AppleInsider Staff
Apple on Thursday pushed out a new beta build of its upcoming OS X 10.10.2 Yosemite maintenance update, asking developers to focus on changes made to Wi-Fi assets.
The latest beta, build 14C78c, comes two weeks after a first version was released noting the same Wi-Fi focus area.
Apple last OS X 10.10.1 update went live in November to fix Wi-Fi issues, Mail compatibility and general bug squashing. Despite the updated code, some Mac users continued to see slow Wi-Fi speeds.
Developers can download OS X 10.10.2 via Apple's developer portal or the Software Update mechanism.
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Yosemite has been one big mess since it came out. Bluetooth issues, wifi issues, mail issues and the list goes on. Apple really needs to slow the releases for OS X versions down and take the intervening time to get the release as polished as it can be rather than releasing beta-versions once-per-year and calling them Golden Masters.
Maybe this will help the poor connection issues I have
As always with OS updates, your mileage may vary, so to balance "the squeaky wheels" I must say I have had absolutely no Bluetooth, WiFi, or Mail issues with Yosemite, which has been been the least problematic release for me since 10.8. In fact, Bluetooth is a huge improvement over 10.9 because it allows me to use my Zik headset for text input, something that caused a stack crash in 10.9. I also find Yosemite to be much more responsive–and this is on a heavily hardware tweaked MacPro from 2012 with many non-Apple parts like PC GPU, RAM, SSDs, etc. The only real thing has been a few cosmetic glitches in the UI that I can live with.
Yosemite isn't actually more buggy than prior versions. (Actually it's far more stable overall.) Unlike other bugs where the user may only encounter them once or twice before they're patched. This set of wifi bugs, when experienced, is one that those affected will feel again and again.
[quote name="plankton" url="/t/183727/apple-issues-second-os-x-10-10-2-yosemite-beta-with-wi-fi-fixes/0_100#post_2647711"]As always with OS updates, your mileage may vary, so to balance "the squeaky wheels" I must say I have had absolutely no Bluetooth, WiFi, or Mail issues with Yosemite, which has been been the least problematic release for me since 10.8. In fact, Bluetooth is a huge improvement over 10.9 because it allows me to use my Zik headset for text input, something that caused a stack crash in 10.9. I also find Yosemite to be much more responsive–and this is on a heavily hardware tweaked MacPro from 2012 with many non-Apple parts like PC GPU, RAM, SSDs, etc. The only real thing has been a few cosmetic glitches in the UI that I can live with.[/quote] My experience chimes with yours. I love Yosemite, and find it more stable than Mavericks. Still could do with lots of refining. Perhaps next year, they could release a 'fix everything' release to make everything rock solid for the next ten years. It's iOS that really needs a lot of work. And iCloud Drive.