticed strangely enough that at midnight i get all notifications including my drive was disconnected no properly..