Just curious what the record is for number of beta releases before the public release?

But seriously thought - I have no idea, but I would imagine it to be in double digits
Just curious what the record is for number of beta releases before the public release?
On the other hand plenty of people find those useful.Not sure how it's decided what makes the cut for the front page of MacRumors but when I see the almost bi-weekly beta updates for MacOS, iOS, WatchOS, tvOS, ThisOS, ThatOS, etc. I don't even bother to scroll down three pages anymore to see if there is any news of actual interest. Released golden master updates? OK, that's maybe half-interesting (half) but the OS beta incremental update spam on the front page? /yawn
Because this is beta 7?Why not update the Beta 6 post....?
Haha, I get it now. Macrumours - where bitter people come to vent their bile. Can't be doing with hacking my way through so many utterly miserable "the latest update bricked every device I own/this version of OSX/macOS/iOS is the worst ever software released in the history of the earth, ever" posts.
Apparently this site is moderated.
Get the f**k out of town.
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I lost functionality to my ethernet port on my Mac Mini..a few updates ago...looks like this new one won't help me..unless an EMOJI can be pasted on the port.
Nice that they are testing it so thoroughly. I am eagerly waiting for Night Shift.
It seems to me there's a problem with your specific setup though. My 2012 MBP has never been faster, no lag/beachballing etc whatsoever.I take your point, and it's a fair comment, however I'm one of those people on this thread with exactly this complaint. Sierra IS the worst OS X/macOS upgrade I've ever installed. My machine is slow in many applications with typing and scrolling unresponsive and I have a 2013 Mac Pro which even though it hasn't been updated for 400 years is still one of the most powerful Macs you can buy. It's nonsensical.
If you have a legitimate grievance with Apple hardware or software where better to post your complaint than an Apple rumours based site. If I post it to the messageboard of British Gas I imagine they'll wonder what the hell I'm banging on about.
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Doesn't fill me with confidence. Luckily macOS is bound to have a sad face emoji I can use, even if it'll take 20 minutes of scrolling on my machine to find it.
It seems to me there's a problem with your specific setup though. My 2012 MBP has never been faster, no lag/beachballing etc whatsoever.
It did have a problem with disconnecting wi-fi on the previous beta, but that problem was gone in this update.
I'd think the best place to talk about this is Apple Support. I don't mind people complaining (in general) but: you seem to have a complaint about something that isn't the culprit.
Looking like final release will be next week. Maybe week after. We'll see.
And if there is a bug in the release, you people will be the first to complain and complain the loudest that there weren't enough betas. Very sad.
I imagine you'd be the same people complaining had Apple released it early without rock-solid testing?![]()
what ever happened to colour calibration? Surely anything that adjusts the screen like this is going even further away from WYSIWYG then ever before..?
Agree with that. It's optional....you can switch it off just like you can switch Siri off. Simples.Well if you're doing any kind of work where color accuracy is important, you can turn off Night Shift to return to your standard color calibration. Night shift will be optional, not mandatory.
There are third party apps available that have done this for years. It's not new...
https://justgetflux.com/news/pages/mac/
Seems whether they release it early or have 19 betas, it's still full of bugs and issues that don't get resolved.
Hmmm, ya know, I found the same thing happening on my MacBook Pro, and it seems to tie back to autocorrection being on. Only it only happened in SOME text fields, not ALL. It is especially frustrating in Safari (say, like when I post here). Once you misspell something, typing and cursor control go out to lunch. Correct or delete beyond the misspelling, and it is performant again. The only "solution" I found was to turn off "Correct spelling automatically" in the Keyboard Prefpane under the Text panel. Which is a PITA, since I'm not a PERFECT typist. Under 10.12.2 and earlier it was completely unusable; under 10.12.3 it is better, still on the precipice of unusable, but I can stand it (just have to take a few deep breaths from time to time). It seems to me the problem might be in how Sierra is handling text in general.My machine is slow in many applications with typing
Ahead of schedule?A new OS ahead of schedule always used to mean new hardware!
... It seems to me the problem might be in how Sierra is handling text in general.
(I know, functionally, there were VAST differences between how OS X and iOS handled text; it caused Apple internal software groups problems I know of when porting Mac apps to iOS. I'd imagine Sierra is yet another march towards merging macOS and iOS, and perhaps these text performance problems are a result of adopting less time-tested iOS code.)
What does bug me about this release is night shift mode. That should have never been been implemented mid cycle. They should have delayed that to macOS 10.13 since it is a new feature that can add unnecessary bugs in what should be pure securization and stabilization phase of the OS.
Seems whether they release it early or have 19 betas, it's still full of bugs and issues that don't get resolved.
Wow, iOS 10 had 8 betas and it still ended up bricking everyone's phone.
It bricked mine. Don't you remember Brickgate?
Because anything other than blind praise is "hating". Need a safe space?