Ondrej Holzman Apple today released a new version of its operating system for Mac computers called El Capitan. After several months of testing, OS X 10.11 can now be downloaded and installed by the general public in its final form.
OS X El Capitan it remains outwardly the same as the current Yosemite, which a year ago brought a fresh visual makeover to Macs after years, but it improves many system functions, applications and also the operation of the entire system. "OS X El Capitan takes the Mac to the next level," writes Apple.
In El Capitan, named after Yosemite National Park's highest mountain, users can look forward to Split View, which makes it easy to run two apps side by side, or to a simplified and more efficient Mission Control.
Apple's engineers also played around with basic applications. Just as in iOS 9, Notes have undergone fundamental changes, and news can also be found in Mail, Safari or Photos. In addition, Macs with El Capitan will be "more nimble" - Apple promises faster startup or switching of applications and overall faster system response.
However, for many users today, OS X El Capitan will not be such a hot new thing, because this year Apple also opened a testing program for other users in addition to developers. Many have been testing the latest system on their computers in beta versions all summer.
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How to prepare for OS X El Capitan
Installing a new system is not difficult today thanks to the Mac App Store on the Mac, and it is also available for free, but if you do not want to leave anything to chance when switching to OS X El Capitan, it is a good idea to take a few steps before definitely leaving the current OS X Yosemite (or older version).
You don't just have to upgrade to El Capitan from Yosemite. On Mac, you can also install the released version from Mavericks, Mountain Lion or even Snow Leopard. However, if you are using one of the older systems, you probably have a reason to do so, so you should check if installing El Capitan will benefit you. For example, in terms of compatible apps that you can easily check <a href="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1932/8043/files/200721_ODSTOUPENI_BEZ_UDANI_DUVODU__EN.pdf?v=1595428404" data-gt-href-en="https://en.notsofunnyany.com/">here</a>.
Just as there is no problem with having older versions of operating systems, there is no problem with owning Macs that are up to eight years old. Not all will run all features, such as Handoff or Continuity, but you will install OS X El Capitan on all of the following computers:
- iMac (Mid 2007 and newer)
- MacBook (aluminum late 2008 or early 2009 and later)
- MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 and newer)
- MacBook Air (late 2008 and later)
- Mac mini (early 2009 and later)
- Mac Pro (early 2008 and later)
OS X El Capitan isn't too demanding on hardware either. At least 2 GB of RAM is required (although we definitely recommend at least 4 GB) and the system will require about 10 GB of free space for download and subsequent installation.
Before you head to the Mac App Store for the new OS X El Capitan, check out the updates tab to download the latest versions of all your apps. These are often updates associated with the arrival of a new operating system, which will ensure their smooth running. Alternatively, check the Mac App Store regularly even after switching to a new system, you can expect an influx of new versions that third-party developers have been working on in recent months.
You can of course download new updates along with El Capitan, because it has several gigabytes, so the whole process will take some time, however, after downloading it, do not proceed with the installation that will automatically pop up, but consider whether you still need to make a backup installation disk. This is useful in the case of a clean installation or installation of the system on other computers or for later purposes. We brought instructions on how to do it yesterday.
With the arrival of a new operating system, it is also not out of the question to perform minor or major cleaning in the existing one. We recommend several basic actions: remove applications that you do not use and only take up space; delete large (and small) files that you no longer need and are just taking up space; restart the computer, which will delete a lot of temporary files and cache, or use specialized tools such as CleanMyMac, Cocktail or MainMenu and others to clean the system.
Many perform these actions regularly, so it depends on each user how they access the system and whether they even need to do the above-mentioned steps before installing a new one. Those with older computers and hard drives can still use Disk Utility to check the health of their storage and possibly repair it, especially if they are already experiencing problems.
However, a matter that no user should neglect before installing OS X El Capitan is a backup. Backing up the system should ideally be performed regularly, Time Machine is perfect for this on a Mac, when you practically only need to have a disk connected and do nothing else. But if you haven't learned this very useful routine yet, we recommend that you at least make a backup now. If anything goes wrong while installing the new system, you can easily roll back.
After that, nothing should stop you from running the installation file with OS X El Capitan and going through a few easy steps to find yourself in the environment of the new system.
How to do a clean install of OS X El Capitan
If you want to switch to a new operating system with a clean slate and not carry any files and other excess "ballast" that accumulates in each system over time, you can choose a so-called clean installation. This means that you completely erase your current disk before installation and install OS X El Capitan as if it came with your computer from the factory.
There are several procedures, but the easiest one leads through creation the aforementioned installation disk and is same as OS X Yosemite last year. If you plan to do a clean install, we again strongly recommend that you check that you have properly backed up your entire system (or the parts you need).
Then when you have the installation disk created, you can move on to the clean installation itself. Just follow the steps below:
- Insert an external drive or USB stick with the OS X El Capitan installation file into your computer.
- Restart your Mac and hold the Option ⌥ key during startup.
- From the drives offered, select the one on which the OS X El Capitan installation file is located.
- Before the actual installation, run Disk Utility (found in the top menu bar) to select an internal drive on your Mac and completely erase it. It is necessary that you format it as Mac OS Extended (Journaled). You can also choose the level of deletion security.
- After successfully erasing the drive, close Disk Utility and continue with the installation that will guide you.
Once you appear in the newly installed system, you have two options. Either you start from scratch and download all applications and files again, or drag and drop from different storages, or use Time Machine backups and either completely and easily restore the system to its original state, or use the application from a backup Migration Assistant you select only the data you want - for example, only users, applications or settings.
During a complete restoration of the original system, you will drag some unnecessary files into the new one, which will no longer appear during a clean installation and start again, but this is a slightly "cleaner" way of transition than if you only install El Capitan on the current Yosemite.
Is the combo update out yet?
What is that?
Does anyone have a direct download link from the app store? It works like a snail
I'm afraid it's App Store only, if you download it from somewhere else it stinks like XCodeGhost was...
Yesterday I downloaded it for about 4 hours from 19:30 to 23:45... I reckon that today it will be better, there won't be such a rush on the servers.
I'm updating through the App Store, but I only see "downloading". Not sure if it's possible to see what percentage is already downloaded or the overall status of the update process?
You won't see it, there is a general problem with it in the Czech Republic... when the update is finished, it will show you and you reset the PC
I see that I have downloaded 1.61 GB out of 6,08 GB. The percentages are not there. It's under the OSX icon
Alternatively, it can be seen in the launchpad (not in percentage, but how many out of how many)
Try to look in "purchased".
jj, "purchased" shows how much is downloaded
Switch your account to the US and it will appear. This is a problem that Apple has been addressing since the first beta version of El Captain. For a while it was fine, but then an update came again and it doesn't work again.
For people who do not see the update - find the El Captain store in the App store and download it. You can see the progress of the update in the Purchased…
I have a problem that when I update everything (I have an update on iphoto and an invisible update on el capitan), after entering the password it tells me that it failed... I assume that the servers are full
Did anyone notice anything new? I didn't at all :) I checked "About this Mac" to see if it's already there, el cap :/ and for a couple of insignificant details, it's the same x-axis as before. so for those who haven't updated yet, you don't have to rush…..
El Capitan brings much more system tuning. You can look up the loading times for various activities online. However, the new version of OS X of course also brings a few new things :)
I also wondered after the update if I really had a Capitan. :D In any case, it seems more polished to me now (something like the transition from W8 to W8.1) and the new mission control together with split view is a blast.
The difference is absolutely essential – the first really fast OS X since Snow Leopard
El Cap installed, everything runs fine and I freed up disk space (approx. 15GB). :-) I just have a small question - do the new spotlight features work for you?
They don't work... either they don't work in the Czech location or localization, or they don't work in general. It is not possible to ask about the weather or "the last file from yesterday" (in Czech or English).
As I looked at Apple support today, it doesn't work for many people (US and EU region).
It's a feature on the web that it should support regardless of region, but it seems to me that it's built around remote search and not local = maybe it will still work.
Spotligh did not work in our region yet. See this link: http://www.apple.com/osx/feature-availability/#spotlight-suggestions
There are only a few regions and unfortunately there are very few of them in the EU (DE, FR, UK,...). And unfortunately it doesn't work according to the language. Even with a US account, it doesn't work if you are outside the mentioned regions.
Unfortunately, the update froze for me. After downloading, there was a restart and then a classic window with an apple and an estimated time. Now I've been there for almost 45 minutes with just an apple and a pointer and it froze about 10% before the end. (Macbook Pro retina 13)
exactly the same thing happened to me, tonight....in the morning I turned off the mac and turned it on and El Capitan is running, so maybe everything is ok
It also happened to me on a macbook (early 2015), after 2 hours nothing happened, so I restored through time machine, and I'm a little afraid to try again if it doesn't end the same way again.
When I switch the mail application to fullscreen, I can't use the mouse on the top edge to display the top menu, is it just me? or does it do it to someone else too?
Thanks.
So I take it back. After restarting it's OK.
I have Windows 8.1 in boot camp and would like to upgrade to El Captain. Will there be any problem with the installation? I'm not that familiar with OSX yet, that's why I'm asking :) Thanks
There used to be no problem with that, but just to be sure, I would back up all my stuff on both Windows and Mac in case something happened. But otherwise it should update without issue.
After the update, I have a problem with the mouse wheel (I have an MS mouse). When scrolling, it runs very slowly and if I turn the wheel more, it starts up very fast again. In Yosemite, scrolling was much smoother. I tried changing the speed in the settings but no luck. Does anyone have a similar problem?
On a Mac, the MS mouse is useless...if it's not the Magic Mouse, then they're all useless. The Macbook has a great touchpad, so why the mouse…?
So sometimes an ordinary mouse comes in handy (games, editing photos...), but otherwise I agree that a perfect touchpad is enough for most work.
My laptop is placed on the table at an angle next to the external display, and under the table I have a keyboard with a mouse on the drawer. I'm not saying that I don't like the touchpad, but I definitely work better this way. It's just that the wheel annoys me a little now.
magicmouse is great, but try playing diablo with it :-D
My Logitech G700s didn't run well even under Yosemite. I use touchpad or MagicMouse :)
Nope. I use a Razer mouse and it works fine even without Synapse installed. Try to see if MS hasn't released an app where you can adjust your mouse, it might help.
Dear people, why can't I see what is to be updated in the App store, but I only see the number on the update icon. When I switch from the Czech Republic to the USA (bottom right), I can see it, but when I'm in Czech, nothing is displayed. Do you have any solution please?
Type el capitan into the search box and it will find it in the Czech app store :)
Thank you, I understand this, but this way I will only solve the El caption update, but it would rather help me how to solve the display of updates of already installed applications. So that the App Store shows what it wants to install. But maybe this doesn't belong in this thread.
He's had a problem with the Apple team since the beginning of Beta and it still hasn't been resolved, or so.
it was already happening in Yosemite
I have the same problem - the app store shows the number of updates but does not list them. I solve it in the terminal via softwareupdate -l
Hello to everybody. please advise, yesterday I wanted to download Capitan, it didn't work, so I paused it. Now when I click to follow up, nothing happens, it just says waiting for 2 hours and nothing... In the Launchpad I have the OSX icon and under it it is suspended. Restarting didn't help. Thank you
I'm dealing with the same problem and so far without success, I couldn't find anything on the net either :/
I've already tried x restarts, logging out, logging in again and still nothing. Still suspended and unable to follow up. Downloaded shows me 0 bytes out of 6,08 GB.
Also, I paused it yesterday thinking I would start it in the morning and it didn't work. I tried deleting it, but it's still there. Can't download again in the App Store :/
The same thing happened to me. The problem was that in Launchpad you should see that the update is NOT being downloaded. In the launchpad, hold ALT for 1-2 seconds and the icons will start to shake and a white X will also appear in the top right corner. Then just click on the X and cancel the download. Then refresh it via the Appstore and it will be fine
I love you, when I see you, you have a beer with me haha, thanks !!!!
thank you very much. it helped and it's working now...
great, thank you very much, I was on the fence like everyone else here and I'm going after your advice!
Otherwise, I follow the forums and so far no one has come up with the same problem, so hopefully there will be someone who has been through it and can advise, so I'll let you know :)
So please let me know if you come up with something, I'll look for it too..
The problem is that you can't even download it a second time from the App Store.
try long pressing the el capitana icon in the launchpad and then delete it with a cross and download it again
Outlook 10.11 does not work on Exchange Server under 2011: https://support.microsoft.com/cs-cz/kb/3098396
Probably the only solution is an upgrade, Office 2017 works with Exchange without a problem
OFFICE 2017??? You somehow flew it, didn't you?
yes that's a typo… of course it should have been Office 16…
thanks for the warning, edited in the post
Seems fixed for Office 2011: http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/10/07/new-office-for-mac-2011-update-fixes-outlook-sync-bug-with-os-x-el-capitan
Update not installed and Outlook is syncing.
…installed…
I can't set Czech in Messages when checking grammar and spelling... Does anyone know how to do this? I think it worked in the previous version... Thanks.
Does the new OS work smoothly for you? It started to crash tonight - in the Finder, the names are constantly jumping from Czech to English and back (Downloads), etc... It often loads photos slowly, graphics freeze, the wheel often appears spinning - photoshop work with raw, I'll probably upgrade down…. or try to do a "clean" install... Anyone with similar problems? Thank you
After updating to Capitán, I have a problem with the Mail application. It crashes after about 15 seconds after starting. Does anyone have an idea what to do with it? Thanks a lot, John
It made me so. I found out that I had a bit of a mess in my accounts after the upgrade. Exchange was doubled. I deleted it, created it again and everything works. Oh, and I had to re-enter the verified servers at the Center.
Great thanks, it helped!
It was just a little difficult to manage :-). But exactly, one of the non-existent IMAP accounts stayed online and it crashed.
I am still monitoring one problem and that is that the system eats up my RAM a lot more and the Mac cools more and runs the fan. With Yos.. I still had about 7 GB free and here I have about 500 MB (from 16 GB). In the Activity monitor, 83% of CPU power is taken by UserEventAgent…
I don't know if it was already here, but Total Finder does not work after installation, there is even a text on the author's website that the development will be terminated. Otherwise, the installation takes about three hours, although it showed something like 28 minutes and it gradually decreased over three hours... So far, the system doesn't seem faster to me, but maybe something is still crunching. The constantly spinning lollipop had me out of my chair the first time I started it. The question is whether a clean installation would help, but making backups of all programs, deactivating purchased software is probably a day of work...
Total Finder 1.7.3 only works when SIP is disabled.
Hello, I just have a question, maybe you will know. After installing OS X 10.11 (Capitan) my iMac stopped making iPhone calls. I also have MBAir, MBPro (here I have Yosemite). I can do it on the Air, but it's kind of fiddly, it calls using the iPhone, but it can't be hung up or it rings even after hanging up. It seems to work as it should on MBPro, but I haven't examined it in detail. I've tried everything, log out of fct, even log out of icloud, reinstall capitana, wipe wifi and it doesn't help...Anyone have a similar experience? Or it will be debugged somehow over time. The interesting thing is that imsg works flawlessly, so I really don't know anymore. Thanks in advance for any advice or insights….
After installation, none of the email accounts work, I logged out of the iCloud account and logged in again, but it still doesn't work. Does anyone have experience with this?
Unfortunately, I also have experience with that. Receiving mail was without problems, but for some mysterious reason the system changed my access to gmail from POP to IMAP, which caused an incredible mess (fortunately of a temporary nature) in all mail folders and the creation of a lot of dynamic mailboxes, and most importantly deleted the settings of all SMTP servers, so could not send anything. I solved it by deleting the google account and setting it up again (POP, SMTP) and manually setting the SMTP servers in the other mail accounts. So I recommend checking Mail - Preferences - Accounts. For some reason beyond my understanding, not all settings are available in System Preferences under Internet Accounts.
The million dollar question!!!
How to install El Captain on a Mac with FileVault enabled and encryption running?
Encrypting cannot be stopped and FileVault cannot be turned off until it is complete. I switched it on by mistake some time ago, and the estimating time remaining still shows hundreds of days (of course, for a process that runs non-stop 24 hours a day) - it practically exceeds the life of the machine. Encrypting therefore takes place constantly, eats resources and battery and unnecessarily overheats the machine. It's practically a 45k piece of junk to throw away.
Anyone have any ideas?
Unfortunately, I can't help you, I just have to state that a bunch of idiots work at Apple on SW. The hardware is nice, but the software is a lot better, even iOS or MacOS. Every new update, new version of MacOS or iOS, is proof of that.
I can't install OS El Capitan and the installer is so sophisticated (a bunch of idiots from Apple really got the better of it) that it can't be terminated. Simple - after starting the installer, I have to click on Continue, then I have to agree to the license terms and after agreeing, it tells me that the new OS X cannot be installed on Macintosh HD. I can click only one option - back. There I am again at the approval of the license conditions, I already know that Agree is a dead end, but Disagree only leads me to the beginning of the described procedure - so Continue, I am at the license conditions again.
A bunch of idiots from Apple will not allow themselves the possibility that someone will not agree to the license terms or for some other reason will not be allowed to install the new OS X - there is no button to end the installer anywhere, and not even the red crisis in the upper left corner is active. They really got up again. They're such a bunch of idiots that I really don't see how it's possible for them to keep getting away with this.
For similar installers and applications with an inactive red cross, the keyboard shortcut cmd+Q sometimes works. The same is possible in the Dock via the right button (or ctrl+click) + Quit or in the top menu via (name of the application) – Quit.
If that doesn't help, another option is to right-click in the Dock, then hold alt: the "Quit" option changes to "Force Quit."
Sure, I've already done enough of that, so I use cmd+Q a lot and of course I dealt with it right away, but I was surprised that it simply doesn't work without "special access" - no logical procedure.
So why are you upset that nothing works, when it is always possible to end it.
Advice? Copy everything you need from Mac and do a clean installation of the system and never turn on FileValut again... A bit of a catch awaits the user shortly after installing El Capitan - on one of the first initial screens there is a question asking if you want to turn on FileValut :-)
It gave me an error when reinstalling and my mac mini crashed. When restarting on hard drive, it starts up but at the end it cuts and freezes. I tried holding down the command - alt - p -r buttons when turning on until the login sound sounded twice and since then the system boots and shuts down halfway through. Does anyone know? Thanks.
I have the same problem :)
Fortunately, I figured it out yesterday :-) now I'm rolling on Capitan :)
can you advise me what to do with it. My mac totally froze and I don't know what to do with it. Thank you in advance for your reply..
Good day. After updating from OS X Snow Leopard to El Capitan, I can't sign in to the App Store or iTunes. I only sign in with my Apple ID to the iCloud web interface…
Is there any help to get this working?
Thanks for the advice.
Hi, I'm trying a clean install, but when I enter the password in the terminal, it says command can't be executed….what's wrong?
Today I spent 4 hours starting up the printer and the sound machine....
while with XEROX it was enough to restart and disable the system integrity check (csrutil disable, after installation enable in recovery mode), with the sound box it was more complicated:
http://ratejna.info/…/M-Audio_Firewire-El-Capitan.pdf
Hello, today I installed El capitan and after restarting my mac froze. Can someone please tell me what to do with it? Thanks