OS X El Capitan makes working with Mac even more convenient and improves system performance. OS X El Capitan builds on last year’s OS X Yosemite and includes a number of improvements such as better window management, new built-in apps, and improved Spotlight search.
Split View allows you to get the most out of your screen.
Work simultaneously in two applications by opening them side by side on the screen.
Mail improvements.
Manage emails with a swipe gesture on your trackpad, just like you do on your iPhone. Swipe right to mark an email as read or unread, or swipe left to delete it.
Improved full-screen mode allows you to quickly switch between your inbox and drafts.
Notes app: simple, powerful, updated.
Format your notes: add titles, paragraph headings, bulleted and numbered lists, and to-do lists.
Add multimedia content such as photos, videos, documents, PDFs, links, and map coordinates.
Quickly find and view the contents of all notes with the Attachment Browser.
New ways to work with images in the Photos app.
Add and edit location data, change titles, descriptions and keywords for entire groups of photos.
Use third-party extensions to open up new editing possibilities for you.
Safari is the Internet of great opportunities.
With Pinned Sites, your favorite sites will always be open, up to date and accessible.
When reading articles in Reader, choose fonts and themes, such as Sepia or Night.
Mute an individual web page in Safari using the smart search field.
Graphics are even faster thanks to Metal.
Rendering speed and efficiency have been improved at the system level.
Games have become much more realistic and exciting.
Creating content is now even easier thanks to the accelerated work of resource-intensive applications.
Instant solutions to everyday problems.
Launch applications and switch between them quickly and easily.
Open emails and PDF files even faster.
What to do if during the installation of macOS you receive the message: “Unable to verify this copy or an instance of the program”
Version History
Jul 12, 2016 Version 10.11.6
This update is recommended for all OS X El Capitan users.
The OS X El Capitan v10.11.6 Update improves the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, and is recommended for all users.
This update:
Resolves an issue that may prevent settings from being saved in accounts with parental controls enabled.
Resolves an issue that prevented some network devices, such as speakers and multifunction printers, from accessing SMB share points.
Enterprise content:
Improves startup time when connecting to a NetBoot server.
Resolves an issue that may prevent startup from a NetBoot image created with an OS X v10.11.4 or OS X v10.11.5 installer.
Resolves an issue that may cause Active Directory authentication to take longer than expected.
See Apple Security Updates for detailed information about the security content of this update.
