Apple has started sending out OS X Yosemite builds for Beta Program, as announced yesterday. The build is being sent out to a million Beta Program members. Participants can get a redemption code from the site, to redeem in the Mac App Store.
Apple has said that Apple will not update the Beta Program Yosemite builds as often as the developer seeds (which come out every two weeks, usually), but participants will be able to upgrade to the final public version of Yosemite seamlessly through the App Store, when it is released. The seed released in the beta program is one build newer than the one released to developers on Monday.
Beta Program participants can leave feedback through the Feedback Assistant. Unfortunately, some of Yosemite’s tentpole features will not be available for evaluation as they require integration with iOS 8, which remains closed off to anyone but developers. Although the stability of seeds has been improving, a beta is a ‘beta’ for a reason and Beta Program members are not advised not to install it on their primary machine.
There are a few known issues with this build, that participants should be aware of.
Known Issues
Safari may hang when playing certain Netflix content.
iPhoto 9.5.1 and Aperture 3.5.1 are required on OS X Yosemite. Update to these versions from the Mac App Store.
When entering edit mode in iPhoto, a black screen may be displayed instead of the selected photo.
Photo Stream and iCloud Photo Sharing may not function properly when both iPhoto and Aperture are installed.
The shared purchase history page on the Mac App Store is disabled for Family Sharing accounts.
iCloud Drive may appear empty in the Finder after first time setup. Restart to resolve this problem.
AirDrop may not show nearby Macs.
Sending files to another Mac using AirDrop may not work.
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I’m curious to see how many people will take the plunge.
So far I’m really enjoying it, the iCloud Drive is my favorite feature by far and a much needed enhancement.
I took it the moment DP3 came out. Said, “Welp! They’ve probably got enough of the kinks worked out by now!”
How is it?
I’m enrolled but haven’t received any information from Apple. I guess I have to wait a bit longer or maybe there are more than a million members in the program. Either way, looking forward to my redemption code
I enrolled and haven’t gotten mine either, and its 12:30 where I am…
Just go onto the Yosemite beta page and sign in, then you will get the redemption code. I didn’t get an email, but did that and now I’m running it :)
Did what Josh below mentioned and it worked for me. I never got the email, but am now running YoYo on my MBPro after manually going to the beta page.
I haven’t received my redemption code yet, and I signed up for Yosemite beta on the day of the keynote :/
Okay I got the code to work in the app store and it’s downloading now, but when I was on the Beta site, it was in Chinese/Japanese/Korean…. I don’t know why….
I had this problem on my iMac too, at least with the Feedback Assistant. I haven’t checked if there more of it, but at least in the Feedback Assistant I managed to fix it by go to the Feedback Assistant Preferences (the second option in the main menu), in that window there is a dropdown-list and there the languages should be in english. Choose english and restart the app and it will start alright.
I’m going to look if it’s affecting anything else. I still notice that the Feedback Assistant has a korean/whatever name when I rollover the icon, but otherwise it seems to work properly!
I have a Dutch installation and because this is not supported in Yosemite it shows another language in this case Japanese (I think) in Feedback Assistant.
I tried the solution Tobbish wrote and that worked partially. The title still was in Japanese(?) and other third party software like Pixelmator had the same problem.
PROBLEM SOLVED!
Solution: select English as preferred language and delete all languages one can’t read/use. (Chinese, Japanes, Taiwanese, Russian, etc)
Restart and all is normal in English.
Choose Dutch again and make sure that English is the second language under Dutch.
Restart and all is Dutch, all but the things Yosemite does’nt support (like third party programs). These are shown in English.
Problems already!
The KEY word is “Beta” Anyone testing any beta should expect problems and should report them. That is the sole purpose of betas
One build newer than Monday….that is gonna irritate me…LOL
I get “This code has already been redeemed” when I try mine… Very weird.
same, getting very annoyed
Click on the purchases tab in the Mac App Store and then click Download.
tqvm
I can’t download. When I click on provided link, it redirect me to Mac AppStore, however it says the code is already redeemed! How is it possible?
same issue here
Same with me :(
Me too. is it possible that 1 Million download mark was already reached?
ABSOLUTELY NOT. Because first 1 Million only could sign in .. So not ..
Just go in purchases tab and you will find it there :) if you have redeemed your code.
Click on the purchases tab in the Mac App Store and click Download
Half an hour plus of trying and then I see your comment and an a-ha moment! Thank you!! There it is in my purchases tab!! whoop!
I’ve done this many times. Every time I get partial way through the download then it stops and says “OS X Yosemite Beta 1 failed to download” Ive tried on two computers with two different apple IDs and it’s really frustrating.
awesome, thank you!!!
Awesome… Thank you …
I was also looking for that. Its actually downloading. I notice that it started to download in launchpad.
The weird thing that i keep getting “This code has been already redeemed”
How did you received these redemption codes ? Via Mail ? Or is there a website i can go to…?
https://appleseed.apple.com/sp/betaprogram/ if you haven’t found it
It’s good. But it require 8 GB to install.
Like the system before, and the system before.
It’s only a redemption code in Mac AppStore
I just started downloading it now. If you didn’t get an email or anything, go to https://appleseed.apple.com/sp/betaprogram/ and at the bottom of the page will be a button to get the beta.
Good call, worked perfectly!
Thanks bro
I’m sure i would’ve gottten into the 1st million but i haven’t got an email yet :\
Loggin into the OS X Yosemite Beta Program estou get the code. However the code generated for me did no work. It says that it was already used. Probably the number of download has already reached 1M.
What’s in Your purchased tab in app store.app?
I had the same issue, but then I went to this tab in app… voila! There is my Yosemite with progress bar.
I have just tried to downloading the Yosemite but a message says that the Redemption code generated for mi was already used.
keep getting his code has been already redeemed”
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I’m having the same issue with the code that was already issued to me as well. I signed up for the beta immediately after the keynote. But this code worked, thank you! :)
Guys, for this to work, you have to go to Apple’s website, go to the OSX Yosemite page, go to the bottom to go to the test sign up page then log in on that page and go from there
It’s only for 1st million signup
If you check your downloads on the app store you might find it already downloading.
Has seen anything about making a new partition for this when you already have a bootcamp partition. I read that you can no longer boot into windows bootcamp after you install this way.
still can’t get in
Just go to the beta program website where you signed up in the first place, don’t wait for the email. Just sign in and follow the instructions!
mine didn’t work at first but luckily i’d gotten my girlfriend to signup when it was released so I tried using her code she was sent and now it’s working :)
curious if this beta will pop up as an update for people running DP4 like me..
no, DP is more feature enabled than Public Beta. I stuck with DP4
also note the DP4 does not have feedback assistant. I didn’t enable cloud Drive and I’m noticing any changes in my pages documents on DP4 will not be saved to iCloud, but changes made on Maverick or on iOS eight on my iPhone and Pages will show up on DP4
Still not working…shows that the code is already used.
My code isn’t working either. Man, I was looking forward to that all week and now it is not working. :/
My code didn’t work at all. But then I logged out and logged in with a different Apple ID, one I didn’t sign up before and the code I received worked.
as this man says. signed up on day of keynote but used another apple id.
My download keeps on stopping and resetting. Am now on my third or fourth go around.
Did yours ever fully download?
same thing is happening to me.
I’ve tried all last night and several hours this morning always with the same result. A partial download and then an error message. I must have tried at least 20 times.
My download keeps erroring out; I get a few 100MB’s (or even up to 2GB) downloaded, then the download restarts itself and eventually produces an error massage saying there was a problem with the download :(
Oh well, it’s probably due to the large volume of people downloading right now; I’ll give it time but hopefully it smooths out soon :/
I’ve been having the same problem for hours. Let me know if you find a fix/workaround
I tried again a few more times and it eventually finished; maybe it’s being alleviated due to the 1-million download limit? Wish I had a more concrete answer :(
When are they going to update the icloud drive pricing?
Downloaded and installing on my iMac & MacBook Air…..
My redemption code is not working what should I do?
Site is down
We’re busy updating the site and we’ll be back soon
i didnt get email yet
If it says CODE REDEEMED, Go into the PURCHASED portion of the App Store (mac) and you will see the download link. Been trying for an hour to download but it fails every time so far as it reaches the 5.07GB
I have the same problem! Please let me know fi you find a fix!
It’s probably because a million people are trying to download it at the same time…
I get the “We’ll be back. We’re busy updating the site and will be back soon.” message when I try and go to the site to login and download the beta.
Apple’s servers (the ones dedicated to this public beta) are probably on fire right now.
doesnt say purchased on my computer.
Will it be possible to run Windows (BootCamp) after installing this beta?
Mine authorized just fine and I’ve been using it. I was already using the Developers preview before this, this is much more stable than the last DP
haha apples servers are going bananas. “site is under heavy load” got mine to start downloading now…
Mine installed and is running with 0 problems. It was so easy and I love seamless installs. iTunes updated to v. 12 right after my install. Everything is perfect.
Well, you’re (Seriously) the only one which it went OK for.
I was more concerned with Bootcamp….but it’s fine as well. Late 2012 21.5 iMac.
After running it for a while, how is the stability?
Hi, I installed the Yosemite Beta, but what some app that ask me to log in (it has an icon with exclamation mark) is in Japanese – which I don’t understand, so don’t dare to log in or do anything with that. Can I change the language on that specific app somehow?
You can go to the preferences in this app. Just go to the menu that normally is the application menu. So the menu immediately right to the apple menu. Click the menu item that has ‘…’ at the end (This is usually the preferences … item). There you will find a pull-down box. Click it and select the preferred language. Close the window, restart the feedback application and it will open in the preferred language…
Thanks mate, that sorted out a lot of frustration trying to pinpoint the settings to translate the feedback menus.
/Staffan R.
http://se.linkedin.com/in/staffanragno
ho, no don’t do it!
just stay with mavericks something like forever, you’ll gonna be sorry for it like iOS 7
I logged out in my beta program and sign in again, i receive a new code and i can download the beta.
Hey is there a way we can do a partition on the mac and install OS X Yosemite on it since its just a beta? I don’t really wanna give away Mavericks due to its perfect stability until the Final release.
i didn’t get my code so far it seems i m far away from apple store lol
i dint get it too any help pls ??
Can anyone tell me if microsoft office is working with yosemite beta? only really apps i need…
Mine is working fine.
Please! any info would be greatly appreciated!
Just to let you all know that my redeem issue is fixed right after the website came back online. Download has started.
Cool.. Got fixed for me too
i haven’t received it yet :( did anyone receive it
Go to the beta program page and sign in to redeem your code. i dont think apple has started to send personal emails for code redemption.
I downloaded and ran the beta program with no problem. It kicks me right over to the App Store Update page just like it should. Then it thinks for a while and tells me there are no updates available. What??? What am I doing wrong?
For those that are running it, how is the stability? Is it awful, or even better than Mavericks?
It’s been running for me with no issues so far.
hey can i download without making any backup ?
I like it. I don’t see much of a difference besides cosmetic changes but it seems to run faster on my iMac than Mavericks did. Installing on my Mac Pro now.
“OS X Yosemite Beta 1 failed to download” <—- I get this error. Is there some solution for this?
Im getting the issue also. I’m gonna take a wild guess that the servers are under fire atm and you should just keep trying. BTW, if you got it to work let me know please :)
I get the same error. Ive tried multiple times with no success yet… =(
Yep… getting this error too.
same problems here also. i keep click the download button hundreds of time already.
The servers were over saturates, not the million mark, I downloaded at 11:00 pm central time It downloaded in a little less than an hour. Installed in a half hour. It looks good, feels a bit faster haven’t tried it much out. Boot seem a little slow in my opinion but it’s beta who knows what will happen next. Doesn’t detect bootcamp in the startup preference, but holding down option key at reboot logs you up perfectly. Will play with it some more later.
Do I REALLY need to put it on another machine/hard drive? I know there is risk involved, but I feel like it’d be fine…
Does it have any difference from Developer Preview 4?
DP4 is 14A298i
PB is 14A297a
possibly somehow outdated already at launch.
do i have to make a backup if i want to install yosemite ?
For anyone who is still having issues with downloading the beta, try “leaving the program.” There is a little button at the bottom that you can click, then re-register and it generates a new code. Mine has been giving me the error message since 6 O’CLOCK!!! Now it’s downloading again, hopefully it works this time.
Been trying to download it since it went up but still no luck up until now. I just hope that a lot have downloaded their copies so that the servers won’t be too overloaded.
What do you mean by “leaving the program?” Like getting a new code or something like that?
So leave the program, and then sign up again for the program. But it didn’t work for me last night so idk how effective that was lol. However trying again this morning and up to 3 gb, highest mine has been so far.
Big Problem… Outlook for Mac 2011 broken on Yosemite Public Beta.
It launches without a Home Screen!
Menu Items operate but can’t see any emails, calendar, contacts etc.
that means outlook for Mac 2011 is not compatible with OS X Yosemite
Same issue here
Idiots are not compatible with beta’s
Redeemed for it. But after downloading for like 300mb of it, its either error downloading or it restart download start from 0mb. Have been repeated for more than 10 times… Tried to download since morning 8am till now 4.50pm (Malaysia Time GMT+8)
Same!! I’ve tried like 1000 times!
something here I’ve been trying since yesterday.
I’m using it now its so good.
When I click in the link;, AppStore does not open, and Safari goes back to the home page. Someone can help with this ?
I downloaded OS X Yosemite beta last night and it seems working flawlessly. so far I like it
Code got renewed in the evening download took about 1 hour and 30 miuntes to install. Working fine, boot time a little slow in my opinion al else seems fine.
I installed yesterday…. so far no major issues. System Preferences app froze on me once but other than that i haven’t noticed anything.
I am in but I see that my DP4 installation has a slightly higher version number than PB has. DP4 is 14A298i and PB is 14A297a. So I am not going to install the PB and stay with DP4.
I feel bad to say but I did not have a single problem downloading Yosemite to my MacBook Pro or even my old White MacBook. It was a bit slow as to be expected but running perfectly!! I love iTunes 12. Such a nice interface.
IS any anybody else else getting “an error occurred” along with having to download it again and again and again? every time it gets close to done it stops working and it says that it failed to download.
Been happening to me since I tried downloading yesterday. I think the servers are too overwhelmed.
same here, I keep trying and to no availability.
Been trying to download it for more than 24 hours now. Still no luck. :(
sigh metoo..
Does anybody face the same problem where the clock 24hour function isn’t working
i lost os x Yosemite when i was downloading so now i can’t enter with same redeem code. plz help me how to get a new redeem code or get back into downloading with the same code i have entered .