From InfoWorld: Apple on Tuesday released the second developer preview of OS X 10.11, aka El Capitan, matching the cadence of last year's Yosemite to the day.
Previews of the Mac's next operating system are currently restricted to registered developers, although Apple has pledged to offer a beta to the general public next month.
Apple debuted El Capitan June 8 at its annual developers conference. The 15-day lag between then and today's second beta was identical to the stretch between the first and second previews of OS X 10.10, better known as Yosemite, in 2014.
If Apple continues to hew to the same schedule as last year, it will offer a public beta of El Capitan on July 30. That's unlikely, as it will barely make Apple's self-imposed deadline, presenting poor optics to the faithful. More probable would be a July 23 release for the public preview; like last year's Yosemite public beta roll-out, that's a Thursday.
Not surprisingly, Developer Preview 2 contains a host of unfinished features and known problems. For example, Apple's not recommending that users upgrade directly from OS X 10.7, aka Lion, or earlier, and said that if a Mac lapses into sleep mode while an AirDrop panel is open, the Wi-Fi connection may be slow upon wake.
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