--- description: You can now sign up for access to Apple's Mac OS X Yosemite beta. title: Apple Mac OS X Yosemite: Sign Up For Beta Now image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb5d5bd9d13e84de1/69869cd1cd6848a774095c64/apple-mac-osx-yosemite-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # You Can Sign Up to Try the New Mac OS X Now by [Jared Newman](/author/jared-newman/) ## Jared Newman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 23, 2014 4:14 PM CUT  Mac OSX Yosemite Mac OSX YosemiteApple by [Jared Newman](/author/jared-newman/) ## Jared Newman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 23, 2014 4:14 PM CUT If you’re feeling adventurous and can act fast, you can now sign up for access to Apple’s Mac OS X Yosemite beta. The beta program, which lets users test the latest Mac operating system software that Apple [announced in June](http://time.com/2809853/apple-mac-os-x-yosemite/ "undefined"), is open to the first million people who [sign up through Apple’s website](https://appleseed.apple.com/sp/betaprogram "undefined"). [Yosemite](https://www.apple.com/osx/preview/developer/ "undefined") is a major update over the current OS X Mavericks, with a new look and improvements to built-in apps such as Mail and Safari. It also has some [deeper hooks into the iPhone and iPad](http://time.com/2814448/ios-8-os-x-yosemite-apple/ "undefined"), letting users pick up on one machine from where they left off on another, and answer phone calls through their laptops. (Those features won’t hit until iOS 8 launches this fall.) Keep in mind that as a beta, bugs and glitches will be inevitable. Apple suggests installing Yosemite on a secondary Mac, and only after backing up its contents. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3024403/apple-mac-osx-yosemite-beta/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3024403/apple-mac-osx-yosemite-beta/"},"headline":"You Can Sign Up to Try the New Mac OS X Now","datePublished":"2014-07-23T16:14:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:02:49.819Z","description":"The sign-up page is open for the Mac OS X Yosemite beta, but probably not for long","url":"https://time.com/3024403/apple-mac-osx-yosemite-beta/","keywords":["Tech","Apple","mac"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb5d5bd9d13e84de1/69869cd1cd6848a774095c64/apple-mac-osx-yosemite-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jared Newman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jared-newman/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb5d5bd9d13e84de1/69869cd1cd6848a774095c64/apple-mac-osx-yosemite-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Mac OSX Yosemite Apple","caption":"Mac OSX Yosemite Apple","creditText":"Apple","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3024403/apple-mac-osx-yosemite-beta/","name":"You Can Sign Up to Try the New Mac OS X Now"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"With Earnings Call In Tow, Apple Rumors Abound","description":"Apple’s Q3 earnings call is on for Tuesday, but many in the tech-press are focusing instead on iPhone rumors — some more believable than others.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/DCUQnKdw/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-07-22T16:26:01.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/DCUQnKdw.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3024403/apple-mac-osx-yosemite-beta/","duration":"PT2M5S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3024403/apple-mac-osx-yosemite-beta/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```