Table of Contents
Introduction........................................................... 9
1...... OS X El Capitan has arrived! What’s inside?...... 10
Similar look—but with new features....................................... 11
2...... Prepare your upgrade..................................... 12
Inform yourself about any bugs............................................... 12
Can your Mac run El Capitan?.................................................. 12
Check for updates to apps you need........................................ 14
Clean up your Mac................................................................... 15
Most important: Take care of a backup................................... 16
3...... Upgrading to El Capitan made easy.................. 19
Step 1: Obtaining the installer................................................. 19
Step 2: Installing OS X El Capitan............................................. 20
4...... Better multitasking with Split View................... 23
Accessing Split View from your desktop.................................. 23
Via Mission Control.................................................................. 25
5...... Increased usability for your mouse.................. 26
6...... Browse smarter with the new Safari................. 28
Pin favourite sites to your browser......................................... 28
Unpin sites from Safari....................................................... 29
Mute sounds in tabs................................................................ 29
Get a grey background for the Reader.................................... 30
7...... Spotlight, re-invented for El Capitan................. 32
Weather info with Spotlight.................................................... 32
Find videos on the web............................................................ 33
Resize the Spotlight panel....................................................... 34
8...... Discovering more new features, under the hood35
Revamped Notes app............................................................... 35
Your notes with interactive attachments........................... 36
Better formatting tools....................................................... 36
The same notes, everywhere.............................................. 37
Enhancements in Mail............................................................. 37
Swipe gestures.................................................................... 38
9...... Top tips to speed up your work....................... 39
Renaming files and folders via the context menu................... 39
Copy path to a file to the clipboard......................................... 40
Combine Spotlight with dictation............................................ 40
Keep track of your friends........................................................ 41
10... Installing El Capitan from a bootable USB drive. 42
What you’ll need...................................................................... 42
Creating the drive: Step-by-step.............................................. 43
Installing El Capitan from the USB drive................................. 44
11... Windows 10 and OS X El Capitan—contrasting.. 45
12... Get El Capitan features for your Yosemite Mac.. 46
Split view.................................................................................. 46
Finding your mouse cursor....................................................... 47
Weather and more web queries with Spotlight...................... 48