OS X Yosemite Public Beta Limited to First Million Registered Users

[ghostface147]

Now for the public to complain when crap doesn't work anymore.

 

[jonnysods]

Didn't get in, but I can't risk a beta OS on my computer anyways. Excited for this release though. Phone calls from my phone?? Goodbye Hangouts.

 

[Populus]

@mrKramer
@JarScott

Thank you both
That answers my question.

What I want to avoid is beta updates of OS X Mavericks appearing on my MacBook Pro if I don't want to. I just want access to the Yosemite beta to test it in another computer or in this mac a few months later.

I thought being member of the Beta Program could make beta updates of Mavericks appear in my main mac, wich I don't want.

EDIT: Done.

 

[bushido]

It's live for devs...I'm waiting for the Mac App Store to finish downloading it.

really? i see it on my dev account but its greyed out and so is iOS8 ... weird

 

[bigandtasty]

Just got in. Hopefully it's "Early Summer" as in June 21st!

BIGandTasty!

 

[Yumbo]

Agree to new terms and conditions

really? i see it on my dev account but its greyed out and so is iOS8 ... weird

and then you go black!

 

[827538]

Is there anyone who's signed up to this today and has now been able to d/l Yosemite? Eagerly awaiting the email.

 

[cclloyd]

If you're a dev, yah. This is about signing up for the public beta. No one's downloaded it using this yet.

My Dev account just happens to run out tomorrow, but I downloaded it still. Hopefully it won't deactivate since I signed up with the beta.

 

[Kissaragi]

Bet those spots went fast!

 

[mungo2k]

For those of you Devs with greyed out links to iOS 8 and OS X 10.10, you need to agree to the new terms and conditions before the links turn black and let you use them.

 

[Koodauw]

Can people still sign up? I got in, but it looks like sign up is now gone.

 

[Michaelgtrusa]

Done.

 

[Traverse]

Yay! Signed up!

 

[iDuel]

I only have one Mac in my house and am kinda nervous about installing this on my Mac when it is made available for public beta. What do you guys think? Is it worth it for me?

 

[Steve121178]

Listen, I love the Mac, and I love how much more popular it is - but 1 million people? Hardly exclusive considering the Mac user base. We're still the elite few folks

and with the 899 macbook air - I don't mean money. I mean common sense not to use windows XD

I'd like 10 million testing it. The more people testing it the better so Apple capture and nail as many bugs and issues as possible before public release.

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I only have one Mac in my house and am kinda nervous about installing this on my Mac when it is made available for public beta. What do you guys think? Is it worth it for me?

Always install Beta software on your Test computer. Beta software should never see the light of day on your Prod machines.

 

[CelestialToys]

I only have one Mac in my house and am kinda nervous about installing this on my Mac when it is made available for public beta. What do you guys think? Is it worth it for me?

Can you afford to risk losing all the data on your machine? can you afford to lose the use of your computer for a few hours or days?

If the answer to either question is no then leave the beta alone.

 

[gpsouza]

How do I know i'm one of the first million? Any updates when it's going to be released for public beta?

 

[Prof.]

Signed up before this article was published. Hopefully I get the email!

 

[Macxpress]

Anyone care to torrent this developer release?

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I only have one Mac in my house and am kinda nervous about installing this on my Mac when it is made available for public beta. What do you guys think? Is it worth it for me?

Create a 2nd partition on your Mac and use that to install Yosemite. You may have to install Mavericks first but then if something went wrong you'd only be losing your 2nd partition. If you decided you didn't want to bother with it, just delete the partition and then readjust it so you have all of your hard drive space back. Nothing is lost in the process and your Mac continues to work as it always was.

 

[demo666]

they stole it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxxGeLwXa-c

 

[smartalic34]

I'd be curious to see how long it takes to hit the 1 million mark, and if Apple will indeed limit it and shut off the signup page when the number is hit...

 

[milo]

I only have one Mac in my house and am kinda nervous about installing this on my Mac when it is made available for public beta. What do you guys think? Is it worth it for me?

If you really want to, get a second hard drive and put it on that while leaving your current boot drive intact.

 

[JosephAW]

What's the system requirements?
New Mac Pro or imac i7 quad CPU or greater. 8gb ram or greater?
It's not in the FAQ.

 

[nutmac]

To newbies to OS X beta, please keep in mind that first two betas are particularly rough and many apps that you use regularly probably won't work properly, if at all.

So either install it on a secondary Mac or onto another partition.

 

[cjmillsnun]

What's the system requirements?
New Mac Pro or imac i7 quad CPU or greater. 8gb ram or greater?
It's not in the FAQ.

If you can run Mavericks, you can run Yosemite.