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OS X El Capitan
Version of the macOS operating system
OS X El Capitan desktop
Developer
Apple Inc.
OS family
Macintosh
Unix[1]
Source model
Closed, with open source components
General availability
September 30, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-09-30)
Latest release
10.11.6 (15G22010) / July 9, 2018; 5 years ago (2018-07-09)
Update method
Mac App Store
Platforms
x86-64
Kernel type
Hybrid (XNU)
License
APSL and Apple EULA
Preceded by
OS X Yosemite
Succeeded by
macOS Sierra
Official website
OS X - Overview - Apple at the Wayback Machine (archived September 2, 2016)
Tagline
There's more to love with every click.
Support status
Obsolete, unsupported as of October 2018. iTunes is no longer being updated, but is able to download driver updates to sync to newer devices.[2]
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OS X El Capitan (/ɛlˌkæpɪˈtɑːn/el KAP-i-TAHN) (version 10.11) is the twelfth major release of macOS (named OS X at the time of El Capitan's release), Apple Inc.'s desktop and server operating system for Macintosh. It focuses mainly on performance, stability, and security.[3] Following the California location-based naming scheme introduced with OS X Mavericks, El Capitan was named after a rock formation in Yosemite National Park. El Capitan is the final version to be released under the name OS X. OS X El Capitan received far better reviews than Yosemite.
The first beta of OS X El Capitan was released to developers shortly following the WWDC keynote on June 8, 2015.[4] The first public beta was made available on July 9, 2015.[5] There were multiple betas released after the keynote. OS X El Capitan was released to end users on September 30, 2015, as a free upgrade through the Mac App Store.[6]
OS X El Capitan is the final version of OS X to support Aluminum Macs and Xserve, as its successor, macOS Sierra drops support for the mid 2007 and final models.
^"OS X version 10.11 El Capitan on Intel-based Mac computers". The Open Group. Archived from the original on October 15, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
^"iTunes – Apple". Archived from the original on November 7, 2006. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
^Cha, Bonnie (June 8, 2015). "Apple Announces OS X El Capitan, With Focus on Performance, Experience". Re/code. Archived from the original on June 9, 2015.
^"Apple refines its computer software further with Mac OS X 'El Capitan'". Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
^Cunningham, Andrew (July 9, 2015). "The OS X El Capitan public beta arrives: Where to get it and how to install it". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on May 25, 2017.
^Mayo, Benjamin (September 30, 2015). "Apple releases OS X El Capitan, featuring full-screen Split View, new Notes, revamped Spotlight Search, Safari 9 and more". 9to5Mac. Archived from the original on October 1, 2015.
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