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the latest version of Apple's OS X operating system El Capitan is now available to pre update for the Mac it's promising faster apps and new improved ways to get stuff done I'm Nate we've seen it and today we're going to check out some of those new features we'll start with Mission Control a classic Mac feature that helps you keep stuff organized if you press the Mission Control shortcut here in your keyboard or just swipe up with three fingers on the trackpad you get a bird's-eye view of everything you're working on if you want a little more space while you're in the middle of something just grab that app by the title bar drag it up to the top of your screen and you can dump it onto a new virtual desktop now let's say you want to work on two things at the same time a copy 10 split view gives you a neat full screen option that could prove useful now there are a couple of ways to do this if you're on a cluttered desk top click and hold the green full screen button on the first app you'd like to work with and pick a site to drop it on now click the app you'd like to share screen space with bell line up side by side on a desktop of their own with the vertical black bar running between them drag that left to right to shrink or extend the app to your liking if you've already got a few full screen apps running I want to combine some just hop in a Mission Control and drag one on top of the other gonna pair right up which is really slick if you change your mind you can drag them by their title box to change their order or separate them with a click Apple spotlight has also learned a few new tricks it can now for example offer whether results to search for weather and the name of the city you're curious about and you'll get the week's forecast if you want to check out how a particular team is doing spot like until your results from their last game and give you a peek at the upcoming schedule if you want to check on a particular player spotlight can do that to you get a little info card with stats and links of interest now there's still quite a few things to discover here Apple Mail now supports gestures you'll find public transit direction Apple maps even safaris learn a few tricks I'll copy time is definitely worth the upgrade while you're waiting for it to download head over to CNN read my full review I'm Nate thanks for watching