Apple Seeds OS X 10.9.1 Build 13B40 to Developers

Tuesday December 3, 2013 3:38 PM PST by Juli Clover
Apple today released an updated version of OS X 10.9.1 for developers, which has a build number of 13B40 . Today's release comes nearly two weeks after the second 10.9.1 beta, which had a build number of 13B35.

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Last week’s build included several fixes for Gmail in OS X Mail, along with improvements to the Smart Mailbox functionality. It also included bug fixes for emojis when used with VoiceOver, and included an update to the Shared Links tab when the Safari Sidebar is open. Build 13B40 includes the same fixes.

Registered developers can download the update through the software update tool in the Mac App Store.

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ManifoldSky
68 months ago
Lay this one at the feet of Google

I think they did that on purpose to sabotage Google. LOL.


Uh, no. Google did it because they can't write decent software, and can't resist the urge to use their own non-standard implementations of common standards. Fine if you make it better, but Google… doesn't.
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satyrica
68 months ago
wth

So many areas of needed fixes and improvement, and they're working on emojis.... #srsly :confused:
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AustinGibson
68 months ago

Thank the Lord! Gmail fixes. *KILLING ME!*


I think they did that on purpose to sabotage Google. LOL.
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iBug2
68 months ago

Oh Really it came from Apple and is not warez: https://appleseed.apple.com/sp/downloads/projects/1000715/downloads (https://appleseed.apple.com/sp/downloads/projects/1000715/downloads). If you follow the link and log in with your Developer ID you can download the Feedback Assistant.

Plus I got the beta and updates through the Apple App Store!


No. ADC members do not have Apple Seed logins. Nor do they have a feedback utility. We report bugs using the bugreporter website.
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laurihoefs
68 months ago

So many areas of needed fixes and improvement, and they're working on emojis.... #srsly :confused:


Are you also confused, that Apple has people working on any other software products, marketing, hardware design and customer support, and people doing gardening and catering, all the while there are bugs in OS X that need to get fixed?

Most roles are highly specialized, and not interchangable, not even within the same product team. So someone working on the emojis could not just quickly be thrown to work on memory management and file systems, without familiarizing them to those parts of the system. It would take time and resources to train them, and that would not help getting bug fixes out any quicker.

Having someone fix a bug in the part of the system they are specialized in, is not going to slow down the improvement in other areas.
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chrfr
68 months ago

Then you are running a cracked version! The official release has it in there and AppleSeed pointed out to use that to report bugs in their first 10.9.1 beta release like every other previous beta programs.


No, this is not a cracked OS. You're not understanding that there are 2 different programs:
Appleseed
Apple Developer program.
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macleod199
68 months ago

Are you also confused, that Apple has people working on any other software products, marketing, hardware design and customer support, and people doing gardening and catering, all the while there are bugs in OS X that need to get fixed?

Most roles are highly specialized, and not interchangable, not even within the same product team. So someone working on the emojis could not just quickly be thrown to work on memory management and file systems, without familiarizing them to those parts of the system. It would take time and resources to train them, and that would not help getting bug fixes out any quicker.

Having someone fix a bug in the part of the system they are specialized in, is not going to slow down the improvement in other areas.


Exactly. See also:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks%27_law

Brooks's law is a principle in software development which says that "adding manpower to a late software project makes it later". It was coined by Fred Brooks in his 1975 book The Mythical Man-Month. The corollary of Brooks's Law is that there is an incremental person who, when added to a project, makes it take more, not less time. Brooks adds that "Nine women can't make a baby in one month".
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chrfr
68 months ago

You just use your Apple ID.


NO! Appleseed is NOT the Apple Developer program!
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laurihoefs
68 months ago

Oh Really it came from Apple and is not warez: https://appleseed.apple.com/sp/downloads/projects/1000715/downloads (https://appleseed.apple.com/sp/downloads/projects/1000715/downloads). If you follow the link and log in with your Developer ID you can download the Feedback Assistant.

Plus I got the beta and updates through the Apple App Store!


Unless you've received an AppleSeed invitation code by email, you can not access the site.

Entering the AppleSeed site requires, that you are an AppleSeed member. You can only become a member through invitation. Congratulations if you've been selected, the "normal" developers can not access that site.

This is how it looks to the rest of us after entering AppleID:



Once again: AppleSeed =! Developer program

BTW, if you are an AppleSeed member, you are probably violating your NDA discussing this.
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ctakah
68 months ago

Wait...? I'd rather wait until 10.9.5... :rolleyes:

In the meantime, I'd go back to ML... :D:D


Oh remember those times when we used to say "...i'd go back to SL"
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