- #SMART NOTEBOOK DOWNLOAD FOR MAC EL CAPITAN UPDATE#
- #SMART NOTEBOOK DOWNLOAD FOR MAC EL CAPITAN UPGRADE#
Handoff also requires an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with a Lightning connector and iOS 8 or later. Handoff and Instant Hotspot are supported by the following Mac models: I do have broadband - nominally - but it’s a rural satellite service, reliable but not very speedy.
#SMART NOTEBOOK DOWNLOAD FOR MAC EL CAPITAN UPGRADE#
If you don’t have broadband access, you can upgrade your Mac at any Apple Store, but in my case, that’s 150 miles away, so not much help. Some features require an Apple ID and for online download and other requirements you need Internet access. Minimum system requirements to support a free upgrade to El Capitan are: OS X v10.6.8 or later, 2 GB of system memory, 8.8 GB of available storage drive free space. MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer) And miribile dictu, El Capitan is supported by my ancient MacBook, along with most Mac computers introduced in 2007 or later - specifically:
#SMART NOTEBOOK DOWNLOAD FOR MAC EL CAPITAN UPDATE#
I’m still running OS X 10.10 Yosemite on the MacBook Air, and am resolved to wait until the first bugfix update build at least before committing to an OS X 10.11 El Capitan upgrade on my main machine, but I’ve been curious about El Capitan, which has been described as being analogical to what Snow Leopard was to the preceding OS X 10.5 Leopard - ie: no major new features but more a general refinement, optimization, and bugfix build.
However, I never liked it as much as I do Snow Leopard, and I hadn’t booted up from it for nearly two years until last week. I’ve also had OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion installed on the MacBook’s second hard drive partition for several years now, and it got some use before the MacBook Air replaced the MacBook as my number one Mac. Up to now I’ve stuck mainly with OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard on the MacBook, a rock-solid stable OS, and the last OS X version that supports Carbon applications ported from Mac Power PC days - including several software tools for which I’ve never found satisfactory OS X native substitutes. The old MacBook is still amply fast for most of my needs, I don’t mind the 1280 x 800 resolution display, and I like the keyboard better than the one in the Air. However, my late-2008 Core 2 Duo aluminum MacBook still gets a lot of use. I was a fan of the Mac as digital hub concept. My 13-inch MacBook Air is my main anchor Mac these days - my “digital hub” to borrow out-of-date Steve Jobsian terminology. Should You Upgrade Your Older Mac To El Capitan? – The ‘Book Mystique