- Download El Capitan installation from the App store. It might complain that you already have it installed but download it anyway. It will be downloaded to /Applications and be named Install OS X El Capitan.app
- Create a bootable image from the El Capitan installer on a USB stick larger than 6GB. In a terminal run:
Sep 10, 2015 How to create an El Capitan USB install disk. Step 1: Download El Capitan from the Mac App Store. If you’re a developer, you can redeem a download code to use via the Apple developer center. If you’re a part of Apple’s public beta program, you can likewise redeem a code for the El Capitan GM via Apple’s beta website. Once El Capitan is. Make sure you have Install OS X El Capitan.app in your Application Folder; Select 'On an external drive' on the main MCPF window. Then, choose the disk you want to install the El Capitan installer on. Click install and prompt your password. Boot the computer you want to install El Capitan on with 'alt' held and select your USB drive. Bootable USB Stick - macOS X El Capitan 10.11 - Full OS Install, Reinstall, Recovery and Upgrade SANDISK USB FLASH DRIVE 2.0/3.1 - 16GB - 5 years warranty Latest certificate (expires These USBs are NOT produced by Apple. Installing or upgrading your software from an USB is a quick process and can take 10-15 minutes to complete. After hours of trial and error, I was finally able to install OSX 10.11 'El Capitan' on my used iMac (mid 2009)! I tried to use the internet installer that came with it, but it would not work without signing into the original owner's AppleID (even though I specifically went into iTunes to 'De-Authorize this computer' before wiping the original. Aug 07, 2021 Create Mac Os X El Capitan Install Usb From Windows Mac operating system’s twelfth major version is the El Capitan Installer (version 10.11). All the Mac computers which don’t have the privilege to upgrade to MacOS High Sierra or the computers that need to upgrade to El Capitan first, can download this twelfth version on the computer.
where MyVolume is the name of your USB stick. Change this to match the name of your USB stick.
- Physically install SSD into the target laptop.
- Insert the El Capitan USB stick into the target laptop and power up. (This might take a while.)
- When the menu finally turns up, choose Disk Utility and format the SSD as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) with a unique name.
- Once complete, exit from Disk Utility and return the main menu.
- Choose to Install OS X on the formatted SSD.
- Follow the prompts until El Capitan is installed.
Here’s link to a video on how to physically install the SSD as well as run the software installation.
Install El Capitan From Usb Drive
Install El Capitan From Usb Boot
If you’d rather install Yosemite on the SSD then follow the How to Install Yosemite on a New SSD guide.