It seems to take forever to download El Capitain. Speedtest.net says my download speed is 90 Mbps, which should be pretty fast. Yet, in 3 hours I have only downloaded 300 Mb of El Capitain. Is this a problem with Apple servers?
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That is a gamble. You may end up with the same slow speed right now. It took me over an hour to download, and I have a very fast internet connection.
just close app store and reboot the download will restart from where it left off but be much quicker- mine stopped completely I rebooted and it started at 2 gb its nearly finished now 10 mins later
Just paused mine. 152Mb internet connection, time to download 23 hours. But, on the off chance it gets a move on I don't want it completing while I'm at work and rebooting the Mac, waking the better half.
Mine said hours then days. Tried to pause it and start it again but it just kept saying waiting. This worked for me try hold ALT (option) then press pause it will ask to if you wanna cancel press yes and start downloading again. Just downloaded mine in 30 min
Didn't work. Actually its worse now (over a day). In Canada if that makes a difference.
its worth the wait, i'm made up.
First thing I did was add notes back to dock (I have had notes hidden nice 9.0 beta, it synced with iCloud by itself, perfect.
Also I went apple + system preferences + general + tick automatically hide & show menu bar
just like
apple + system preferences + dock + tick automatically hide & show dock
love the extra screen area.
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Mines seems fine. Just started around 30 minutes ago. Estimated at 40 minutes from now which sounds about right.
I think it's an issue with the Apple servers as w/ speedtest, I get 53.44Mbps download speed with Telus Internet (Canada). It's a bit better though w/ 8.8.8.8 DNS; however, its still hovering around 12-16 hours. 
I would pause and reboot, you don't lose what you have already downloadedI think it's an issue with the Apple servers as w/ speedtest, I get 53.44Mbps download speed with Telus Internet (Canada). It's a bit better though w/ 8.8.8.8 DNS; however, its still hovering around 12-16 hours.
Paused and rebooted 2 times now already. I'll let it run while I'm working tonight. Joys of working from home
I don't think its Apple? Maybe some are just getting unluckyI think it's an issue with the Apple servers as w/ speedtest, I get 53.44Mbps download speed with Telus Internet (Canada). It's a bit better though w/ 8.8.8.8 DNS; however, its still hovering around 12-16 hours.
19.29 Mbps (because I'm still downloading El Capitan).
Now its 17 minutes remaining. Went up to like an 1 hour while I used speedtest but then dropped back down to normal.
The way Apple is not allowing features to Canadian users (Apple pay, IPhone news app, etc), wouldn't be surprised is if Apple is limiting Canadian OS X users from downloading El Capitan quickly.
Aren't those different though? If Apple can't get businesses/publishers to support them like they can in US, they're not going to get it.