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OS X El Capitan
OS X El Capitan (/ɛl ˌkæpɪˈtɑːn/ el KAP-i-TAHN) (version 10.11), also known as macOS El Capitan, is the twelfth major release of macOS (named OS X at the time of El Capitan's release), Apple's desktop and server operating system for Macintosh. It focuses mainly on performance, stability, and security. Following the California location-based naming scheme introduced with OS X Mavericks, El Capitan was named after the famous eponymous rock formation in Yosemite National Park. OS X El Capitan is the final version to be released under the name OS X. OS X El Capitan received far better reviews than Yosemite.
The first beta of OS X El Capitan was released to developers shortly following the WWDC keynote on June 8, 2015. The first public beta was made available on July 9, 2015. There were multiple betas released after the keynote. OS X El Capitan was released to end users on September 30, 2015, as a free upgrade through the Mac App Store.
OS X El Capitan is the final version of OS X to support aluminum Macs and Xserve, as its successor macOS Sierra is incompatible with the mid-2007 and final models of these products.
All Macs supporting OS X Mountain Lion, OS X Mavericks, and OS X Yosemite support OS X El Capitan, although not all of its features will work on older models. For example, Apple notes that the newly available Metal API is available on "all Macs since 2012".
These computers can run OS X El Capitan, provided they have at least 2 GB of RAM, with an exception:
Of these computers, the following models were equipped with 1 GB RAM as the standard option on the base model when they were shipped originally. They can only run OS X El Capitan if they have at least 2 GB of RAM.
The following computers support features such as Handoff, Instant Hotspot, AirDrop between Mac computers and iOS devices, as well as the new Metal API:
The upgrade varies in size depending upon which Apple Mac computer it is being installed on; in most scenarios, it will require about 6 GB of disk space.
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OS X El Capitan
OS X El Capitan (/ɛl ˌkæpɪˈtɑːn/ el KAP-i-TAHN) (version 10.11), also known as macOS El Capitan, is the twelfth major release of macOS (named OS X at the time of El Capitan's release), Apple's desktop and server operating system for Macintosh. It focuses mainly on performance, stability, and security. Following the California location-based naming scheme introduced with OS X Mavericks, El Capitan was named after the famous eponymous rock formation in Yosemite National Park. OS X El Capitan is the final version to be released under the name OS X. OS X El Capitan received far better reviews than Yosemite.
The first beta of OS X El Capitan was released to developers shortly following the WWDC keynote on June 8, 2015. The first public beta was made available on July 9, 2015. There were multiple betas released after the keynote. OS X El Capitan was released to end users on September 30, 2015, as a free upgrade through the Mac App Store.
OS X El Capitan is the final version of OS X to support aluminum Macs and Xserve, as its successor macOS Sierra is incompatible with the mid-2007 and final models of these products.
All Macs supporting OS X Mountain Lion, OS X Mavericks, and OS X Yosemite support OS X El Capitan, although not all of its features will work on older models. For example, Apple notes that the newly available Metal API is available on "all Macs since 2012".
These computers can run OS X El Capitan, provided they have at least 2 GB of RAM, with an exception:
Of these computers, the following models were equipped with 1 GB RAM as the standard option on the base model when they were shipped originally. They can only run OS X El Capitan if they have at least 2 GB of RAM.
The following computers support features such as Handoff, Instant Hotspot, AirDrop between Mac computers and iOS devices, as well as the new Metal API:
The upgrade varies in size depending upon which Apple Mac computer it is being installed on; in most scenarios, it will require about 6 GB of disk space.