OS X El Capitan

OS X El Capitan makes working on your Mac even more convenient and significantly boosts overall system performance. Mac OS X El Capitan was built upon the foundation of the previous year's OS X Yosemite and includes a number of meaningful improvements: more intuitive window management, brand-new built-in applications, and a substantially enhanced Spotlight search experience.

Split View mode allows you to make the most efficient use of your Mac screen.

Work simultaneously in two applications by placing them side by side on your display.

Improvements to the Mail application.

Manage your emails using swipe gestures on your trackpad — exactly the way you already do it on your iPhone. Swipe right to mark a message as read or unread, or swipe left to delete it entirely.

The improved full-screen mode lets you quickly switch between your inbox folder and your drafts with ease.

The Notes application: simple, powerful, and completely redesigned.

Format your notes by adding titles, paragraph headings, bulleted and numbered lists, as well as convenient to-do checklists.

Attach rich multimedia content such as photographs, videos, documents, PDF files, web links, and map location coordinates.

Quickly find and browse through the contents of all your notes using the convenient attachments browser.

New ways to work with images in the Photos application on your Mac.

Add and edit location data, change titles, descriptions, and keywords for entire groups of photographs at once.

Take advantage of third-party developer extensions that unlock entirely new editing capabilities for your images.

Safari — the internet with greater possibilities for your Mac.

With the Pinned Sites feature, your favorite websites will always remain open, up to date, and instantly accessible.

When reading articles in Reader, choose your preferred fonts and themes, such as "Sepia" or "Night" for comfortable viewing.

Mute audio on any individual web page in Safari using the smart search field in the toolbar.

Graphics have become even faster thanks to Metal technology.

Rendering speed and efficiency have been improved at the core system level across your Mac.

Games have become significantly more realistic and immersive than ever before.

Creating content is now even easier thanks to the accelerated performance of resource-intensive applications on your Mac.

Instant solutions for your everyday tasks when you download OS X El Capitan.

Launch applications and switch between them smoothly and quickly on your Mac.

Open your email messages and PDF files even faster than before with this OS X El Capitan download.