So Much For a Private Beta

01.28.08 | Yasu

Okay, so maybe I’m behind the times and private beta testing is just considered passé these days. I only received one response to my call for Yasu testers — and that was from someone I knew was going to respond. So…

We’re going to try a public beta release instead. No free license codes for testing this one though. If you like to live on the edge and want to give the latest beta a spin, you can download it from this link:

http://jimmitchell.org/files/Yasu_Beta.zip

Here’s what’s addressed:

  • Some Apple specific user cache paths are substantially different between 10.4 & 10.5. This beta fixes that.
  • Yasu no longer removes font caches for Adobe or MS products. It only clears Apple font caches now.
  • Updates the “Reset launch services” task for better Leopard compatibility.
  • Locks all Keychains before logout, restart & shutdown to hopefully address spurious reports of keychain corruption after running Yasu.

The testing period will run for roughly the next two weeks, maybe longer if reports are still rolling in by that time. Or, it could be shorter if no problems are reported. Please, be sure to leave some feedback on this post regarding positive or negative experiences with this beta.

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2 Responses to “So Much For a Private Beta”

  1. Posted by: Mike - 01/31/2008

    Of all the utilities we use as IT system admins for a large advertising firm, this is the best for our end-users to use on their own. It does what you say it does very well and very fast. The new beta has just been tested on 30 machines running 10.4 and 10.5 intel and no problems with YASU..I do have one question. Does YASU clear the font caches buried deep in .private/var/folders/zw….
    in OS 10.5? When a final version is available , our company would be only too pleased to make a donation!
    Thanx Jim, for your hard work making this fab. utility..Mike

  2. Posted by: Jim - 02/02/2008

    @Mike - thanks for the great feedback. To answer your question, this beta version does not, but the next one will. Thanks for pointing it out to me.

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