Tag: Yosemite

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OS X Yosemite Beta 1: Troubleshooting Download Issue

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I managed to download OS X Yosemite Beta 1 in the early Thursday morning before AppleSeed site went offline. Later that day I heard reports that some people were having trouble downloading the installer. I later confirmed that I also did have trouble downloading the installer on my other Mac.

OS X Yosemite Beta 1 failed to download

Sometimes on Friday Morning, I still had trouble downloading the installer on that Mac. Interestingly, at the same I could download the installer on my primary MacBook Pro.

There is a possibility that it has soothing to do with Mac App Store cache.

Should you have trouble downloading OS X Yosemite Beta 1, try clearing up your Mac App Store cache.

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OS X Yosemite Beta 1: Known Issues

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From OS X Beta Program:

Known Issues in OS X Yosemite Beta 1

Safari

  • Safari may hang when playing certain Netflix content.

iPhoto and Aperture

  • iPhoto 9.5.1 and Aperture 3.5.1 are required on OS X Yosemite. Update to these versions from the Mac App Store.
  • When entering edit mode in iPhoto, a black screen may be displayed instead of the selected photo.
  • Photo Stream and iCloud Photo Sharing may not function properly when both iPhoto and Aperture are installed.

iCloud

  • The shared purchase history page on the Mac App Store is disabled for Family Sharing accounts.
  • iCloud Drive may appear empty in the Finder after first time setup. Restart to resolve this problem.

AirDrop

  • AirDrop may not show nearby Macs.
  • Sending files to another Mac using AirDrop may not work.

OS X Yosemite Beta 1 carries build number 14A299l, which is newer than its Developer Preview 4 with carries build number 14A298i.

OS X Yosemite Developer Preview 4 has a lot longer list of known issues.

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OS X Yosemite Public Beta

Apple has officially kicked off OS X Yosemite Public Beta program. The first million who have registered for the Beta Program should be getting an email from Apple anytime now.

Before you install OS X Yosemite Beta 1, please consider the followings:

  • Do you really need to install OS X Yosemite Beta 1?
    OS X Yosemite Developer Preview 4 is a stable build, but not without bugs.
    Expect the same from OS X Yosemite Beta 1, bug-wise.
  • Should you insist that you still want to install OS X Yosemite Beta 1, please do not install it on your sole Mac. Unless you have a second drive to install it on. If not install it on a different partition.
  • Once again, there are bugs in this beta release. Be kind to report the bugs to Apple; after all, that’s the purpose of this public beta.
  • No, this Public Beta will never make you cooler than before. You will not gain any popularities. You will not suddenly become more desirable by the opposite or the same gender.

OS X Yosemite Beta Program The Wait

If you haven’t gotten the email and feeling impatient, head to https://appleseed.apple.com/sp/betaprogram/ and log in using your Apple ID; the one you registered OS X Beta Program with.

Should you see the message below, DO NOT PANIC! It seems that Apple has cut-off access to the download temporarily.

OS X Beta Program Offline for Maintenance

Should you be one of the first million to register for OS X Yosemite Public Beta, you should see a welcome message.

OS X Yosemite Beta Program Now Live

At the bottom of the page, you will be able to request a redemption code of OS X Yosemite Public Beta.

OS X Yosemite Public Beta Redemption

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Phil Schiller confirms OS X Yosemite Public Beta is coming on July 24, 2014

The news broke and many sites reported that OS X Yosemite Public Beta is coming on Thursday, July 24, 2014.

Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Product Marketing, Phil Schiller tweeted:

OS X Yosemite. Beta Program. Tomorrow! :->
https://appleseed.apple.com/sp/betaprogram/
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OS X Yosemite Public Beta is limited to the first one million people who sign up. Should you be interested to sign up, you should have signed up back in June right after during WWDC 2014.

OS X Yosemite Developer Preview 4 build 14A298i is quite stable, but not without some serious bugs. With that in mind, it is highly recommended to install OS X Yosemite Beta on a secondary Mac or on its own partition/drive.

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OS X Yosemite Developer Preview 2

OS X Yosemite Developer Preview 2

Apple seeds OS X Yosemite Developer Preview 2 build 14A261i on Tuesday, June 17, 2014.

The first OS X Yosemite Developer Preview was too buggy for my 2010 MacBook Pro. The font doesn’t look right and I suspected that it was designed to look best on Retina Display. The support for NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M was pretty abysmal.

I have not had enough time using OS X Yosemite Developer Preview 2 to find out if it’s going to run well on older Macs. Time will tell.

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The Swift Programming Language

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I am really excited about Swift Programming Language that was introduced at WWDC 2014. I have downloaded the book from iBooks Store.

The Swift Ptogramming Language on iBooks

I learned C and C++ back in college and actually became a T.A. for two semesters teaching them. After a while I was bored with programming until recently, doing web-programming with PHP and CSS. I have had a few ideas and prototypes of iOS Apps but none of them was ever finished. Swift Programming Language has brought some sparks back in me to get back into programming again.

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So You want to install OS X Yosemite Beta

OS X 10.10

Anyone can join the OS X Beta Program and download OS X Yosemite 10.10 Developer Preview. The truth is that the current Developer Preview build is definitely not for you.

Why?

There are still tons of issues with this particular build. A lot of visual tweaks needed.

Should you still insist on installing OS X Yosemite 10.10 Developer Preview, do yourself a favor by installing it on a different drive than you working drive.

In four weeks we should see a much better build of OS X Yosemite Developer Preview.