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El Capitan
#36199 10/01/15 03:58 PM
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I've now installed El Cap, and as an anecdote (given the age of my MBP mid-2010), I find 10.11 running easily and efficiently.

My aging MBP has only 8GB of RAM, but this is not posing any issues; so, although I don't know precisely, Activity Monitor verifies El Cap is not running with a lot of overhead. I generally keep 3 apps (Safari, Mail, iTunes) continually running, and AM shows just a bit over half of the RAM being used.

Additionally, my MBP's processor is a vintage, 2.66 GHz Dual Core i7.

So anyone with an aging desktop / notebook that's not that much older than mine, I think it fair to say the upgrade to El Capitan is worth considering (even though some of its features will only run on current models).


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Re: El Capitan
pbGuy #36200 10/01/15 04:43 PM
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That's good to know. For those who may need this, see How to Fix OS X El Capitan's Annoyances. I may find that handy if MS Office 2008 and Photoshop CS5 don't work. But, I won't be upgrading to EC until version 10.11.2, in all probability (I like unforeseen bugs to be worked out).


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Re: El Capitan
jchuzi #36244 10/04/15 03:53 PM
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As a PSA, here's a link, to Mac Observer, about doing a clean install:

Clean Install El Capitan


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Re: El Capitan
pbGuy #36268 10/05/15 01:02 PM
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Here's another interesting difference, courtesy of MacIssues, regarding El Capitan:

El Cap & Permissons



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Split Screen
pbGuy #36413 10/12/15 05:18 PM
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A primer courtesy of MacNN...

Split Screen


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pbGuy #36657 10/25/15 01:02 PM
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I downloaded and installed El Capitán this morning. The download was calculated to take 45 minutes but I think it was less than that. The installation took about 30 minutes. Everything went smoothly. I had to reset a few preferences (notably a custom keyboard shortcut for Dashboard) and reinstall Java 6 for Photoshop CS5, plus I had to update two utilities (Cocktail and OnyX), but everything seems to be as I had it in Yosemite.

I'm keeping fingers crossed that nothing major will rear its ugly head. So far, so good.


Jon

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