Apple testing Mac OS X 10.7.2 alongside iCloud for Lion beta 5
The move is somewhat unusual given that Apple is requiring developers to install Mac OS X 10.7.2 build 11C26 in order to use iCloud beta 5 but has yet to provide developers with any information of test builds of Mac OS X 10.7.1.
"You must install OS X Lion 10.7.2 in order to use iCloud for OS X Lion beta 5," Apple reportedly told developers. "This pre-release version of OS X Lion is being provided solely for testing iCloud."
As such, people familiar with the release say OS X Lion 10.7.2 does not appear to address any of the outstanding issues or glitches that have surfaced with Wednesday's market release of OS X Lion 10.7. Instead, it's believed that Apple will initiate a separate beta test for Mac OS X 10.7.1 in the coming days or weeks.
Developers who've installed Mac OS X 10.7.2 and iCloud beta 5 note that the software updates Lion's "Mail, Contacts & Calendars" control panel with iCloud management interface that lets users choose which forms of data they'd like synced to the cloud.
The new interface also provides tools for managing storage, backups, and purchasing additional storage, though the latter capability is said to be non-functional at this time.
Apple plans to formally roll out iCloud for both OS X Lion and iOS 5.0 sometime this fall.
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It sucks that iTunes Match will not be available in Europe. And what about non Europian Union countries in Europe?! It is driving me mad. Apple better deal with that soon.
It sucks that iTunes Match will not be available in Europe. And what about non Europian Union countries in Europe?! It is driving me mad. Apple better deal with that soon.
It's hardly Apple's fault that your labels can't come to an agreement over something so obviously beneficial to them.
It's hardly Apple's fault that your labels can't come to an agreement over something so obviously beneficial to them.
Well it's not that simple, they almost cetainly spent more time negotiating with the american labels, for obvious reasons of course - the american labels are where most of the money is.
As such, people familiar with the release say OS X Lion 10.7.2 does not appear to address any of the outstanding issues or glitches that have surfaced with Wednesday's market release of OS X Lion 10.7. Instead, it's believed that Apple will initiate a separate beta test for Mac OS X 10.7.1 in the coming days or weeks.
If iCloud is supposed to launch with iOS 5, which is expected at the usuall media event in early September, that means that 10.7.2 needs to be due in early September too. 10.7.1 presumably needs to come out before 10.7.2 and so should release in August. That means 2 Lion updates in less than a month and a half and a 10.7.1 release in August which hasn't even entered beta test yet. That seems like a really tight schedule.
I'll assume the Lion specific "outstanding issues or glitches" in 10.7.1 will at some point be merged with the iCloud specific changes in 10.7.2 so that 10.7.2 will keep the tradition of cumulative updates. That also means that 10.7.1 needs to be released sufficiently ahead of 10.7.2 so that 10.7.1's final code can be merged and tested with the iCloud changes.
i'm excited to see that Safari Bookmarks are on the list of syncable data ...