Apple Seeds Third OS X 10.11.5 El Capitan Beta to Developers and Public Beta Testers

Apple today seeded the third beta of an upcoming OS X 10.11.5 El Capitan update to developers and public beta testers, one week after releasing the second OS X 10.11.5 beta and a month after releasing OS X 10.11.4, the fourth update to the OS X El Capitan operating system. OS X 10.11.5 has been in testing since April 6.

OS X 10.11.5 beta 3 has a build number of 15F28b and can be downloaded through the software update mechanism in the Mac App Store or through the Apple Developer Center (for developers).

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OS X 10.11.5, like prior OS X El Capitan updates, appears to focus on security enhancements, performance improvements, and bug fixes to address issues that have popped up since the release of OS X 10.11.4. No obvious outward-facing changes were discovered in the first two OS X 10.11.5 betas, but we'll update this post if any new features are found in the third beta.

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Top Rated Comments

gsmornot Avatar
103 months ago
Beachballs? Did they fix the beachballs? What about the constant freakin beachballs on every one of my Macs running El Capitan, Apple??? So frustrating.
My beachballs are working fine here. :)
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
MLVC Avatar
103 months ago
Anybody know if this fixes the "freezing" issue that a lot of Macs suffer from since the last El Cap update?
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Scary Spice Avatar
103 months ago
Super SMOOOTH™ on all my machines....

Especially the beachball animation. (no more flickering and the pointer INSTANTLY changes to the beachball... not the rude pause of versions past)
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
MLVC Avatar
103 months ago
32.1 mb on a 6 plus
You have El Cap on your iPhone? Amazing ;)
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
HiRez Avatar
103 months ago
Beachballs? Did they fix the beachballs? What about the constant freakin beachballs on every one of my Macs running El Capitan, Apple??? So frustrating.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
redheeler Avatar
103 months ago
Happy to see this on front page for once. Downloading, 709 MB.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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