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Q: will u suggest me to upgrade macbook pro early 2011 Yosemite 10.10.5  to el capitan?

will u suggest me to upgrade macbook pro early 2011 Yosemite 10.10.5  to el capitan?

Posted on Aug 4, 2016 11:23 AM

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Q: will u suggest me to upgrade macbook pro early 2011 Yosemite 10.10.5  to el capitan?

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  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Aug 4, 2016 12:03 PM in response to karimctg
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    Aug 4, 2016 12:03 PM in response to karimctg

    Runs fine for me.

     

    One option is to create a new partition (~30- 50 GB), install the new OS, and ‘test drive’ it. If you like/don’t like it it, you can then remove the partition. Do a backup before you do anything. By doing this, if you don’t like it you won’t have to go though the revert process.

     

    Check to make sure your applications are compatible.

     

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    El Capitan 10.11 Compatibility information


     

    Also check to make sure there is a compatible driver for your printer.

    Open Disk Utility, select your hard drive (step 1), then the Partition tab (step 2), and select the partition. Using the /// at the bottom move it up (step 3) until the size box decrease by about 50 GB. Select the newly created space and hit the + button (step 4). Name it something and select Mac OS Extended (Journaled) as the format (step 5). Then hit the Apply button(step 6). Download the installer from the App Store and when it starts, point it at the new partition. You might want to make a copy of the installer outside the Applications folder to avoid having to re-download it in the future. Once installed, restart with the option/alt key held down, select the new partition and reboot. Test away.