Apple releases OS X 10.11 El Capitan with Safari 9, new Spotlight search, Split View, more...
Apple on Wednesday released to the public the completed OS X 10.11 El Capitan, making a variety of enhancements to features like Safari and Spotlight, while simultaneously ramping up Mac performance.
Spotlight now lets users search for files and other content in natural language, and access new kinds of information such as weather, stocks, and public transit schedules. Some other system-wide feature additions include a Split View fullscreen mode, a more streamlined Mission Control, and a series of upgrades to Chinese and Japanese language support, such as new fonts and better keyboard and trackpad input.
Safari now supports pinned tabs, pushing Web video via AirPlay, and muting tabs via the Smart Search field. Maps users can search for the aforementioned public transit info, and also push directions to an iPhone, much like Google Maps.
Mail has gained a redesigned fullscreen view, iOS-style swipe gestures for marking or deleting items, and the ability to quickly add contacts and Calendar events based on message content.
Again mimicking iOS, El Capitan's new Notes app supports checklists and attaching photos, videos, URLs, and map locations. Support for the app extends throughout OS X, for example letting users share a webpage as a note while in Safari.
The Photos app has been improved with support for third-party editing extensions, and more options for sorting albums and tagging faces and locations.
Games and other graphics-intense apps should run faster thanks to the addition of Apple's Metal technology. The company is promising speedier performance in general though, in areas such as app launch, task switching, and PDF viewing.
The El Capitan upgrade is a free download available through the Mac App Store. Safari 9 is also available to users of OS X Yosemite, though that version doesn't support pinned tabs.
Spotlight now lets users search for files and other content in natural language, and access new kinds of information such as weather, stocks, and public transit schedules. Some other system-wide feature additions include a Split View fullscreen mode, a more streamlined Mission Control, and a series of upgrades to Chinese and Japanese language support, such as new fonts and better keyboard and trackpad input.
Safari now supports pinned tabs, pushing Web video via AirPlay, and muting tabs via the Smart Search field. Maps users can search for the aforementioned public transit info, and also push directions to an iPhone, much like Google Maps.
Mail has gained a redesigned fullscreen view, iOS-style swipe gestures for marking or deleting items, and the ability to quickly add contacts and Calendar events based on message content.
Again mimicking iOS, El Capitan's new Notes app supports checklists and attaching photos, videos, URLs, and map locations. Support for the app extends throughout OS X, for example letting users share a webpage as a note while in Safari.
The Photos app has been improved with support for third-party editing extensions, and more options for sorting albums and tagging faces and locations.
Games and other graphics-intense apps should run faster thanks to the addition of Apple's Metal technology. The company is promising speedier performance in general though, in areas such as app launch, task switching, and PDF viewing.
The El Capitan upgrade is a free download available through the Mac App Store. Safari 9 is also available to users of OS X Yosemite, though that version doesn't support pinned tabs.
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Safari 9 is there for Yosemite
No sign of El Capitan yet
Apple is on fire. New iPhones, Apple TV, iPad Pro, iOS9 and now this.
Safari 9 is there for Yosemite
No sign of El Capitan yet
It's showing for me. It's right there at the top of the main App Store page.
Nothing in the App Store
Try searching for "el capitan".
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/os-x-el-capitan/id1018109117?mt=12
By default, Its not showing in available updates.
-Sri
It's showing for me. It's right there at the top of the main App Store page.
Seems it hasn't made its way through all of Apple's servers. It's not showing up for me yet either - as an update or on the main App Store page.
Try searching for "el capitan".
Yep. Downloading now. Showing as 6.08GB
Does anybody realize how stupid it makes you look with all the “I can’t find it posts”? Get a clue, get a life, seek help for your instant gratification disorder. I think they have pills for that now.
So...the same release schedule as every year since 2012? Sure, there's a new Apple TV but there also wasn't an update to the core iPad for the first time ever.
Pushing directions to iPhone- not a new feature.
It is for transit directions.
Does anybody realize how stupid it makes you look with all the “I can’t find it posts”? Get a clue, get a life, seek help for your instant gratification disorder. I think they have pills for that now.
Why so grouchy today?
Does anybody realize how stupid it makes you look with all the “I can’t find it posts”? Get a clue, get a life, seek help for your instant gratification disorder. I think they have pills for that now.
Do you realise how stupid it makes you look railing on people eager for the update when the article says that Apple HAS released it?