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gank41

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Mar 25, 2008
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I’m pretty sure that if this year has taught us anything, it’s to not expect “the norm”.
 

gank41

macrumors 601
Mar 25, 2008
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4.34GB on my iPhone 12 Pro.. Also really hoping for a WatchOS update, too.. But I'm not very confident on that one.
 

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C DM

macrumors Sandy Bridge
Oct 17, 2011
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There isn’t going to 14.2 GM. We need another 2/3 betas. Idk why you guys think 14.2 Gm will be out next week. GM 14.2 won’t be out till the event is out
Beta 4 is not ready, there is beta 5 for sure and maybe GM, but there is atleast two more betas on the way.
Watch and see
I know, never mind man. I don’t have all day to type and re explain my self over and over and over again. Good luck with your GM dream next week
Well, the iOS 14.2 GM is out:
 

gwhizkids

macrumors G5
Jun 21, 2013
13,307
21,485
There isn’t going to 14.2 GM. We need another 2/3 betas. Idk why you guys think 14.2 Gm will be out next week. GM 14.2 won’t be out till the event is out
Oops!

This just goes to show how much this process has changed.

  • "Apple never releases GMs to point releases". They did so today
  • "Apple never releases beta software on a Friday". Same.
This is why this is the speculation thread. We literally have no idea what Apple is going to do at any given time on these releases. I always remember a dispute resolution class I took where the instructor warned against using the terms "always" or "never" regarding an assertion. The reason was that there is almost always (notice the qualifier!) an exception to an assertion of an absolute.

The same goes here in speculation: Apple is always happy to prove us wrong when we say they always do something or they never do something.

Today is a case in point.
 

jaredwsmith

macrumors regular
Nov 1, 2015
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They do that when they're not certain this will be the release version. Also possible that this is their preferred terminology for what is essentially a GM but on a point release.
I've seen "GM candidate" before for point releases, so this must be new nomenclature. "Golden master" calls back to a time where software was pressed onto distribution media, so I wonder if this is an update to terminology going forward.
 

Mlrollin91

macrumors G5
Nov 20, 2008
14,172
10,187
Oops!

This just goes to show how much this process has changed.

  • "Apple never releases GMs to point releases". They did so today
  • "Apple never releases beta software on a Friday". Same.
This is why this is the speculation thread. We literally have no idea what Apple is going to do at any given time on these releases. I always remember a dispute resolution class I took where the instructor warned against using the terms "always" or "never" regarding an assertion. The reason was that there is almost always (notice the qualifier!) an exception to an assertion of an absolute.

The same goes here in speculation: Apple is always happy to prove us wrong when we say they always do something or they never do something.

Today is a case in point.
I’ve never understood the “never on Friday”. For the first 6 years of iOS, betas came out Friday between 1-5pm PT. Most drops were 5pm PT on a Friday.
 
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