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Apple on Wednesday released the fourth pre-release version of its upcoming OS X 10.11.1 maintenance update to developers and public beta testers, bringing with it the usual stability, compatibility and security enhancements.
The fourth beta seed, build 15B38b, comes one week after Apple issued the previous build to developers and member of its public beta program with minor bug patches and performance bumps.
In the accompanying release notes, Apple asks beta testers to focus on Mail and Microsoft Office 2016, the latter of which has encountered serious compatibility issues since the latest Mac operating system debuted. Office 2016 for Mac users have reported a wide range of issues since updating, including complete system freezes, that have yet to be solved.
OS X 10.11 El Capitan went live last month as a free update for Mac users, adding a number of new features like Split View, a revamped Notes app, various user interface tweaks and multiple backend enhancements.
Developers and public beta testers can download the latest El Capitan build from the Mac App Store or Apple's developer website.
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I hope they spend a lot more time fixing the bugs in El Craptan. I spent the last week on and off the phone with Apple support, downgrading my MBP, removing the el capitan partion, back to Mavericks so I could go back to Yosemite. Only to find out the iTunes 12.3 is just as messed up as El Capitan is. Both have wrecked the ability to sync and add files to my 16TB NAS and Apple broke every NAS vendors server path. Support is aware of the issues and said hopefully the next update will work, I won't bother until I see it IS working first.
[quote name="RaptorOO7" url="/t/189434/apple-seeds-fourth-os-x-10-11-1-beta-with-potential-microsoft-office-2016-fix#post_2791343"]I hope they spend a lot more time fixing the bugs in El Craptan. I spent the last week on and off the phone with Apple support, downgrading my MBP, removing the el capitan partion, back to Mavericks so I could go back to Yosemite. Only to find out the iTunes 12.3 is just as messed up as El Capitan is. Both have wrecked the ability to sync and add files to my 16TB NAS and Apple broke every NAS vendors server path. Support is aware of the issues and said hopefully the next update will work, I won't bother until I see it IS working first.[/quote] What a load of crap.
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Bugs seem to abound, see http://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2015/20151013_1918-OSX_ElCapitan-bugs-ImageCapture.html
Wow. I'm surprised at all the negative experiences. I'm using ElCap since the second PB and I'm still on the .1 PB cycle. I have it installed on three MBPs ranging from 2009 to 2014, all using peripherals, such as a canon printer/scanner, Canon DLR, external USB-drive, Wacom tablet etc. Apart from an occasional glitch things are stable for us. We did clean installs for the first ElCap, then incremental updates. Most issues were around Mail, especially wth exchange accounts. These have been fixed for us. OffIce ha the known issues. Adobe as well. But from an OS POV stuff "just works". Maybe lucky? Or maybe Aplle is having problems ensuring all works when not doing a clean install? Did you try this?