AppleInsider Staff
Apple on Tuesday pushed out the fifth public beta of OS X 10.11 El Capitan, its forthcoming major update for the Mac operating system, scheduled to launch this fall as a free update.
Members of Apple's public beta program can now download the update via the Mac App Store. Because it is pre-release software with bugs yet to be resolved, Apple advises users not to run El Capitan as their main operating system.
Users can opt in to Apple's Beta Software Program at the company's website. It's available for both OS X and iOS.
Tuesday's update arrives two weeks after the fourth public beta of OS X 10.11. The new public beta release is a somewhat strange move for Apple, arriving before an anticipated new developer beta.
Developers remain on their sixth beta of OS X El Capitan, which was released on Aug. 3 — Â one day before the fourth public beta became available.
OS X 10.11 El Capitan is somewhat of a polish of last year's OS X 10.10 Yosemite update, refining things that were previously introduced. However, there are a handful of new features in the next-generation Mac update, including Split View, a better Mission Control, and various performance improvements such as Metal graphics processing.
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It was pulled.. if you didn't get it by now it's not showing up anymore .. Might have been because it was intended to release Dev Build first.. ??
It was pulled.. if you didn't get it by now it's not showing up anymore ..
Might have been because it was intended to release Dev Build first.. ??
Just checked and Dev Build beta 6 has been released, installing it now.
[quote name="rob53" url="/t/187766/fifth-build-of-os-x-10-11-el-capitan-supplied-to-apples-public-beta-testers#post_2762885"]Just checked and Dev Build beta 6 has been released, installing it now. [/quote] According to the article the Dev 6 was released on August 3rd
Are we not about ready for the GM seed? It must be going or have already gone GM internally if they're keeping to last years schedule???
No update for me, sitting on the third PB (built 15A243d).
From there still some work is to be done. Beachballs all around, Mail and Safari hanging, and quite a number of smaller issues.