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Apple releases OS X 10.11.4 public beta 4 with updated Notes & Messages apps

Apple has released the fourth OS X 10.11.4 public beta for non-developer testers. Public beta testers running the El Capitan pre-release can find the new software update through the Mac App Store. The latest public beta update follows the fourth developer beta of the same update earlier this week.

Changes coming with OS X 10.11.4 include support for viewing and sharing Live Photos taken on iPhone 6s and 6s Plus through iMessage using the Messages app as well as the ability to password-protect items in the Notes app for the first time.

Apple is also making it easier to import text files and data from competing note-taking apps like Evernote into Notes with OS X 10.11.4. A new ‘Import Notes…’ option lets you easily migrate from Evernote to Apple Notes in just a few steps, and also lets you add .txt and .rtf text files into the app with iCloud syncing the data back to iPhones, iPads, and the web.

Focus areas so far have included iBooks, Photos, Messages, and Notes. The update is also expected to resolve the issue with opening Twitter URL links in Safari.

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Comments

  1. xiaohanjin - 9 years ago

    “Take-taking apps”

  2. giuseppe1111 - 9 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…”

    • Guy B Serle - 9 years ago

      And you expected what exactly? Apple is trying to evolve their cloud apps to work cross-platform with OS X and iOS better. Sorry it won’t make you a cuppa or walk your dog.

  3. alexandereiden - 9 years ago

    I hope they add tablet support in Notes… You know how on iPhone or iPad you can draw over images or sketch? Well having that on Mac would be great for those with tablets (drawing tablets/writing tablets)

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