Mac Os El Capitan Install
Because of this, I recommend creating your own bootable El Capitan (OS X 10.11) installer drive on an external hard drive or USB thumb drive. If you need to install El Capitan on multiple Macs. If unable to use the app store how can i download the El Capitan installer? (I'm already on Capitan and want to do a clean install onto new ssd). Currently downloading in App Store - estimate is 6days and 18h. I'm sure it'll breakdown halfway through. I have a 100mbit connection and can otherwise download stuff. To do a clean install of OS X El Capitan, you will need a blank USB flash drive that’s a minimum of 8GB in size. You will be using this drive fully for OS X El Capitan, therefore do not waste a bigger drive if you’ve got an 8GB on hand.
I need to dmg file to write usb with transmac bot when i bought max os x el capitan’ send me a dvd 9,in dvd9 a file with rdr format and a program to write rdr files.in rdr file a part with clover ver 2.3k and install el capitan partition.i write in 16gb usb and connect it in back panel of pc in usb 2.0 work and i go to clover and set boot. Go to the Apple Menu App Store. And download the El Capitan installer. It will be placed in your Applications folder with the name: 'Install OS X El Capitan.app,' and it will auto launch.
Reinstall El Capitan Without Erasing the Drive
Boot from the USB installer. When the splash screen appears select the target drive. From the screen's menubar you will see a Utilities menu. Select Disk Utility and use it to do the the following:
Clean Install El Capitan Usb
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility and press the Continue button. After Disk Utility loads select the indented Macintosh HD entry from the the left side list. Click on the First Aid button in the toolbar. Wait until the operation completes, then quit Disk Utility and return to the main menu.
Download El Capitan Installer
Reinstall OS X: Select Reinstall OS X and click on the Continue button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless and more reliable.
As long as you do not erase the drive before installing then the installation simply overwrites the existing one but will not touch any of your files or applications (third-party.)
Oct 12, 2015 1:34 PM