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Email alerting users of new public beta from Apple. Jason Cipriani/CNET Update on April 8, 2014: OS X 10.10.3 is now available, bringing with it Photos app to the general public as a free download. You can download the update via the Mac App Store under the Updates tab. For more information on getting started with Photos an importing your iPhoto Library to the new app, check out Apple's.
Last month, Apple raised the curtain on its new Photos app for OS X. Took it for a spin and found it to bring a level of simplicity more commonly found on iOS to Apple's desktop platform OS X. Since that time, Photos has been in a somewhat private beta wherein only registered developers had access to OS X Yosemite 10.10.3, which includes the new applications. Apple had promised a public beta for everyday users to test, experiment and report any bugs found in the app back to the Cupertino-based company. And today, Apple made good on that promise by releasing a public beta for OS X 10.10.3.
If you had signed up to test OS X Yosemite last summer, you should still be enrolled in the program. If so, an update will be available for you in the Mac App Store under the Updates tab.