“Apple’s latest version of OS X is called El Capitan (officially, it’s version 10.11),” Roman Loyola reports for Macworld. “El Capitan does some fine-tuning to the Mac operating system, and it also has major updates to Safari, Mail, Notes, Maps, and Photos. It’s scheduled to be released on Wednesday, September 30.”
“Before you upgrade to El Capitan, it helps to perform a few tasks first,” Loyola reports. “This will help ensure that your upgrade moves along smoothly. After you prep your Mac, you can update OS X as soon as Apple releases it, though it’s understandable if you rather wait until the first update to El Capitan in case you’re worried about bugs.”
These Macs are compatible with El Capitan:
• iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
• MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
• MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
• MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
• Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
• Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
“The general minimum requirements call for 2GB of memory, 8GB of available storage, and an Internet connection for some features. You can run a Mac with 2GB of memory, but this is a good opportunity to upgrade to 4GB or 8GB. As for available storage space, 8GB is enough to run the installer, but more is always better,” Loyola reports. “Here’s how to get your Mac ready for El Capitan.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: The full article offers good advice for preparing your Mac(s) for the new OS X. We cannot emphasize enough: Back up your data before upgrading your operating system!
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Apple to release OS X El Capitan on Wednesday, September 30th – September 29, 2015
Maybe in El osX 20.5 we get a better iTunes and iWork’s thats suitable for more than grade schoolers
The main problem with iWork is that when you convert iWork documents to Office format, they tend to lose formatting. Even if formatting isn’t lost in the process, it’s a pain to have to convert iWork documents to Office documents every time you need to send them to a Windows user, which can be as often as every day. Really, iWork needs to be able to work with Microsoft Office files natively (without conversion) and flawlessly. If that can’t be done, there should be a universal set of document formats which can be used in iWork and all versions Microsoft Office from 2007 and later (possibly by way of an update).
Microsoft didn’t make it easy. Their own Office Open XML Converter application is 45 MB, compressed. The Docx format is a nightmare.
I do A LOT of document exchange with Word users on Windows. I see a small glitch, occasionally. I’ve seen way more difficulty between Word/Window users with different but supposedly compatible versions. And I’ve even seen more difficulty between users with THE SAME version of Word!
“iWork’s thats suitable for more than grade schoolers”
Ah, come on. That’s too harsh. It’s also suitable for Gran’ma Doris making Christmas cards for her grade-schooler grandchildren.
Writer seems to have copied & pasted from previous article, forgot to add Yosemite 10.10 as an acceptable OS to upgrade from.
Here’s to hoping there’s a version of OS X that actually plays nice with iOS (which is the bread & butter of this outfit whether anyone likes it or not). Fingers crossed.
I am running the beta version of El Capitan. The first two things I noticed:
1. The Menu bar can be made to drop down;
2. No more “repair permissions”.