I have a Mac and need to upgrade from OSX Yosemite 10.10.5 to El Capitan 10.11.0. I'm not able to find a version to download prior to 10.11.1. My system won't allow the download of a later version so where is 10.11.0 hiding??
You bought a CD, madness.
If you want to upgrade your Mac from Yosemite to another newer OS you have three alternatives..
El Capitan, Sierra and High Sierra are all available for download and are free.
It sounds like you have been trying to install updates to El Capitan downloaded from the Apple Support Downloads pages. If so you need to have already installed El Capitan, that is why you are getting the message about 10.11.
for example if you downloaded the 10.11.6 Combo update this will update any previous version of El Capitan from 10.11.0 to 10.11.5 to the last version 10.11.6. Please remember full versions of OS's are only available via the Mac App Store.
Depending on the age of your Mac you may not be able to upgrade to Sierra or High Sierra, if so you should be able to upgrade to El Capitan.
Have a look at the links below to determine what OS you would like to download. Bear in mind though that if your Mac qualifies for High Sierra then you will be denied the download of El Capitan.
How to download OS X El Capitan - Apple Support
How to download macOS Sierra - Apple Support
How to download macOS High Sierra - Apple Support
The versions that will be downloaded in each case will be the latest versions of each OS, so for El Capitan it will be 10.11.6, Sierra will be 10.12.6 and High Sierra will be 10.13.3.
If you tried Erics link to El Capitan and you couldn't download it, then the App Store is recognising that you Mac qualifies for High Sierra, so you can upgrade to that or if you want you could also upgrade to Sierra from the link above.
You bought a CD, madness.
If you want to upgrade your Mac from Yosemite to another newer OS you have three alternatives..
El Capitan, Sierra and High Sierra are all available for download and are free.
It sounds like you have been trying to install updates to El Capitan downloaded from the Apple Support Downloads pages. If so you need to have already installed El Capitan, that is why you are getting the message about 10.11.
for example if you downloaded the 10.11.6 Combo update this will update any previous version of El Capitan from 10.11.0 to 10.11.5 to the last version 10.11.6. Please remember full versions of OS's are only available via the Mac App Store.
Depending on the age of your Mac you may not be able to upgrade to Sierra or High Sierra, if so you should be able to upgrade to El Capitan.
Have a look at the links below to determine what OS you would like to download. Bear in mind though that if your Mac qualifies for High Sierra then you will be denied the download of El Capitan.
How to download OS X El Capitan - Apple Support
How to download macOS Sierra - Apple Support
How to download macOS High Sierra - Apple Support
The versions that will be downloaded in each case will be the latest versions of each OS, so for El Capitan it will be 10.11.6, Sierra will be 10.12.6 and High Sierra will be 10.13.3.
If you tried Erics link to El Capitan and you couldn't download it, then the App Store is recognising that you Mac qualifies for High Sierra, so you can upgrade to that or if you want you could also upgrade to Sierra from the link above.
Thanks Eric,
Yeah, you're right. Seems odd. And... No unfortunately, .6 won't load either. I finally broke down and purchased a CD from Amazon. I appreciate the note! All this to use the new version of Turbotax, taxes are yucky enough to do, ha!
I don't think you can find 10.11.0 as a legal download anymore. What happens when you try to install 10.11.6? Does the link below work?
You are welcome. The CD will contain a copy of the installer downloaded using someone else's Apple ID. That could cause problems for you. If your computer can run 10.11, it can run 10.11.6.
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