Bootable El Capitan
Are you trying to make a bootable installer? Do you have the El Capitan installer downloaded from the App Store? You cannot make a bootable DVD but you can make a bootable flash drive.
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Having a bootable hard drive or USB flash drive is a handy troubleshooting tool. Bootable USB Installers for OS X Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan, and Sierra First, review this introductory article: Create a bootable installer for macOS. Second, see this How To outline for creating a bootable El Capitan installer. Now Create bootable USB for Mac OS El Capitan on Windows. Now it is the time to create a bootable USB installer using TransMac, To install Mac OS El Capitan on VirtualBox on Windows 10 you need a Bootable USB here you will learn the steps of creating a bootable USB installer for Mac OS El Capitan on Windows.
Bootable USB Installers for OS X Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan, and Sierra
First, review this introductory article: Create a bootable installer for macOS. Second, see this How To outline for creating a bootable El Capitan installer. Simply replace the Terminal command with the one from the preceding article by copying it into the Terminal window. You will need an 8GB or larger USB flash drive that has been partitioned and formatted for use with OS X.
Drive Partition and Format
- Open Disk Utility in the Utilities' folder.
- After Disk Utility loads select the drive (out-dented entry with the mfg.'s ID and size) from the side list.
- Click on the Erase tab in the Disk Utility toolbar. Name the drive, 'MyVolume'. <---- IMPORTANT!
- In the drop down panel set the partition scheme to GUID. Set the Format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.)
- Click on the Apply button and wait for the Done button to activate. When it does click on it.
- Quit Disk Utility.
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Create Installer
Open the Terminal in the Utilities' folder. Choose the appropriate command line (in red) depending upon what OS X installer you want. Paste that entire command line from below at the Terminal's prompt:
Command for macOS High Sierra:
sudo /Applications/Install macOS High Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume --applicationpath /Applications/Install macOS High Sierra.app
Command for macOS Sierra:
sudo /Applications/Install macOS Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume --applicationpath /Applications/Install macOS Sierra.app
Command for El Capitan:
sudo /Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume --applicationpath /Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app
Command for Yosemite:
sudo /Applications/Install OS X Yosemite.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume --applicationpath /Applications/Install OS X Yosemite.app
Command for Mavericks:
sudo /Applications/Install OS X Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume --applicationpath /Applications/Install OS X Mavericks.app
Press RETURN. You will be asked for your admin password. It will not echo to the Terminal window. Then press RETURN again. Wait for the return of the Terminal prompt signifying the process has completed. It takes quite some time to finish. Be patient.
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Create a bootable OS X El Capitan USB Drive: Making a bootable OS X El Capitan USB Drive is easy and doesn’t take very long at all. There are a number of benefits to creating this type of boot drive, including the fact that it makes it very easy to install a fresh copy of the operating system you have configured on it.
Another benefit is that you will have a very easy time installing an operating system on a completely separate partition or on a virtual machine. By creating a boot disk you will have fast access to a portable installation whenever you need it.
- You will want to start off by connecting your flash drive to your Mac
- Download and Install the latest version of DiskMakerX (or check here how to download and use DiskMaker X step by step)
- Run DiskMakerX and click “Yosemite (10.10)“, as there is currently no other version available for El Capitan.
- Next you will want to select the install file and in the Applications folder select “Install OS X 10.11” and click “Choose”.
- Click “An 8 GB USB thumb drive” and select the flash drive you plugged into your Mac.
- Click “Erase” then create the disk.
- You will then need to click “Continue” and enter your administrator password when prompted.
- Once the process has finished, simply click “Quit”.
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You will now have a working bootable OS X El Capitan USB drive to use whenever you want. You can choose to rename the drive to “El Capitan” as opposed to “Yosemite”. Because DiskMakerX does not yet have an option for El Capitan, it will automatically name is Yosemite.
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Updates
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- Added a link for how to use DiskMaker X step by step (15.7.21).