
The most interesting developments require a Mac built in 2012 or later. Not all Macs are compatible with all functions of OS X. iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)- MacBook Air (Late 2008 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) Here are the Mac systems with which El Capitan is compatible: This version of OS X shares compatibility with the previous version, OS X 10.10 aka Yosemite. To install it you must have a Mac that is compatible with El Capitan. This fifth release of OS X is only available as a free download for Mac users. Improved window management and an improved Spotlight search function make how we use our computers more efficient, while Metal technology ensures that apps themselves run more efficiently.Įl Capitan also wants to make multitasking easier: Spotlight allows more complex options and has more sources, Mail supports the new iOS style gestures to manage messages, and Smart Suggestions can recognize names and events to immediately add them to contacts and calendars. This is usually only cosmetic, but it may prevent you from configuring a task to use Apple's replication utility to make a legacy bootable copy of the startup disk.With El Capitan, Apple has focused on two key elements: user experience and performance. On Monterey and later OSes CCC v5 (using the old math) may over-assess the disk usage of an APFS source volume.


We will continue to offer technical support for CCC 5, but we are no longer actively developing it, nor testing it against newer OSes. However, CCC v5 development ceased when CCC v6 was released in May 2021. Compatibility and support for CCC v5 on Monterey and newer OSesĬCC v5 license holders are welcome to continue using CCC v5 on OSes beyond macOS Big Sur there aren't any limitations placed upon CCC v5 that would prevent it from continuing to work as Apple issues new OS releases. If you are having trouble downloading CCC v5 from the link above, try this alternate download location.
