Apple releases OS X Yosemite
Apple has launched OS X 10.10, aka Yosemite, as a free upgrade for most Mac owners.
Apple has launched OS X 10.10, aka Yosemite, as a free upgrade for most Mac owners.
Mac owners who have installed the latest public beta, which was released earlier today, may have the final version already on their machines.
Microsoft isn't the only one running a preview program that collects data from participants: so does Apple.
Uptake of Apple's new iOS 8 mobile operating system has failed to catch up to the boom of last year's iOS 7, according to Apple and third-party measurements.
Apple's not-quite-ready-for-release OS X Yosemite again boosted its user share last month, but the increase was only a third of the month before, recently released data showed.
Apple signaled that it will ship OS X Yosemite on Oct. 21; it has scheduled its third-quarter earnings call for the day before.
Although Apple has incrementally improved business and enterprise functions with every iOS release, three releases were particularly significant for business users and the IT professionals that support them: iOS 2 (called iPhone OS 2 at the time), which introduced support for Exchange ActiveSync and configuration profiles; iOS 4, which introduced Apple's mobile management and app encryption APIs and helped launch the MDM/EMM industry; and last year's iOS 7, which ratcheted up enterprise security and management capabilities.
Apple's not-yet-shipped OS X Yosemite has gotten a jump on grabbing users, thanks to the company's free beta program, data released Monday showed.
As expected, Apple today released the second public beta of OS X Yosemite.
Apple released the sixth developer preview of OS X Yosemite today.
The preview of Apple's OS X Yosemite public beta last week resulted in a tripling of the upgrade's share of online traffic.
Apple still has redemption codes available for its public beta of OS X Yosemite.
Apple today released the public beta of OS X Yosemite, giving non-developers their first chance to preview an upcoming Mac OS in 14 years.
Apple will release its first public beta of OS X Yosemite early Thursday
Developer interest in OS X Yosemite appears to be quadruple that of 2013's Mavericks.