Q: Upgrading to El Capitan From Yosemite

I have a fairly recent MacBook Pro currently running Yosemite. I was going to upgrade it to El Capitan, but now it's offering me Sierra instead. I don't want to do this because of the risk that £500 worth of software (File Maker Pro 11, Final Draft 8, Office 2011) will stop working.

My desktop is running El Cap, and the above apps all work fine.

I see there is the facility to upgrade to El Cap, but it seems to be reserved for people running older versions. Do you think I can upgrade using that route? Or will it all go horribly wrong?

Thanks

Posted on Oct 3, 2016 1:46 AM

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by Zvonimir Blazevic,

Zvonimir Blazevic Oct 3, 2016 1:58 AM in response to Pete Hambly1
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Oct 3, 2016 1:58 AM in response to Pete Hambly1

Have you tried these steps: Upgrade to OS X El Capitan - Apple Support
There is a link on that site to download El Capitan installer from App store.
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Eau Rouge Oct 3, 2016 4:50 AM in response to Pete Hambly1
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Oct 3, 2016 4:50 AM in response to Pete Hambly1

If you follow the link offered in Zvonimirs post you will get through to the El Capitan download. It may however, refuse to download because your Mac can upgrade to Sierra, silly I know.
You can use this page, https://roaringapps.com/apps?platform=osx to see if those apps are ok with Sierra.
Or you could ask at an Apple Retail Store if they would install El Capitan for you.
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by Pete Hambly1,

Pete Hambly1 Oct 3, 2016 4:50 AM in response to Eau Rouge
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Oct 3, 2016 4:50 AM in response to Eau Rouge

Thanks for your replies. Yes, the app store refuses to download it. Thanks for the roaring apps link, very useful. Most of my apps are listed as 'no information', so I will have to wait and see.
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