Apple Announces OS X El Capitan With Split View, Contextual Spotlight, Updated Apps and More, Launches in Fall

[jaw04005]

What's AirPlay video? Being able to finally stream Web video from a Mac to an Apple TV perhaps?

 

[Psyfuzz]

View attachment 559559 What's AirPlay video? Being able to finally stream Web video from a Mac to an Apple TV perhaps?

It's being able to stream just video content to Apple TV via Airplay instead of the entire desktop, they mention it on the website:

http://www.apple.com/osx/elcapitan-preview/

 

[Candlelight]

They called it El Capitan because it still involves OS X Yosemite and obviously El Capitan is part of Yosemite National park. i.e Leopard > Snow Leopard, Lion > Mountain Lion etc. A new area will be picked if its a major release like new features, ui, etc.

10.12 - Redwood
10.13 - Tree Trunk

 

[FriendlyMackle]

How long are they gonna stick with "OS X"? Been what... 14 years now?

Perhaps we'll see OS X 10.25 in 2029.

 

[iGeek2014]

I've been using Hyperdock for a while to snap my windows in OS X so it looks like that's an app I'll be uninstalling this Autumn.

 

[Eggin]

Er... I hope Apple got their money back on the name! El Capitan..?! What the heck is that?

 

[Renzatic]

Er... I hope Apple got their money back on the name! El Capitan..?! What the heck is that?

It's Spanish for "The Capitan".

 

[oliversl]

OSX new version name: El Capitan
You can make this stuff up.

 

[GhostRaider]

Er... I hope Apple got their money back on the name! El Capitan..?! What the heck is that?

The big rock that you see in the Yosemite wallpaper. It's a real name. Or in english The Captain.

 

[asiga]

When the new Mac Pro was announced in WWDC 2013, the keynote talked of how developers could unleash the compute power of the dual GPUs by saying "you know you should be using OpenCL" (sic). Now it's WWDC 2015, and Apple says "no, hmm, wait, don't use OpenCL, use Metal".

That's not serious, Apple, not serious. Even the "El Capitan" name is more serious than what you're doing to the standards you helped establish.

 

[spatlese44]

Looks like anyone running Yosemite can run El Capitan.

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2015/0...ite-or-ios-8-it-can-run-el-capitan-and-ios-9/

 

[AustinIllini]

View attachment 559559 What's AirPlay video? Being able to finally stream Web video from a Mac to an Apple TV perhaps?

That's almost certainly what that is. Mirroring works okay as is, but I would prefer an airplay icon on all my major videos online.

 

[steve333]

Safari-How about letting us clear the browsing history without wiping out everything else!?
Safari is the only browser without any options in that area and it's ludicrous

 

[ck2875]

Not sure how I feel about the new iTunes logo:

 

[n-evo]

How long are they gonna stick with "OS X"? Been what... 14 years now?

Guess what, Windows NT (the foundation of a Windows 10) is even older.

 

[Zarniwoop]

We'll find out soon. Before that, some clues.

On apple.com website it says:

"Metal speeds system-level graphics rendering by up to 50 percent (Footnote: Testing conducted by Apple in May 2015 using 2.7GHz Intel Core i5-based 13-inch MacBook Pro systems with 128GB of flash storage and 8GB of RAM. Tested with prerelease OS X v10.11. Not all features are available on all devices. Performance will vary based on system configuration, application workload, and other factors.)

...as well as making it up to 40 percent more efficient. (Footnote: Testing conducted by Apple in May 2015 using 2.2GHz Intel Core i7-based 15-inch MacBook Pro systems with 256GB of flash storage and 16GB of RAM. Tested with prerelease OS X v10.11. Not all features are available on all devices. Performance will vary based on system configuration, application workload, and other factors.)

...Metal allows the main processor and graphics processor to work more effectively together, boosting high-performance apps. And Metal is designed to be great for games, improving draw call performance by up to 10x and paving the way for new levels of realism and detail. (Footnote: Testing conducted by Apple in May 2015 using 2.7GHz Intel Core i5-based 13-inch MacBook Pro systems with 128GB of flash storage and 8GB of RAM. Tested with prerelease OS X v10.11. Not all features are available on all devices. Performance will vary based on system configuration, application workload, and other factors.)

...UP TO 4x FASTER PDF OPENING IN PREVIEW (Footnote: Testing conducted by Apple in May 2015 using 2.7GHz Intel Core i5-based 13-inch MacBook Pro systems with 128GB of flash storage and 8GB of RAM. Tested with prerelease OS X v10.11 and shipping OS X v10.10.3. Not all features are available on all devices. Performance will vary based on system configuration, application workload, and other factors.)"

In addition what I wrote, there is this:
https://developer.apple.com/library....11/index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40016209

Developer Beta System Requirements
The OS X v10.11 Developer Beta supports the following Macs:

• iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
  
  
• MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
  
  
• MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
  
  
• Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
  
  
• MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
  
  
• Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
  
  
• Xserve (Early 2009)

So, El Capitan boots in old hardware, BUT Metal will work only in certain hardware. So far, only Intel Haswell and Broadwell are confirmed on Apple's test reports...

 

[Jovian9]

Here's to hoping this is a refinement OSX update. Yosemite has been one of the buggiest OSX versions I've ever used (and I've been using OSX since the beginning....dual booting OSX and OS9 for awhile). I've done multiple clean installs on my systems and still have random issues. /fingers crossed

 

[Zarniwoop]

Double

 

[Nozuka]

"And use AirPlay to stream video from a web page to your HDTV." finally!

 

[Newfiebill]

Still no Siri?

Yes, really disappointed we don't see SIRI integration this time around. I've been using Windows 10 for a few weeks and like the Cortana. It's not quite Prime Time but very useful. I really thought that with Windows 10 coming in July (29th) boasting Cortana that Mac OS X would be a no brainer..... oh well.

 

[koolaid-drinker]

OSX 10.11 Yosemite ?

They still haven't changed the official name yet.

 

[Michaelgtrusa]

I head him say the news app in 10.11.

 

[poppy10]

Wow. Totally ripped off Aero Snap from Windows Vista (2006) and side by side multitasking is a carbon-copy of the Windows 8 feature.

How times have changed...

 

[tigress666]

So does this new MacOS run better than this last one? The last one Safari crashes more often and it loads longer and it just doesn't run as smoothly or fast as the one that came on it (My mac is a 2014 retina macbook pro that ran great until I loaded the new OS on it).

I wish I had done like some one else and stayed on Mavericks rather than update to Yosemite. The features were nice but I miss this computer being almost as fast as an ipad to load up and not pausing for memory usage every so often (I mean it has 16 gbs of ram, it shouldn't be runnign out and even when it does the pause thing it doesn't claim to be using all of it).

 

[smartalic34]

Could Apple seriously not come up with a more appealing name than "El Capitan"? That is the worst name for an OS in my opinion. Good thing it's features amke up for it's un-impressive name. Anyway, anyone know if those who are current Public Beta testers for Yosemite will automatically be able to beta test El Capitan, or will we have to re-register?

There aren't too many Yosemite-related names they could have used. Sure, there are sequoias in the park, but the link isn't as strong. Half Dome is the other topographical feature, but that name is arguably even worse for an OS. Just like Snow Leopard followed Leopard, Mountain Lion followed Lion, 10.11 is an optimization of Yosemite and I've yet to see a better Yosemite-related name than El Capitan (which, by itself, is a poor choice, but nice that they were able to relate the OS to its sire, so to speak).

The minor features aren't worthy of a new, strong name anyway. OS X Sequioa, featuring a few window management changes. Doesn't work.