Dear Lifehacker,OS X El Capitanis out today.
It looks good, but its still an upgrade, and any upgrade has a chance of going bad.
You guys have been using it; what do you think?
The improvements theyve made over the past several updates have been strictly evolutionary.
In fact, its not even that Yosemite had issues that needed to be fixed.
Yosemite is pretty solid.
Even apps that didnt expressly state El Capitan compatibility worked the same way they did in Yosemite.
In fact, aside from being more reliable, it didnt feel like a huge change from Yosemite.
Make no mistake, the new features El Capitan brings to the table are definitely useful.
Split Screen is great for windowed work, and long overdue in OS X.
If you have an iPhone or iPad running iOS 9, its great for taking those notes with you.
Even if they arent special to you, youll appreciate the speed and performance improvements.
you’re free to readthe nitty gritty over at Ars Technica.
Everyone with a modern Mac, that is, who wants to upgrade.
If it doesnt work out, just re-image your Mac with the backup you took.
Wed suggest you just keep using what keeps you productive and keeps your Mac usable and happy.
That way if everything goes smoothly, youll be back to work in no time.
If everything goes all pear-shaped, youll have time to troubleshoot.
Even so, you know your system better than we do.
If you, like us, love your clean installs, do your due diligence.
Either way, youll have a faster, snappier Mac once youre done.
Title illustration byTina Mailhot-Roberge.
Macbook photo byYutaka Tsutano.
