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Apple Seeds Fifth OS X 10.10.4 Yosemite Beta to Developers and Public Beta Testers

I have just now, today, joined the Apple Beta Software Program in the hopes of being able to download OS X 10.10.4 14E33b.

I'm not a developer and have no interest in a developer account.

Can somebody explain to me what to do next to actually receive the dowload of 10.10.4 14E33b?

The Apple Beta Software Program sign-up page only makes reference to iOS 9 and El Capitan, and it provides no further info on what I need to do. It says I'll receive an email when there are public betas for iOS 9 and El Capitan, but I don't want those right now.

The article here at MacRumors says that the beta download can be accessed by the Apple App Store Updates mechanism, but when I run that app I can't see anything that indicates where to find 14E33b or how to download it.

Could someone please point me to instructions on how to proceed?
 
Wheat Wiliams said:
I have just now, today, joined the Apple Beta Software Program in the hopes of being able to download OS X 10.10.4 14E33b.

I'm not a developer and have no interest in a developer account.

Can somebody explain to me what to do next to actually receive the dowload of 10.10.4 14E33b?

The Apple Beta Software Program sign-up page only makes reference to iOS 9 and El Capitan, and it provides no further info on what I need to do. It says I'll receive an email when there are public betas for iOS 9 and El Capitan, but I don't want those right now.

The article here at MacRumors says that the beta download can be accessed by the Apple App Store Updates mechanism, but when I run that app I can't see anything that indicates where to find 14E33b or how to download it.

Could someone please point me to instructions on how to proceed?
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If you can't see "your computer is set to receive pre-release Software Update seeds", and you don't have feedback assistant in your dock, you've done it wrong. Also, I found when I first signed up that I had to wait for the next iteration of the (at the time) 10.10.2 beta so you might need to wait till beta 6 or the public release
 
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Thank you, randomgeeza, that worked!

Although I must say that the way you formatted the Terminal command caused it to cut out the middle of the long URL and put "..." in it. In order to access the full command you posted, I had to "Reply" to your message first, which somehow revealed the entire command string without the "truncation" in the middle.
 
I just installed it. I hope they ironed out some bugs from the last Public Beta. It was not horrible by any means but it did crash on me more than any other PB to date. Just random crashes nothing I could replicate.
 
So I am guessing 10.10.4 will be released to the general public alongside IOS 8.4 month end? Or is there a plan to push it out sooner?
 
tywebb13 said:
I do hope you realize that you just gave him unauthorized access to the DEVELOPER betas!

If you want access to the PUBLIC betas, just replace the word "seed" in that link with "beta" (no quotes).
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Wait, so if I use that command, I can install the El Capitan beta without a Developer account? Are there any consequences to this like being banned from future betas or something?
 
Preview now opens when you double-click on a PDF and the dictionary opens when you click on it in Look Up. I'm liking it.
 
Has anyone else downloaded 10.10.4 (14E33b)? Since I've done loaded it, everything crashes and sending crash reports to Apple. Luckily Safari is working, but I can't open iTunes without it crashing. Foxfire crashes and send a report. Quicktime crashes and send a report. Essentially 10.10.4 (14E33b) has crippled my MBP.
 
luckyblue0314 said:
Has anyone else downloaded 10.10.4 (14E33b)? Since I've done loaded it, everything crashes and sending crash reports to Apple. Luckily Safari is working, but I can't open iTunes without it crashing. Foxfire crashes and send a report. Quicktime crashes and send a report. Essentially 10.10.4 (14E33b) has crippled my MBP.
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Works swimmingly for me.
 
ValSalva said:
Stability, stability, stability. For me 10.10.2 was significantly more stable. In fact this feels like the least stable .3 release in years.
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This makes no sense at all. The first beta should be the most buggy, the most troublesome. All subsequent betas are fixing problems discovered in prior betas, that is to say, once you've taken the beta plunge, all following versions should be smoother, quicker, use less battery, etc.
 
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xSeaside said:
Just because it works for you doesn't mean it works for everybody. In fact, a lot of people (including myself) are still experiencing WIFI issues.
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Installed OS X 10.11, no WIFI problems until now, if it stays this way it is so much better than all of the 10.10 versions, had WIFI problems on all of them, if it is indeed stable for a week I guess they really and finally fixed WIFI.
 
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Four oF NINE said:
This makes no sense at all. The first beta should be the most buggy, the most troublesome. All subsequent betas are fixing problems discovered in prior betas, that is to say, once you've taken the beta plunge, all following versions should be smoother, quicker, use less battery, etc.
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Agreed.
 
HailstormX said:
They really need to add a throttle for Photos services bandwidth usage. Its a good idea but they need to cap it. I have had more calls from friends and family complaining they there internet is so slow or unusable. So far every time its because of Photos uploading in the background consuming all the bandwidth. I didn't see any setting in EL Capitan Beta or in this one. Im hoping they do something with that soon.
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Interesting, I'd like a setting, just so I can make sure it's not enabled. I believe they already do throttle it.
 
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