Apple releases third beta of OS X 10.10.2 with focuses on Wi-Fi, Mail & VoiceOver

Apple on Friday supplied developers with a third beta of OS X 10.10.2, a forthcoming maintenance and security update for its Yosemite operating system for Mac, with indications that it may address lingering Wi-Fi issues.

OS X 10.10.2 build "14C81f" is now available to developers on the Mac App Store or through Apple's Dev Center website. Testers have been asked to focus on Wi-Fi, Mail, and VoiceOver when sampling the pre-release software.

The second beta of OS X 10.10.2, identified as 14C78c, shipped to developers last week and also asked them to focus on changes made to Wi-Fi assets. The first beta arrived two weeks before that.

Apple last OS X 10.10.1 update arrived in November to fix Wi-Fi issues, Mail compatibility and general bugs. Despite the updated code, some Mac users continued to see slow Wi-Fi speeds.

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14 Comments

sestewart

said about 9 years ago

Would be great to see Photos released before the holidays, but everything I've seen shows sometime next year. Having said that, anything with wifi fixes is appreciated.

sockrolid

said about 9 years ago

Originally Posted by AppleInsider

Apple on Friday supplied developers with a third beta of OS X 10.10.2 ...

And it won't be the last beta. When my iMac restarted it went straight to the Desktop. The completion progress dialog was still there and it said "5 minutes remaining." It didn't ask me for my password until the progress indicator finished, at which point it presented the login / password view as expected.

Other than that it seems fine.

solipsismy

said about 9 years ago

[quote name="SockRolid" url="/t/183871/apple-releases-third-beta-of-os-x-10-10-2-with-focuses-on-wi-fi-mail-voiceover#post_2651150"] And it won't be the last beta. When my iMac restarted it went straight to the Desktop. The completion progress dialog was still there and it said "5 minutes remaining." It didn't ask me for my password until the progress indicator finished, at which point it presented the login / password view as expected. Other than that it seems fine. [/quote] 1) I don't understand how, of all companies, Apple can't even get a decent ballpark of how long installations will take. I understand with Windows, but Apple should be able to be able to calculate something better than "5 minutes remaining" with more than the half the progress bar remaining when it finishes up, especially with their limited HW choices. This doesn't seem insurmountable and I feel like they did better at this many years ago. 2) That auto-logging in with an update has been standard for at least Yosemite and perhaps even Mavericks. Since you have to use a password to initiate the install it carries over. I'm not sure how it does that with a restart in place or if that's safe, but I don't think it's a glitch.

mdriftmeyer

said about 9 years ago

[quote name="SolipsismY" url="/t/183871/apple-releases-third-beta-of-os-x-10-10-2-with-focuses-on-wi-fi-mail-voiceover#post_2651160"] 1) I don't understand how, of all companies, Apple can't even get a decent ballpark of how long installations will take. I understand with Windows, but Apple should be able to be able to calculate something better than "5 minutes remaining" with more than the half the progress bar remaining when it finishes up, especially with their limited HW choices. This doesn't seem insurmountable and I feel like they did better at this many years ago. 2) That auto-logging in with an update has been standard for at least Yosemite and perhaps even Mavericks. Since you have to use a password to initiate the install it carries over. I'm not sure how it does that with a restart in place or if that's safe, but I don't think it's a glitch.[/quote] So you want Apple to fully index your files, run a diff and from an internal database find a closest comparison to tell you how long to expect the update to then take? What does it gain Apple to do this?

eluard

said about 9 years ago

Quote:

Originally Posted by mdriftmeyer

So you want Apple to fully index your files, run a diff and from an internal database find a closest comparison to tell you how long to expect the update to then take?

What does it gain Apple to do this?

They can surely get a better ball-park figure. And it would be better to overestimate the expected time than drastically underestimate it as they do. For the initial Yosemite install it was halted at 2 mins for quite a while. In fact for so long that I thought that something had gone wrong. Fortunately I didn't panic, I just let it sit there…

all day…

and then all night.

Next day it had completed the install.

Now that was a long two minutes.