Yosemite 10.10.1 full installer

[jlong]

Anyone had any luck downloading a full installer for 10.10.1 from the Mac App Store? Seems like it's still serving up a 10.10.0 version. We are on the cusp of distributing Yosemite in our environment for the first time, and it would be a lot nicer to start things off with a full 10.10.1 installer rather than having to add a 10.10.1 update to the policy.

[emily]

It wasn't working for me either, then @rtrouton being the genius that he is recommended downloading it from a 10.9.5 VM. Worked perfectly. If you have the ability to spin up a VM I'd recommend going that route.

[cbrewer]

I was able to download the full installer yesterday from the App Store. I wonder if a local CDN is still serving up the older version.

[donmontalvo]

The copy I pulled down the day it was released was 10.10.1. I've been having USB 3.0 issues since the update. I dreamt that Apple secretly pulled/redid/reposted the 10.10.1 update. But then I woke up and realized it was just a dream. :(

[denmoff]

I had been trying to download it on Monday from a 10.9.5 Mac. It took four attempts until it finally served 10.10.1.

[guidotti]

I just went back into purchases yesterday, deleted the installer I still had in Applications (which AutoDMG reported as deprecated - nice!) and clicked download. Although it showed October 16th, it actually did download the 10.10.1 final.

[emily]

@guidotti had the same thing happening with AutoDMG. Had to do a clean uninstall using AppCleaner, then install the newest release from Git and hit Cmd+U to update profiles. Once I did that it worked.

[scottb]

@donmontalvo - what sorts of USB3 issues are you seeing? I've been using USB3 HDD's since the seeds without issue (early 15" 2014 rMBP 11,3).
Just curious...

[donmontalvo]

So USB 3.0 spec requires 900ma per port, I have one of these (provides 4amps which is more than needed for the 4 port), and never had a problem. Three 2.5" non-powered external drives and a thumb drive. Since upgrading to 10.10.1, my Mid 2014 MBPr crashes hard, two or more times a day. Disconnect the hub, problem goes away. I wish Apple gave us a way to roll back to 10.10.0.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00G9WGN2M

Luckily I have OS X Server running at home, so I can easily backup/reimage/restore. Just a huge PITA.

[chriscollins]

Weird.

I have this one: http://www.amazon.com/HT-UH010-Charging-Smartphone-VL812-B2-Firmware/dp/B00FR795WA/ref=sr_1_1?s=elec...

Pretty much every port is filled with external hard drives and no issues at all. Same machine as well.

[guidotti]

I've also had no USB3 or Thunderbolt issues with the newest build. Thanks for all of the information, everyone.

[scottb]

Don't use a hub here, but all USB3 and TB drives/devices working OK as well.
There were some on the seeds that had issues with hubs, but I can't verify as I don't use them.

[donmontalvo]

@chriscollins That was one of the products I looked at. But since the USB 3.0 spec requires 900ma per port, that 7 port hub would require a 6.3amp power supply (only comes with a 5amp). I went with two smaller 4 port hubs that comes with a 4amp supply (more than required as per spec).

I'm just going from what I've Googled, I'm no expert on the stuff. :) I'm going to do some testing, if there is a USB 3.0 issue I'd like to report it to Apple.

[jlong]

Thanks all for the information. Tried downloading and installing again and it was indeed version 10.10.1. Anyone know of a good way to determine build or version number without actually installing it? I noticed Autodmg can determine the right version, so presumably it's buried somewhere in the installer as well.

[htse]

I use the low-tech method of Get Info on the .app file, which is versioned in itself. 10.10 is 1.6.5
10.10.1 is 1.6.7

Or in the more likely case I don't recall the last version number of the installer, i fallback to the even lower-tech method of using the Created Date in the file system.

[daz_wallace]

Hey @jlong

If you have AutoDMG installed (and why wouldn't you?), drag your freshly downloaded Installer app into AutoDMG and after a few seconds it'll tell you both the OS version and the Build number.

Much easier than the Created Date or a Os to app version list (sorry @htse!).

Hope that helps!

Darren

[jlong]

Thanks, htse. Didn't realize the installer version did change... was thinking 1.6.7 was the 10.10 version as well

Thanks, Darren. Discovered this myself after-the-fact. I agree it's the better way to go about it.