Oct 01, 2015 Here's a step-by-step guide to performing a clean install of OS X El Capitan using a bootable USB drive. Erasing the hard disk and installing from scratch. Jun 15, 2016 BETA drivers are now available for the SL2 and the SL4 for Apple's OS X El Capitan versions 10.11.4 and higher. In this video, Zach walks you through the pro. Skip navigation. Rane has released drivers supporting the use of its SL2 and SL4 Serato interfaces. This marks support for seven Rane devices to date, adding to current support of its Sixty-One, Sixty-Two, Sixty-Four, Sixty-Eight, and SL3 products.
Check compatibility
You can upgrade to OS X El Capitan from OS X Snow Leopard or later on any of the following Mac models. Your Mac also needs at least 2GB of memory and 8.8GB of available storage space.
MacBook introduced in 2009 or later, plus MacBook (13-inch, Aluminium, Late 2008)
MacBook Air introduced in late 2008 or later
MacBook Pro introduced in mid 2007 or later
Mac mini introduced in early 2009 or later
iMac introduced in mid 2007 or later
Mac Pro introduced in early 2008 or later
Xserve models introduced in early 2009
MacBook Air introduced in late 2008 or later
MacBook Pro introduced in mid 2007 or later
Mac mini introduced in early 2009 or later
iMac introduced in mid 2007 or later
Mac Pro introduced in early 2008 or later
Xserve models introduced in early 2009
To find your Mac model, memory, storage space and macOS version, choose About This Mac from the Apple menu . If your Mac isn't compatible with OS X El Capitan, the installer will let you know.
Make a back-up
Before installing any upgrade, it’s a good idea to back up your Mac. Time Machine makes it simple, and other back-up methods are also available. Learn how to back up your Mac.
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Get connected
It takes time to download and install OS X, so make sure that you have a reliable Internet connection. If you’re using a Mac notebook computer, plug it into AC power.
Download OS X El Capitan
For the strongest security and latest features, find out whether you can upgrade to macOS Catalina, the latest version of macOS.
If you still need OS X El Capitan, use this link: Download OS X El Capitan. A file named InstallMacOSX.dmg will download to your Mac.
Install the macOS installer
Double-click the downloaded file to open a window showing its contents. Then double-click the file within, named InstallMacOSX.pkg.
What Is After El Capitan
Follow the on-screen instructions, which will guide you through the steps necessary to install.
Begin installation
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After installation of the installer is complete, open the Applications folder on your Mac, then double-click the file named Install OS X El Capitan.
Click Continue and follow the on-screen instructions. You may find it easiest to begin installation in the evening so that it can complete overnight, if needed.
Allow installation to complete
Please allow installation to complete without putting your Mac to sleep or closing its lid. Your Mac may restart, show a progress bar or show a blank screen several times as it installs both OS X and related updates to your Mac firmware.
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Learn more
- OS X El Capitan won't install on top of a later version of macOS, but you can erase your disc first or install on another disc.
- You can use macOS Recovery to reinstall macOS.
Okay so here's the latest. I've not been successful so far installing Yosemite using a partitioned drive, as El Capitan prevents the App Store DL link for Yosemite (I DL'd from App Store directly) as it says 'this dl is too old to run on this OS X'. I've been on the phone with Apple since yesterday. We've determined that to create a bootable version of Yosemite, the DL needs to be offloaded via USB key or EHD, a formatted USB key/EHD created and then a Terminal adjustment made to the installer inside ElCap
sudo /Applications/Install OS X Yosemite.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install OS X Yosemite.app --nointeraction)
which creates a version of the Installer that will open and 'hypothetically' will allow you elect either the USB drive, or the partitioned drive created earlier. This process is making my head spin, and now after I created a partition drive, and followed the steps in Terminal, I'm not getting ' /volumes/untitled is not a valid volume mount point '
So I'm back at square one. Any ideas/thoughts?
sudo /Applications/Install OS X Yosemite.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install OS X Yosemite.app --nointeraction)
which creates a version of the Installer that will open and 'hypothetically' will allow you elect either the USB drive, or the partitioned drive created earlier. This process is making my head spin, and now after I created a partition drive, and followed the steps in Terminal, I'm not getting ' /volumes/untitled is not a valid volume mount point '
So I'm back at square one. Any ideas/thoughts?