Apple Seeds First OS X 10.10.1 Yosemite Beta to Developers

Apple today seeded the first beta of an upcoming OS X 10.10.1 Yosemite update to developers, nearly three weeks after first releasing OS X Yosemite to the public.

The new beta, build 14B17, is available through the Software Update mechanism in the Mac App Store and through the Mac Dev Center.

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While it is unclear what improvements the first update to OS X Yosemite will bring, there are several bugs in the operating system including a major Wi-Fi issue that has caused connection problems for a number of users.

Apple is asking developers to focus on Wi-Fi, Exchange accounts in Mail, and the Notification Center.

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Top Rated Comments

JeffiJers Avatar
147 months ago
much needed.... 10.10 has been nothing but a massive headache for me
Score: 15 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Parasprite Avatar
147 months ago
Fluffy unicorns.
About the update

The OS X Yosemite 10.10.1 Update is recommended for all Yosemite users. It improves the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac.

–Fixes an issue causing Macs to periodically disconnect from Wi-Fi
–Fixes issue that sometimes prevented Launchpad from being able to search
–Improves the reliability of waking from sleep on Macs not compatible with Yosemite
–Includes Safari 8.0.1
–Fluffy unicorns
Score: 14 Votes (Like | Disagree)
VertexWolf Avatar
147 months ago
Just don't understand how working code in Mavericks never made it into Yosemite. Like Wifi worked in Mavericks, why isn't it working in Yosemite? Did they purposely break the code?

All these working sub systems, battery, graphics, etc...now having problems don't make any sense to me.

Someone like to explain?
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)
larrylaffer Avatar
147 months ago
I wrote to Tim Cook and Craig Federighi describing all of it

Well no wonder there's a beta out!
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
bbfc Avatar
147 months ago
My battery life has gotten loads worse with the beta.

Sarcasm? It's been out like less than an hour.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
dugbug Avatar
147 months ago
Just don't understand how working code in Mavericks never made it into Yosemite. Like Wifi worked in Mavericks, why isn't it working in Yosemite? Did they purposely break the code?

All these working sub systems, battery, graphics, etc...now having problems don't make any sense to me.

Someone like to explain?

It's not that simple. Yosemite has a lot of changes under the hood including iOS style wifi airdrop, iPhone hotspot configure, continuity, etc. who knows the exact path a wifi bug can take. It's a bug.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)