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

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OS X El Capitan LogoApple today seeded the first beta of an upcoming OS X 10.11.4 beta to public beta testers, just a few days after releasing the first OS X 10.11.4 beta to developers and more than a month after releasing OS X 10.11.2.

The new 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 has been provided to developers and public beta testers alongside OS X 10.11.3, which is also currently in testing. Apple has provided testers with two betas of OS X 10.11.3, and it could be released to the public shortly.

Both OS X 10.11.3 and OS X 10.11.4 appear 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 does support password protected notes in the Notes app, allowing a password to be assigned to individual notes.

Tag: OS X 10.11.4
Related Forum: OS X El Capitan (10.11)

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MrGimper Avatar
MrGimper
70 months ago
Night Shift for OS X, please!
https://justgetflux.com
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
bladerunner2000 Avatar
bladerunner2000
70 months ago
System Preferences should give users the option to change the green buttons behaviour;

* Fullscreen
* Maximize (a la MS Windows)
* Enlarge to maximum area required (but doesnt fill the screen entirely)
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
kalakana Avatar
kalakana
70 months ago
there's smth new going on with iBooks, it greeted me and offered to move my books into iCloud so all the devices could use them. Did not try it out.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Junipr Avatar
Junipr
70 months ago
Night Shift for OS X, please!
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dogslobber Avatar
dogslobber
70 months ago
10.11.5 will come out next week.
It's possible if they have overlapping betas from now on that beta users never EXIT beta, ever.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
blodyholy Avatar
blodyholy
70 months ago
Hmmm, whats going on here?

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