Apple Seeds First iOS 10.2.1 and macOS Sierra 10.12.3 Betas to Public Beta Testers

[baddj]

Did they pull the beta as its not showing up for me?

in system prefs under App Store it shows "Your computer is set to receive beta software updates"

 

[lodolfo]

Is anyone actually noticing an improvement in the final builds since Apple started such a wide and regular public beta testing? I'm certainly not. Makes me think people only download it so they can blog about it or.m show their friends they have it

Starting with the iOS 10 and Sierra betas, bug reporting has been almost impossible. You can write a detailed report and then hit send, then wait for 20 minutes until it says it was unable to send the report and to try again. You then try again and again until it eventually suceeds or you just give up. When it does succeed, you can watch as new betas come and go and not a single one of your reports have been addressed. Perhaps new bugs appear, but the old ones remain (blatant, obvious ones that make you think Apple employees don't use their own software because how can they possibly not see those bugs). The overall effect is bugs accumulate and each beta is worse than the last.

After this happens for each and every piece of feedback you try to send, you start to question if you should even try to report bugs, until you eventually stop sending reports.

 

[bkaus]

Same Safari bugs on MacOS 10.12.2 on my 2011 iMac and 2015 MacBook Pro. Dashboard widgets like dictionary remain broken. Was this update meant to do anything than render the Touchbar MBP less dysfunctional? Maybe 10.13 will fix these glitches. Though I'm not holding my breath.

Dictionary widget works fine for me.

I've been getting confused icons on the launchpad & dock occasionally, but found a way to clear those and it's ok again.

 

[JamesPDX]

What does this mean?

It's verbose for Snappier.

 

[Pruus]

I hope that my systemfreezes are past using Safari with this update. I like to be beta because now you can give direct feedback to things you entcountered. This make the software better to every-one. So please don't whine here, give feedback!

 

[SirRahikkala]

Blah blah blah, battery life remaining. blah blah emojis.

Ok now that is out of the way, have any developers discovered what is different? I still have issues with my 15" MBPwTB coming back to life when sleeping in clamshell connected to external monitor.

Can we then say that "safari feels snappier"?

 

[faxe]

Starting with the iOS 10 and Sierra betas, bug reporting has been almost impossible. You can write a detailed report and then hit send, then wait for 20 minutes until it says it was unable to send the report and to try again. You then try again and again until it eventually suceeds or you just give up. When it does succeed, you can watch as new betas come and go and not a single one of your reports have been addressed. Perhaps new bugs appear, but the old ones remain (blatant, obvious ones that make you think Apple employees don't use their own software because how can they possibly not see those bugs). The overall effect is bugs accumulate and each beta is worse than the last.

After this happens for each and every piece of feedback you try to send, you start to question if you should even try to report bugs, until you eventually stop sending reports.

feedback app working fine here for me no problem submitting bug reports.

 

[Guy Clark]

Apple have utterly lost the plot with macOS (OS X ) no doubt the highlight will be more emojii's


Keeping mine as it is none of this modern rubbish

PowerMac G5 running OS X 10.4.11 Tiger

Late 2009 21.5" iMac running OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard

Afterall if it ain't broke why fix it?

 

[Mr. Dee]

When was that? There have been .1 updates since the first version of DOS.

According to the following, you had to buy upgrades to 6.2 and 6.3:
The Computer Chronicles - MS-DOS 6.2 (1993) - YouTube

 

[mattan_lines]

And just when I thought the betas we gonna take a break...

 

[A-Sign]

Apple have utterly lost the plot with macOS (OS X ) no doubt the highlight will be more emojii's

If you want a real operating system get Windows 10. I have already switched and don't miss anything plus the performance is way better than MacOS.

 

[ismail457]

Tv app not available available in UAE in this beta and videos app is back

 

[kevinthebright]

Apple's frequent updates across devices are a pain. They're approaching Flash updates level of PITA. I feel like I'm updating something Apple every 3 minutes.

 

[Deeznuts.]

Apple's frequent updates across devices are a pain. They're approaching Flash updates level of PITA. I feel like I'm updating something Apple every 3 minutes.

Nobody told you to install beta's on your iPhone.

 

[baddj]

Is there away of getting the App Store to refresh as the beta is still not showing up?

 

[Maniamac]

Is there away of getting the App Store to refresh as the beta is still not showing up?

My computer is also set to receive (public) beta software updates, and I'm also not seeing 10.12.3.

 

[jpdemersPatries]

Keeping mine as it is none of this modern rubbish
PowerMac G5 running OS X 10.4.11 Tiger
...
Afterall if it ain't broke why fix it?

I ran a G5 until 2 years ago - OK for the basics, but you can't get a modern browser that works with it. Picked up a 27" (2011 model) used on eBay for $400, and figure I'm good for another 5-10 years.

 

[allanq]

Does anyone know if the "application 'XXXX' can't be opened" error is fixed in this OSX beta? This is a problem with AFP mounted drives under 10.12.2.

 

[iop]

So... no new emojis? I'm keepin' El Capitan then!

 

[Guy Clark]

I ran a G5 until 2 years ago - OK for the basics, but you can't get a modern browser that works with it. Picked up a 27" (2011 model) used on eBay for $400, and figure I'm good for another 5-10 years.

There is a modern browser for the G4/G5 running Tiger and Leopard specifically for PPC architecture called TenFourFox which is an independent fork of Mozilla Firefox. Currently v.45 which is bang up to date. There is no Flash support however HTML5 support is good.
Appreciate the G5 is not as Powerful and likewise my primary machine is a 21.5" late 2009 iMac.

 

[Grolubao]

Snow leopard was still the best release ever. So stable and fast

 

[Guy Clark]

If you want a real operating system get Windows 10. I have already switched and don't miss anything plus the performance is way better than MacOS.

Windows 10 has destroyed many supposedly compatible machines making then slow and unusable particularly in the case of the upgrade from 1511 ton 1607.
Windows 10 is spyware and full of bugs. If you want a decent alternative to macOS looking further than Linux Mint 18 a rich fully featured fast stable operating platform.

 

[Jayson A]

I'm still getting stuttering when opening Safari or Mail on my iPhone 7 Plus.

 

[SoyCapitanSoyCapitan]

Windows 10 has destroyed many supposedly compatible machines making then slow and unusable particularly in the case of the upgrade from 1511 ton 1607.
Windows 10 is spyware and full of bugs. If you want a decent alternative to macOS looking further than Linux Mint 18 a rich fully featured fast stable operating platform.

Lmao. Here is a case of post any crap on the internet and see if it sticks.

 

[Guy Clark]

Lmao. Here is a case of post any crap on the internet and see if it sticks.

Lets be brutally honest here. The last decent release from the Microsoft Corporation was Windows 7 and that much is clearly reflected in the 47% market share.

The Microsoft Corporation couldn't even give Windows 10 away so how can they possibly expect to sell it. macOS is free upgrade, Linux Mint, Ubuntu etc. are free so what makes Windows 10 special. Answer is an unequivocal NOTHING.

What makes Linux Mint any less a platform than Windows 10 or macOS come to that ? A detailed non sarcastic constructive response would be most welcome.