Good morning all, and God Bless!!
IWhat are the pros and cons of running the beta version? Does Logos Now coincide with the beta version or do I get the updates without running the beta version?
Thanks for your help and wisdom.
Some of the potential issues of running the beta software are outlined at https://community.logos.com/forums/t/52967.aspx. Please take the warnings seriously.
The benefits are you get access to new functionality sooner - but you need to weigh that against the possibility of crashes or data corruption.
Beta versions generally include both updates to baseline Logos software as well as to Logos Now features.
Hope that helps provide some perspective
Hi David
I seriously recommend that you do not run the beta version unless you have a second installation to fall back on. One of the recent iterations had a bug that crashed the program on a regular basis and for the best part of a week I had to use my stable installation (on my laptop) for all serious work.
It is also a little unfair to run the beta if you are not prepared to devote some time to reporting bugs you find and testing bugs other find. The point of issuing the beta is to help iron out those bugs before general release - no use if folk don't report the bugs they come across. It also takes some (self) discipline not to judge the stable release by the reliability of the beta releases. By running the beta you are actually and in reality asking for trouble.
Logos Now will get the updates but only after the most obvious bugs have been found and eliminated. If you want to work run the stable - if you want to play software developer try and run the beta.
I saw the tip for running the beta and the stable version under a new user account but with the same log in info. Could you elaborate on the details?http://community.logos.com/forums/t/52967.aspx
http://community.logos.com/forums/t/52967.aspx
I saw the tip for running the beta and the stable version under a new user account but with the same log in info. Could you elaborate on the details?
Most computers are now capable of having multiple accounts, although most "non-techie" windows users I know simply use a single one. I can't advise you on that... if someone doesn't give you an answer I am sure google will be your friend (i.e. "how to add a user account in windows 7").
You should be aware: Logos installs in the user account, so if you add a beta build into another user account on the same machine, you will be taking up twice the amount of space on your computer (2x resources, documents, app files, etc.). By "the same log in info" just means the same username & password you use to access your Logos resources.
If you want to beta test on a single machine but don't want to take up twice the space, you could create a second Logos account and just add a few resources... but that is kind of pointless since many of the things you would want to beta test would require datasets or Logos cloud access (and you wouldn't want to pay for those twice).
Does that make sense?
I see that you were trying to get the hyperlink to work. You must paste and immediately add a space afterwards.
Thank you all for your responses. I think I want to return to a stable version. I do not have a time to devote to the beta. I believe that we are on a stable version and now would be a good time to leave the beta without having to uninstall and re-install. What are the correct steps?
Thank you all.
Thank you all for your responses. I think I want to return to a stable version. I do not have a time to devote to the beta. I believe that we are on a stable version and now would be a good time to leave the beta without having to uninstall and re-install. What are the correct steps? Thank you all.
From the link in my reply above:
As stated above, the beta cannot be downgraded to a stable version (without completely uninstalling it), but you can leave the beta after the next stable version is released.
To leave the beta program, enter "set update channel to default" in the command box. If you're currently running a stable version, this will ensure no future betas are installed. If you're currently running a beta version, you will automatically get all new beta versions until the current beta goes stable; your computer will then automatically switch to only installing stable versions.
