. Connect the USB flash drive to your Mac. Give the flash drive an appropriate name. You can do this by double-clicking the and then type in a new name. We suggest calling the drive elcapitaninstaller.
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As has been the case for the last few releases of OS X, the easiest method to make a USB install drive is with the free program, Diskmaker X. It’s been updated today to support El Capitan. This step-by-step procedure will teach you how to create a bootable USB drive installer for Mac OS X El Capitan.This method will also work for the other iterations of OS X (including the Yosemite, Mavericks, and Mountain Lion updates).
You can use any name you wish, but it shouldn't have any spaces or special characters. If you do select a different name, you'll need to modify the Terminal command we outline below with the flash drive name you selected. Launch Terminal, located in /Applications/Utilities. Warning: The following command will completely erase the flash drive named elcapitaninstaller. In the Terminal window that opens, enter the following command. The command is a single line of text, though your web browser may show it displayed over several lines.
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If you used the drive name suggested above, you can triple-click on one of the words in the command to select the entire line of text. Sudo /Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia -volume /Volumes/elcapitaninstaller -applicationpath /Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app -nointeraction. Copy (command + C keys) the command, and then paste it (command + V keys) into Terminal.
Press return or enter. You'll be asked to provide an administrator password. Enter the password, and press return or enter.
The terminal will execute the createinstallmedia command and display the status as the process unfolds. Erasing and copying the files from the OS X El Capitan installer can take a bit of time, depending on how fast the USB flash drive is. You may want to consider taking a break and stretching your legs. Once Terminal completes the command, it will display the line Done, and then show the Terminal prompt waiting for a new command to be entered.
You can now quit Terminal.
As usual, Apple no longer supply a bootable USB Flash Drive with latest OS X releases - including the new OS X 10.11 El Capitan. Using this tutorial you will be able to create your very own bootable USB Flash Drive using Apple's newest operating system, El Capitan, in 3 easy steps! Command used in this video: sudo /Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia -volume /Volumes/OSX -applicationpath /Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app -nointeraction Take a sneak peak at what we’re working on to bring you, or just interact with us! Twitter - Instagram - Other videos you may be interested in. Creating an OS X Mavericks USB Installer Drive: 2013 Apple Time Capsule: 2013 MacBook Air 11: 2013 Retina MacBook Pro.
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