Apple Releases OS X 10.11.5 El Capitan With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements

[MacRumors]

Apple today released OS X 10.11.5 to the public, marking the launch of the fifth update to the El Capitan operating system that was first released on September 30, 2015. OS X 10.11.5 comes nearly two months after the release of OS X 10.11.4, an update that introduced Live Photos for Messages and password protected notes in the Notes app.

The OS X 10.11.5 update can be downloaded through the Software Update mechanism in the Mac App Store. It is available to all OS X El Capitan users.

Most of the updates to OS X El Capitan have focused largely on under-the-hood improvements, bug fixes, and security enhancements rather than outward-facing changes, and OS X 10.11.5 is no exception. No obvious feature changes were discovered in the beta, and according to Apple's release notes, OS X 10.11.5 includes bug fixes, performance improvements, and security updates.

Prior to releasing the OS X 10.11.5 update, which has been in testing since April 6, Apple seeded four betas to developers and public beta testers.

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[chrismail627]

Any little bit helps...downloading right now.

 

[SSD-GUY]

10.12 will soon grace us.

 

[adamjackson]

758 Megabytes on my Retina late-2013 MBP on 10.11.4.

 

[jdillings]

So no new iTunes yet?

 

[efktd]

I hope this fixes the issue where my iMac randomly looses it, freezes and restarts all by itself. A $3,000 machine shouldn't do this, especially in the middle of work.

 

[2ilent8cho]

Does this mean we will see a 10.11.6 ? As 10.10.5 was released in Aug 15, with 10.10.4 released in June 2015.

 

[AdamskiUK]

I think 10.10.4 has a fix in it for a problem I'm facing with my external delay, but it's exam season and I just can't afford to update - I just don't trust Apple to not crash OSX anymore. Sad.

 

[velcrovan]

Any word on whether this fixes (or attempts to fix) the system freeze issues from 10.11.4 on 13" rMBPs?

 

[acctman]

so will my rMBP finally shut down properly?

 

[kevinkyoo]

God, any picture of any MacBooks on MacRumors will make me jump a little

 

[ArtOfWarfare]

Has Apple been better at releasing more timely bug fixes this year than they've been for the past few years?

With 10.11, Apple has had 6 releases in 8 months.
With 10.10, Apple had 6 releases in 11 months.
With 10.9, Apple had 6 releases in 12 months.

If Apple keeps up the current pace, they could hit 10.11.7 before moving on to 10.12. Might be a more stable version than they've had in a long time...

 

[Unggoy Murderer]

I've been having issues with Safari, where it appears to be unresponsive for a second, particularly while scrolling. Really hope it's fixed!

 

[Populus]

Any mac freezing -with final 10.11.5- so far?

 

[TheRainKing]

I'll wait and see what new bugs have been found before updating.

 

[Michaelgtrusa]

I will update soon.

 

[HallStevenson]

758 Megabytes on my Retina late-2013 MBP on 10.11.4.

Does the download file vary ? I have an '09 iMac - can't get much different than your '13 MBP - and my download is 758mb as well.

 

[alphaod]

I think 10.10.4 has a fix in it for a problem I'm facing with my external delay, but it's exam season and I just can't afford to update - I just don't trust Apple to not crash OSX anymore. Sad.

Did 10.11.3 cause your display to shut off and then never wake back up?

 

[jjini]

Any word on whether this fixes (or attempts to fix) the system freeze issues from 10.11.4 on 13" rMBPs?

Unfortunately nothing like that is mentioned in the update log but I really it fixes this issue. It's been annoying me for quite some time now...

 

[nemguy]

Still in Yosemite 10.10.5...let see how this 10.11.5 behave so, I can decide if I move to El Capitan...

 

[sparky1499]

Is the combo update available yet?

 

[adamjackson]

Does the download file vary ? I have an '09 iMac - can't get much different than your '13 MBP - and my download is 758mb as well.

Traditionally, the size does vary depending on your device. Alternatively, anyone with an OS update earlier than the last GM will have a larger one since Apple publishes Mutli-updates for earlier OS versions. So if you were running 10.11.3, you'd have everything included in x.x.4 and x.x.5.

 

[macpeach55]

Updated on two machines no problems

 

[alexcanton]

downloaded through the Software Update mechanism in the Mac App Store

Who on earth is writing this?

 

[awests]

Is anyone else having trouble updating? Download gets to a random point and then just stops.