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Apple could soon release its OS X Yosemite platform to the general public as an open beta. A report from 9to5Mac cites sources briefed on the matter in reporting that the Mac maker will be putting the new version of OS X out as a rare public beta later this month. Apple unveiled the OS X Yosemite update in early June at its …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    As well as cosmetic changes and new features does anyone know if there are any performance improvements? I run Mavericks and although they said they had greatly improved memory management it clearly wasn't enough.

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    1. jai
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      Well, it's still in beta - so can't take any performance indicators from the current beta release.

      "although they said..."

      and also, evidently you won't believe what they say on the website - so you'll only know if it performs better, for your specific use case, when you install it.

      but at least it's a cheap upgrade

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  2. jai

    "later this month"

    so.... that would be next week then?

    (seeing as the non-public beta had a release last Friday, it's unlikely to be another release so soon this week).

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  3. D@v3

    Hardly surprising.

    Considering Apple announced this themselves, at the WWDC, during the Yosemite launch.

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  4. ItsNotMe
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    "Apple said to be readying OS X Yosemite public beta "

    I thought every release of Apple's operating systems were public betas.

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