Lol i've been doing this for years and this behavior has not occurred before. I actually sometimes wonder if they put my devices on a special server because i've never had problems with content delivery from Apple.
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Can't get Sierra Dev Beta 3 to appear in mac app store updates
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There's always a first time
For starters: I can't guess how many customers and developers are testing on-demand and/or automated optimised storage, but it's reasonable to assume that some parts of the reception/delivery networks (or related back ends) are recently, occasionally, hammered by uploads of data sets that are in excess of 5 GB.
Open a Terminal window, run the following one-line command:
date ; uptime ; sw_vers ; tail -n 21 /var/log/fsck_hfs.log ; time softwareupdate -l
Then please share the output from that command. It will tell readers things such as:
- exactly how long since the start of the operating system
- the build of the OS
- a little about the file system(s)
- how long is taken for an alternative approach to checking for updates that may be applicable to the OS.
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re}Shawn-Osborne-Macbook-Air:~ Shawn$ date ; uptime ; sw_version ; tail -n 21 /var/log/fsck_hfs.log ; time softwareupdate
Tue 19 Jul 2016 17:08:40 EDT
17:08 up 6:08, 3 users, load averages: 3.03 2.61 2.50
-bash: sw_version: command not found
/dev/rdisk2s2: fsck_hfs started at Tue Jul 19 17:05:18 2016
/dev/rdisk2s2: /dev/rdisk2s2: ** /dev/rdisk2s2 (NO WRITE)
/dev/rdisk2s2: Executing fsck_hfs (version hfs-362).
QUICKCHECK ONLY; FILESYSTEM CLEAN
/dev/rdisk2s2: fsck_hfs completed at Tue Jul 19 17:05:18 2016
/dev/rdisk3s2: fsck_hfs started at Tue Jul 19 17:05:19 2016
/dev/rdisk3s2: /dev/rdisk3s2: ** /dev/rdisk3s2 (NO WRITE)
/dev/rdisk3s2: Executing fsck_hfs (version hfs-362).
QUICKCHECK ONLY; FILESYSTEM CLEAN
/dev/rdisk3s2: fsck_hfs completed at Tue Jul 19 17:05:19 2016
/dev/rdisk3s2: fsck_hfs started at Tue Jul 19 17:05:19 2016
/dev/rdisk3s2: /dev/rdisk3s2: ** /dev/rdisk3s2 (NO WRITE)
/dev/rdisk3s2: Executing fsck_hfs (version hfs-362).
QUICKCHECK ONLY; FILESYSTEM CLEAN
/dev/rdisk3s2: fsck_hfs completed at Tue Jul 19 17:05:19 2016
usage: softwareupdate <cmd> [<args> ...]
** Catalog Management:
--set-catalog <URL>Set the new catalog URL (requires privileges)
--clear-catalogClear the catalog URL back to defaults (requires privileges)
** Manage Updates:
-l | --listList all appropriate update labels (options: --no-scan)
-d | --downloadDownload Only
-e | --cancel-downloadCancel a download
-i | --installInstall
<label> ...specific updates
-a | --allAll appropriate updates
-r | --recommendedOnly recommended updates
--backgroundTrigger a background scan and update operation
--ignore <label> ...Ignore specific updates
--reset-ignoredClear all ignored updates
** Other Tools:
--suspend-background Suspend background operations from occurring temporarily (use --duration to specify duration to suspend in seconds)
--duration <duration>)Optional duration in seconds to suspend background operations (defaults to 5*60 seconds)
--dump-stateLog the internal state of the SU daemon to /var/log/install.log
--evaluate-productsEvaluate a list of product keys specified by the --products option
** Options:
--no-scanDo not scan when listing or installing updates (use available updates previously scanned)
--productsA comma-separated (no spaces) list of product keys to operate on.
--forceForce an operation to complete. Use with --background to trigger a background scan regardless of "Automatically check" pref
--verboseEnable verbose output
--helpPrint this help
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Shawn-Osborne-Macbook-Air:~ Shawn$
Im now on the Public beta 2 since I pretty much gave up on all this
No you need a redeem code for the dev beta, or need a direct copy of the dev beta package which is available online just need to search
For Feedback Assistant purposes, please continue with the public beta distribution.
Laughing aside: seriously, using something other than the intended build can be problematic to Apple. Later I might dig out what was said in the early days (I tested when I was with AppleSeed, spanning periods before and after the first public beta use of Feedback Assistant)).