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Apple Seeds Fourth OS X El Capitan Beta to Public Beta Testers
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Well... we don't know where the bug is... Could be in El Capitan, could be in After Effects. We just don't ****ing know. There is not point in attacking or defending any of them. Also, they're ****ing corporations, they don't really need your help, just your money.
Not always the case. Photoshop kept crashing for me on DP2. Quit crashing on DP3.
If that's the same as public beta 2 then I agree. Apps crash, features don't work, the News app works about 25% of the time, etc. Anxious for the next update.
Installed without any hassle, over 1 GB and the only difference I notice is the General icon. It's different, sure, but I didn't know one icon takes over 1 GB nowadays 
Hope the glitchy audio got repaired, if that works, I might take a plunge and install it as my main system. (After backing everything up twice of course.)
Hope the glitchy audio got repaired, if that works, I might take a plunge and install it as my main system. (After backing everything up twice of course.)
we might not see the changes visually but I'm sure Apple did a lot of changes from codes to performance to optimization of El Capitan. anyway, where's the changelog?
When you pull a Safari tab into a new window, it no longer disappears behind the menu bar.
Not if you aren't a dev. I'm only on PB and never see DP builds when they are released a day or two before the PB. (I assume because builds are a digit or letter different and certain builds can only see certain new builds.)
This isn't the case on iOS. For iOS because they are identical build numbers even not having a dev account someone on PB can simply remove the profile and OTA will show you the newest DP because the build is the same number and it just "thinks" you're also a dev, when you're not. (This happened when people were on PB 1 and DP 4 came out, people were able to "essentially" get PB 2 a day early by removing the public beta profile.)
Seems to me that because OS X doesn't have a profile for public beta, they just use slightly different build tags (even though they are the same) so that doesn't happen.
Apple releases iOS 9 betas in a 2 week interval. It has been 2 weeks since beta 4, where is beta 5?
I installed PB4, but still cannot use the new Spotlight features (weather, sports, etc...).
I am on the public beta.
In OS X, through Terminal: softwareupdate —set-catalog you can switch between public beta, developer preview, or release tracks by inputing the correct url (don't think I can post it here).
So when you are on the public beta, you don't see developer betas while on developer betas you don't see public betas. iOS uses profiles while OS X uses catalogs.
While I am very pleased with Apple for releasing new Developer Previews so frequently, very few of the many bugs I've reported (some as far back as from Yosemite developer previews) are actually getting fixed. Often they get marked as "duplicate bugs" (which means "hey we already know about this one") but are still there to this day.
that said the font seems to have further improved in the last few DPs - it's very very decent now in non-Retina. I much prefer it to Helvetica Neue.
that said the font seems to have further improved in the last few DPs - it's very very decent now in non-Retina. I much prefer it to Helvetica Neue.
I really like the new font. When I restart back into Yosemite it's an unpleasant visual experience. Non-retina 27" here.
Too thin and then too thick... Columns in list view keep moving about also... reminds me of Mavericks which also had this issue... it's driving me INSANE!!! Thank God it's on a test machine and one that I can turn off, when my OCD starts to scream!
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same machine here, but I got
• a few gfx glitches at login (i.e. login window at lower resolution) and
• menubar invisible after login
• the bluetooth-blackouts (only when WiFi activated)
• ...
Maybe some of us like action when installing an OS? I suppose there's always a Windows installation for that. I've had so many problems in the past.
If I had to guess, to avoid as many issues as possible with people installing a beta on their main devices and complaining about bugs, thinking a beta should work perfectly... The public beta always comes out after a few DPs have been released. It's likely done to avoid the early showstoppers from messing up people's computers.
Well this is what I thought had caused the change. But El Capitan's 'official' wallpaper is a bit green, but not as vibrant a green as the new 'General' icon would suggest. The old icon matched Yosemite's 'official' wallpaper pretty well.
Edit: Also just noticed they've added a new wallpaper too. But that seems to have been widely reported already.