The firm expects PC sales to fall 4.4 percent this year.

Fixes an issue that prevented Mail from deleting messages in an offline Exchange account. Fixes an issue that may cause Bluetooth devices to disconnect. This update: Improves the reliability of Handoff and AirDrop. By comparison, Gartner in July said worldwide PC shipments dropped 9.5 percent in the June quarter, the steepest decline since the third calendar quarter of 2013. The OS X El Capitan v10.11.2 update improves the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, and is recommended for all users. Apple sold 4.8 million computers in its fiscal third quarter, which ended in June, up from 4.4 million a year ago. Mac sales have been strong over the past several quarters, even as Apple's iPad sales have dropped and rivals have struggled. Apple followed that up with OS X 10.10 Yosemite, at its 2014 developers conference and released the software for free last October. Craig Federighi, senior vice president of software engineering at Apple, said in June that apps now start faster and that a computer can switch between them more quickly, too.Īfter years of giving versions of OS X cat-related names (Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion), Apple in 2013 shifted to California-themed titles with OS X 10.9, aka Mavericks. The company also enhanced its search functions in apps like email, to help users find messages they hadn't yet responded to.īut one of the most important updates was performance. Some of the key new features included advancements for the Spotlight search function, allowing users to ask the software about the weather, for example, or to find stock prices and sports scores. All you need to know about the OS X El CapitanĮl Capitan also follows a trend of bringing successful features originally designed for Apple's mobile devices to its desktops and laptops as well.Apple CEO Cook shuts the door on iOS, Mac OS X merging - again.

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