Apple releasing first Public Betas of iOS 10 and macOS Sierra today

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Lima said:
That is a beta link though?
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well according to the comments it is the gm but apple labeled it as 10.1 gm

"These are labeled as iOS 10.0.1 GM in the developer center, which makes absolutely no sense, to be honest. Hoping Apple will fix or at least clarify the names."
 
Is downloading the Sierra GM from the App Store the only way of getting it when it's released to those in the public beta, or can you just download it from elsewhere like with the iOS GM?

I opted out of the beta a few months ago and went back to El Capitan because I was having a lot of annoying bugs on my mid-2013 Air and never tried it again since then. It's still in my download list so I could just get it again, but I don't know what version I'd be downloading since it doesn't say.
 
Miyahon said:
Tried it on an iPad Pro 12.9 and got an error code 14 in iTunes when updating lol
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Yeah it seems it's a mess with there clarification of gm so far it looks like there calling 10.01 gm when in fact it's just a new beta. But I'm seeing so many different stories I guess I'll have to wait until next week
 
Mafro said:
Is downloading the Sierra GM from the App Store the only way of getting it when it's released to those in the public beta, or can you just download it from elsewhere like with the iOS GM?

I opted out of the beta a few months ago and went back to El Capitan because I was having a lot of annoying bugs on my mid-2013 Air and never tried it again since then. It's still in my download list so I could just get it again, but I don't know what version I'd be downloading since it doesn't say.
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Probably not as I know OS updates come from the App Store even the Public Beta since you redeem a code to your Apple ID to download it.
 
Lima said:
But it doesn't make sense to call it 10.0.1 and you can't install it without Xcode meaning it is at least treated as a beta file.
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Huh?

I don't know what you guys are talking about. Do you know what GM means?

This is what likely happened:

- Apple internally created a build with version 10.0 intending it to be the GM released to developers.
- A critical bug, error or omission is found in that build.
- They fix that bug and create another build with version 10.0.1. This replaces 10.0 as the GM build.

And what will happen over the next week:

- Barring discovery of any other critical bugs, errors or omissions, 10.0.1 GM will be released to the public as-is.
- Otherwise, another build will be created with fixes for the newly discovered issues and released to the public.

A GM is a release candidate, meaning it'll be exactly the same as what is publicly released if no issues are found as mentioned above. It technically straddles the boundary between a beta and the final version since it may be different to a public release.

But all these declarations that 10.0.1 isn't the 10.0 GM but a new beta instead are ridiculous. Ya'll don't know what you're talking about.
 
hirokazu said:
Huh?

I don't know what you guys are talking about. Do you know what GM means?

This is what likely happened:

- Apple internally created a build with version 10.0 intending it to be the GM released to developers.
- A critical bug, error or omission is found in that build.
- They fix that bug and create another build with version 10.0.1. This replaces 10.0 as the GM build.

And what will happen over the next week:

- Barring discovery of any other critical bugs, errors or omissions, 10.0.1 GM will be released to the public as-is.
- Otherwise, another build will be created with fixes for the newly discovered issues and released to the public.

A GM is a release candidate, meaning it'll be exactly the same as what is publicly released if no issues are found as mentioned above. It technically straddles the boundary between a beta and the final version since it may be different to a public release.

But all these declarations that 10.0.1 isn't the 10.0 GM but a new beta instead are ridiculous. Ya'll don't know what you're talking about.
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He's saying that the previous GM did not require a dev to install anyone could install the gm without issues for some reason this GM only shows up for people who are on a paid beta profile paid developer. If you dig through reddit it you'll see there is two builds for iOS 10 iOS 10.0 GM (14A345)
iOS 10.0.1 Beta 1 (14A403)
 
Who's got dibs on OT?

Installed GM now, it's great. I love it. Didn't use any beta.

Installing watchOS 3 right now while on the train lol.
 
I have to say the speed on the 10 GM on iPhone 6 is incredible. A big step up from iOS 9

And one uses Cesium music player? How is it? The font size is what breaks the camels back for me on the iOS 10 music player, I cannot stand how everything is extra large
 
This is always the time of year where I start to think about just upgrading and ditching the jailbreak, then remember there's one tiny little tweak that makes my life much easier, and so I end up waiting months for the new jailbreak.
 
DeathGlobe said:
He's saying that the previous GM did not require a dev to install anyone could install the gm without issues for some reason this GM only shows up for people who are on a paid beta profile paid developer. If you dig through reddit it you'll see there is two builds for iOS 10 iOS 10.0 GM (14A345)
iOS 10.0.1 Beta 1 (14A403)
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None of that contradicts my predicted scenario. 10.0 (14A345) is the build in Xcode's iOS Simulator.

10.0.1 (14A403) is a newer build and replaced that one as the GM, but it didn't make it into the final version of Xcode 8.

People on reddit are mistakenly labelling the GM as 10.0.1 beta 1.
 
Adam Scott Aukerman said:
There were reports that it there were references to it in some of the betas, or at least rumours of it becoming a thing. I haven't been following the betas, hence why I asked.
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Surprise features are usually tied to new hardware releases. But Dark Mode could come in iOS 10.1 or another point release later on.
 
wetflame said:
This is always the time of year where I start to think about just upgrading and ditching the jailbreak, then remember there's one tiny little tweak that makes my life much easier, and so I end up waiting months for the new jailbreak.
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What tweak is that godly? Haven't jail broken since maybe iOS 6, never been big on it.
 
So unlike past GMs, this one requires you to be running XCODE to install it?

For all of the past iOS GM releases I've always been able to just install via iTunes after downloading the file.
 
Valkyr Junkie said:
So unlike past GMs, this one requires you to be running XCODE to install it?

For all of the past iOS GM releases I've always been able to just install via iTunes after downloading the file.
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Current iTunes don't have support for iOS 10, that's the hiccup. So XCode 8 (which does) is currently required.
 
Makes sense. I do remember past GM updates requiring an unreleased version of iTunes that had to be manually downloaded.
 
Tunesmith said:
Current iTunes don't have support for iOS 10, that's the hiccup. So XCode 8 (which does) is currently required.
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No that is not the issue. The file is just handled as a beta file even though it is the GM. That's why Xcode is required.

Quick said:
Makes sense. I do remember past GM updates requiring an unreleased version of iTunes that had to be manually downloaded.
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No. You didn't need a new iTunes version. The device just wouldn't be recognized anymore after the update. To update to the GM neither Xcode nor the beta version of the new iTunes was required.
 
Lima said:
No. You didn't need a new iTunes version. The device just wouldn't be recognized anymore after the update. To update to the GM neither Xcode nor the beta version of the new iTunes was required.
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I do remember having to download an unreleased version of iTunes for the GM, but maybe I'm not remembering it correctly and that was for the betas prior to Apple's public beta program?
 
I am in the beta program for Sierra but the GM is not showing up for me to download in the App Store but MacRumors says that Apple has released it already. What is happening?
 
https://beta.apple.com/sp/betaprogram/redemption#macos
Go there and redeem the sierra GM code..

Sierra and 10.0 are downloading on my mb air and iphone 6s (OTA)
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