OS X El Capitan 10.11, the new desktop operating system that will improve the user experience on our Macs, has just been officially released by Apple. These are each and every one of the news that you should already know.
OS X El Capitan, a polish of the system
Although we had an interesting preview at the beginning of June at WWDC 2015, it was today that Tim Cook and his team have launched OS X El Capitan, the new desktop operating system that, although it is focused on correcting errors and improving performance and user experience, also brings us some interesting news.
As we already told you last June here in Applelised, OS X El Capitan is the logical evolution of Yosemite. In the fall of 2014, OS X 10.10 Yosemite arrived and with it, enormous interface changes that at this point in history do not need to be repeated. After such a volume of changes and novelties, both aesthetically and in terms of functionality, it was necessary to polish the system and therefore, although OS X El Capitan 10.11 it also incorporates some new features, is intended to stabilize the system as much as possible, correct any possible errors and improve safety. In short, optimizing even more if possible a user experience that is already fabulous.
OS X 10.11 El Capitan has taken its name from the famous and popular rock of the same name that is precisely found in Yosemite National Park, California, so Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), The tradition thus continues, being like a kind of Mountain Lion compared to Lion or Snow Leopard compared to Leopard.
OS X 10.11 El Capitan (the Cupertino company does not put the accent, a server does) It is going to focus on correcting bugs and errors and thereby improving the stability and security of the system. Exactly the same as with iOS 9. But it will also bring us very good news because Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), It never just corrects, it always brings us something new.
But before we start to analyze everything new that El Capitan brings us, let's take a quick look at it through this video made by the guys at MacRumors:
OS X The Captain is much more fluid thanks to the integration of the API Metal for Mac which in this way says goodbye to Open GL in the desktop operating system of the bitten apple. And the result could not be better, or perhaps yes, falling directly on the graphical performance of the system, improving performance globally so that from its imminent launch, our Macs will perform much more, something that we have been Testing the different betas we can assure you.
Email It also improves notably by incorporating multi-touch gestures so that we can delete or archive messages in the same way as we do on our iDevices.
The application "Disk Utility“It has also changed to improve the user experience, while also adding a security plus since being clearer and "beautiful" becomes more intuitive, and helps us avoid some potentially fatal mistakes. The changes that we can see in the interface, for example, are in the way of viewing the disk partitions, which is now more detailed and similar to that of Windows (which makes Windows users who have just passed OS X may not find it too difficult to fiddle with this section); Also in the disc format we see another called OS X Extended.
As well Safari incorporates some interesting improvements such as fixed tabs in miniature that by sliding them to the left, only the logo of the page that is open will be visible. In addition, it mutes those tabs where a video is automatically played, something that was very annoying, until now.
After the vitamin injection he received a year ago Spotlight, now acquires even more strength and will be more effective in its searches: it is capable of recognize natural language.
Photos, Notes and Maps have also gained minor improvements.
But what we liked the most about the new OS X El Capitan has been managing apps on the screen through Mission Control Well, now we can practically do what we want. In addition, from now on we will be able to enjoy two fully functional apps simultaneously in full and split screen, just like the multitasking that comes to us with iOS 9 on the iPad.
As a final detail, we cannot ignore the introduction in OS X El Capitan from a new source, San Francisco.
Compatible equipment
It would not have been logical that Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),, focusing the update on OS X El Capitan In improving performance, stability and user experience, I would have left out the older equipment and therefore, this will not happen. El Capitan will be compatible with the same equipment with which its predecessor, OS X Yosemite, was already compatible, something that we can verify from the company's own support website:
- iMac (Mid-2007 or later)
- MacBook (13-inch Aluminum, Late 2008), (13-inch, Early 2009 or later)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid-2009 or later), (15-inch, Mid / Late 2007 or later), (17-inch, Late 2007 or later)
- MacBook Air (Late 2008 or later)
- Mac Mini (Early 2009 or later)
- Mac Pro (Early 2008 or later)
- Xserve (Early 2009)
And now, to download, install and enjoy the new OS X El Capitan 10.11 on your Mac.