As promised, Apple has just taken the wraps off the OS X 10.10 Yosemite Public Beta, allowing non-developers to try out the as-yet unfinished Mac software. Details on how you can get involved in this limited beta trial are below.
Those looking to catch an early glimpse of OS X 10.10 Yosemite, the next major installment of Apple's desktop and notebook operating system, have been able to check out some of the changes by means of the Developer Preview releases. Since WWDC, the Developer Previews have enabled registered devs to test the new software for bugs, compatibility and new features, but even in the run-up to this year's Worldwide Developers Conference, we knew that Apple would be allowing anybody with an Apple ID to try out Yosemite before the end user release this fall. The OS X Beta Seed program, which Apple introduced to allow ordinary folk to get a flavor of what's next, is about to come into effect thanks to the first Yosemite beta, which will land tomorrow.
Apple's introduction of the various CloudKit APIs within iOS 8 and OS 10.10 Yosemite at this year's Worldwide Developer Conference was greeted with much glee and excitement from attending developers. The creation of CloudKit will ultimately afford developers with the ability to focus on creating impressive and immersive client-side experiences rather than having to deal with the issues that come attached with server-side cloud storage code. As the APIs are being developed and ironed out it seems that testers will need to put up with some bumps in the road with Apple once again notifying developers that all CloudKit data will once again be wiped at some point today.
It's been a busy day for software-in-progress over at Apple today, and as well as rolling out OS X Yosemite 10.10 Developer Preview 4 and iOS 8 Beta 4, the Cupertino giant has also made iTunes 12 Beta available as part of Yosemite. As well as some serious design tweaks, there are also quite a few new features packed into this release, and as ever, you can check the details - as well as some first-hand screenshots - right here.
At this year's Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple delivered quite a few surprises with regards to OS X 10.10 Yosemite, but one feature we had been almost certain of many months prior to WWDC was that of the appearance. We knew, given the significant alterations made with iOS 7, that the Cupertino's thirst for uniformity would spill over to the Mac, and so it proved with the showcasing of a decidedly flattened-out Yosemite. Even though, as ever with such drastic visual changes, it's probably going to take some developers weeks - even months - to update their apps in compliance with the new look, some eager folk have already been trying to imagine what the icons of some stock and third-party apps may look like when given the Yosemite treatment.
Apart from the third beta of iOS 8, Apple has also seeded Developer Preview 3 of OS X Yosemite. Details on how and where to download it from can be found right here.
Apple has just rolled out an update to the Developer Preview of OS X Yosemite 10.10. The latest build of the forthcoming Mac software, which is slated for release later on in the fall, has been treated to an extensive list of bug fixes and general performance tweaks, details of which you may find after the break.
In Apple's ongoing effort to offer an integrated, mutually intelligible experience between iOS and OS X, the fruit company took the wraps off its Continuity movement at the Worldwide Developers Conference earlier this month. But while the features encompassed by the Continuity umbrella term, such as Handoff, sound as though they're going to be beneficial to Apple's ecosystem as a whole, some older Macs running on OS X 10.10 Yosemite and iDevices running iOS 8 mightn't be able to take advantage due to the integral role that Bluetooth 4.0 (LE) plays.
If you're a Mac owner, there's a good chance you'll be interested in downloading and installing the Developer Preview of OS X 10.10 Yosemite, which Apple took the wraps off only last week. But if you don't want to overwrite your current set-up and would prefer to install the unfinished build separately, we're now going to show you how this dual-boot alternative can be achieved by creating a separate partition on your OS X machine's main storage device.
Apple finally unveiled OS X 10.10 Yosemite earlier on this week at its Worldwide Developers Conference keynote speech, and although we knew the UI would be overhauled in-keeping with the look of iOS 7, it was nice to check out the upcoming software in all of its glory. If you're on a Mac, there's a good chance you've already grabbed the Developer Preview for a first-hand look at what's new, but if you're on Windows, things are a great deal trickier. There are numerous ways to install OS X on a PC, of course, but if you're merely a fan of the aesthetics, then you might want to check the just-released OS X 10.10 Yosemite Transformation Pack for Windows 7/8.x.
