Apple Releases Third OS X El Capitan Public Beta

Apple today seeded the third beta of OS X El Capitan to public beta testers, one week after seeding the second beta and just under three weeks after first providing the OS X El Capitan beta to the public for testing purposes.

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The third public beta follows the launch of the fifth OS X El Capitan developer beta, which was seeded to developers late on Monday afternoon. No outward-facing changes were introduced with the beta, suggesting it's an under-the-hood update with bug fixes and performance improvements.

Beta testers who have signed up for Apple’s beta testing program and already have the public beta installed can update through the Software Update mechanism in the Mac App Store for OS X.


OS X 10.11 El Capitan is expected to be released to the public in the fall after the beta testing process is complete.

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Top Rated Comments

AustinIllini Avatar
114 months ago
You like buggy software?
Are you implying Win10 isn't buggy? Keep dreaming.
Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Icaras Avatar
114 months ago
Very nice. Already made me forget about Windows 10 :)
Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)
SoyCapitanSoyCapitan Avatar
114 months ago
Nice. After I finish installing Windows 10 I have this new mission.
Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Fangio Avatar
114 months ago
As in DP5: yes the finder sidebar bug is gone.
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
coolsean20 Avatar
114 months ago
I hope they release the third public beta of iOS as well. The second one is terrible.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
MH01 Avatar
114 months ago
Very nice. Already made me forget about Windows 10 :)
You like buggy software?
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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