Should you upgrade your Mac to OS X El Capitan? This latest version of the Mac operating system became available to download on Wednesday 30 September. El Cap is what you might call a maintenance release – offering mostly bug fixes. But it does than exciting new features. B
Although El Capitan resolves many of the known issues with OS X Yosemite, it offer a few new bugs of its own. Most notably, we’ve been hearing reports that Microsoft Office repeatedly crashes. More info here.
Our recommendation
Before you upgrade to OS X El Capitan, check to make sure the apps you use are compatible with the new OS. The best way to do that is to search on the name of the app followed by el capitan. See example here.
If you’re using Microsoft Office for Mac – especially Outlook – the you should wait to upgrade to OS X El Capitan until Microsoft fixes the constant crashing. They offer no timeline for releasing a fix, but we’ll let you know when we hear any news.
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