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Apple Seeds Fourth OS X El Capitan Beta to Public Beta Testers
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My Finder sidebar is perfect size, which makes me quite happy. And I've been listening to music for over an hour via USB DAC and there's no glitching! If either Google or Apple fix that odd Chrome bug where going to http://forum.popjustice.com breaks the browser, I'm installing this as my main system.
EDIT: Busted. They broke Reason again. Boo.
EDIT: Busted. They broke Reason again. Boo.
"Documents from October 2014" actually works which I was very surprised by.
Regular "Disk Utility" etc. typing brings up the application.
However, I tried "Weather in Amsterdam" and got a random .sql file from ages ago.
Basically this. The betas are always released to developers first because they know more about what they're doing and are more wise and clued up when it comes to major issues in betas. If Apple can get any crippling issues or bugs out before they give the beta to the public, then all the better. Because public WILL install it as their main OS, as I do. Yes, there's been a few moments where stuff is really buggy or some stuff just doesn't work. But I'm tech savvy enough to accept this is a beta. If I find something, I report it immediately and do my part to assist Apple in developing the software. Luckily, none of my devices are required for work so I can afford for things to go wrong.
TLDR: It makes sense for developers to be given betas first. Very big issues need to be spotted and removed before public get their hands on anything.
Sadly, the UVC Camera support is still problematic. I have several devices which no longer are recognized by my apps where they once were.
Pop this into Terminal. Try Spotlight again.
sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist
My finder retains width changes I make for the sidebar just fine, as it did with the last public beta.
Oh! I thought that was just me. My Finder side bar would not retain width changes at all. I hated that it was too small so everything was shortened. Now I've dragged it out to fit everything on and it seems to be sticking. That was on odd bug...
Doesn't work for me. It does group folders but there's a bunch of other files on top of them.
Xtrafinder says it works in 10.11 beta but it actually doesn't seem to do anything...
Xtrafinder says it works in 10.11 beta but it actually doesn't seem to do anything...
lol you must have not read my comment, i clearly stated that apple fixed that. implying that Facebook and the others didn't update their apps during that time.
I just updated and a big problem I had went away. Some screensavers (arabesque and shells) were flashing like a strobe light when they ran. In addition, some games like Heroes of the Storm were doing the same thing while running in full screen mode. This has been fixed.
I have a question about Mail though. In the message composition window, it is impossible to add text labels to the toolbar. Is this intended or a bug?
I have a question about Mail though. In the message composition window, it is impossible to add text labels to the toolbar. Is this intended or a bug?
OK, I think by now I can officially confirm USB DAC glitching is gone. It's been a few hours since I did the update and sound works perfectly.
Switched to the new Desktop Background from a personal pic i had. Runs faster now. Sneaky little hobbitsiz.
They seem to have come back for me. Not sure what I did. Might be a temporary fix.
Photoshop and Lightroom CC15 work
Office is completely dead and crashes on launch. Why release a public beta on the public that kills the most commonly used apps in the world?
Office is completely dead and crashes on launch. Why release a public beta on the public that kills the most commonly used apps in the world?
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