El Capitan | Sierra | |
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iCloud cross-device sync | Calendar, Messages, Notes -- the usual stuff. | New folders added: Desktop and Documents. |
Siri | Nope. | Available, still imperfect, but it’s there. |
Apple Pay | Nope. | Available, works well. |
Space management | Only the one you perform yourself by being neat. | Optimized Storage with cleaning features. |
Apple Watch Unlock | Nope. | Is there, works mostly fine. |
El Capitan | Sierra | |
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Speed test | Works fine when having enough free disk space (~10%) | Appears snappier, but could be just a clean new system. Runs better on new Macs. |
Battery life | 6-7 hours on a Macbook Air 2013 | 5-6 hours on a MacBook Air 2013. Seems to be a general trend of 1-2-hour shorter battery life after upgrade. |
Security | Pretty solid OS, but could be better. | 65 security fixes, sounds impressive. |
El Capitan | Sierra | |
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RAM | 2 GB | 2 GB |
Hard Drive space | 8.8 GB of free storage | 8.8 GB of free storage |
Hardware (Mac models) | Most late 2008 | Some late 2009, but mostly 2010. |