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Stuipdboy1000

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Jun 30, 2007
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Release notes seem like it's addressing a specific Watch issue so maybe no updates for other platforms.
 

gwhizkids

macrumors G5
Jun 21, 2013
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I think apple should stop with these watchOS 9.6.1 updates, I think most people are on iOS 17 beta 5 so they should release the beta 6 today not flipping watchOS official minor update

You do realize that maybe (maybe) 1/2 of 1% of iOS users are on the betas. And probably only a tenth of that on WatchOS.

What exciting feature are you waiting for in iOS 17 beta 6 that is more important for Apple than fixing a serious bug or exploit on the Apple Watch ….FOR 99.9% OF YOUR USERS?
 
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gwhizkids

macrumors G5
Jun 21, 2013
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The big question now is if the other OSes get the X.x.1 treatment and if they need to patch the betas. So we might get the dreaded 17.0 beta 5 rev 2 later today. Or they’ll patch beta 6 with whatever needs patching and get that out tomorrow or Thursday.
 

david0128

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Aug 10, 2021
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My new beta installation policy:
builds ending a-d, install dev beta after reading your feedback (I thank you for your service 😀)
builds e-g, install public
builds h-j, install public beta, maybe
builds k+, hard pass

Obviously I won't stick to it, but it's nice to have a policy to break. I suppose there's still a few hours left today...
 

Pearsey

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Nov 12, 2016
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Royal Tunbridge Wells
My new beta installation policy:
builds ending a-d, install dev beta after reading your feedback (I thank you for your service 😀)
builds e-g, install public
builds h-j, install public beta, maybe
builds k+, hard pass

Obviously I won't stick to it, but it's nice to have a policy to break. I suppose there's still a few hours left today...

No difference in builds from Dev to Public - same build numbers. So not sure why you’d change about.

And I wouldn’t take much notice of the letters, I’d be much more concerned about the beta number. 1-4 are notoriously buggier and quite unstable. 5-7 then RC typically get more stable.
 

Ansath

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Jun 9, 2018
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It’s now next week it seems.

So, you’ve ruled out a Wednesday release, despite that happening almost as often as a Tuesday?? Also we’ve seen Thursday and Friday releases before.

Claiming it’s not going to be this week 8 minutes into the first likely day of the week that it’s coming next week, is a bit weird. Also we’re on weekly now.
 
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