Chapter 4

What’s New in OS X El Capitan?

In This Chapter

arrow Using Split View to divide your screen

arrow Locating your pointer with a shake

arrow Adding third-party extensions to Photos

arrow Finding friends from the Notification Center

arrow Hiding your Finder menu bar

arrow Browsing attachments in Notes

Have you upgraded to El Capitan from the previous version of OS X, Yosemite? If so, you’ve opened the door to a number of new features, and this chapter was written especially for you. (And if you’re not rubbing your hands together with gleeful anticipation, you should be — I know I am.) Here you’ll find descriptions of my favorite new features that ship with the latest version of OS X.

Note that a number of other new El Capitan features appear elsewhere in the book — for example, the discussion of pinned tabs appears within the Safari chapter. The new features you find here, however, are what I consider the real ...

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