OS X Yosemite Beta 4 Bug fixes and changes

[DavidBlack]

Post all your findings here in this current Developer Preview.

Bug Fixes

• Safari no longer loses audio when using scrubber bar.
• Visual glitches fixed when booting from a FileVault-encrypted Mac.

New Features

• New Dark Mode check box
• New Accesibillity Options
• iTunes 12 added with complete visual overhaul (still Carbon though)

Changes

• Calculator redesigned to match iOS (Screenshot)
• Full Screen Safari title bar uses translucency.
• New close button when you mouse over a Desktop in Mission Control. (Screenshot)
• You no longer need to click a city twice to see the forecast in the Weather Today widget. Clicking once reveals all information.
• "No New Notifications" in Notification Center is now smaller and uses a thinner font.

 

[Tubamajuba]

Picture of the calculator redesign:

The version number hasn't been updated to 10.10 (still says 10.8), and there are no transitions when changing between the calculator types. Still a work in progress, but it looks great.

 

[Planey28]

Picture of the calculator redesign:
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The version number hasn't been updated to 10.10 (still says 10.8), and there are no transitions when changing between the calculator types. Still a work in progress, but it looks great.

That looks stunning!

 

[Young Turk]

Post all your findings here in this current beta

New DarkMode CheckBox.
New Accesibillity Options.
Calculator Redesign

Downloading new transactions in Quicken Essentials was broken in Beta 3. Happy to report this has been fixed in Beta 4.

 

[johnLongview]

Safari audio issue

In b3, video played in Safari (from most any source) would lose audio if I used the scrubber at all. This appears to have been fixed!

 

[jimmers]

Parallels Coherence?

Can anyone confirm if Parallels coherence is working (running Windows 7) with Yosemite beta 4 (broken in v3) ? cheers

 

[bushido]

so far it doesnt even seem like a DP anymore. works flawless on my late 2012 rMBP

edit: still doesnt shut off unless i force quit apps like iTunes, Mail and Viber that seem to freeze for some reason

 

[kultschar]

Has it fixed Apple TV streaming (DP3 broke this and I had to send media to my ATV via Airplay instead)

 

[hamiltonDSi]

Has it fixed Apple TV streaming (DP3 broke this and I had to send media to my ATV via Airplay instead)

Yes. Thank God.
Works great now, for me at least.

 

[kultschar]

Yes. Thank God.
Works great now, for me at least.

Much appreciated for your response!

Yay - will update tonight!

 

[Uln4321]

Anyone know if the Aperture bug has been fixed?

 

[duffman9000]

Can't send SMS again. This used to work on DP2 but I have no idea how I've ever gotten it to work.

 

[float]

Aperture worked at last!
- no corruption of image
- (minor) dark mode menu bar will revert to white

Anyone know if the Aperture bug has been fixed?

 

[Simplicated]

New close button when you mouse over a Desktop in Mission Control.



Edit: This seems to be system-wide. The same close button can be found in Launchpad when you try to delete apps, and in stacks when you there is a downloading file or a copying file.

 

[Tammster]

Can't send SMS again. This used to work on DP2 but I have no idea how I've ever gotten it to work.

Funny, I thought the same thing about making calls (on both my imac & mini). Sometimes it works, and sometimes it just doesn't. I didn't do anything specific to get it to work but when it's not working, I can't figure out why. I did notice, however, that it either works on both (iMac & mini) or not at all.

 

[Laco Zamba]

1. Cannot add city to Weather in Control Center
2. Finder - list view - wrong color of odd and even rows when folders are expanded
3. Problems with network connection to SMB Windows XP (Finder restarts)
4. Problems with login to different account to Mavericks iMac and also with logoff

 

[clunkmess]

I can no longer send SMS texts from my Mac but I can still receive them.

 

[actisys]

Can anyone confirm if Parallels coherence is working (running Windows 7) with Yosemite beta 4 (broken in v3) ? cheers

I'm using it since DP1, i have no problem at all...

 

[Young Turk]

In b3, video played in Safari (from most any source) would lose audio if I used the scrubber at all. This appears to have been fixed!

Agreed.

 

[Måns.S]

No critical bugs yet?

 

[NovemberWhiskey]

on a 2009 17'' Macbook Pro:

Screen goes completely dark when switching to a different resolution. Won't come back.

 

[Injerto]

Does anyone else have this annoying bug on Launchpad, that even after successful installs, still shows ghosts (which can't be deleted) that cause the dock icon to show an empty progress bar??

 

[Måns.S]

Does anyone else have this annoying bug on Launchpad, that even after successful installs, still shows ghosts (which can't be deleted) that cause the dock icon to show an empty progress bar??

I moved some apps from a folder, in launchpad. Now the folder is empty and still exists. There is also a gap between 2 apps where it should be another app.

 

[Injerto]

Another awful discovery:

Now, if you drag a file to a "select file" window, it no longer selects the file wherever it is, but instead it moves the file to whatever folder you're seeing on the file selector.

To get the old behavior you need to drop te file near the "open" button, not inside the folder area.

It's behaving like Windows' file selector :/

 

[Mr Eddy]

Does anyone else have this annoying bug on Launchpad, that even after successful installs, still shows ghosts (which can't be deleted) that cause the dock icon to show an empty progress bar??

I am having the same issue (with iPhoto but I don't think it is related to the app)
It happened when I launched iPhoto download through the MAS. I must have rebooted or something before the download was finished. So the download was paused. When I resumed it, it added a new icon instead in the launchpad.

3 other members of the forum at least are having the same issue here and here.

I am using the Public Beta FYI. I guess all we can do at the moment is create a new feedback to Apple.