OS X 10.10 Yosemite - Public Beta - July 24th

Zcott

How old are the Macs you guys are running it on? I might give it a go on my late-08 unibody.

DubDJ

Zcott wrote: »

How old are the Macs you guys are running it on? I might give it a go on my late-08 unibody.

Early 2011 MBP. Running perfectly.

shanec1928

airuser wrote: »

You can also open it from Apple menu - About This Mac - More Info which opens System Information... use the Window menu to select Network Utility.

Hope it's there for you.

cheers had the icon pinned in the dock but was showing the ? mark after the update. have only had a brief look before work.

airuser

Apple have released the new OS on the web page. Anyone would appear my download it

airuser

https://appleseed.apple.com/sp/betaprogram/

This page not web page

Zcott

Logged into the beta site and got my code. Downloading, but I'm going to install it on an external drive...and just need a caddy to arrive asap!

airuser

Well, do not how I did it but got the old system back again.

Two things I did learn. One that one back may not always work.
Two let the other bu....s make the mistakes.

But, please make sure that you system is backed and everything is backed up.

That you will be able to restore one system.

That is the major mistake I made in taking for granted that the Time capsule appeared to have baked up my files.

Anyway it was an experience.

jakdublin

I want my bookmarks back at the top of the Safari page :-(

airuser

I want the old Spotlight back and in the corner.

fjon

jakdublin wrote: »

I want my bookmarks back at the top of the Safari page :-(

View - Show Favourites Bar ?

jakdublin

fjon wrote: »

View - Show Favourites Bar ?

Yeah, I thought that would do it but nothing seems to happen. Tabs not working either by the looks of things. I'll have a closer look at it tomorrow.

mackera4

I got my invite today and am contemplating whether I should run it on my main machine (just back up the current setup) or will I just install it as a VM.
Think i'm more inclined to go with the latter option, just in case it turns out to be a right disaster.
Anyone else installed it using a VM? Opinions?

jakdublin

mackera4 wrote: »

I got my invite today and am contemplating whether I should run it on my main machine (just back up the current setup) or will I just install it as a VM.
Think i'm more inclined to go with the latter option, just in case it turns out to be a right disaster.
Anyone else installed it using a VM? Opinions?

I just partitioned my disk and installed it on that. Never thought of going the VM route but I guess it could save booting up into a separate drive every time you needed to switch over. Installing on your main machine is just asking for a world of hurt.

DubDJ

Just getting to have a proper look at Yosemite the last hour or so. First impressions are good, although when actually using it I find the look and feel to be similar enough to the old design. I don't think it's as big of a redesign as the photos make out.

Safari definitely looks better, speed wise it's about the same. I like the new dock but I think some of the icons could do with a change, not a fan of the new settings icon, feels like it's part of the old design. Small things like the new trashcan look great. The new notification centre is a big step up, look forward to third party additions to that.

Feature-wise I think you'll have to wait until it's released with iOS 8 to get the proper use from it, there's nothing too new without that. A lot of the apps look a lot nicer and simplified so overall it's a great revamp.

I've noticed a few bugs so far, had to disconnect and reconnect the wifi, login seems to be a bit buggy and is taking a good bit longer than usual, same as shutdown. Few more graphical glitches here and there but nothing major. It's running just as fast as Mavericks so far.

If you rely on your Mac for work or any pro-level stuff i'd stay away from 10.10 until it's officially released or maybe after one or two point releases. It seems fine overall and looking forward to unlocking the iOS 8 features.

jakdublin

jakdublin wrote: »

Yeah, I thought that would do it but nothing seems to happen. Tabs not working either by the looks of things. I'll have a closer look at it tomorrow.

Actually, a quit of Safari got both the tabs and the favourites toolbar working. Cool.

LandonRicketts

My code said it was already expired when i went to redeem it. Think i'll just wait for the full release i'd say now

airuser

This afternoon had problems with mail accounts linking up gmail , took a while to get on line.. Other mail accounts ok.


Am using memory type apps. Yosemite does not to be as hungry in memory using.

One of my favorite Apps Flightradar24 working perfectly

Sad Professor

LandonRicketts wrote: »

My code said it was already expired when i went to redeem it. Think i'll just wait for the full release i'd say now

Did you try re-generating it?

http://9to5mac.com/2014/07/24/apple-how-to-fix-yosemite-public-beta-code-if-it-says-already-been-redeemed/

atavist

fjon wrote: »

Installed it this morning and everything went flawlessly so far. Installation took about 25 mins on a 2013 rMBP.
I am liking the look of it so far, and only really had one issue - MplayerX crashes for me when going full screen.
I mistakenly thought Yosemite included the new Photos app, but I guess we have to wait a while for that.

Hi all. I'm totally new to this board. I stumbled here after googling the MplayerX Yosemite issue Fjon and I are having. I hope this helps.

I decided to submit an issue report on MplayerX's Google Code page. Putting the report together I relized I was not on the current version 1.0.22.1 (1785). I originally downloaded via the App Store and didn't realize MplayerX has left the Mac App Store.

After updating via MplayerX.org/downland.html the issue evolved. Now I no longer experience the White Screen of Death. In fact, I only have issues if I enter fullscreen using Command+F (which is still a big bummer as CMD+F is an intense automatic muscle memory thing for me). CMD+F fullscreen leads to a fullscreen frozen frame of the video and eventually either a force quit or a total crash of MplayerX.

If I enter fullscreen using view>fullscreen or using the fullscreen symbol in the top-right of a video, I have no issues. It appears in Yosemite that Apple is abandoning the top-right fullscreen symbol. Now the "stoplight" style maximize button in the top left of windows takes it's place when relevant. Obviously these changes have not made it the current version of MplayerX.

fjon

atavist wrote: »

Hi all. I'm totally new to this board. I stumbled here after googling the MplayerX Yosemite issue Fjon and I are having. I hope this helps.

I decided to submit an issue report on MplayerX's Google Code page. Putting the report together I relized I was not on the current version 1.0.22.1 (1785). I originally downloaded via the App Store and didn't realize MplayerX has left the Mac App Store.

After updating via MplayerX.org/downland.html the issue evolved. Now I no longer experience the White Screen of Death. In fact, I only have issues if I enter fullscreen using Command+F (which is still a big bummer as CMD+F is an intense automatic muscle memory thing for me). CMD+F fullscreen leads to a fullscreen frozen frame of the video and eventually either a force quit or a total crash of MplayerX.

If I enter fullscreen using view>fullscreen or using the fullscreen symbol in the top-right of a video, I have no issues. It appears in Yosemite that Apple is abandoning the top-right fullscreen symbol. Now the "stoplight" style maximize button in the top left of windows takes it's place when relevant. Obviously these changes have not made it the current version of MplayerX.

Ah, thanks for that! It works for me too - now I only double click the screen rather than CMD+F. Sometimes I forget and do it the old way, but at least it's a fix.
I've also noticed the picture quality of MplayerX seems to be inferior to what it was. The screen looks kind of pixellated, but VLC looks fine.

The Black Oil

I created a partition and installed it. Couldn't get wifi going, at all. Went back to Mavericks full time.

DubDJ

The Black Oil wrote: »

I created a partition and installed it. Couldn't get wifi going, at all. Went back to Mavericks full time.

My wifi is buggy too, probably the biggest problem with Yosemite for me. I sometimes have to forget and rejoin the wifi network to get it going again.

DubDJ

Beta 2 is now available through the Mac App Store. New iTunes 12 too.

shanec1928

is the click that was normally there when you turned up and down the sound gone for anyone else?

DubDJ

shanec1928 wrote: »

is the click that was normally there when you turned up and down the sound gone for anyone else?

Just noticed that about an hour ago. It's probably just disabled in system sounds. Battery was going dead so I didn't get to check.

Dr.Sanchez

shanec1928 wrote: »

is the click that was normally there when you turned up and down the sound gone for anyone else?

Yeah, thank god. Found it very annoying!

fjon

Press shift along with the volume buttons - does it come back then? It does for me.

shanec1928

was disabled. they have also changed the sound of it.

banquo

Some slight connectivity issues with Safari on the latest Horizon UPC router. I can game online with regular nice low ping, but Safari having trouble loading pages on it.

Sad Professor

I hear those Horizon boxes are a real nightmare. I have enough problems with the piece of sh*t Technicolor they gave me. My mother recently called them while I was at work and the guy remotely screwed up my settings, oblivious to the fact that I might have disabled WiFi, DHCP and set up a DMZ on the router for a reason.