Apple slates OS X El Capitan release for Sept. 30

Apple yesterday quietly revealed that it will release OS X El Capitan, the successor to last year's Yosemite, on Sept. 30.

Also on Wednesday, Apple issued the first El Capitan GM, or "gold master," candidate to both registered developers and customers who have been previewing the new operating system through the public beta test program.

Apple typically runs through multiple GM candidates near the end of the process as it tries to stamp out as many bugs as possible before sending the software into the world.

Although no Apple executive mentioned El Capitan's pending release during the two-hour presentation Wednesday where they introduced new iPhone 6S and 6S Plus smartphones, the 12.9-in. iPad Pro and a revamped Apple TV, the company posted the Sept. 30 date on the El Capitan website.

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