Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET Safari takes a page from Chrome with pinned tabs and showing you at a glance which tabs are playing audio. It also borrows a trick from iOS to play nice with Apple TV for YouTube videos and the like. Safari finally serves up pinned tabs. I have near permanent pinned tabs …
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Matt Elliott/CNET The humble Notes app in OS X received an update with El Capitan, getting a toolbar along its top edge and welcoming more types of media files. Let’s start with my favorite new feature of Notes, which can be found in its new toolbar. The Checklist button will be met with open arms by anyone who gets through …
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Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET The OS X Mail app received an update with El Capitan, making the constant chore of keeping pace with your email inbox a little less arduous. Namely, it borrows a few swipe gestures from iOS while adding a few useful tweaks to Mail’s fullscreen mode. Just as you can in Mail for iOS, the Mail app …
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Matt Elliott/CNET How best to juggle multiple windows is the bane of any multitasker’s existence. Apple added Spaces to OS X a few years ago, which lets you spread out your open windows across multiple virtual desktops. Spaces help to keep your open windows from piling up on top of one another, but the feature is less useful when you …
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Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET With El Capitan, Maps gets transit directions and, thus, erases a glaring omission that has existed since Google Maps added the feature in 2009. And Apple’s public transit maps are better than Google’s in two ways: 1. If you zoom in far enough, Maps shows the shape of subway and bus stations and labels the entrances …
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Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET What used to take a separate app is now built in to OS X El Capitan. There is a setting that lets you hide the menu bar, just as you can hide the Dock. It remains hidden until you mouse over it, giving you a pristine desktop that lets you use every last inch, which is …
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Apple has released OS X 10.11 El Capitan. Is your current Mac compatible with El Capitan and, if so, how do you go about downloading and installing the new Mac OS? Read on for answers and other El Capitan preparation tips. Mac OS X El Capitan Josh Miller/CNET 1. When and where can I download El Capitan? Starting Wednesday, September …
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Matt Elliott/CNET It can happen. In the midst of multitasking to the point where your desktop is awash in open windows, you can lose sight of your cursor. Instead of mousing about frantically or calling up the right-click menu momentarily to find it, El Capitan has a better way. And it is this: Simply wiggle your your finger on your …
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Matt Elliott/CNET Mission Control received a bit of a makeover with OS X El Capitan. On the surface, it looks and acts roughly the same, shrinking your open windows into thumbnails and providing a glimpse and quick access to your other desktop spaces in an effort to help multitaskers make order of a crowded Mac. There are, however, a few …
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With OS X 10.11 El Capitan, it’s easier to view two windows side by side with Split View. The new Photos app also has a Split View button, though it operates a bit differently than El Capitan’s system-wide Split View feature. In Photos, click on a thumbnail to expand a photo from your library. The Split View button is located …
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