Reinstalling Os X El Capitan

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  1. Download El Capitan installation from the App store. It might complain that you already have it installed but download it anyway. It will be downloaded to /Applications and be named Install OS X El Capitan.app
  2. Create a bootable image from the El Capitan installer on a USB stick larger than 6GB. In a terminal run:

where MyVolume is the name of your USB stick. Change this to match the name of your USB stick.

Rileypardy123 Said: 'Reinstalling macOS X El Capitan: I’ve been trying to reinstall El Capitan on an old Mac book air and I tried getting help from Apple support and nothing has worked I’ve rebooted into recovery mode I’ve changed the date in terminal pretty much anything I can find on Apple discussions I’ve tried. Open the OS X Terminal and run the following command (copy and paste all 5 lines): sudo /Applications/Install OS X El Capita n.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallme dia -volume /Volumes/INSTALLER -applic ationpath /Applications/Install OS X El Ca pitan.app -nointeraction. Reinstall El Capitan on a computer already running it. Reinstall while keeping files, applications, and settings; Reinstall while erasing everything on your computer; Upgrade from previous versions to OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) From the Apple menu, select App Store. When the App Store opens, search for and download El Capitan. OS X El Capitan (10.11) MacRumors attracts a broad audience of both consumers and professionals interested in the latest technologies and products. We also boast an active community focused on purchasing decisions and technical aspects of the iPhone, iPod, iPad, and Mac platforms. Once you’ve done that, here’s how to install, reinstall, or upgrade to El Capitan, step by step: Boot from your Recovery HD partition by restarting your Mac while holding down the Command+R keys. The OS X Utilities window appears. Select Reinstall OS X, and click Continue.

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  1. Physically install SSD into the target laptop.
  2. Insert the El Capitan USB stick into the target laptop and power up. (This might take a while.)
  3. When the menu finally turns up, choose Disk Utility and format the SSD as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) with a unique name.
  4. Once complete, exit from Disk Utility and return the main menu.
  5. Choose to Install OS X on the formatted SSD.
  6. Follow the prompts until El Capitan is installed.
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Here’s link to a video on how to physically install the SSD as well as run the software installation.

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If you’d rather install Yosemite on the SSD then follow the How to Install Yosemite on a New SSD guide.