Created a bootable USB with El Capitan installer

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OS X El Capitan is finally here, and if you're looking to install Apple's new desktop OS fresh from the ground up, then you'll be needing a bootable USB flash drive to get started with the process. Jan 14, 2020 Creating the Install OS X El Capitan.app on a mac that came with a newer OS than El Capitan. Download the InstallMacOSX.dmg from Section 4 of How To Upgrade To El Capitan. Double-click to open InstallMacOSX.dmg to Install MacOSX.pkg. Drag InstallMacOSX.pkg to the Desktop. Open Terminal, enter the text. Making The Bootable El Capitan USB Drive. We’re all here for one thing, so lets dive right in at the deep-end and get started with the process. We first of all need the OS X El Capitan installer that we alluded to as part of the “Pre-Requisites” above. Launch the Mac App Store and search for El Capitan.

booted from it, erased my MBP (mid 2009), clean install from USB installer

decided to use migration assistant, most apps not working plus all the clutter from pre clean install

decided to do another clean install but MBP won't boot from USB and uses the recovery version instead.

tried to get Maverick back and basically ended up with a non-working MBP that went into a boot loop

did a reinstall from MAS, ended up DLing the entire Installer again, went to bed and in the morning and 'working'

MBP again, plus all the clutter and non working apps.

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Made a new bootable USB key using terminal and yes it finished and yes it said bootable at the end as well as in Disk Utilities.

However when trying to boot from USB, start+Option, or start+cmd+r still no sign of the USB stick, which i guess would leave me

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with a non clean install again.

Any help, suggestions.....?

Cheers

Os X El Capitan Create Bootable Usb

Ralf

MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2009), OS X El Capitan (10.11)

Mac Usb Boot

Posted on Oct 4, 2015 7:57 AM