Apple Seeds Fourth OS X El Capitan 10.11.1 Beta to Developers and Public Beta Testers

[MacRumors]

Apple today seeded the fourth beta of the OS X El Capitan 10.11.1 update to developers and public beta testers for testing purposes, just one week after releasing the third OS X 10.11.1 beta and two weeks after the public release of OS X El Capitan on September 30.

The new beta is available through the Software Update mechanism in the Mac App Store and through the Apple Developer Center.

OS X 10.11.1, like iOS 9.1, includes support for a range of new emoji like cheese wedge, taco, burrito, popcorn, middle finger, unicorn head, and more. New emoji were introduced in the first OS X 10.11.1 beta. Subsequent betas have not included any other outward-facing changes.

It is unknown what the first update to OS X El Capitan will bring aside from updated emoji, but as a minor .1 update, it's likely to focus primarly on bug fixes and performance improvements for issues encountered following the operating system's official release. According to Apple's beta release notes, OS X 10.11.1 offers stability, compatibility, and security improvements.

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[AkuskaUK]

I really cannot wait until this emoji fad is over...

 

[HenryDJP]

I really cannot wait until this emoji fad is over...

Uh how long have you been using computers? It's not a Fad. Emojis have been used in emails since the 90's.

 

[AnsonX10]

I really cannot wait until this emoji fad is over...

Amen. It's almost as bad as the selfie fad.

 

[rrm74001]

includes support for a range of new emoji like ... middle finger

Been waiting for this. Before now I had no way of expressing "**** you".

 

[AnsonX10]

Uh how long have you been using computers? It's not a Fad. Emojis have been used in emails since the 90's.

Emojis ≠ Emoticons. ;-)

 

[AkuskaUK]

Uh how long have you been using computers? It's not a Fad. Emojis have been used in emails since the 90's.

I know, but more recently there seems to be an outbreak of people using them, or not using a piece of software due to it not supporting emoji's...

 

[Planey28]

I really cannot wait until this emoji fad is over...

I really cannot wait until people realise that more than one person works on OS X and resources are not being funnelled onto an additional set of icons...

 

[felt.]

1.19GB of taco emojis? sweet

I like that these updates will give me native skylake support.

 

[Benjamin Frost]

I really cannot wait until this emoji fad is over...

 

[pat500000]

It's pity that Apple would focus .1 for happy faces. How about actually fixing "under the hood?"

 

[Benjamin Frost]

Does Apple Music still interfere with iTunes Match?

 

[Junipr]

I really cannot wait until this emoji fad is over...

And I can't wait to get El Capitan running on my brand new 5400-rpm iMac!

 

[kironin]

Yes, this is wanted most! "focus primarily on bug fixes and performance improvements"

 

[HenryDJP]

Emojis ≠ Emoticons. ;-)

Eh, Tomayto Tomotto. Same nonsense at the end of the day, just a different generation.

 

[CheesePuff]

It's pity that Apple would focus .1 for happy faces. How about actually fixing "under the hood?"

You think they've released 4 betas of a x.x.1 update on emojis?

 

[pat500000]

You think they've released 4 betas of a x.x.1 update on emojis?

No, I think they haven't done MUCH to fix various problems. That's what I think.

 

[Talk the Talk]

I've had a system freeze every time on start-up on Mac Pro Desktop since 15B30a, so will be interesting to see if this new release fixes that. (I would do a power off, and restart -- second time worked fine.)

 

[StudyFlo]

They hopefully fixed that annoying Preview.app bug on the 13" rMBP.

 

[GatorGhost]

And I can't wait to get El Capitan running on my brand new 5400-rpm iMac!

It runs quite well on a Mac Mini with the 5400 spinner. Pictures and video are fine, but was not bought to edit heavy graphics. If I wanted to do heavy lifting, I would buy the proper configuration for these issues. I, as a stock holder, am happy that Apple has lighter entry level models to catch the casual users and still has very good BTO machines.

 

[steve333]

I hope new HP drivers are included, my scanner function is funky right now.
Also, lots of spinning beach balls at times.

 

[macsba]

Uh how long have you been using computers? It's not a Fad. Emojis have been used in emails since the 90's.

Even rudimentary emojis have existed since the 1940s (maybe earlier) before the computer came along. One common use was ham radio operators communicating by RTTY in the 1950s and 1960s.

 

[chabig]

They hopefully fixed that annoying Preview.app bug on the 13" rMBP.

Yes. The annoying (unspecified) Preview bug.

 

[macs4nw]

After reading a lot of good things about the refinements, and still not having seen any negative reports about or problems with El Cap, perhaps it's safe to jump from Yosemite soon?

 

[jezbd1997]

It's pity that Apple would focus .1 for happy faces. How about actually fixing "under the hood?"

I was thinking the same, I've reported quite a few bugs from my 2015 mbp and hoping these get dealt with first before the stupid emojis...