Difference between Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10 and OS X El Capitan 10.11
Main difference
OS X Yosemite is basically the eleventh version of OS X which you know as the main version of OS X, Apple Inc.’s desktop and server operating system designed and developed for Macintosh based computers. While OS X El Capitan (version 10.11) is the next version of OS X Yosemite. It is the twelfth major version of OS X, from Apple Inc. OS X El Capitan is available for the desktop and server operating system, as well as Macintosh-compatible computers. In Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10, the largest amount of memory that could be allocated to the graphics processor is 1024 MB. In contrast, OS X El Capitan 10.11 will give you a maximum of 1536 MB of memory that could be used for the same purpose.
What is OS X Yosemite?
The name of the OS X Yosemite 10.10 is approved after following the naming scheme based on California landmarks and is thus named after the national park named after Yosemite. You’ll find a major overhaul of the OS X user interface in the OS X Yosemite release. Older skeuomorphism charts are removed here as they introduced a new flat chart design. These graphics have the effects of blurred translucency, following the aesthetic introduced with iOS 7 and therefore pleasing to the eye. OS X Yosemite 10.10 comes with a new icon plan and light and dark color schemes along with the replacement of Lucida Grande with Helvetica Neue, which works as the design system font.
What is OS X El Capitan 10.11?
The naming scheme based on California landmarks is also followed in this version of OS X. Therefore, the name El Capitan was adopted after a rock formation in Yosemite National Park. The main goal of this OS X is to offer better performance, stability and security. El Capitan will come in front of you with more memory that could be allocated to the graphics processor as it has been increased from 1024MB to 1536MB on Mac along with an Intel HD 4000 GPU to offer more facilities. El Capitan 10.11 fully supports Metal, Apple’s graphics API introduced in iOS 8. From this point of view, performance in games and professional applications has been accelerated.
key difference
- A Mac with Bluetooth LE (Bluetooth 4.0) is required in addition to 2 GB of RAM and 8 GB of available storage to run OS X Yosemite 10.10. All Yosemite OS running requirements are necessary to run El Capitan, but you should avoid older computers as they won’t run all of El Capitan’s features, such as Apple Notes.
- In OS X Yosemite 10.10 we find OpenSSL being replaced by LibreSSL in OS X El Capitan 10.11.
- Multi-touch gestures are added in the new version of OS X known as El Capitan 10.11. This feature makes it easy to use many applications such as Mail and Messaging. It gives you the authority to delete or flag emails or conversations with the swipe of a finger on a multi-touch device. It is not available in OS X Yosemite 10.10.