You Can Now Download OS X El Capitan — What Do The Reviews Have To Say?
Apple's newest desktop operating system, OS X 10.11 — suavely nicknamed El Capitan after the rock formation in Yosemite — is coming to your computer. Here's what the reviews have to say.
You can download the update here.
'A Modest Update'
OS X El Capitan feels like a modest update after last year's Yosemite release, which ushered in a flat, new design and tighter integration with iOS. If you enjoyed what Yosemite had to offer, you'll appreciate the tweaks here, however minor they may seem.
[Engadget]
'Rock-Solid' (Heh heh…)
Tomorrow, you'll be prompted to update your Macbook or iMac from OS X Yosemite to El Capitan. An iterative update compared to Yosemite's massive overhaul, El Cap still packs some solid features and performance upgrades I think you'll be happy with. It also works seamlessly with iOS — something that may be more of an attractive reason to upgrade.
It's All About The Philosophy
Virtually nobody will feel that their Mac experience has fundamentally changed, instead we'll just see it get slightly nicer… El Capitan is a good update, but the most interesting thing about it isn't the features — it's the philosophy behind them. El Capitan takes the sorts of things that experts have been doing with third-party apps and utilities for years on the Mac and builds them right into the OS.
The Future, And Not Just For Your Computer
Even more than Yosemite, El Capitan feels like Apple has figured out where Mac users now come from. For years, decades even, your Mac was the hub of your life. It was your primary computer. Now, for most people, that's the iPhone. You use other devices, but you increasingly expect the rest of the world to look like your iPhone. And that includes your Mac. That's why El Capitan makes it easier for users to sync their data and settings across all of their devices, and use the same apps the same ways in every place. It makes it easier for developers to build apps for every screen and platform.
[WIRED]
Keeping Up With iOS
The subtle difference in El Capitan is that we're actually seeing new features come to both iOS and OS X at the same time rather than existing on iOS first and then trickling down to the Mac later. Many of the biggest, most noticeable changes here are the same ones you saw in iOS 9 two weeks ago. The new Split Screen multitasking mode, tweaks to multitouch gestures, changes to services like Spotlight , and overhauled apps like Notes all fall into this category. Others, like System Integrity Protection, are merely iOS-inspired.
