How to Get OS X El Capitan’s Window Snap Feature Here’s how to set it up and begin snapping windows in OS X. Unfortunately, OS X El Capitan won’t be available until later this year in the fall, but the good news is that you can use the new window snap feature in OS X right now in OS X Yosemite, thanks to a third-party application called BetterSnapTool. It works a bit differently in OS X El Capitan, but the main point is there. This is similar to Windows’ Aero Snap feature, where you can drag a window off to the side to activate the snap and the let go of the mouse or trackpad to have the operating system automatically resize the window to fit on half of the screen. However, some of the new features may prove useful to many Mac users, including new swipe gestures, Spotlight Search improvements, and a new multi-tasking feature that allows users to quickly and easily snap windows and create a side-by-side view using two windows. In fact, OS X El Capitan can be considered a rather minor update from OS X Yosemite, and Apple only needed about 10 minutes tops to show off the new features during its presentation. If you’re a fan of OS X El Capitan’s new window snap feature, here’s how to get it right now without waiting.Īpple announced and revealed OS X El Capitan yesterday during the company’s WWDC keynote, arriving with a handful of new features, but keeping the same overall design and look as OS X Yosemite.