The Easy Way: DiskMaker X. DiskMaker X is a free program that does the hard work of creating the USB installer. They do take donations, so if it’s helpful to you, you might throw some money in. Select version of OS X (in our case El Capitan) Select copy of OS X installation app. Select USB drive that will be used for USB installation. And wait a few minutes till the the DiskMaker X finish creating process. To install OS X El Capitan restart computer hold the Option key and select Installation USB drive from the menu. Download OS X El Capitan. Download DiskMaker X. Double-click on the.dmg file to open it and drag-and-drop the DiskMaker X app into the Applications folder. 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. Create El Capitan bootable USB disk with DiskMaker X by Rida Imran Oct 5, 2015 Mar 29, 2016 OS X 10.11 El Capitan is easy to install if you have to download it from Mac App Store.
Making the installer drive. Connect to your Mac a properly formatted 8GB (or larger) drive, and rename the drive Untitled. (The Terminal commands I provide here assume that. Make sure the El Capitan installer (or at least a copy of it), called Install OS X El Capitan.app, is in its default. Apr 03, 2016 In the following instruction, we show specifically how to make a Mac OS X bootable installation USB from El Capitan.DMG, Yosemite.DMG, Maverick.DMG or any OS X older versions on Windows PC. This is cool for Windows users who want to install Mac OS X on their PC, but useful for Mac users when their Mac is not working and needs to be re-installed.
In the range of this writing, we will show you how to make an USB installer for Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan using 2 different methods: DiskMaker X and Terminal.
You might want to look at the instruction to download and create USB installer for Mac OS X (Yosemite, Mavericks, Mountain Lion, or Lion) in our another topic.
Preparation
You need to prepare following necessary tools and utilities:
- An USB 8GB or bigger.
- OS X El Capitan installer application must be on the Mac and in the /Applications/ folder. Mac OS X 10.11 can be downloaded from Apple Store. You may want to take a look on our another topic – Download Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan.DMG – InstallESD.DMG.
- Download DiskMaker X here.
Solution 1: Make OS X El Capitan USB installer via DiskMaker X
Step 1: Run DiskMaker X,choose El Capitan when you are asked which version of OS X you want to make a boot disk.
Step 2: Choose Select an Install file…
Step 3: Locate and selet El Capitan installer in Applications/
Step 4: Click An 8GB USB thumb drive
Step 5: Select the right USB then click on Choose this disk.
Step 6: Click on Erase button then create the disk
Step 7: Choose Continue and fill the administrator password when you are asked.
Step 8: Wait until the process is finished.
You now have an OS X 10.11 El Capitan installer in a bootable USB.
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Solution 2: Create OS X El Capitan installer in a bootable USB installer using Terminal
You need to follow exactly step by step in details.
Step 1: Format and make USB bootable
1. Plug USB into Macbook and run Disk Utility > Select the USB drive in the left side > Click on Erase > Choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format > Apply.
2. Go to Partition tab > Select 1 Partition at Partition Layout.
3. Change the name to ElCapInstaller from Untitled > Click on Option.
5. Choose GUID Partition Table and click OK.
6. Click on Apply to format USB > End the Disk Utility when the process is completed.
Step 2: Using Terminal command line
- Launch Terminal (Applications/Utilities). Copy and Paste the following code (pay attention on ElCapInstaller, the name of USB) and Enter.
sudo /Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia –volume /Volumes/ElCapInstaller –applicationpath /Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app –nointeraction
- Type the administrator password, and then it will be finished you see the “Done”.
With having an bootable USB which contains OS X El Capitan installer, you could easily to install OS X 10.11 on your Mac device by pressing and holding Option (Alt) key when booting.
In the following instruction, we show specifically how to make a Mac OS X bootable installation USB from El Capitan.DMG, Yosemite.DMG, Maverick.DMG or any OS X older versions on Windows PC.
This is cool for Windows users who want to install Mac OS X on their PC, but useful for Mac users when their Mac is not working and needs to be re-installed new and fresh Mac Operating System.
Basically, you need two things: A MacOS X.DMG (or.ISO) and TransMac software.
- At for Bootable MacOS images, you can download any versions from our existing shares here: https://applehint.com/t/download-all-macos-x-10-4-10-14-original/376
- TransMac v11 full version:
Acute Systems TransMac v11.zip (download) 3.90 MB Please leave a comment if the download link does not work. Otherwise, you can download the trial version of TransMac here.
How to create Mac OS X bootable USB on Windows?
Download El Capitan Installer
- You need to prepare an USB (8Gb or bigger).
- Run TransMac by Run as administrator
- Right-mouse the USB drive, choose Restore with Disk Image
- From the warning dialog box, just click on Yes
- Browse for the DMG file, then Click on OK button
- The whole process then takes a few minutes to finish
Cheers!
It was 2009 when Apple last released a new operating system on physical media. Things have proceeded remarkably smoothly since version 10.7 switched to download-only installers, but there are still good reasons to want an old, reliable USB stick. For instance, if you find yourself doing multiple installs, a USB drive may be faster than multiple downloads (especially if you use a USB 3.0 drive). Or maybe you need a recovery disk for older Macs that don't support the Internet Recovery feature. Whatever the reason, you're in luck, because it's not hard to make one.
As with last year, there are two ways to get it done. There's the super easy way with the graphical user interface and the only slightly less easy way that requires some light Terminal use. Here's what you need to get started.
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- A Mac that you have administrator access to, duh. We've created El Capitan USB stick from both Yosemite and El Capitan, but your experience with other versions may vary.
- An 8GB or larger USB flash drive or an 8GB or larger partition on some other kind of external drive. For newer Macs, use a USB 3.0 drive—it makes things significantly faster.
- The OS X 10.11 El Capitan installer from the Mac App Store in your Applications folder. The installer will delete itself when you install the operating system, but it can be re-downloaded if necessary.
- If you want a GUI, you need the latest version of Diskmaker X app. Version 5 is the one with official El Capitan support.
- Diskmaker X is free to download, but the creator accepts donations if you want to support his efforts.
The easy way
Once you've obtained all of the necessary materials, connect the USB drive to your Mac and run the Diskmaker X app. The app will offer to make installers for OS X 10.9, 10.10, and 10.11, and it should run on OS X versions all the way back to 10.7—support for 10.6 was dropped in the most recent release.
AdvertisementDiskmaker X has actually been around since the days of OS X 10.7 (it was previously known as Lion Diskmaker), and it's still the easiest GUI-based way to go without intimidating newbies. If you're comfortable with the command line, it's still possible to create a disk manually using a Terminal command, which we'll cover momentarily.
Select OS X 10.11 in Diskmaker X, and the app should automatically find the copy you've downloaded to your Applications folder. It will then ask you where you want to copy the files—click 'An 8GB USB thumb drive' if you have a single drive to use or 'Another kind of disk' to use a partition on a larger drive or some other kind of external drive. Choose your disk (or partition) from the list that appears, verify that you'd like to have the disk (or partition) erased, and then wait for the files to copy over. The process is outlined in screenshots above.
The only slightly less-easy way
If you don't want to use Diskmaker X, Apple has actually included a terminal command that can create an install disk for you. Assuming that you have the OS X El Capitan installer in your Applications folder and you have a Mac OS X Extended (Journaled)-formatted USB drive named 'Untitled' mounted on the system, you can create an El Capitan install drive by typing the following command into the Terminal.
Diskmaker X For Windows
sudo /Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app --nointeraction
Diskmaker X For El Capitan
The command will erase the disk and copy the install files over. Give it some time, and your volume will soon be loaded up with not just the OS X installer but also an external recovery partition that may come in handy if your hard drive dies and you're away from an Internet connection.
Diskmaker X Per El Capitan
Whichever method you use, you should be able to boot from your new USB drive either by changing the default Startup Disk in System Preferences or by holding down the Option key at boot and selecting the drive. Once booted, you'll be able to install or upgrade El Capitan as you normally would.