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El Capitan Release time?

RockSpider said:
No it's screaming on 8.8.8.8 now, I'm nearly finished, absolutely flying.
In 5 minutes I've gone from 50Mb to finished right now while I'm typing, beautiful.
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Great! You know the installation time is 15 hours right? good.
 
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When it started to install it said 26minutes, I'm halfway through in 8, over half now. These SSDs sure make a difference.
 
Downloading it now, not sure how long it's gonna take. Estimate says 1 day.
Not sure why, the GM candidate downloaded in less time.
 
All done, now I've just got to check to see if my beloved Windows 10 is okay in its little bootcamp.
 
Sitting here in Sonoma county.. haven't seen the update come through for me yet when searching for updates on app store.. but I THINK i can smell the Apple servers smoking down south. :) Just going to wait a bit on this one I guess.
 
Yendog said:
Sitting here in Sonoma county.. haven't seen the update come through for me yet when searching for updates on app store.. but I THINK i can smell the Apple servers smoking down south. :) Just going to wait a bit on this one I guess.
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The release version IS NOT AN UPDATE.
You have to start the download of the full installer yourself through the app store.
 
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Yendog said:
Sitting here in Sonoma county.. haven't seen the update come through for me yet when searching for updates on app store.. but I THINK i can smell the Apple servers smoking down south. :) Just going to wait a bit on this one I guess.
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Its an app. You have to actually open App Store, click the large banner, select download.
 
Ok, now the download has more resources, changed from 5 hours to 1 hours 30 minutes (Europe)
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#$@! Server load!! I don't have super-fast Internet access like americans do!
I need this file TODAY, not in 1, 3 or 6 days!!

Allow my connection to function to its limit!
 
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AAGH! IT'S STUCK ON 'Waiting...' NOW!!
This is the kind of **** that made XCodeGhost a thing!
 
dahlblom said:
Update on how it went, got the same thoughts going.
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Yes, bootcamp works except that I can't change to Windows boot from the Mac side, I can boot to Windows holding down the Alt key. Once in Windows I can change to boot into Mac, so just that one glitch on mine, which may not happen with you, could be just a glitch with me.
 
200MB downloaded before 'Waiting...' malfunction.
Absolutely nothing downloaded after an attempted restart.

This could all be solved if Apple provided officially verified torrents, or at the very least used mirror sites for downloads.

@Synchro3 Australia, won't get any more specific than that.
 
beebarb said:
200MB downloaded before 'Waiting...' malfunction.
Absolutely nothing downloaded after an attempted restart.

This could all be solved if Apple provided officially verified torrents, or at the very least used mirror sites for downloads.

@Synchro3 Australia, won't get any more specific than that.
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Try DNS 8.8.8.8 I'm in BrisVegas. Mine came down in 5 minutes after changing
 
RockSpider said:
Try DNS 8.8.8.8 I'm in BrisVegas. Mine came down in 5 minutes after changing
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That won't work. I tried my ISP, Google (what you're suggesting) AND OpenDNS. Same result every single time.

Plus, my Internet access isn't fast enough to download it in a few minutes. Hours maybe, if the servers weren't absolute ****.
 
HI Guys,

Just installed El Capitan but still have the Yosemite desktop background,checked my about this mac and it says I'm running El Capitan10.11, shouldn't i have the new wallpaper?
 
Toms72 said:
HI Guys,

Just installed El Capitan but still have the Yosemite desktop background,checked my about this mac and it says I'm running El Capitan10.11, shouldn't i have the new wallpaper?
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No, not if you upgrade. It'll preserve your settings, including the wallpaper you had (not sure why you'd want to stick to the default).
 
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