- #INSTALL OS X EL CAPITAN TARGET DISK MAC OS#
- #INSTALL OS X EL CAPITAN TARGET DISK INSTALL#
- #INSTALL OS X EL CAPITAN TARGET DISK UPGRADE#
- #INSTALL OS X EL CAPITAN TARGET DISK SOFTWARE#
- #INSTALL OS X EL CAPITAN TARGET DISK ISO#
Once you’ve checked out the requirements, come back here for the next, extremely essential, step: Back Up Your Existing Version of OS X and Your User Data Screen shot courtesy of Coyote Moon, Inc.īefore proceeding, you should first verify that your Mac is capable of running OS X El Capitan you can do this by visiting:
#INSTALL OS X EL CAPITAN TARGET DISK INSTALL#
It’s the second option, a clean install of OS X El Capitan, which we’ll address in this guide. When the problems are severe enough you may be willing to trade keeping all of your apps and data for starting with a clean slate.
#INSTALL OS X EL CAPITAN TARGET DISK SOFTWARE#
The clean install method is a good choice for testing a new OS on a dedicated drive or partition, or when you have been experiencing software related issues with your Mac that you have not been able to fix. It replaces the contents of a selected volume with a new, pristine version of OS X El Capitan that does not include any previous versions of the operating system, applications, or data files that may have been present on the selected drive. The other installation process is known as the clean install. This is the most common means of upgrading the operating system and is recommended when your Mac is in good shape and having no problems.
#INSTALL OS X EL CAPITAN TARGET DISK UPGRADE#
The default method is an upgrade install, which will upgrade your Mac to El Capitan while preserving all of your user data and apps.
#INSTALL OS X EL CAPITAN TARGET DISK ISO#
iso file as a source for Etcher (Mac/Windows/Linux).OS X El Capitan supports two methods of installation. You can create a bootable Linux USB stick by using the downloaded Linux. Keep in mind it will be very slow when booting Linux from a USB stick. I believe these three distributions have a Live demo mode on their installers. You can even test these Linux distributions out to see what they look like before you install them. Linux Mint or one of the Ubuntu flavors such as Kubuntu and Ubuntu MATE are good choices as they should be easy to install and should just work on an older Mac with limited resources. It is even possible to install Zoom on Linux if it is needed for school. Linux also includes the free open source office suite LibreOffice as well as a ton of other free software available in the Linux distribution's software repositories. I would suggest installing Linux on the laptop which would give the kid a non-Apple OS that is up to date and supports the most recent versions of the common web browsers such as Firefox, Google Chrome, and Vivaldi. Firefox is no longer supported on macOS 10.11 and there are other apps that are no longer supported such as MS Office. MacOS 10.11 El Capitan is getting old now and hasn't been supported by Apple for about three years now. Hoping to give this laptop to a kid in the neighborhood. The "InstallMacOS.pkg" file is an app and not a bootable image. Not surprising since it requires macOS to run. I put the InstallMacOS.pkg file on a flash drive and it launches but fails as well "No packages were eligible for install." I attempted to install an OS in Recover but after a few minutes fails. It opens utilities and gives me access the internet via WiFI. It starts up and is functioning but no OS on it. I was able to erase the HD and run First Aid. In fact you will still need to extract the El Capitan installer to the Applications folder by running the "InstallMacOS.pkg" file before you will be able to use those third party apps. While there are some third party utilities that have been used to make a bootable macOS USB installer many of them don't work properly since Apple has modified their installers.
The Terminal is required and is in the official Apple documentation for creating a bootable macOS USB installer.
#INSTALL OS X EL CAPITAN TARGET DISK MAC OS#
I'm not comfortable using Terminal so hoping to find another option to installing a Mac OS on this old MacBook Pro 2009.
The "Installer" folder you see may be for some other partial macOS installer download that was interrupted. Sometimes Finder doesn't always refresh itself properly so I suggest logging out & back in or reboot the Mac to see if you can then see the "Install macOS El Capitan" folder. If it completed without errors, then you should have the "Install macOS El Capitan" folder within the Applications folder. There is no folder named "Install" in the Application folder. I ran the InstallMacOS.pkg but it did not Install OS X El Capitan app into my Applications folder. I downloaded OS X El Capitan and the file InstallMacOSX.dmg appeared on the desktop.
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