Apple’s OS X El Capitan is finally here and Mac owners are installing the software in droves. As you might expect from a new platform that’s offered entirely free-of-charge, it’s already managed to cement its place at the top of the free download charts within the Mac App Store. Those who are installing it are also going through the process of learning exactly what’s new and coming across some interesting findings as part of that journey. One such finding relates to how El Capitan handles the installation of Windows through the Boot Camp Assistant.

Looking to do a clean install of OS X El Capitan 10.11 on your Mac? Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to do that. As you know by now, the final build is now available to download free-of-charge from the Mac App Store for an impressive range of compatible Mac hardware. We’re going to take a look at how to install a fresh copy of El Capitan on one of those supported Macs via a bootable USB flash drive.

Here’s a step by step guide on how to make a bootable USB flash drive for OS X El Capitan. If you are planning to clean install Apple’s latest desktop OS, this is what you’ll need to do it.

Apple has released final version of OS X El Capitan 10.11 download for all compatible Mac computers. It’s available for free. Here’s what you need to know.

Apple’s developer beta program is pretty robust, and during their beta lifecycle, Apple’s products (software) see regular updates as they move towards their final versions. Just like how Apple released iOS 9.1 beta 1 ahead of public release of iOS 9.0, today Apple has seeded El Capitan 10.11.1 beta 1 ahead of OS X El Capitan 10.11 public release which is scheduled for September 30th. OS X El Capitan 10.11 is currently at GM candidate, ready for its official release in a couple of weeks time.

The wait is almost over. Apple has confirmed the public release date for OS X 10.11 El Capitan for Macs. Apple’s next major OS X update, dubbed El Capitan, promises a number of under-the-hood improvements alongside some really useful new features.

You can now download OS X El Capitan GM (Golden Master) for Macs as well as tvOS Beta for Apple TV 4. Here’s everything you need to know.

Apple has continued pushing down the development path of its latest iteration of Mac OS X with a new El Capitan Recovery Update that compliments the recently released seventh OS X El Capitan beta. Those who are rigorously testing OS X El Capitan prior to its public launch this fall, can expect this latest update to include significant improvements to the built-in OS X Recovery features that dwell within OS X 10.11 El Capitan.

After something of a false start yesterday, Apple has now made two new OS X 10.11 El Capitan betas available to download with both developer and public betas arriving almost simultaneously.

It is very rare that a large company offering a popular application or service can work on a substantial upgrade to that product without some of the information leaking into the public domain prior to release. Unfortunately for Parallels that’s exactly what happened last month, with the difference being that it was actually an internal leak that let the cat out of the bag. That said, the company’s latest iteration of its virtual machine software, Parallels Desktop 11, is now officially available for Mac OS X users.

Whenever Apple introduces newer versions of its iOS or OS X platforms, it’s generally the marketed and discussed features that garner all of the attention. With iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan currently in the development and testing stages in preparation for a potential September release, there are unannounced inclusions that are being discussed. A Reddit user has discovered a real-time flight tracking feature embedded in iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan that Apple has so far neglected to mention in any of its official discussions regarding the two platforms.

During Apple’s WWDC keynote in June, the company mentioned that a public beta of OS X 10.11 El Capitan would be available in July. While El Capitan has been available for developers since its announcement at WWDC, Apple recently pushed out the public beta for non-developers to install on their Macs. We’ve been using it for a few days and here our top five favorite features in the latest version of OS X that is set to officially release in the fall.