El Capitan - worth getting

He loves me, He loves me not. He loves me ... El Capitan debuts on September 30. A modest upgrade to OS X, but all suggest it's worth getting....Jim Hamm

Now if you want to know what others think, read this article. Here's an excerpt:

"After testing El Capitan for a few weeks, most sites agree that while OS X 10.11 isn't a massive overhaul, its performance enhancements and speed boosts make upgrading to the free new OS essentially a no-brainer."

El Capitan is really getting overwhelming approval.

Take Control e-Book on iOS 9

There is a new e-Book available that you might want to take a look at. It is a crash course on iOS 9. Visit takecontrolbooks.com (click here) and use your MUG discount to get this e-Book with a 30% discount.

While you are there, notice that there is also a new e-book out on upgrading to El Capitan.

You might want to bookmark that link for future reference.

How to get your Mac hijacked

Yes, it is possible that your Mac could get hijacked. On August 17, 2015, PC World posted an article about how your Mac could get hijacked. PC World reports, "An Italian teenager has found two zero-day vulnerabilities in Apple’s OS X operating system that could be used to gain remote access to a computer."

The good news for Apple is that it doesn't appear to be in OS X El Capitan.

Is there a patch? Sort of, but it doesn't come from Apple. And because it takes two bugs together to cause the kind of memory corruption that would allow a hacker to gain root access, it's kind of unlikely that any Mac user would be affected. In other words, if you're not a high profile target, this should be the least of your worries.

Read the full PC World article here. And Cult of Mac has a similar article here.

Two Good Words: Upgrade! Free!

     Keeping us up with the latest, here's from Jim Hamm:  "The next version of OS X is to be called El Capitan, named after a 3000 foot-high chunk of granite in Yosemite National Park. See the picture below. And here an article describing 10 new features of El Capitan. It is to be available in the fall, and will be a free upgrade.  Here is an article describing some of the features coming in iOS 9, which is expected to be released in late October."