The time is almost over when Pro version of Apple’s new operating system macOS Sierra is about to be publically available. There are a lot of expectations from this new version hence for Yosemite and earlier user’s OS X El Capitan can be considered as a good deal than to be waiting for macOS Sierra. Here we can discuss the pros and cons of upgrading to OS X El Capitan. These points include advantages of installing OS X El Capitan and disadvantages of it.

Advantages Of Upgrading To OS X EI Capitan

Performance Improvement:

It is the major attraction in El Capitan as it offers range and variety of features to support easy functioning. As per the information available with the users, El Capitan is faster and more responsive than its previous Yosemite version. It offers better performance when it comes to switching apps, launching apps, open PDF file format, faster display of first mail messages etc. The new user interface on Mac OS X El Capitan optimizes the iOS9 which makes it more user-friendly compared to Yosemite. It definitely saves a lot of time and efforts of users.

Improved Language Support:

This is the another advantage of updating to this 10.11.4 version as it offers enhanced international language support. Apart from San Francisco font, Japanese, and Chinese character based languages are added to this version as language enhancements.

Spotlight Enhancements:

Users are allowed to re-size and move the Spotlight window around the screen as the Spotlight feature has become even smarter and more flexible. Another important facility it offers is now users can write queries in natural language. This suggests that users can track down the mail messages and document easily without entering any complicated Boolean operator. Many new services like Apple Maps, videos, weather information, stocks and other information are all available in Spotlight.

Mission Management Improvements:

- Mission Control: This OS version offers full-screen tweaks and specific mission control features. Mission Control displays the name of the existing applications at the top of the screen page replacing the thumbnail feature of Yosemite. You can use Mission control to have a quick view of apps and easily switch in between the open apps. Here windows are separated rather than overlapping each other like that in Yosemite.

- Split View: Split View mode allows users to place two windows without resizing them manually. You can run two full-screen apps side-by-side using this feature. It can be very useful when working simultaneously on two windows.

Improved Security:

El Capitan definitely offers extended security features and makes work on it more secured. It restricts third party software thus your system may need to cope with fewer bugs and other threats. It offers double-coding system and several passwords encrypted recognition security features to make it more secured. These security features can help you improve your user experience on the system.

Detailed Maps Services:

El Capitan offers enhanced maps with maximum public transit information on it. It offers in-built public transport maps, schedules, and directions. Using this you can plan your route with few clicks.

Enhanced Mail functions:

You can now read or manage the emails better on Mac OS X El Capitan with new Swipe gesture and improved full-screen support. You can use your inbox to manage your contacts and calendar events. You can mark mail read or unread with a single swipe.

Disadvantages

Map transit information is limited which can be enhanced.
Spotlight data sources required being tightened up.
Issues when using Split view.
Third-party apps could be incompatible.
Mac drains the battery and gets hot.
Compatibility issues with Word 2016.
Safari fails to save the cookie for some websites.
Safari crashes sometimes for certain page elements.

Despite having minor problems it has not major issues which cannot be solved. In fact, these minor issues don’t affect users significantly. With the better operating system, you can avert certain issues like disk getting full where it shows messages like ‘startup disk is almost full’ and others. Overall, the advantages OS X El Capitan offers are impressive and effective with the new operating system version. It helps you improve your work quality and saves your time.

About the Author:

Yogesh Sharma is working at Systweak Software, as an SEO analyst and technical Content Writer. His forte of writing is ransomware, virus, windows and mac and he is keen interested in writing other technical blogs.

Should Have Apps For Mac OS X Users

Finding the best applications is sometimes quite difficult. So the people who are Mac OS X users and looking for the best apps for their Mac so don’t panic. Here I’m sharing my gathered list of applications that every Mac OS X user should have.

For Emails:

1. AirMail

Airmail app is a very simplified for those who are connected with the world of internet. The app is newly designed as Yosemite. It’s design and style very similar to the Yosemite theme. Basically, this app is helpful for quick mailing, messages, data uploading to Google Drive, Dropbox, CloudApp etc. If we talk about its visuality so theme is multiple and simple from every terms.

2. Mac Mail

Mac Mail is an officially provided app, as we know. People prefer to use this app, but not all. This app has several shortcomings and deficiencies which make this lower class app as compared as other apps. But still people use it and they believe that this is the best and trusted among all.

For Pictures & Images:

1. Inkscape

Inkscape is an open source drawing app with different and unexpected features. Some supported SVG features are included in latest version like basic shapes, markers, transforms, grouping, text, paths etc.

Further, Inkscape also supports creative common meta-data, node editing, layers, complex path operations, text-on-path and SVG XML editing. It also imports several formats like EPS, postscript, JPEG, PNG, BMP and TIFF and exports PNG as well as multiple vector-based formats.

2. Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop, who isn’t familiar from this app. One of the most popular and preferred application in the world. The latest one is Adobe Photoshop CC 2015. Abbreviation of CC is Creative Cloud. I use it also and so I would like to prefer this one to other users also. But, it’s not free. You must have to pay for it, almost $20 per month.

3. Pixelmator

This is another most innovative, fastest, full-featured and powerful image editing app for the Mac that has everything you need to create and edit your images. It’s very powerful and fast for Mac users. You can enhance and touch up photos, sketch, draw and paint, add texts and shapes, apply dazzling effects and do so much more. So get latest one version from official site, but you have to pay $29.99 for this.

For Writing:

1. iA Writer

iA Writer is a consummate application for writers and bloggers. This app helps to make your writing style more attractive and also guides while typing. It’s design and style very simple. It’s not a heavy app, so that’s why it doesn’t reserve huge part of your CPU usage.

So for a very comfortable and helpful app that you’re looking for writing then check out iA Writer and must use. Hope, you won’t need another app after using it.

2. FocusWriter

As I said for iA Writer, if you’ll use it then you won’t need to use another writing app. But a user don’t wanna try it then FocusWriter is second recommended app for them. FocusWriter is a very simple and plain light app that provides an excellent writing environment for writer which causes to feel comfortable while writing for every writer. This app is available for all operating systems including Linux.

For Privacy & Security:

1. CCleaner

CCleaner is a tool for system optimization and security. It offers to do free space from your hard drive and also helps to remove your internet cache, browsing history, saved password (if you want to remove) etc.

As we know, when we install any application or software then after the removing of it some files still present in the system that we can’t remove by using control panel. So to remove these types of files, CCleaner is an open source tool for every operating system especially for Mac and Windows users. It’s available in both free and paid. In my views, everybody should have this one great tool. So must try it and also recommend to others.

2. KeePassX

KeePassX is not very similar to CCleaner, but its work is great. This application helps to remember such passwords which are necessary for us like logon passwords, social accounts passwords, online passwords etc. So whenever if we forget passwords then in this difficult situation, KeePassX will help you and provide you password that you’ve forgotten.

3. Hotspot Shield

Hotspot shield VPN is a secure and capable web security for your mac machines. It pursuits your information sent and got over the internet and secures your individual information, including Mastercard data, passwords, downloads and texts.

For Videos:

1. VLC Media Player

VLC is the most using multimedia in the world. This tools offers to play videos of lots of formats like MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Divx, Mp3, OGG etc, additionally DVDs, VCDs and different streaming conventions. The latest updates make it much easy and fully featured. You can also run Youtube videos in VLC.

2. HandBreak

HandBreak is another should have tool. It’s basically a video converting tool. Users can finely convert their videos to any formats in few moments. Additionally, it’s free and an open source application and compatible for just Windows and Mac OS.

For Virtualization:

1. Virtual Box

Hope, you’re aware about virtualization. If you’re not then visit this Wikipedia link and read about it in deep. Well! Virtual box is a very simple and finely optimized application for virtualization. Every Mac user can use it and run other operating system like Windows OS etc with Mac OS X as well. It’s free and open source virtualization application. So try this and give your views about it. While using, if you face any type of problem then must share via comment below.

2. Parallel Desktop

Parallel Desktop offers to run 2 operating systems together except your default installed Mac OS X. So it’s simplest, quickest and very effective for running Windows on Mac without rebooting.

3. VMware Fusion

VMware is an alternative application of Virtual Box. Suppose if you face any problem with Virtual Box then VMware is second choice. Both have almost same features. So don’t panic while choosing that which app you should use. You can select anyone else blindly.

For The Internet Browsing:

1. Google Chrome

One of the most used Browser in the World is Google Chrome. As of January 2015, StatCounter estimated that Google Chrome has a 51% worldwide usage share of web browsers, indicating that it is the most widely used web browser in the world. People choose Google Chrome for their computers as a default browser because of it's fully trusted features that are free from any malware and spam. It's also a most safer browser due to it's best security and privacy extensions. If you're a Chrome user and want to find it's best extension then you can visit this article of Best Privacy & Security Extensions For Chrome.

2. Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla Firefox is on second in the world after Google Chrome. This browser is an alternative to Chrome, that we can say. It doesn’t reserve in large amount of memory as compare with Chrome. Mostly low-end users prefer to use it. It has many features which make Firefox best alternative to Chrome.

3. Opera

Opera is an another light, simple and fast browser. It hasn’t so many add-ons like Chrome or Firefox. But it’s fully supported and reliable. Opera never reserves huge system memory that’s why it’s perfect for low-end computers.

Pros And Cons Of Mac OS X El Capitan