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Apple releases fourth OS X 10.11.4 beta with Live Photos in Messages, secure Notes, more

OS X 10.11.4 El Capitan Live Photos

Apple has released the fourth OS X 10.11.4 preview for registered developers to test ahead of its expected release next month. The software update to the Mac will likely be released around next month’s March 15th event and is expected to coincide with a new version of iTunes. For Mac users, the latest version of OS X El Capitan adds enhancements like being able to view and share Live Photos originally taken on the iPhone 6s or 6s Plus as well as the ability to lock notes behind a secure password. We’re check out the latest beta and update with any changes.

Notes on the Mac also gains the ability to import data from competing note-taking apps like Evernote (here’s a tutorial) or just plain text or rich text files.

Both the Photos and iBooks apps have also been focus areas for the software update, and issues loading Twitter URLs with Safari appear to be resolved as well.

Let us know in the comments, via email at tips at 9to5mac dot com, or on Twitter @9to5Mac if you spot any changes in the new beta, and we’ll update with changes we find as well.

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Comments

  1. Lawrence Krupp - 8 years ago

    I don’t want anymore features or enhancements right now. I want more bug fixes and more stability FIRST.

    • just-a-random-dude - 8 years ago

      And who said this doesn’t have any bug fixes/stability fixes? Bug and stability fixes are boring to report, so they never get publicized much. 10.11.4 does have bug fixes and it is a bit more stable for me.

    • taoprophet420 - 8 years ago

      Bugs would be fixed faster if the Feedback app was part of OS X and not just its betas.

    • Matt (@apple4ever) - 8 years ago

      Totally agreed. Messages on the Mac doesn’t need live photos, it needs to fix the bugs A) where you can’t delete more than one conversation at a time B) where the number overlay in the dock is often wrong, and C) where the icon for what’s unread in the conversation view is often wrong.

      • just-a-random-dude - 8 years ago

        A) This was possible in the past? As far as I recall, I have never been able to do this. If it never did this, then it’s not a bug.
        B) Works fine here, always consistent.
        C) Again, works fine, always consistent.

        I hope you filed these radars.

  2. mdw1951 - 8 years ago

    With the last public beta it kept kicking me out of my yahoo mail using apple mail so I had to go back to the older version.

  3. giuseppe1111 - 8 years ago

    wow…that is innovation…emoticons and live photos…
    the more OS X “evolves”, the more is clear that the user for which this system is developed around is a juvenile and fashionable preppy pretending “to use Facebook, not internet…”

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