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Lori 018
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Mac OS X

Q: How long does it take to download el capitan?

Title says it all.

I'm surprised the answer did not come up when I asked.

How long does it take to download El Capitan?

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Jul 24, 2016 9:51 AM

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Lori 018

Q: How long does it take to download el capitan?

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  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Jul 24, 2016 9:53 AM in response to Lori 018
    Level 9 (50,228 points)
    Desktops
    Jul 24, 2016 9:53 AM in response to Lori 018

    Depends on many factors, the speed of your Internet connection is one, how busy the download servers are is another, so the best you can get is a range. Which will be somewhere between 15 minutes and 2 weeks.

  • by BDAqua,Helpful

    BDAqua BDAqua Jul 24, 2016 9:47 PM in response to Lori 018
    Level 10 (123,501 points)
    Jul 24, 2016 9:47 PM in response to Lori 018

    Took me 3.5 days at 2G speed.

  • by BobHarris,Helpful

    BobHarris BobHarris Jul 24, 2016 9:47 PM in response to Lori 018
    Level 6 (19,272 points)
    Mac OS X
    Jul 24, 2016 9:47 PM in response to Lori 018

    There are many download servers.  Your DNS server often times choose one.  Sometimes it is not the best choice.

     

    Some people have improved the download speed by using a VPN connection to another location where the DNS server at that end picks a faster download server.

     

    Others have changed their DNS server and had a faster download server assigned.

    System Preferences -> Newtwork -> Advanced -> DNS -> [+]

    The top name in the list is the critical DNS server name.  All the following ones are there if the top one times out.

    8.8.8.8 Google DNS server

    8.8.4.4 Google DNS server

    208.67.222.222 OpenDNS server

    208.67.220.220 OpenDNS server

    You can find others if you do not want to try one of these by using Google, or other search engine.