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Apple Releases OS X El Capitan Golden Master to Developers Ahead of September 30 Launch
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The Beta credentials don't carry over from one OS PB to the next PB .. only that OS even through .0 -.5 or longer ... So the next OS Beta for PB you'll need new credentials for that PB..
Running the OS X El Capitan GM now on my mid-2011 iMac.
Performance has never been so good.
Snow Yosemite????
OS X El Capitan is undoubtably Yosemite done right
The best OS X release since Snow Leopard by a country mile
Performance has never been so good.
Snow Yosemite????
OS X El Capitan is undoubtably Yosemite done right
The best OS X release since Snow Leopard by a country mile
Right-o, thanks.
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I went ahead and made a separate partition to test the GM Candidate (Build a) and it was very stable. No crashes or bugs to speak of. However the Feedback app was still visible, which clearly suggests that Apple is not quite done yet. With that in mind I will hold off until the final GM build is released before I properly upgrade from Yosemite to El Capitan.
Hello, i just wonder if i update my OS X to el captain gm version will everything i have on the hard drive dissepear?
Or can i update safe and without any lose?
Sorry for my bad english, I'm from sweden!
Alex
Or can i update safe and without any lose?
Sorry for my bad english, I'm from sweden!
Alex
Hello, i just wonder if i update my OS X to el captain gm version will everything i have on the hard drive dissepear?
Or can i update safe and without any lose?
Sorry for my bad english, I'm from sweden!
Alex
If you do an update to El Capitan everything will stay .. if you do Clean install to El Capitan then you start clean but all your apps n settings are wiped..
Inside of the installer process windows there should be (Upgrade or Clean install option ) << i'm going off my memory .. The only way I've done is Upgrade process starting all the way back to Tiger (10.4) to Leopard (10.5) to now ...
Someone on here will tweak my post for not giving the proper OS update process steps ... Like I said i'm going from memory ..
Edit: Backup your stuff even before you install on your main drive so you don't lose your files by system crash or something .. Always backup your stuff either TimeMachine or Cloud Backup service ... Backup routine always should be part anyones computing routine on Windows or Mac or Linux ...
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Yes - I just did it and it works. Here's how:
Restart the computer, while booting hold down Opt or Command-R to boot into recovery mode.
Once booted, navigate to the "Utilities > Terminal" in the top menu bar.
Enter csrutil disable in the terminal window and hit the return key.
Restart the machine and System Integrity Protection will now be disabled.
To reenable System Integrity Protection follow the steps above, except use the csrutil enable command
Once booted, navigate to the "Utilities > Terminal" in the top menu bar.
Enter csrutil disable in the terminal window and hit the return key.
Restart the machine and System Integrity Protection will now be disabled.
To reenable System Integrity Protection follow the steps above, except use the csrutil enable command
from http://www.quora.com/How-do-I-turn-off-the-rootless-in-OS-X-El-Capitan-10-11
I Disabled rootless and successfully modified a kext to disable the mouse functionality of the magic trackpad so I can use it as a musical controller. Been applying this hack since 10.8, but apple keeps making it more difficult with each OS release lately…
Thank you.
They better unofficially work towards at least not breaking it for some decent time to come post-Yosemite or they will harvest some strong music.
Well, certainly taught me where I can and can't rely on Apple. It's sad, but the magic slowly fades away.
Glassed Silver:mac
Given that it's a low-level API that's pretty much tightly integrated into even the rendering of system interface elements, it has likely been in El Capitan since the earilest beta.
Something like this can't be added in at any random point in development.
Oh ok I didn't know that. Thats quite bad for me because I still experience some UI lag on EL capitan.
Well, the requirements for Metal are greater than the base requirements for El Capitan itself.
It may be possible that your Mac is simply just too old to be able to support the API.
I don't recall the requirements for Metal, but I'm sure you can find them somewhere.
Actually I bought a 2015 Macbook Pro Retina so that shouldn't be the problem.
I also connected to my macbook a 4K Display what experiences the most UI lag. That shouldn't really happen especially if apples support site states that you connect a 4K display with a Macbook Pro.
Right-o, thanks.
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I went ahead and made a separate partition to test the GM Candidate (Build a) and it was very stable. No crashes or bugs to speak of. However the Feedback app was still visible, which clearly suggests that Apple is not quite done yet. With that in mind I will hold off until the final GM build is released before I properly upgrade from Yosemite to El Capitan.
After 2 days of big trouble I am back on my MacMini now. I wiped HD made new install of El Capitan it worked , Restored my Account from Time machine - BAD KERNEL PANIC right on start even before selection of users. Wiped HD again , loaded only Documents and programms , no settings , same KERNEL PANIC . So finally in save mode I looked for system extension in system settings and suspected either Fuse OSX or Tuxera , deleting both fixed everything !
The visual lag may be due to the refresh rate of the output, and there is nothing you can do.
From the Tech Specs page on the Apple site, it seems that 4K is locked to a refresh rate of:
30Hz for 3840x2160
24Hz for 4096x2160
This is below the 60Hz possible with 1920x1080.
These informations relate to a connection with a hdmi cable:
30Hz for 3840x2160
24Hz for 4096x2160
When you look closer on the support site you can also see this :
With OS X Yosemite v10.10.3 and later, most single-stream 4K (3840x2160) displays are supported at 60Hz on the following Mac computers:
- MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)
- MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014 and later)
- Mac Pro (Late 2013)
- iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014 and later)
- MacBook Air (Early 2015
My macbook pro 15 inch 2015 should be perfectly fine running a 4K monitor but how far support goes as apple states?
I don't know really if support means that you could handle a 4K monitor without any lagging in the UI or is it just about displaying the resolution.
The funny thing is that there is no UI lag when I am setting the standard (3840 x 2160 ) resolution what is actually unusable of because of the small icons, text and so on. In contrary to this scaled resolutions just don't work well
I think I know what's going on now.
It would seem that the output is only optimised properly for 3840x2160.
Support usually does only refer to the ability to display a resolution. Some PC displays can actually show resolutions above their native, but it's not usually recommended to use them.
There are things you can do to make 3840x2160 more bearable.
-Increase Cursor Size (System Preferences > Accessibility > Display)
-Increase Icon and Text Size. (Any Folder > Right/Control-click > Show View Options)
Thanks man I really appreciate your help
This is a great idea but the text size in any application remains still the same what is so exhausting to read. I actually found a interesting information about metal but I am not really sure if this is still the case(post is about 3 months old): https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/39io36/metal_supported_gpus_and_no_actual_metal/