For example, AVFoundation, Apple’s modern framework for manipulating audiovisual media, was released for iOS a year before it appeared on OS X. OS X and iOS have been trading technologies for some time now. Yosemite aims to fulfill that commitment-but in an interesting way. And yet for the past several years, Apple has loudly and publicly insisted that it remains committed to the Mac as a strong, independent platform. Last year, some Apple watchers had openly wondered whether Apple would even bother updating the look of OS X. AdvertisementĪh, the old tension: which platform does Apple love more? iOS continues to dominate Apple’s business in terms of unit sales, revenue, and profits. Of course, this change comes a year after iOS got its extreme makeover. The new OS’s headline feature is one that’s sure to make for a noteworthy chapter in the annals of OS X: an all-new user interface appearance. To signal the Mac’s newfound confidence, Apple has traded 10.9’s obscure surfing location for one of the best known and most beautiful national parks: Yosemite. This year, finally, Apple is ready with the new. Either way, in last year’s OS X release, Apple tore down the old. Or maybe Mavericks was just a victim of time constraints and priorities. If iOS 7 was the explosive release of Jony Ive’s pent-up software design ethos, then Mavericks was the embodiment of Craig Federighi’s patient engineering discipline. It was the first OS X release from the newly unified, post-Forstall Apple. Non-subscribers can buy the e-book from the iBookstore or the Amazon Kindle store.īut for all its timidity and awkwardness, Mavericks marked a turning point for OS X-and in more than just naming scheme. The Mac must also be using macOS High Sierra or later, the latest version of macOS Sierra, or the latest version of OS X El Capitan.Read it your wayDon't want to read an article this long on the Web?Īrs Technica premier subscribers can download a (free) Kindle or iBooks-compatible EPUB version of the complete review from the links in the "tools" menu on the upper right of each article page. To download an installer suitable for creating a bootable installer, use the App Store or use a web browser to download from a compatible Mac. Follow the onscreen installation instructions.Ī bootable installer can be useful if you want to install macOS on multiple computers without downloading the installer each time, or when you can't install using macOS Recovery or the other methods. Open your Applications folder and double-click the macOS installer, named Install. pkg file, then follow the onscreen instructions to install the macOS installer into your Applications folder. dmg file to open it and see the package (.pkg) file within.ĭouble-click the. If these links don't work as expected, try again using Safari, which is in your Applications folder.ĭouble-click the. Use these links to download a macOS disk image (.dmg) file. To get the installer from the disk image, you must use a Mac that is compatible with that macOS. These older macOS versions are available as disk images that you can download using your web browser. Or quit without installing to leave the installer in your Applications folder for later use. Follow the onscreen installation instructions. Software Update might open and ask you to download from there.Īfter downloading to your Applications folder, the installer opens automatically. If these links don't work as expected, try again using Safari, which is in your Applications folder.Ĭick the Get button in the App Store to begin downloading. Use these links to find macOS in the App Store. If your Mac isn't compatible, the App Store dims the Get button, says that the macOS is not compatible with this device, or says that the requested version of macOS is not available. To download macOS from the App Store, you must download from a Mac that is compatible with that macOS. How to reinstall macOS from macOS Recovery Use the App Store If you want to reinstall macOS, or your Mac doesn't start up all the way because it doesn't have a working operating system, you can use the built-in Recovery system to reinstall macOS. How to update macOS using Software Update Use macOS Recovery If Software Update says that your Mac is up to date, then no new software is currently available for your Mac model. Software Update shows only software that is compatible with your Mac. Software Update is the fastest and easiest way to get macOS updates and upgrades, and it can use less storage space to download and install them.