As Apple seeds a third beta of both iOS 8 (build 12A4318c) and OS X Yosemite Developer Preview (build 14A283j) to developers, we’re dutifully updating our articles with a running list of changes.
In the meantime, new betas of the accompanying Apple TV firmware – as well as Find My iPhone and Find My Friends betas – are now available to Apple’s registered iOS developers through the company’s Dev Center…
The new Apple TV Software Beta is available for second and third-generation devices and is being provided to test the latest AirPlay functionality with developers’ iOS 8 apps and websites.
The previous Apple TV Beta brought bug fixes and minor changes.
Release notes for Find My iPhone 4.0 list only support for the iOS 8 Family Sharing feature. As for Find My Friends 4.0, it also comes with support for Family Sharing, as well as Location Sharing in Messages, and now allows users to move their friends list to an iCloud account if necessary.
Apple’s Pages, Numbers and Keynote apps remain stuck at version 2.4.1 and have not been updated today. Finally, the new Apple Configurator 1.7 beta (build 3A40) is now available with the following changes:
- Support for new configuration profile payloads and settings introduced in iOS 8
- New Restrictions Allow Handoff
- Allow iCloud sync for managed apps
- Allow backup of enterprise books
- Allow notes and highlights sync for enterprise books
- New Supervised-only Restrictions
- Allow Erase all Contents and Settings Allow configuring Restrictions
- Allow internet results in Spotlight
- Email & Exchange: Per-message S/MIME switch
- Devices are erased before restoring a backup
- iOS 8 does not support restoring a backup to a device which has completed the setup assistant, so Configurator now erases devices before restoring a backup while supervising or checking a device in or out.
Rounding up today’s updates, Xcode 6 Beta 3 (build 6A254o) is available with the Xcode IDE, iOS Simulator and all required tools and frameworks for building OS X Yosemite and iOS 8 apps using the included iOS 8 Beta 3 SDK and the OS X v10.10 SDK.
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Have you spotted new features, changes or notable refinements in Apple TV, Find My iPhone and Find My Friends betas? Hit us in comments or drop us a line at tips@iDownloadBlog.com and I’ll update the article and credit accordingly.