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OS X Yosemite public beta signup

25 points by dsl 12y ago

lupinglade 12y ago
Link doesn’t work yet.
Aaronn 12y ago
I think the link will be here: https://appleseed.apple.com/betaprogram/ https://appleseed.apple.com/betaprogram/
- fjk 12y ago
  This link works now
mentat 12y ago
"Spotlight makes it easier than ever to find things on your Mac. And now it finds information from Wikipedia, Bing, Maps, and other sources, too."
- mentat 12y ago
  Seriously, downvotes? Calling out Bing is interesting.
  - publicfig 12y ago
    Your top comment had nothing to do with this discussion and I have no idea what you mean by "Calling out Bing", because they're saying that you can now find things using Bing.
  - k-mcgrady 12y ago
    I didn't down vote you but I can understand why you were. You copied a quote from the source with no explanation of why or what was interesting about it.
batuhanicoz 12y ago
I've started downloading it. I don't think you have to use this link, I've started my download from the Member Center[0]. It gave a "redeem code" and started downloading. [0] https://developer.apple.com/devcenter/ios/index.action https://developer.apple.com/devcenter/ios/index.action Edit: This is only for people who are members of the Developer Program. I only pay for iOS and I have access to OS X too so you probably only need membership from the one of the developer programs.
- shadesandcolour 12y ago
  That's how developers get access to builds. Starting in the summer, Apple is also doing a public beta, and you have to sign up at the link to get access
selectout 12y ago
Make sure to not install this on your main machine, especially if you have anything of importance on it. This is still a beta and should be treated as such. I know I had major issues with the last OSX beta I put on mine.
- k-mcgrady 12y ago
  >> "I know I had major issues with the last OSX beta I put on mine." I've usually heard the betas of OSX have been quite stable. Considering they are going to run a public beta of this I would assume it's more stable than usual OS betas they released. I was considering installing it on my main system (I only have one Mac) but you've put me off a bit. What happened to your system?
  - gnufied 12y ago
    Earlier betas of Mavericks were damn unstable/unusable. Apps crashing all over the place, third party apps not working because of changed APIs etc. I had to revert as well (not this beta though).
  - jayfehr 12y ago
    Try it in a VM first. Most things will be fine, however if it were production ready it wouldn't be marked beta. Something that you need may be disabled or in flux leaving you hanging.
    - strobe 12y ago
      which of current VMs application able to run OSX on mac hardware?
  - selectout 12y ago
    user gnufied put it best, they changed a bunch of APIs and a lot of my programs were left unworking or crashing much more than usual. With that said, I know that Mavericks was a unique use case, but still might be a good idea to wait for a few reviews.
tijs 12y ago
Love the fog effect. I wonder how many people will notice..

25 points by dsl 12y ago

lupinglade 12y ago

Link doesn’t work yet.

Aaronn 12y ago

I think the link will be here: https://appleseed.apple.com/betaprogram/ https://appleseed.apple.com/betaprogram/

fjk 12y ago
This link works now

mentat 12y ago

"Spotlight makes it easier than ever to find things on your Mac. And now it finds information from Wikipedia, Bing, Maps, and other sources, too."

mentat 12y ago
Seriously, downvotes? Calling out Bing is interesting.
- publicfig 12y ago
  Your top comment had nothing to do with this discussion and I have no idea what you mean by "Calling out Bing", because they're saying that you can now find things using Bing.
- k-mcgrady 12y ago
  I didn't down vote you but I can understand why you were. You copied a quote from the source with no explanation of why or what was interesting about it.

batuhanicoz 12y ago

I've started downloading it. I don't think you have to use this link, I've started my download from the Member Center[0]. It gave a "redeem code" and started downloading. [0] https://developer.apple.com/devcenter/ios/index.action https://developer.apple.com/devcenter/ios/index.action Edit: This is only for people who are members of the Developer Program. I only pay for iOS and I have access to OS X too so you probably only need membership from the one of the developer programs.

shadesandcolour 12y ago
That's how developers get access to builds. Starting in the summer, Apple is also doing a public beta, and you have to sign up at the link to get access

selectout 12y ago

Make sure to not install this on your main machine, especially if you have anything of importance on it. This is still a beta and should be treated as such. I know I had major issues with the last OSX beta I put on mine.

k-mcgrady 12y ago
>> "I know I had major issues with the last OSX beta I put on mine." I've usually heard the betas of OSX have been quite stable. Considering they are going to run a public beta of this I would assume it's more stable than usual OS betas they released. I was considering installing it on my main system (I only have one Mac) but you've put me off a bit. What happened to your system?
- gnufied 12y ago
  Earlier betas of Mavericks were damn unstable/unusable. Apps crashing all over the place, third party apps not working because of changed APIs etc. I had to revert as well (not this beta though).
- jayfehr 12y ago
  Try it in a VM first. Most things will be fine, however if it were production ready it wouldn't be marked beta. Something that you need may be disabled or in flux leaving you hanging.
  - strobe 12y ago
    which of current VMs application able to run OSX on mac hardware?
- selectout 12y ago
  user gnufied put it best, they changed a bunch of APIs and a lot of my programs were left unworking or crashing much more than usual. With that said, I know that Mavericks was a unique use case, but still might be a good idea to wait for a few reviews.

tijs 12y ago

Love the fog effect. I wonder how many people will notice..