Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 (15G31) Intel (USB Flash Drive Installer) What’s new in OS X El Capitan? OS X El Capitan brings lots of useful enhancements to your Mac. New ways to manage multiple windows and spaces. An even more powerful Spotlight for searching your Mac and beyond. Refinements to essential apps like Photos, Safari, Mail, and Maps. As explained here, OS X 10.11 'El Capitan' fails to install because it is too old (the technical reason being that the signing certificate is no longer valid). But you can trick the OS X installer into thinking that it is 2017 and it will happily run without any errors.
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Install from App Store
Mac Os X 10.11 Installer
- Xcode - for command line tools required by Homebrew
Install from Third-Party Websites
Xcode Command Line Tools
Need to be installed for all the fne stuff in the latest section
Xcode > Preferences > Downloads > Command Line Tools
or
Mac Os X El Capitan Installer Dmg
Run Xcode and accept the license! Homebrew can not install properly until this occurs.
Install Homebrew
If this is not a fresh install of Homebrew, go ahead and purge the complete installation first:
Now install Homebrew
Install common libraries via Homebrew
Install Cask application manager
Install applications via Homebrew Cask
The following software is still in testing and not part of my default setup:
Install Chrome extensions
Some extensions are not pulled from your Google account, so re-install theam manully now:
Firefox profiles
TODO make sure the profiles are registered
After setting all the preferences, you need to reboot or at least restart Finder:
If you are curious, check this file for more possible settings.
Setup Github
Docker
Mac Os 10.11 Download
Database
Ruby & Gems
Prepare a sandboxed ruby environment
within we install some gems
Vagrant and plugins
Install custom .dotfiles at the end, cause we utilize some of the previously installed packages
Apple just released its next-generation operating system for Macs, OS X 10.11 El Capitan, to the public.
If you haven’t been using a developer or public beta version over the last few months, here’s how to upgrade from Yosemite to El Capitan: First, make sure you can. El Capitan supports the follow Macs running OS X Snow Leopard and on:
- iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
- MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
- MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
- MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
- Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
- Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
Is your Mac on that list? Then head on over to the Mac App Store and click on Updates. El Capitan will show up as a software update. You can also click on this link to go directly to the El Capitan download.
The Macworld staff has been diving deep this summer into all of El Capitan’s new features. Once you’re set up with the new version, take some time to read our coverage and decide which changes will help you make the most of your Mac.
Install Os X 10.11
Have questions about El Capitan? Let us know in the comments, and we’ll try to find answers.