Apple has released its new OS X Beta version and in an unexpected twist you no longer need to be a developer to get an early glimpse of the features of the newly updated operating system for products in the Mac, iMac and MacBook ranges as the company launches it’s OS X Seed Program.
The update adds to the current OS X, known as Mavericks, and previously devs would have needed to fork out almost a hundred bucks to get to grips with the latest software tweaks to gain a pre-release edition and early advantage on the software and app market. Microsoft offers a similar scheme for its Windows desktop OS, which is already available to the public.
Today a pre-release version of the very same OS X Mavericks update will become available, free no less, to anybody and everybody who registers for the Seed Program on Appleseed website and agrees to an online disclaimer.
The disclaimer is a virtual agreement not to actually talk about anything you see while tinkering within the new OS X update, but as we well know it’s hard enough to stop developers leaking the latest details to the tech press before the updates official and full launch. How Apple plans to moderate leaks from the general Mac-using public is anyone’s guess.
Be warned these peaks into the future of Mac OS X often come with all the bugs and instabilities that should be ironed out before the full release later in the year, and backing up your computers current state is advised. All the details can be found on Apple
While we get to dabble with the current OS X, Apple will prepare to announce the next version the June – to be called Syrah.