On Nov 3 this year, we heard that Apple issued the first OS X 10.10.1 Yosemite beta to developers -- the first update coming less than three weeks after the latest Mac operating system was released.
On Nov 10, we were told that Apple had issued the second OS X 10.10.1 beta to developers, asking them to continue focusing on Wi-Fi and Mail issues.
We know that Yosemite has had numerous user complaints regarding WiFi performance. We know that Apple's Mail App -- which worked well before Yosemite -- has been alleged to 'hang' or 'crash' by many users. Mark Rogowski tells us here about the alleged issues with iOS 8; and, of course, we all remember the disastrous -- to some -- iOS 8.0.1, which necessitated a very quick update to iOS 8.0.2 and then on to iOS 8.1. This too, while delivering some fixes, also allegedly broke features and settings inside iOS 8. For instance, some iPhone 5s users reported random reboots after iOS 8.1.
Yesterday (Nov 13), we read that Apple released Thunderbolt Display Firmware Update 1.2, for the Thunderbolt Display released four years ago. The release notes indicate that this update improves reliability when connecting devices to the Apple Thunderbolt Display and addresses an issue which may cause a blank display. The Thunderbolt Display update can be downloaded from the Mac App Store.
All of this possibly hints that an update to Yosemite 10.10, iOS 8 and, maybe even iTunes. Perhaps even as soon as Nov 17?
Coming so soon after major OS releases -- ostensibly extensively checked by deemed experts -- does it indicate, perhaps, a lack of awareness by testers as to the links between each that Apple is endeavoring to establish?
Perhaps the time has come for Apple -- indeed maybe all major OS corporates -- to take a leaf out of Microsoft's book. It may be recalled MS allowed any member of the public (with a Microsoft Account) to download and test Windows 10. Of course, all legal warnings and disclaimers were stated up-front. "Install on your main PC at your own risk..." "This is a Preview OS..." etc... The important thing is, each interested member of the public gets to contribute to the test and thus -- hopefully -- when the OS is finally released, it will have very few bugs.
I assume quite a few users would volunteer to contribute to this sort of testing, sending feedback on a daily basis, if necessary. Perhaps, if the corporate wished, one could even negotiate an "over-the-air" feedback 'without user intervention' to them provided, of course, issues of security and privacy were guaranteed.
Hopefully, at some future date, we may thus see a perfect OS evolve.
On Nov 10, we were told that Apple had issued the second OS X 10.10.1 beta to developers, asking them to continue focusing on Wi-Fi and Mail issues.
We know that Yosemite has had numerous user complaints regarding WiFi performance. We know that Apple's Mail App -- which worked well before Yosemite -- has been alleged to 'hang' or 'crash' by many users. Mark Rogowski tells us here about the alleged issues with iOS 8; and, of course, we all remember the disastrous -- to some -- iOS 8.0.1, which necessitated a very quick update to iOS 8.0.2 and then on to iOS 8.1. This too, while delivering some fixes, also allegedly broke features and settings inside iOS 8. For instance, some iPhone 5s users reported random reboots after iOS 8.1.
Yesterday (Nov 13), we read that Apple released Thunderbolt Display Firmware Update 1.2, for the Thunderbolt Display released four years ago. The release notes indicate that this update improves reliability when connecting devices to the Apple Thunderbolt Display and addresses an issue which may cause a blank display. The Thunderbolt Display update can be downloaded from the Mac App Store.
All of this possibly hints that an update to Yosemite 10.10, iOS 8 and, maybe even iTunes. Perhaps even as soon as Nov 17?
Coming so soon after major OS releases -- ostensibly extensively checked by deemed experts -- does it indicate, perhaps, a lack of awareness by testers as to the links between each that Apple is endeavoring to establish?
Perhaps the time has come for Apple -- indeed maybe all major OS corporates -- to take a leaf out of Microsoft's book. It may be recalled MS allowed any member of the public (with a Microsoft Account) to download and test Windows 10. Of course, all legal warnings and disclaimers were stated up-front. "Install on your main PC at your own risk..." "This is a Preview OS..." etc... The important thing is, each interested member of the public gets to contribute to the test and thus -- hopefully -- when the OS is finally released, it will have very few bugs.
Hopefully, at some future date, we may thus see a perfect OS evolve.
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