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Apple releases iOS 5 beta 6 to developers

By | August 19, 2011, 12:53pm PDT

Summary: Apple today released updated betas of iOS 5, iTunes, Apple TV, Xcode and iWork for iOS to developers.

Apple released iOS 5 beta 6 to developers today over the air and via its online Developer Center. The release is a 144MB OTA update and is labeled as build 9A5302b.

BGR has posted the complete change log noting that Apple does not recommend wiping your device prior to updating to beta 6, as it did with beta 5.

According to reports iOS 5 beta 6 can be installed OTA from devices that have iOS 5 beta 4 or beta 5 installed.

In addition to the new iOS 5 beta, Apple also released updated builds of iTunes (10.5 beta 6), Apple TV (beta 5), Xcode (4.2 preview 3) and iWork for iOS (beta 2).

Apple is expected to release iOS 5 and the iPhone 5 in early October although an official announcement hasn’t been made.

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Jason O'Grady is a journalist and author specializing in mobile technology. He has published six books on Apple and mobile gadgets and his PowerPage blog has been publishing for over 15 years.

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Jason D. O'Grady

Jason D. O'Grady is the creator and editor of O'Grady's PowerPage, which has been publishing mobile technology news since 1995. He maintains an advertising relationship with the following legacy advertisers on the PowerPage:

  • Amazon Associates
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  • Tekserve

    • Advertising on the PowerPage is brokered by a third-party agency (BackBeat Media) and he recuses himself from these negotiations.

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Jason D. O'Grady

Jason D. O'Grady developed an affinity for Apple computers after using the original Lisa, and this affinity turned into a bona-fide obsession when he got the original 128 KB Macintosh in 1984.

He started writing one of the first Web sites about Apple (O'Grady's PowerPage) in 1995 and is considered to be one of the fathers of blogging. He has been a frequent speaker at the Macworld Expo conference and a member of the conference faculty. He also co-founded the first dedicated PowerBook User Group (PPUG) in the United States.

After winning a major legal battle with Apple in 2006, he set the precedent that independent journalists are entitled to the same protections under the First Amendment as members of the mainstream media.

O'Grady is the author of The Nexus One Pocket Guide, The Droid Pocket Guide, The Google Phone Pocket Guide, and The Garmin nuvi Pocket Guide (Peachpit Press), the author of Corporations That Changed the World: Apple Inc. (Greenwood Press), and a contributor to The Mac Bible (Peachpit Press). In addition, he has contributed to numerous Mac publications over the years, including MacWEEK, Macworld, and MacPower (Japan).

When he's not writing about Apple for ZDNet at The Apple Core, he enjoys spending time with his family in New Jersey.

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I had been waiting for this for a little while now.. I want certain features to work correctly and it is a hope that this beta is going to do it... Happy downloading everyone and have fun with the new iOS
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