![]() ![]() You’ll find a big blue button in the Beta Software Program guide that is launched after you enroll your Mac. Now you’re ready to go get the El Capitan software. If you’ve never tried out a OS X beta, you’ll be asked to enroll your Mac in the Apple Beta Software Program to get the OS X El Capitan public beta and subsequent updates from the Mac App Store. You’ll use the same type of guided steps that you used to download iOS 9. Next up is the beta for Apple’s desktop OS, OS X El Capitan. If you want to provide feedback to Apple on the OS, you’ll find a built-in Feedback Assistant app, which can be launched from the second page of your home screen. It’s looking like it will take about 30 minutes for the download to complete, using my AT&T mobile hotspot for a connection at home. You then accept the terms and conditions and download it. ![]() You’ll be asked to restart or wait until later.Īfter you restart your device, you will go to Settings/Software Update, where (hopefully) you’ll see that a software update, iOS 9 Beta 1, is available to you. Once you hit the blue button you’ll have to wait a minute or so, then you’ll see this:Īfter you tap the Install button, you’ll be asked to enter your iTunes passcode: Even if you have tested earlier beta versions of iOS, you have to re-enroll your iOS device. You have to enroll your iOS Device to get the iOS 9 public beta and the subsequent updates to the beta. The beta site provides a link to start the process, which is controlled by the Devices Preferences box in iTunes. It also helps if you have a fast Internet connection and some time to kill - the OS X beta, for example, is 6GB big.Īpple advises beta testers to back up the content on their phones to iTunes before installing the beta software. The download and install process is smooth for the most part, if you follow the directions carefully.
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