Apple announced a handful of new products during its iPhone 6s event today, but left out new information about the OS X El Capitan release date.
Apple has given a quick release date for iOS 9, which will be available to the public on September 16, about a week before the iPhone 6s launch. However, there was no mention of OS X El Capitan.
This may be because Apple has never focused on the Mac platform, while iOS has a large stake in the iPhone. We’re not entirely sure how Apple plans to announce the OS X El Capitan release date, as it usually does this during the annual iPad event, and it might not even be this year.
However, during today’s Apple keynote, the company came up with a clever way to officially announce the release date of OS X El Capitan. During the demo on the stage where the iPhone 6s showcased the 3D Touch screen, the company showed a sample email with “Apple Confidential and Super Secret” showing the OS X El Capitan release date set for September 30 on the big screen. ” is written as a fun little joke underneath.
So while Apple hasn’t made a huge deal on the release date of the new OS X El Capitan, it looks like users will be able to access OS X El Capitan before this month is up, which is much earlier than before. past OS X versions have arrived. OS X Yosemite was usually released in October last year when Apple released its desktop operating system.
OS X El Capitan will keep the same overall look and feel as OS X Yosemite, but will come with a few additional features. There’s nothing big in OS X El Capitan, but there are a number of minor features that make it a nice upgrade for Mac users.
Some of the new features in OS X El Capitan include a better Spotlight Search where you get more information at your fingertips when searching for something, as well as new swipe gestures that you can use in different stock apps. You can swipe the email as well as in Safari, where you can swipe to pin tabs and hide them until you need them later.
There’s even a new split-screen feature that allows users to quickly and easily split windows into two different panes and somehow multitask, similar to Windows’ Snap feature, which was hugely popular in Microsoft’s operating system. Mac users have been able to do this for a while, but only with the help of third-party software that you can download for free.
There are some other minor features as well, which are by no means entirely great, but many users will be excited about them. For starters, there’s a new feature that lets you find your mouse cursor faster. Swipe your finger back and forth on the trackpad, and the cursor will get larger so it’s easier to find.
Apple has also focused on performance so that OS X El Capitan can outperform Yosemite on your Mac, delivering up to 1.4x faster app launch and up to 2x faster app switching. Of course, we’ll have to test this ourselves to see if the new OS X version lives up to its claims.
Luckily, Mac machines that can run OS X Yosemite can run OS X El Capitan; this is something that doesn’t happen very often as a new version of the software will only support newer devices and leave older devices behind.
