Apple earlier this week issued previews for this year's upgrades to iOS and macOS, its two most popular operating systems, at the firm's annual Worldwide Developers Conference.The betas of iOS 12 and macOS 10.14 - the latter was labeled with another California place name, "Mojave" - have been delivered only to registered developers so far, but by the end of the month anyone who wants to run the rougher code will have the chance.[ Related: 8 ways businesses can take advantage of the iPhone X ]Apple operates its beta programs differently than Microsoft, the enterprise king.
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company's processes cant, as its overall business strategy does, toward individuals, not collectives.
To corporate IT, the whole iOS/macOS preview situation must seem ad hoc and fly-by-the-seat-of-one's-pants.