11 July 2014

How to get OS X Yosemite now: paid or free

How to get OS X Yosemite now

Can't wait until October? Here are a couple of ways you can try out the new features in OS X Yosemite right now. See also: Yosemite release date, price and new features

Apple's new version of OS X will be released, most likely for free, in October this year. That's not far away at all, but if you just can't wait and want to install the pre-release version, you have several options.

The easiest, but most costly, is to become an Apple developer. You don't actually have to create apps for OS X: anyone can pay their $99 and sign up for a developer account. You can then download and install OS X Yosemite to your compatible Mac.

How to get OS X Yosemite now for free

If you don't want to shell out the best part of £60, there are other ways to get Yosemite, but we neither endorse nor recommend you try them.

One is to download the OS from a file-sharing site such as IMZDL. However, this is obviously not an Apple-approved method and might get you into trouble.

 How to get OS X Yosemite now

Don't forget that, like any pre-release software, using the beta of OS X Yosemite is a bad idea if you'll be installing it on your main machine. If you are going to try it out, then it's best to do so on a second laptop or desktop where it doesn't matter if it crashes or is unstable.

See also: iOS 8 release date, new features in iOS 8

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