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Public Beta time limit?
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I don't see why they would do such a thing as put a time limit on it. Its not like they are going to try and force you to pay for the final version. Yosemite is going to be a free upgrade.
Really? Where do you see that at? I am part of the beta program and its not listed anywhere on the site that I see. The installer documentation says its time limited but that doesn't mean it will expire.
I don't recall with 100% certainty, but I think it was during installation as part of the licence.
They want to make sure people on a supported, updated system. If something develops that needs a fix (like a security hole) they'll update Yosemite, Mavericks, Mountain Lion and all other supported OSes. They won't patch the public beta, so they need people off it.
Yes I understand this, but thats with all software. You are rarely forced to upgrade, in fact we are told as part of the beta program we will receive updates. You can run any version of OS X you want, and you don't have to install the most recent versions of it. I would just find it surprising if Apple actually makes it "expire."
Though I will say, even if they do its a non-issue because the final version of this will be free, and it would probably be pretty pointless to remain on the beta.
You don't have to upgrade from Mavericks to Yosemite or Mountain Lion to Mavericks BECAUSE Apple supports and continues to update them. That won't be the case with the beta, so they'll make sure you stop using it.
You will have problems with Yosemite required App Store apps not installing if you don't upgrade to the final version.
The betas expire, but they won't lock you out of your machine if that's what you're asking. I seem to remember that happened with a Lion beta I left on my 2006 MacBook Pro.
The betas expire, but they won't lock you out of your machine if that's what you're asking. I seem to remember that happened with a Lion beta I left on my 2006 MacBook Pro.
Yes, but they don't support Tiger and those old versions anymore either but they don't expire.
Apples and oranges (pun intended), supporting an old release OS and a beta of an OS are completely different.
If you are someone you wants a new OS and you choose to install a beta of a new OS you should understand along with it possibly being buggy, laggy etc. it doesn't have full support from Apple (and has none after said OS releases). Now the release version is 100% free, now why wouldn't Apple make the beta expire?
By making it expire they avoid having to turndown people from support, people having bugs, third-party incompatibilities all of which would taint their image.
When would someone want a new OS, get a beta OS which doesn't have full support, not update to the free release version and then have a problem with the beta having a expiration date? That's not going to happen much (if at all).
By having it expire you inconvenience/annoy just about nobody and you save yourself and other people from headaches.
There was a time limit on 10.0 Kodiak public beta. It expired on May 15, 2001. But the simple workaround was to change the date on the machine to be before that. So the 10.0 public beta can actually be installed any time you want, provided you change the date.
I don't think there is any such limitation on the 10.10 yosemite public beta because apple have learned from the last time they did it that there is this easy workaround and they are powerless to stop it - hence there is no point.
I don't think there is any such limitation on the 10.10 yosemite public beta because apple have learned from the last time they did it that there is this easy workaround and they are powerless to stop it - hence there is no point.
Powerless to stop it, yes (assuming that it works the same way), but that doesn't make it pointless; the "masses" may not know about the trick and it'll therefore help push them onto the final release. The only people that would "need" to change the date are those that want to keep the beta around for historical interest.
There could be some final bug fixes in the released version so they might time limit the beta to force you to get those fixes. Even if it's just by not issuing updates to those running the beta.