How much will it cost? Like OS X 10.10 Yosemite before it, El Capitan will be free.
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Will my old Mac be able to run El Capitan? The minimum hardware requirements for OS X 10.11 El Capitan remain the same as they were for Yosemite. Here are the Macs that will run El Capitan:. iMac (Mid 2007 or newer). MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer).
The minimum hardware requirements for OS X 10.11 El Capitan remain the same as they were for Yosemite. Here are the Macs that will run El Capitan: iMac (Mid 2007 or newer).
MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer). Mac Mini (Early 2009 or newer). MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer). Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer). Xserve (Early 2009) Also, if you haven't updated your Mac's operating system in a number of years, then you need to check to see if you are running at least OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard, which was released way back in 2009.
Its 10.6.6 update introduced the Mac App Store, which you'll need in order to download El Capitan. You need be running one of the following:. OS X Snow Leopard (10.6.8). OS X Lion (10.7). OS X Mountain Lion (10.8). OS X Mavericks (10.9). OS X Yosemite (10.10) If you have an ancient Mac with an OS predating Snow Leopard, you will need to install Snow Leopard before then moving to Yosemite.
You can buy Snow Leopard for $19.99. How do I find out what vintage Mac I have and what version of OS X it's running? Click the Apple button in the upper-left corner of your Mac and choose About This Mac. If you are running Yosemite, both the era of Mac (in my case, Early 2011) and flavor of OS will be displayed. For older versions of OS X, you will see the OS information and will then need to click the More Info button to view your Mac's year. Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET 5.
How much space will I need? Apple has not stated how big a download El Capitan will be, but if OS X 10.10 Yosemite is any indication, you will need roughly 8GB of hard-drive space. Yosemite also required at least 2GB of memory, a threshold your Mac likely meets. You can find out how much memory and hard-drive space your Mac has by clicking About This Mac from the Apple menu. Should I back up my Mac before installing El Capitan? You should always perform a system backup to protect your data before installing a new OS.
Should the installation go awry, you don't want to lose important documents along with your photo and music libraries. Thankfully, Macs include a tool that make backups easy: Time Machine.
You can upgrade to macOS Mojave from on any of the following Mac models. Your Mac also needs at least 2GB of memory and 12.5GB of, or up to 18.5GB of storage space when upgrading from OS X Yosemite or earlier.
Introduced in early 2015 or later introduced in mid 2012 or later introduced in mid 2012 or later introduced in late 2012 or later introduced in late 2012 or later iMac Pro (all models) introduced in late 2013, plus mid-2010 or mid-2012 models with a. To find your Mac model, memory, storage space, and macOS version, choose About This Mac from the Apple () menu. If your Mac isn't compatible with macOS Mojave, the installer will let you know. If you're using OS X El Capitan v10.11.5 or later and your App Store preferences are set to download newly available updates, Mojave will download conveniently in the background, making it even easier to upgrade. A will inform you when Mojave is ready to be installed. Click Install to get started.
Or dismiss the notification to install Mojave later. When you're ready to install, just open the file named Install macOS Mojave from your Applications folder. Or delete the installer by dragging it to the Trash.