This is how to create a OS X El Capitan installer on a flash disk or external disk.<\/p>\n
Download OS X El Capitan from the App Store. When it finishes downloading, quit the installer. The “Install OS X El Capitan” application should be in your \/Applications folder. On a side note even if you do not create a bootable installer, it’s a good idea to get a backup of this installer before running it. After upgrading your system, the installer will remove itself.<\/p>\n
Format a flash stick Mac OS Extended (Journaled) with GUID Partition Table<\/p>\n
Name the disk “Untitled”. Simply because the command below references the disk by the “Untitled” name.<\/p>\n
In Terminal, run:<\/p>\n
sudo \/Applications\/Install\\ OS\\ X\\ El\\ Capitan.app\/Contents\/Resources\/createinstallmedia –volume \/Volumes\/Untitled –applicationpath \/Applications\/Install\\ OS\\ X\\ El\\ Capitan.app \u2013nointeraction<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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