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Apple Releases Third OS X 10.11.4 El Capitan Beta to Public Beta Testers

OS X El Capitan LogoApple today seeded the third beta of an upcoming OS X 10.11.4 update to public beta testers, just a few days after releasing the third OS X 10.11.4 beta to developers and more than two weeks after releasing OS X 10.11.3.

The third beta is available through the Software Update mechanism in the Mac App Store for those who are enrolled in Apple's beta testing program. Those wishing to join the program can sign up on Apple's beta testing website.

OS X 10.11.4 appears to focus largely on under-the-hood bug fixes, security enhancements, and performance optimizations with few noticeable outward-facing changes. OS X 10.11.4 offers password protected notes in the Notes app, an import function for importing Evernote notes into the Notes app, and it includes Live Photos support for the Messages app.

Apple is likely to release OS X 10.11.4 in the spring, alongside iOS 9.3, watchOS 2.2, and tvOS 9.2.

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bladerunner2000 Avatar
134 months ago
As usual, Apple needs to do the following:

* Get rid of root as Apple's effectively given 3rd party developers the finger
* Put in the option to change the green button's behaviour (full screen on a large desktop screen is completely redundant)
* Add option in keyboard commands to have cmd+x and cmd+v act as cut/paste for MOVING files in the Finder
* Fix the way attachments are handled in Mail (christ, a 600 billion dollar company should get this right the first time)
* Add option of folders on top in the Finder
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
134 months ago
The way this OS has rolled out everyone is a 'public beta tester.'
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
n-evo Avatar
134 months ago
The way this OS has rolled out everyone is a 'public beta tester.'
I haven't had a single issue or notice a single bug on my MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015).

I feel sorry for those who do, but leave me out of it. ;)
Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)
lysingur Avatar
134 months ago
The day will come when Apple decides not to make iTunes feel like a perfect metaphor of its gradual decline.
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
134 months ago
As usual, Apple needs to do the following:

* Get rid of root as Apple's effectively given 3rd party developers the finger
* Put in the option to change the green button's behaviour (full screen on a large desktop screen is completely redundant)
* Add option in keyboard commands to have cmd+x and cmd+v act as cut/paste for MOVING files in the Finder
* Fix the way attachments are handled in Mail (christ, a 600 billion dollar company should get this right the first time)
* Add option of folders on top in the Finder

The green button’s behavior already contains that option and has since day one. It’s called the Option key. Hold it down while clicking the green button and you get the classic behavior.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
b.inazawa-fan Avatar
134 months ago
As usual, Apple needs to do the following:

* Get rid of root as Apple's effectively given 3rd party developers the finger
* Put in the option to change the green button's behaviour (full screen on a large desktop screen is completely redundant)
* Add option in keyboard commands to have cmd+x and cmd+v act as cut/paste for MOVING files in the Finder
* Fix the way attachments are handled in Mail (christ, a 600 billion dollar company should get this right the first time)
* Add option of folders on top in the Finder

Rootless can be disabled, the green button behavior can be changed with the Option key, cut/paste in finder is done with the Option key, you can tell Mail not to download attachments automatically, folders on top is inconsistent for keyboard navigation.

Don't mean to sound like a fanboy, but, your green button, cut/paste and folders on top complaints sound like someone who came straight from Windows and didn't bother learning the OS X shortcuts would complain about.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)