Apple has released another Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4 Beta build 11E46 to developers this morning through the Mac Developer forum. Two weeks ago, Apple released the last update to its not publicly launched OS X Lion 10.7.4 to developers, and advises them to focus on certain points in the upcoming OS X Lion release in the public. However, now after two weeks, the Cupertino Compnay has released OS X Lion 10.7.4 Build 11E46 to developers with stunning no known bugs and issues in the operating system.  The Apple has still asked developers to focus on the App Store presence in the operating system along with Mail, QuickTime, and screen-sharing features.

It seems that Apple has boosted the OS X Lion 10.7.4 development right after the attack of Flashback Trojan on the massive number of Mac running machines. It is also reported that Apple has been working on an entire new iTunes App Store, and therefore, the company is kept pressing the developers to focus on the App Store, and the graphics being used in different machines. The refresh model of Macbook series is also on the track to come out in the upcoming months, and said to be carrying a retina display. Apple has been developing the OS X Lion 10.7.4 from several months, and it appears that they reached the final step. Apple has yet to announce any public release date for the OS X Lion 10.7.4, but we believe that the OS update will come out soon.

OS X Lion 10.7.4 build 11E46 Seed Note

OS X Lion Update 10.7.4 is an update to OS X Lion 10.7.

Installation Instructions

The OS X Lion 10.7.4 Update (Combo) updates

- OS X Lion 10.7, 10.7.1 or 10.7.2, 10.7.3 GM or any other previous 10.7.4 seed builds.

The OS X Lion 10.7.4 Update (Delta) updates

- OS X Lion 10.7.3 GM or any other previous 10.7.4 seed builds.

Please be aware that you will not be able to revert back to your previous system after updating. Please install this update on a system you are prepared to erase if necessary.

Known Issues

- None

Focus Areas

- App Store

- Graphics

- Mail

- QuickTime

- Screen Sharing

-Time Machine

Bug Reporting 

This build is being provided to you for testing and development purposes. Should you encounter any problems, please submit a bug report using the online Bug Reporter at <http://bugreporter.apple.com/>. Please make sure to include “10.7.4 (11E46)” in the bug title and description. This information will ensure that your bug is processed quickly.

When submitting a bug report, please make sure to include a Summary, Steps to Reproduce, Actual Results, Expected Results, the System Profile Report, and any other relevant information that is necessary to process the report.

IMPORTANT: Engineering requires additional information for crashing bugs, kernel panics, and hanging issues.

Crashing Bugs: Crash logs are required for crashing bugs. Crash logs can be located in ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports

Kernel Panics: Backtraces, which contain vital information for investigating kernel panics, are required for kernel panic issues. Backtraces can be saved to nvram on restart shutdown, then copied to the panic.log file on restart. The panic.log file can be found in /Library/Logs/PanicReporter.

Hanging Issues: When an application is hung, a Sample should be provided. This can be done using the Activity Monitor (/Applications/Utilities/). To generate a Sample using this utility, click on the hung application name, then from the View Menu select “Sample Process”.

For complete instructions on submitting bug reports, please visit the Bug Reporting page at <http://developer.apple.com/bugreporter/>.

Thank you for your support.

Apple World Wide Developer Relations

Apple has just released another final beta version of Mac OS X 10.7.4 today to the Mac developers. The new build is tagged as 11E35, and according to the Apple’s developer forum release notes there is no known error in the final build of OS X 10.7.4, which means Apple is pretty closer to the launch of this new OS X 10.7.4 into the public and now waiting for some kind of event to kick the new update in public.

The new Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4 Build 11E35 is available to download from the Apple’s Mac developer portal to the registered Mac developers. Apple highlights the developer to focus on the App Store, Quick Time, Mail and iCal applications for the new OS X Lion 10.7.4 build and have not provided any hint on the public launch of the new build. It is reported that Apple is also rapidly working with the Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 to complete its first public build until the WWDC 2012, and want to seed it like they have released OS X Lion 10.7 last year with new Macbook series.

OS X Lion 10.7.4 build 11E35 Seed Note

OS X Lion Update 10.7.4 is an update to OS X Lion 10.7.

Installation Instructions

The OS X Lion 10.7.4 Update (Combo) updates

- OS X Lion 10.7, 10.7.1 or 10.7.2, 10.7.3 GM or any other previous 10.7.4 seed builds.

The OS X Lion 10.7.4 Update (Delta) updates

- OS X Lion 10.7.3 GM or any other previous 10.7.4 seed builds.

Please be aware that you will not be able to revert back to your previous system after updating. Please install this update on a system you are prepared to erase if necessary.

Known Issues

- None

Focus Areas

- App Store

- Graphics

- iCal

- Mail

- QuickTime

Bug Reporting 

This build is being provided to you for testing and development purposes. Should you encounter any problems, please submit a bug report using the online Bug Reporter at <http://bugreporter.apple.com/>. Please make sure to include “10.7.4 (11E35)” in the bug title and description. This information will ensure that your bug is processed quickly.

When submitting a bug report, please make sure to include a Summary, Steps to Reproduce, Actual Results, Expected Results, the System Profile Report, and any other relevant information that is necessary to process the report.

IMPORTANT: Engineering requires additional information for crashing bugs, kernel panics, and hanging issues.

Crashing Bugs: Crash logs are required for crashing bugs. Crash logs can be located in ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports

Kernel Panics: Backtraces, which contain vital information for investigating kernel panics, are required for kernel panic issues. Backtraces can be saved to nvram on restart shutdown, then copied to the panic.log file on restart. The panic.log file can be found in /Library/Logs/PanicReporter.

Hanging Issues: When an application is hung, a Sample should be provided. This can be done using the Activity Monitor (/Applications/Utilities/). To generate a Sample using this utility, click on the hung application name, then from the View Menu select “Sample Process”.

For complete instructions on submitting bug reports, please visit the Bug Reporting page at <http://developer.apple.com/bugreporter/>.

Thank you for your support.

Apple World Wide Developer Relations

 

via Mark Gurman

As the Apple has started the Retina-Display feature in its iOS devices, the developers out there with access over new beta software programs reported that Apple is now looking forward to port down the Retina Display into the MacBook Series, and on this claim the developers suggested some of their findings of the HiDPI Retina Images in the latest released developer previews of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. The developers have noticed the couple of art work present in the new-generation OS for Mac is carrying the doubled-sized artwork on the display for the clearance and suggests the arrival of new Retina-Display powered MacBook Series and iMacs.

It is reported that Apple is waiting for the Intel’s next-generation Ivy Bridge processors with integrated graphics to use inside the upcoming MacBook machines to enrich the MacBook series performance, reportedly the new Ivy Bridge processors are much powerful to produce Retina Display on the Mac machines, and bring the 4 times bigger resolution to the current Mac machine resolution.  However, in the latest testing of the new-generation OS X 10.8 developers found Retina-sized graphic in the couple of Apple’s stock application.

The developers have found out that the new Mountain Lion Messages app is widely running in HiDPI mode on display screens and produces Retina graphics on the display. You can check out the developers provided new comparison image showing the difference between Retina-enabled application and simple application on the screen.  It is reported that users could also be able to test this difference on their Mac machines, once the debuted Air Display application lands in the App Store that allow users to use the new iPad as their external display source, and provides a quick HiDPI resolution image of OS X on the new iPad.

Retina-Enabled image is said to be improving the user’s readability on the screen, as the images come very clearer and sharp instead of blurry.  It is also reported that Apple has enabled the Retina Display artwork as well in the new beta of OS X Lion, and planning to launch the new update of OS X Lion with HiDPI graphics support on new MacBook devices.

Following the launch of the second developer preview of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion to the developers today, Apple has also seeded new version of Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4 to the registered Mac OS developers, the developer who had registered themselves with Apple’s Developer Program. The new Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4 is available to download from the Mac Dev Center, and the users with the developer program can easily download the latest update on their machines to test new features and services of the new OS X Lion The new Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4 update release weighs in at 1.33 GB for the combo update and 580 for the delta version of the OS X Lion 10.7.4 update.

The new OS X Lion 10.7.4 release update comes with build 11E27, and the update will be soon rolled out to the public, as the Apple confirms with the developer that the new update is ready for the public release. Apple has also seeded the OS X Lion 10.7.4 server version for the developers to test on their machines and make it more user-friendly and bug free. On the other hand, Apple is also seeding the developer preview version of the next-generation Mountain Lion to the developers to make it ready for the first public beta of the operating system in this year, around the WWDC 2012, where Apple is no famous for only talking about the software.

Last night Apple has pushed a number of firmware updates to its Mac product line, including MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and iMac. Apple released EFI firmware update to all the users running the latest version of Mac OS X Lion on their machines. The new EFI firmware is aims to bring the compatibility of Mac OS X Lion Internet Recovery to those old gen machines that was skipped at the Mac OS X Lion. Apple pushed EFI firmware update for those users who are running the 2010 old models of the MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and iMacs.

The latest EFI firmware version is available to download for free through the Mac OS X Software Update program; you can simply launch the program to download the latest firmware update on your machine. However, we have also collected the direct links with Apple defined descriptions for the updates.

MacBook Air EFI Firmware Update 2.3(2.98 MB):

This update enables Lion Recovery from an Internet connection on MacBook Air (Late 2010) models and addresses an issue where the system could restart if the power button is pressed immediately after waking from deep sleep.

- iMac EFI Update 1.8(3.02 MB):

This update enables Lion Recovery from an Internet connection on iMac (Mid 2010) models.

- MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 2.6(3.18 MB):

This update enables Lion Recovery from an Internet connection on MacBook Pro (Early 2010) models.

Mac OS X Lion Internet Recovery was the new feature of OS X Lion introduced by Apple on the launch of the OS X Lion which allows you to simply re-download the whole OS directly from Apple’s Server over an internet connection.

The world was busy in generating rumors regarding the next public release of OS X Lion 10.7.3, after the recent beta version release to the developers. Apple has today once again released another updated version of OS X Lion 10.7.3 beta to its registered developers on the portal with no known issues, which is currently suggesting that Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 public launch, is soon. The new OS X Lion 10.7.3 beta is available to download from the Apple’s Developer portal with a build number 11D46, the registered developers can be easily download the latest file from the Mac Dev Center.

Apple has last week seeded the OS X Lion 10.7.3 beta to developers with a build number 11D42, and that was hugely rumored by the developers who final public launch of OS X Lion 10.7.3 is near. The OS X Lion 10.7.3 beta updates currently available to both Lion and Lion Server users at Mac Dev Center. In the latest build release to the developers, Apple asked the developers to concentrate on the iCloud Document Storage, Address Book, iCal, Mail, Spotlight, and Safari.

The new beta version to the Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 comes within Delta update which weighs in at 996.98 MB for Lion simple users; while the Combo update to OS X Lion 10.7.3 weighs in at 1.26 GB. The new update for the developers comes up with a document suggesting no known issues in the build, and hinting at the upcoming launch of the Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 to be public soon.