Bootable El Capitan Usb

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DiskMaker X (formerly Lion DiskMaker) is an application built with AppleScript that you can use with many versions of OS X to build a bootable drive from OS X installer program (the one you download from the App Store). As soon as you launch the application, it tries to find the OS X Install program with Spotlight. Then, it proposes to build a bootable install disk and make it look as nice as possible. It’s the easiest way to build an OS X Installer in a few clicks ! Then you can use the Install drive to fully re-install the OS on a freshly formated drive, or install it on your many Macs without re-downloading the full installer.

Jump over the break to learn how to use DiskMaker X…

Bootable El Capitan Usb

Create Bootable El Capitan Usb From Pkg

1. Get an an empty flash drive with at least 8GB of storage

Mac OS X El Capitan Free Download For PC Intel And AMD USB Bootable Install ISO DMG Free Download Latest Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 Latest PC Watch Video. The OS of the older Mac has been corrupted and cannot boot. Yes I have downloaded El Capitan (InstallMacOSX.dmg) and renamed it to Capitan.app in the Applications folder. On the terminal, the. I read through it though but what I needed was a way to make a bootable El Capitan USB (for use in an older Mac) while on a newer Mac running Catalina.

Bootable El Capitan Usb
  • Create Bootable USB for Mac OS X El Capitan with TransMac. How To Create Bootable Usb For Os X El Capitan Download. A new pop up box will appear, click on the three-dots, and then select the macOS X El Capitan.DMG file from Windows. Then click on OK. Since the file is huge so it will take quite time to complete. Anydesk free download for.
  • May 27, 2021 To create a bootable Mac drive you need any disk with Mac OS X 10.11.0 El Capitan or newer (10.12 Sierra, 10.13 High Sierra, 10.14 Mojave, 10.15 Catalina) either running as your main system, or just being installed on a drive that's connected to your Mac at the moment.

2. Download OS X El Capitan

3. Download DiskMaker X

4. Double-click on the .dmg file to open it and drag-and-drop the DiskMaker X app into the Applications folder

Bootable El Capitan Usb


5. Now load DIskMaker X. When you load the app, it will ask you which version of OS X do you want to make a boot disk of. You can choose Mavericks, Yosemite and of course, El Capitan. We’ll choose El Capitan

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6. Now, the app will search for a copy of OS X El Capitan. Once it found your El Capitan copy, it will ask you if you want to use the copy that it found or you want to use another copy. If you downloaded it from the app store ( step 2 ), choose ‘Use this copy’

7. Now the app will ask you about your thumb drive, and it will tell you that will be completely erased before copying OS X El Capitan onto it…

8. Now the app will format your flash drive and ask you for your admin password. Once you enter your admin password, DiskMaker X will start copying the necessary El Capitan files onto your flash drive.


NOTE: this process will take a while. Be patient….

How To Create A Bootable El Capitan Usb Drive

9. When you’re done, the app will tell you that the boot disk is ready, you’ll see that your flash drive has been renamed as OS X 10.11 Install Disk and it will be opened. Now all you have to do is restart your Mac and and after you here the chime sound, press the Option ( Alt ) key until you see the option to choose the flash drive to boot from.