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30+ OS X ‘El Capitan’ features Apple didn’t show on stage

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Apple is showing off its latest version of OS X for Macs, dubbed ‘El Capitan’, at its WWDC kickoff keynote today, but there are many features coming in the update that it didn’t take time to show off on stage. Some of those include a new system font, as we’ve reported leading up to today’s event, as well as a redesigned disk utility app, a resizable Spotlight window, Photos edition extensions and Share Links extensions, new AirPlay video features, and much much more.

Head below for the full list of OS X El Capitan features that Apple didn’t show off on stage:

-New system font

-Keyboard shortcut for Chinese to English

-Time to leave

-File copy resume

-Flights data detector

-Safari top hit in Spotlight

-Redesigned Disk Utility

-Copy File path in Finder

-New color picker

-Resizeable Spotlight window

-Improved Pinyin predictions

-Autohide menu bar

-Find my Friends widget

-Suggested Contacts

-Improved AutoFill

-New Japanese input method

-Photos editing extensions

-Mute a tab

-Shared Links extensions

-Create reminder from Share menu

-New dictionary languages

-Redesigned crayon picker

-AirPlay Video

-New Chinese system font

-Last search

-Rename from context menu

-Strikethrough in Mail format bar

-Suggested events

-Arabic and Hebrew dictation

-Chinese multiple-character input

-Customize font in Safari Reader

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Comments

  1. MaxBay - 9 years ago

    Time to leave Yosemite National Park, Apple.
    I get the idea, though, Yosemite improvements, so El Capitan is relevant.
    Better than calling it Tioga Pass.

    But next time, please give us Mount Whitney or Joshua Tree or Redwood.

    • syth - 9 years ago

      Next version: Diablo (OK, maybe possibly Mojave)

      • srgmac - 9 years ago

        Remember Windows Mojave? :P

    • rwanderman - 9 years ago

      I disagree. This upgrade has been talked about as a tightening of Yosemite so it’s nicely symbolic to stay within the park.

      And I climbed El Cap in the late 1970s so I’m particularly fond of the name.

      • iSRS - 9 years ago

        Exactly. This is Snow Leopard/Mountain Lion- which is a good thing.

      • leeeoooooo - 9 years ago

        Yes, I’m considering El Capitan another name for Snow Mountain Yosemite.

    • Rich Davis (@RichDavis9) - 9 years ago

      I still think it would have been funnier if they called it WEED. Just joking.

      I think the name doesn’t roll off the tongue as easily as others. I would have picked a different name, but it’s just a name and what’s important is the product and hopefully it will be another improved OS release, which is always great.

      • esaruoho - 9 years ago

        Elcap seems to roll off the tongue quite well.

    • rwanderman - 9 years ago

      Actually, on second thought, I’d have probably gone with “Merced” which is the river that runs through Yosemite. While I think El Cap is a great cliff to climb, it’s a bit of a mouthful for an OS name.

      Merced, while less known, is calmer.

    • SKR Imaging - 9 years ago

      I like Redwood.. rolls off the tongue easier than El Capitan..

    • esaruoho - 9 years ago

      Wouldn’t it be ultracool if The next OSX was called Integratron – which is in Joshua Tree. Especially if it were all integrated and err.. stable.

  2. telecastle - 9 years ago

    What’s “Photos Edition Extensions”? Is this supposed to be “Photos Editing Extensions”?

  3. macmaniman - 9 years ago

    File copy resume looks particularly interesting

  4. Sera Murugiah - 9 years ago

    Autohide menu bar – sounds cool to me

  5. BertyGeek - 9 years ago

    New system font?!! Does it mean OS X 10.11 will use the San Francisco font? :)

    • syth - 9 years ago

      I’m not sure hat your smilie is there for.

      Yes, San Francisco is the new system font in 10.11 L-Cap

      • BertyGeek - 9 years ago

        That’s great! Now all systems have the same font.

  6. claytonkimball - 9 years ago

    Improved AutoFill. Thanks goodness!

  7. SKR Imaging - 9 years ago

    THE biggest feature for me and many photographers using Mac is Photo Editing Extensions… why Apple didn’t elaborate on this is weird.. it was the most requested feature when Photos was announced for Mac last year..

    I’m assuming they did not approach any third party developers before WWDC to develop plugins for Photos yet.. hopefully MacPhun and Pixelmator devs are eager to work on this.

    Hopefully it’s the start of a slow replacement of Aperture.. We need some developer to make a plugin for Photos to allow flagging and Star ratings.. maybe Apple itself could add this in El Cap..

  8. Mätzle (@MaetzleAT) - 9 years ago

    I think El Capitan is going to be easier for people to pronounce than Yosemite. Especially for people outside the US/non-english speaking countries ;D

  9. Craig Federighi actually showed the “Resizeable Spotlight window” feature on stage yesterday.

  10. Jake :) (@jacko81533) - 9 years ago

    Just to point out also, Craig also showed off the “mute a tab” feature :)

    • airmanchairman - 9 years ago

      Coolest feature for nuisance control. No wonder it got a big cheer…

  11. esaruoho - 9 years ago

    I’ve been waiting for Find My Friends to appear on OSX for so long… Really glad it is finally coming! :)

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