Testseek.co.uk have collected 53 expert reviews of the Apple Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan and the average rating is 85%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Apple Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan.
October 2015
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The editors liked
Despite its somewhat clunky implementation
Split View is a welcome
Sorely needed addition. The ability to easily get a couple of apps side-by-side for an intense multitasking session means there is no need to fiddle with manually resizing and placing wi
Spilt View is useful
Mail adds suggested contacts
Improved Mission Control
It's free
Multitasking improvements
Refreshed Notes app
Snappier performance
Split View
Notes app much more powerful
Safari mute button
Very fast and responsive
Superior usability to Yosemite
Pinned tabs for Safari
Performance boosts for older Macs
Great improvements to Safari
Spotlight is smarter
Faster performance
Frequent updates and fixes
Improved Notes app
System font
'Shake to find' cursor feature
The editors didn't like
Despite its utility
Split View feels cumbersome compared to Microsoft's implementation in Windows. Anyone that has used Snap on Windows 7
8 or 10 is likely familiar with the simple click-and-drag gesture used to invoke it
And Apple would have done well
Spotlight not as good as Siri
Split View is fiddly
Performance increase is minor
Clumsy Split View controls
Modest app updates
No blockbuster new features
Some performance issues
Directions limited to London
Split screen functionality isn't that useful
Not convinced by split-screen
Some minor bugs
Where's Siri
Some features remain buggy and unreliable four months on
There's a lot to like about El Capitan, not least the price. As a free upgrade it's a no-brainer, and though there might not be any one headline feature or improvement, it polishes away some of the rawer edges that were left behind in Yosemite. You might...
El Capitan translates to "The Captain" or "The Chief" and represents the heights of Yosemite. OS X El Capitan aspires to the same. It takes everything that was great about 10.10 and tries to make it better for 10.11...
Enlarge / Putting El Capitan through its paces on a wide range of hardware.Andrew Cunninghamreader comments 325Share this storyPoor OS X can't get no respect.Apple's Mac operating system has been playing second fiddle to the iPhone since 2007, when Leopar...
Published: 2015-09-29, Author: Jason , review by: macworld.com
Enhancements make Mission Control more useful, Split View cleverly implemented, Expanded Spotlight functionality, Safari 9 pinned sites and tab muting, Mail opitmizations
Maps transit information limited to a few regions, Waiting for apps enhanced for Metal, Spotlight data sources need to be tightened up, Quirks when using Split View
It's not the most exciting word, but I keep coming back to routine as a way of describing the upgrade to El Capitan. These days, OS X updates are free, are compatible with pretty much every Mac that could run the previous version, bring with them all...
Split view, Empowers regular users, Works best for iPhone users
Spotlight isn't Siri (yet?), Mail isn't quite there yet, Works best for iPhone users
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Abstract: El Capitan is a rock formation inside the Yosemite National Park, and OS X El Capitan is, as its name suggests, an enhancement to Yosemite, in the same way as Snow Leopard offered an enhancement to Leopard. Apple's primary focus with this release is to be...
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Published: 2015-06-15, Author: Andrew , review by: arstechnica.com
EnlargeApplereader commentsShare this storyOS X releases of the modern, post-iPhone era are either "feature" releases or "consolidation" releases. All new OS X versions leave their mark on the operating system, but feature releases usually make bigger cha...
OS X El Capitan takes the foundation set in place by Yosemite and builds upon it ever so slightly. There are no revolutionary new features or redesigns to be found here, but the tweaks and polish make it a solid update worth grabbing...
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Published: 2015-10-05, Author: Jason , review by: macworld.com.au
It's not the most exciting word, but I keep coming back to routine as a way of describing the upgrade to El Capitan. These days, OS X updates are free, are compatible with pretty much every Mac that could run the previous version, bring with them all the...
