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iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan Public Betas Coming Soon

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The third betas of iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan launched today, and a new document outlining a revamped two-factor authentication feature built into the operating systems suggests we may be seeing public beta availability in the very near future. A support document accompanying the two-factor authentication changes explicitly states that it's designed for "the public betas of iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan."

When Apple introduced iOS 9 and OS X 10.11 El Capitan at its Worldwide Developers Conference, the company promised that a public beta would be available beginning in July, so customers who are enrolled in Apple's public beta testing programs may not have much longer to wait to get access to the new software.

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It is not clear exactly when the public beta will be seeded to customers, but the wording in the support document suggests beta testers will be receiving access to the same third betas of iOS 9 and OS X 10.11 that were seeded to developers this morning.

Public beta tests for major software releases are a relatively new feature from Apple, introduced for OS X with OS X Yosemite last year and iOS with the release of iOS 8.3 in March of 2015. iOS and Mac users can sign up for Apple's Beta Software Program on the company's dedicated beta testing site.

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the perspective on the iMac's stand makes the macbook look like the keyboard is sinking into the table..
 
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The associated support document is a good read.

"If you are already using two-step verification, we do not recommend attempting to enroll in two-factor authentication until the feature is offered to everyone."
 
gsmornot said:
The associated support document is a good read.

"If you are already using two-step verification, we do not recommend attempting to enroll in two-factor authentication until the feature is offered to everyone."
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Could you please explain this? Are "verification" and "authentication" two different services now?
 
In DP3 About This Mac now reads "Version 10.11 Beta" followed by the build number. This definitely hints at an upcoming Public Beta, since it's important for those users to know it's a beta.
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I'm a Public Beta Tester for OSX and iOS. Would you developers say that it's stable enough to upgrade both?
 
redheeler said:
In DP3 About This Mac now reads "Version 10.11 Beta" followed by the build number. This definitely hints at an upcoming Public Beta, since it's important for those users to know it's a beta.
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Since you have the exact same machine as myself, I have to ask: How is the performance vs. Yosemite? Specifically, how is the UI, transition speed, etc.?
 
OldSchoolMacGuy said:
Bring on all the idiots that thank a beta should operate like the release version and complain like crazy about little bugs.

Far too many don't understand what beta means.
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I don't think a lot of you developers understand what Public Beta means. It's the progression of Beta to consumers, therefore there has to be an element of stability and general functionality. Coding textbooks will be updated for future students to define Public Beta releases separately from Developer Betas
 
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PowerBook-G5 said:
Could you please explain this? Are "verification" and "authentication" two different services now?
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The document says this:

Is this different than Apple’s current “two-step verification” feature?
Yes. Two-factor authentication is a new service built directly into iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan. It uses different methods to trust devices and deliver verification codes, and offers a more streamlined user experience. The current two-step verification feature will continue to work separately for users who are already enrolled.

https://developer.apple.com/support/two-factor-authentication/
 
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WHAT? TODAY? Well , I live in Sweden... So it's for night for us... Well, is it sure that it will become available to everybody this morning? =) =) =) =) =) =)
 
I really want to have access to the public beta for iOS. Only that one for OS X shows for me. Any idea?
 
GadgetBen said:
I'm a Public Beta Tester for OSX and iOS. Would you developers say that it's stable enough to upgrade both?
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The OS X 10.11 betas have been fairly stable, although I generally don't run betas on my main Mac.
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Since you have the exact same machine as myself, I have to ask: How is the performance vs. Yosemite? Specifically, how is the UI, transition speed, etc.?
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It's an improvement.
 
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Kaelbron said:
I really want to have access to the public beta for iOS. Only that one for OS X shows for me. Any idea?
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That's because the previous iOS public beta was limited. Only an small portion (roughly 10% of the people who had access to OS X public beta) got access or "invite" to iOS public. And those "invites" were only done when they put out 8.3 Public Beta and non since. With assumed a lot more people gaining access once iOS 9 starts.
 
Well, we will be gaining access to essentially like beta 3, correct? So that means we have to be gaining access within the next 2 or so weeks... Kinda disappointed... I was expecting the public beta to come alongside the developer beta 3, so yeah.
 
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