Apple has updated its Apple Seed website to include many references to iOS device management. It has also updated the name of its program to ‘Apple Beta Software Program’, dropping the specificity of it being for OS X only.
Apple is now offering iOS 8.3 as a public beta. Interested customers can sign up to be part of the program on this website. After signing up, you can enroll into the iOS public beta program. (Note: The program is still rolling out. A link to join the iOS program may not appear immediately upon registration).
The published changes mirror what we have already covered for the iOS 8.3 developer seeds.
The installation process for iOS public beta is interesting. Users in the program are first told to backup their device to iTunes. Then, they are instructed to download a configuration profile from the AppleSeed website which allows the beta to show up in Software Update.
The homepage also suggests using a computer to backup an iOS device to iTunes before using beta software. Earlier, Apple released iOS 8.3 beta 3 for developers with new filtering options for Messages.
