Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news-1.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Lloyd Parsons Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Yosemite Public Beta on Thursday Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 20:13:26 -0500 Lines: 51 Message-ID: References: <1lpc8ty.1pgyartit6a03N%dempson@actrix.gen.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Trace: individual.net 0gCLUW6HrSWUjMqKBpaZygC5DNzroYG3isqlWryvGaKTR/5Hke Cancel-Lock: sha1:xkFNCFqD2JqixXzy+BoZNT279eo= User-Agent: NewsgroupsRT/Version 13 In-Reply-To: <1lpc8ty.1pgyartit6a03N%dempson@actrix.gen.nz> Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:62418 > Lloyd Parsons wrote: > >> > >> > >> Yep, it is available. I went to the Appleseed site and worked through >> that and got it downloaded. Then later I got the email essentially taking >> me to the same route. >> >> I tried to install it to an SDXC card but Yosemite just didn't like it as >> a boot drive. > > Mine works fine. Perhaps an issue specific to your card, or Mac model? > Probably the card. It is a 128Gb SDXC that I paid $20 for, some Chinese knockoff probably. My machine is a late 2012 MBP w/Retina and has been flawless since new. > For my initial testing I've been using a clean install on a Transcend > JetDrive Lite, on my MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013). > > Had you erased your card and set it up with GUID Partition Table? The > installer might not accept a drive with Master Boot Record. (It > certainly wouldn't accept a drive with Apple Partition Map, as > established by every earlier OS X version running on an Intel Mac.) > Yeah I did that. It needs the GUID partition table, won't work at all with Master Boot Record. >> I'll fiddle around tomorrow and clone the internal to an external USB >> drive and upgrade that. That way I can check all my software for >> compatibility. > > I'll also be doing that at a later point. For now I'm just testing the > OS itself and a few key applications which I've installed. > >> I'm just very adverse to using a beta OS for real world work. > > Ditto. > > -- > David Empson > dempson@actrix.gen.nz > -- -- Lloyd from SurfacePro via NewsgroupsRT