Thursday, December 8, 2016
Getting started with new Mac OS X 10 11 El Capitan
Getting started with new Mac OS X 10 11 El Capitan
OS X El Capitan—El Cap for short—is Apples latest version of the modern Mac operating system.
Earlier this month, At its Worldwide Developers Conference ( WWDC ) last week, Apple introduced OS X 10.11 El Capitan, the newest version of its Mac-based operating system.Piggybacking off of the operating system before it - OS X Yosemite - El Capitan claims to be faster and come with some nifty new features for desktop Mac users.
But one question remains: Why in the world did Apple decide to call it El Capitan?
The history of OS X naming goes all the way back to 2001. The first official version of OS X was dubbed "Cheetah." Then, until 2012, each following operating system was named after another fast and agile cat. The last feline-named version of Apples Mac operating system was Mountain Lion.
Then in 2013, Apple made a change. OS X 10.9, instead of representing yet another cat-like species, was instead dubbed Mavericks.Mavericks is a favorite surfing spot in Northern California.
Following Mavericks was OS X Yosemite, which was named after Yosemite National Park.
And now we have El Capitan, which (despite sounding a bit like a Mexican restaurant) is actually a vertical rock formation located within Yosemite National Park in Mariposa County, California, U.S.
Apple didnt provide a formal reason for why it chose El Capitan, but the rock formation is considered an important California landmark. Hikers know it well, and its even considered one of the best places in the world for rock climbing and base jumping.
Like Mavericks, its a destination for agile and daredevil-ing sport enthusiasts. EL Capitan is a spanish word which means The Captain.
Support list for OS X 10.11
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)
In this preview Im only going to cover the biggest new features, but expect a full review when Mac OS X El Capitan is released this fall. It is, once again, a free upgrade for existing Mac users.
Apple will be making a beta version of the new software available to download on your Mac in July, or you can wait for the full version to arrive in the autumn. Heres how you will be able to get the new version of OS X on your Mac, either as a dual boot partition on your Mac, as a separate install on a external hard drive, or in virtualisation software.
How to get the OS X El Capitan beta
Initially it will only be developers who are members of Apples developer community that will be able to download the software. But Apple is also repeating the successful public beta programme that it ran last year, so consumers will also be able to get their hands on the beta versions of the software in July.
The OS X El Capitan beta has been available to developers since 8 June, if you are signed up to the Apple Developer Program you will be able it download it now. You can now join the OS X and iOS developer programs for a single fee of $99 (£64) a year, rather than joining the two programs for $99 each per year. Developing for the WatchOS is also included in that fee. To join the Apple Developer Program enrol here.
Once you have signed up for the public beta Apple will contact you via email when the software is ready to download.
When you receive the email from Apple there will be a download link and a redeem code. You will be able to download the Mac OS X 10.11 Installation from the App Store.
Follow these instructions to install the beta:
However, we dont recommend that you install El Capitan on your main Mac - or if you must, then you should install it on a secondary partition of the Mac or on an external hard drive. Either way, we’d recommend a full back up before you install it.
How to install the OS X El Capitan beta on an external hard drive
To install El Capitan on a external hard drive follow the following guide:
1. Split View
2. Mission Control
You’ve never been so good at space management.
A three finger swipe upwards on your trackpad, a tap of the Mission Control key (F3) from your keyboard, or a click of the Mission Control icon with your mouse will still take you right to the main view, just as before. But once youre in Mission Control, you have a new way of interacting with your windows.
Theres also a new draggable Mission Control shortcut coming to El Cap: Just pull any window to the top of the screen, then drag a little more to reveal the Spaces Bar. From there, you can drop the window where you want it, either full screen, onto an existing full screen app to create a Split View, or onto a new or existing desktop Space.
Lost your cursor on your crowded desktop? Just shake your finger back and forth on the trackpad or give your mouse a shake, and the cursor gets bigger so it’s easy to spot.
3. Spotlight as search engine
Even more versatile. And helpful.
Spotlight gets even smarter in El Capitan, delivering results for weather, sports, stocks, web video, and transit information. And now you can ask Spotlight to find a file using natural language — so when you’re looking for something, just type it the way you’d say it.For example, typing in “photos from last year” will display photos from the previous year. It also works with search terms like, “find emails from Anthony.”
Spotlight is also more flexible: You can resize its window to see more results and move it anywhere on your desktop.
Search results from more sources.
Spotlight now searches even more places to give you more useful results. Check up on the latest stock prices, weather conditions and forecasts for your current location or cities around the world, and sports scores, schedules, standings, and athlete information. You can even search for web videos.
Ask in your own words.
Searching for files has never been easier now that Spotlight understands natural language.You can also use more complex searches, like “presentation I worked on yesterday that contains budget,” and you’ll get just what you’re looking for. You can search with your own words in Mail and Finder, too.
4. Safari gets pinned and Mute the Noisy Tab like in chrome
With OS X El Capitan, the best browser for your Mac brings new tools for better surfing. Now Safari lets you keep favorite websites open and accessible with Pinned Sites.When a website is pinned, it stays up to date in the background, so what youre seeing when you click over to it is always current. Sites like Gmail, Facebook, and Twitter are particularly good uses of this feature, quietly refreshing in the background and always displaying the most recent info.Pinned Sites can be created by clicking on the title bar of an open website and dragging it to the left.While useful, this feature is nothing new, because you already have this functionality in third party browsers like Firefox.
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Earlier this month, At its Worldwide Developers Conference ( WWDC ) last week, Apple introduced OS X 10.11 El Capitan, the newest version of its Mac-based operating system.Piggybacking off of the operating system before it - OS X Yosemite - El Capitan claims to be faster and come with some nifty new features for desktop Mac users.
But one question remains: Why in the world did Apple decide to call it El Capitan?
The history of OS X naming goes all the way back to 2001. The first official version of OS X was dubbed "Cheetah." Then, until 2012, each following operating system was named after another fast and agile cat. The last feline-named version of Apples Mac operating system was Mountain Lion.
Then in 2013, Apple made a change. OS X 10.9, instead of representing yet another cat-like species, was instead dubbed Mavericks.Mavericks is a favorite surfing spot in Northern California.
Following Mavericks was OS X Yosemite, which was named after Yosemite National Park.
And now we have El Capitan, which (despite sounding a bit like a Mexican restaurant) is actually a vertical rock formation located within Yosemite National Park in Mariposa County, California, U.S.
Apple didnt provide a formal reason for why it chose El Capitan, but the rock formation is considered an important California landmark. Hikers know it well, and its even considered one of the best places in the world for rock climbing and base jumping.
Like Mavericks, its a destination for agile and daredevil-ing sport enthusiasts. EL Capitan is a spanish word which means The Captain.
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| OS X 10.11 El Capitan |
OS X 10.11 EL CAPITAN
The first item that Apple showcased was it’s new operating system, called OS X El Capitan. In what would set the tone for the rest of the conference’s developments, El Capitan is less of a revolutionary leap from Yosemite, and more of a refining upgrade. The new operating system will have a few updates that will improve performance.These updates include the ability to pin Safari web pages, so they will automatically load on the opening landing page when you open the browser.
The tabs in Safari will now also let you know which tab is playing audio, much like Google Chrome. El Capitan also improves window management, allowing you to split your screen between apps, and save different desktop layouts in the top navigation bar. Another addition is Metal for Mac. Metal was an iOS exclusive developer tool allowing developers access to OS’ GPU to maximize the graphic capabilities to their games or apps. By moving to Mac as well, Metal will let game and app developers access to the power of El Capitan’s graphics performance when it’s released this fall.
Support list for OS X 10.11
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)
In this preview Im only going to cover the biggest new features, but expect a full review when Mac OS X El Capitan is released this fall. It is, once again, a free upgrade for existing Mac users.
Apple will be making a beta version of the new software available to download on your Mac in July, or you can wait for the full version to arrive in the autumn. Heres how you will be able to get the new version of OS X on your Mac, either as a dual boot partition on your Mac, as a separate install on a external hard drive, or in virtualisation software.
How to get the OS X El Capitan beta
Initially it will only be developers who are members of Apples developer community that will be able to download the software. But Apple is also repeating the successful public beta programme that it ran last year, so consumers will also be able to get their hands on the beta versions of the software in July.
The OS X El Capitan beta has been available to developers since 8 June, if you are signed up to the Apple Developer Program you will be able it download it now. You can now join the OS X and iOS developer programs for a single fee of $99 (£64) a year, rather than joining the two programs for $99 each per year. Developing for the WatchOS is also included in that fee. To join the Apple Developer Program enrol here.
Once you have signed up for the public beta Apple will contact you via email when the software is ready to download.
When you receive the email from Apple there will be a download link and a redeem code. You will be able to download the Mac OS X 10.11 Installation from the App Store.
Follow these instructions to install the beta:
- Open the Install OS X 10.11 Developer Preview file in the Applications folder.
- Click Continue.
- Click Agree and Agree.
- Click Install.
- Enter your Admin password.
However, we dont recommend that you install El Capitan on your main Mac - or if you must, then you should install it on a secondary partition of the Mac or on an external hard drive. Either way, we’d recommend a full back up before you install it.
How to install the OS X El Capitan beta on an external hard drive
To install El Capitan on a external hard drive follow the following guide:
- Connect the external hard drive.
- Open the Install OS X 10.10 Developer Preview file in the Applications folder.
- Click Continue.
- Click Agree and Agree.
- Click Show All Disks.
- Highlight the external hard drive.
- Click Install.
- Enter your Admin password
To run El Capitan, open System Preferences > Startup Disk. Select the drive you wish to start up the Mac and click Restart. You can also hold down Option during startup to pick the drive you wish to use to start up the Mac.
The biggest new features of El Capitan
1. Split View
Who says you can’t focus on two things at once?
OS X Lion brought full screen apps to the Mac; OS X El Capitan will bring a split screen mode for viewing multiple apps at once. Called Split View, you enter the new mode by clicking and holding down on the green full screen button in the apps toolbar. That lets you take whatever app youre working on and dock it to the left or right side of the display.
You can also swap sides for any Split-View app by clicking and dragging on the top bar of an app. Just in case you were curious, menu bars will only be shown for an active app (the one you’re working in) for Split-View. Along with that, Handoff will only function for that active app.
With Split View, you get the best of both. It automatically fills your screen with the two apps you choose. So you can make dinner plans with a friend in Messages while finding the restaurant in Maps. Or work on a document in Pages while doing your research in Safari. All without the distraction of your other open apps, and without having to manually resize and drag windows around. And your desktop is always just a swipe away, so it’s easy to get back to everything else you were doing. The two apps will now be in full-screen mode and you can use the standard three fingered swipe on a trackpad to switch to other desktop spaces. You also can drag the divider in the middle to show more of one window or the other.
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| OS X 10.11 El Capitan Split View |
2. Mission Control
You’ve never been so good at space management.
With El Capitan, Mission Control gets a facelift that Apple says streamlines the experience with a better layout, and will give you easier access to desktop Spaces and full screen apps. In earlier versions, open windows would overlap by application, but now they are displayed separately to make individual windows easier to find. There is also a better interface around Spaces at the top of the screen, so you can click and drag windows onto a separate desktop and manage your full-screen apps.
With a single swipe, all the windows on your desktop arrange themselves in a single layer, with nothing stacked or hidden. Mission Control places your windows in the same relative location, so you can spot the one you’re looking for more quickly. And when you have lots of windows competing for real estate, it’s now even simpler to make more room for them. Just drag any window to the top of your screen, and drop it into a new desktop space. It’s never been this easy to spread out your work.
Mission Control also ties into El Capitan’s new Split-View feature. If you take a second app and drop it over the space first created for a full screen app, Mission Control will create a Split-View of the two apps. These apps will run with full functionality on each side of the screen and the two sides can be resized using the middle bar.
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| OS X 10.11 El Capitan mission control |
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| OS X 10.11 El Capitan mission control |
Calling Mission Control
A three finger swipe upwards on your trackpad, a tap of the Mission Control key (F3) from your keyboard, or a click of the Mission Control icon with your mouse will still take you right to the main view, just as before. But once youre in Mission Control, you have a new way of interacting with your windows.
Instant Desktop
Theres also a new draggable Mission Control shortcut coming to El Cap: Just pull any window to the top of the screen, then drag a little more to reveal the Spaces Bar. From there, you can drop the window where you want it, either full screen, onto an existing full screen app to create a Split View, or onto a new or existing desktop Space.
Find my Cursor
Lost your cursor on your crowded desktop? Just shake your finger back and forth on the trackpad or give your mouse a shake, and the cursor gets bigger so it’s easy to spot.
3. Spotlight as search engine
Even more versatile. And helpful.
Spotlight gets even smarter in El Capitan, delivering results for weather, sports, stocks, web video, and transit information. And now you can ask Spotlight to find a file using natural language — so when you’re looking for something, just type it the way you’d say it.For example, typing in “photos from last year” will display photos from the previous year. It also works with search terms like, “find emails from Anthony.”
Spotlight is also more flexible: You can resize its window to see more results and move it anywhere on your desktop.
Search results from more sources.
Spotlight now searches even more places to give you more useful results. Check up on the latest stock prices, weather conditions and forecasts for your current location or cities around the world, and sports scores, schedules, standings, and athlete information. You can even search for web videos.
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| OS X 10.11 El Capitan Spotlight |
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| OS X 10.11 El Capitan Spotlight |
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| OS X 10.11 El Capitan Spotlight |
Ask in your own words.
Searching for files has never been easier now that Spotlight understands natural language.You can also use more complex searches, like “presentation I worked on yesterday that contains budget,” and you’ll get just what you’re looking for. You can search with your own words in Mail and Finder, too.
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| OS X 10.11 El Capitan Spotlight |
4. Safari gets pinned and Mute the Noisy Tab like in chrome
With OS X El Capitan, the best browser for your Mac brings new tools for better surfing. Now Safari lets you keep favorite websites open and accessible with Pinned Sites.When a website is pinned, it stays up to date in the background, so what youre seeing when you click over to it is always current. Sites like Gmail, Facebook, and Twitter are particularly good uses of this feature, quietly refreshing in the background and always displaying the most recent info.Pinned Sites can be created by clicking on the title bar of an open website and dragging it to the left.While useful, this feature is nothing new, because you already have this functionality in third party browsers like Firefox.
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| Safari in OS X 10.11 El Capitan |
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