G2

Darshil M.

AI/LLM Trainer - Business Expert

Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/24/2026

"Split View Made Side-by-Side Work Effortless in El Capitan"

5/5

What do you like best about Apple OS X El Capitan?

Rather than manually resizing windows to sit side by side, El Capitan introduced a native Split View feature. It lets you snap two open apps together automatically so they share the screen evenly in full-screen mode. For me, this made it much easier to write code or take notes on one side while keeping reference materials open on the other. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apple OS X El Capitan?

While it did improve overall stability, the lack of any major new features made it feel more like a minor patch than a genuine upgrade. On top of that, the introduction of System Integrity Protection (SIP) initially broke compatibility with several third-party custom utilities as well as some older legacy applications. Split View was another mixed point for me, since it felt a bit clunky to activate compared with the window-snapping features on Windows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apple OS X El Capitan solving and how is that benefiting you?

UI / UX

Problems Solved: Fixed chaotic window management and lost mouse cursors on high-resolution screens.

Your Benefit: Native Split View window management makes it easy to align two applications side-by-side, which helps maximize screen real estate and improves day-to-day text work or coding layouts. The “shake to find” cursor also removes the annoyance of losing track of your mouse pointer on large monitors.

Integrations

Problems Solved: Resolved fragmented syncing and feature gaps between desktop and mobile environments.

Your Benefit: El Capitan tightened the Apple platform ecosystem, arriving only weeks after iOS 9. It helps bridge apps like Mail, Notes, and Maps across hardware more smoothly, enabling workflows such as multi-app drag-and-drop attachments and universal iBooks/PDF syncing natively through iCloud.

Performance

Problems Solved: Fixed application latency, slow PDF loading times, and sluggish UI window graphics.

Your Benefit: Bringing Apple’s proprietary Metal Graphics API technology to the desktop line lets hardware tap more directly into the GPU. This reduces graphics overhead processing by 40% and delivers a noticeable speed boost, launching everyday applications up to 1.4x faster.

Pricing / ROI

Problems Solved: Eliminated expensive, recurring software costs for desktop operating system upgrades.

Your Benefit: Apple distributes El Capitan as a completely free upgrade download on the Mac App Store for all compatible devices. This extends the productive lifecycle of existing Mac investments without requiring a single cent of capital layout.

Support / Onboarding

Problems Solved: Mitigated steep learning curves and system vulnerabilities associated with new platform deployments.

Your Benefit: Keeping the recognizable design footprint of its predecessor means little to no training downtime for existing users. Security onboarding is handled quietly in the background through System Integrity Protection (SIP), which blocks malware risks directly at the root architecture layer.

AI / Intelligence

Problems Solved: Removed rigid keyword-only boundaries when searching for lost data or context on local computers.

Your Benefit: Spotlight search gains smarter natural-language query understanding. Rather than guessing exact filenames, you can find documents using phrasing like “emails from Darshil last June,” which streamlines local information lookup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.