you beta not cry?!….Apple is making developer betas free to download & install…..

[NewtonMP2100]

….you used to have to pay $99 per year…..You can now enroll in the free version of the Apple Developer program……so you can get the iOS 17 developer beta….



…….you get beta…..everyone gets beta……?!

[TheTominator]

Are you sure it's really coming from Apple?
I think it might be a beta phish.

[gabester]

Where's Steve G to complain about a misleading headline? This isn't about making Apple's betas available, it's about them pushing off QA costs onto us users!

[C(-)ris]

gabester wrote:
Where's Steve G to complain about a misleading headline? This isn't about making Apple's betas available, it's about them pushing off QA costs onto us users!

On the other hand, if you want your oddball configuration to be tested it might be worth signing up. Apple tests their Core OS features and bug tests those. Developers of both software and hardware need to bug test their apps with each update and report back if they encounter issues.

Apple isn't going to catch your bug in iCal that only shows up when you have 12 different calendar accounts syncing and one of them is a gmail account. Or that your Fastmail POP account causes mail to crash unless you tell them.

[jonny]

Call me a fool, but I just installed it! So far so good.

[RAMd®d]

it's about them pushing off QA costs onto us users!

No, it's not, at all but that's an interesting takeaway.

One volunteers or they don't.



On the other hand, if you want your oddball configuration to be tested it might be worth signing up.


Exactly.

Reading various sights, there seems to be a lot of interest in the public betas.

By making the developer betas free and easily available, there's a wider pool of testers and potentially a greater chance to deliver a really bug free final release.



I just installed it! So far so good.


May you be awarded the MRF Taking One for the Team Meritorious Citation.

What OS did you opt for?

I don't have any hardware that I would care to try a beta this early in development.

Also, my patience is lacking with the constant beta updates.

I tried it with something way back, maybe iOS, but just couldn't stay the course after the final release.

Good luck, and keep us apprised if you're of a mind.

[jonny]

17.0!
So far, only tiny hiccups, though, to my eye, the changes are subtle.

[Sam3]

I wish there was a beta forum or message board to post questions to other beta users. I have an issue that I think is not beta related, but the Apple store people refuse to diagnose it when they found out I was running a beta installation.
Basically the finder search function is not working properly, searching for a file or files will not show it in the local folder, and may or may not show it in the 'On this Mac' even though the file or files are there.