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Apple Seeds Eighth Beta of OS X El Capitan to Developers, Sixth Beta to Public Testers

Apple today released the eighth beta of OS X El Capitan to developers for testing purposes, nearly two weeks after releasing the seventh El Capitan beta (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/08/19/apple-seeds-7th-el-capitan-beta-to-devs/) and more than two months after unveiling the operating system at its 2015 Worldwide Developers Conference (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/06/08/apple-announces-ios-9-with-proactive-siri-and-more/).
 
 Today's update, build 15A279b, is available through the software update mechanism in the Mac App Store and through the Apple Developer Center. There's also a new sixth beta for public beta testers, which is identical to the eighth developer beta.
 
 It is not clear if this update will add any outward-facing changes to El Capitan, as many of the prior betas have focused on under-the-hood performance improvements and bug fixes to optimize the operating system ahead of its public release, but beta 7 did add some minor cosmetic updates to El Capitan.
 
 As an update complementary to OS X Yosemite, OS X El Capitan builds on the myriad features introduced last year. Behind-the-scenes improvements in El Capitan make a number of apps and processes on the Mac faster, and the introduction of Metal makes system-level graphics rendering 40 percent more efficient.
 
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 El Capitan introduces a new system-wide font, a revamped Mission Control feature, a split-view feature for using two full-screen apps at once, deeper functionality for Spotlight, and improvements to Safari that include Pinned Sites and a universal mute button.
 
 OS X 10.11 El Capitan is currently available to both registered developers and public beta testers. Apple plans to release El Capitan to the public in the fall.
 
 
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Source: Apple Seeds Eighth Beta of OS X El Capitan to Developers, Sixth Beta to Public Testers (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/08/31/apple-seeds-os-x-el-capitan-beta-8/)