Can't get Sierra Dev Beta 3 to appear in mac app store updates

[mariusignorello]

Simply have patience.

It's normal for not every qualifying Mac, worldwide, to find all required files available – from whatever points in the content delivery network serve your network – at the same moment.

Here in the UK I chose the 'softwareupdate -l' approach once or twice followed by 'sudo softwareupate -i -a'.

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.

 

[grahamperrin]

i've never

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.

 

[cambookpro]

I believe a couple of weeks

If my memory serves me correctly, it's usually within a few days.

 

[Shawzborne]

My mac still doesn't see the dev beta 3 update

 

[grahamperrin]

doesn't see the dev beta 3 update

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.

 

[Shawzborne]

Open a Terminal window, run the following one-line command:

date ; uptime ; sw_version ; 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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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

 

[lucasrant]

I'm on the PB, is there a way to get on the developer update channel? It's not like I can download a profile like for iOS, right?

 

[Shawzborne]

I'm on the PB, is there a way to get on the developer update channel? It's not like I can download a profile like for iOS, right?

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

 

[grahamperrin]

I'm on the PB, is there a way to get on the developer update channel? …

For Feedback Assistant purposes, please continue with the public beta distribution.

 

[lucasrant]

For Feedback Assistant purposes, please continue with the public beta distribution.

Lol well if you say so

 

[twanj]

If my memory serves me correctly, it's usually within a few days.

you were right, I didn't remember it being very long before either...

 

[grahamperrin]

… Lol well if you say so …

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)).