Install OS X from USB. How To Create a Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan USB Boot Disk. Tutorial Showing 3 Simple Steps on How To Create a USB Book Disk Installer for OS X Mavericks, Yosemite or El Capitan. Create a Bootable USB Installer for Mac OS X Mavericks, OS X Yosemite or OS X El Capitan the Quick and Easy Way. For Best Performance, it's Advisable to use a USB 3.0 Flash Drive.
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OS X El Capitan 10.11 is compatible with any Mac capable of running OS X Yosemite 10.10
createinstallmedia Command Code (entire code below is written on one line in Terminal):
Just Copy & Paste The One Line Terminal Command in Terminal And Replace Where It Shows "NameOfYourUSB" In The Command Line Below With That Of Your USB Flash Drive.
For Official Release OS X El Capitan*:
sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\ Capitan.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/NameOfYourUSB --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\ Capitan.app --nointeraction
For Beta Release OS X El Capitan*:
sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ 10.11\ Developer\ Beta.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/NameOfYourUSB --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ 10.11\ Developer\ Beta.app --nointeraction
For Official Release OS X Mavericks*:
sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/NameOfYourUSB --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app --nointeraction
For Official Release OS X Yosemite*:
sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/NameOfYourUSB --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app --nointeraction
*Format of the One Line Command to enter in Terminal to access the createinstallmedia Tool on the OS X Installer and to Create a Bootable Installer on a USB flash drive:
sudo /Applications/Name\ Of\ OS\ X\ Installer.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/NameOfYourUSB --applicationpath /Applications/Name\ Of\ OS\ X\ Installer.app --nointeraction
Replace where it shows Name Of OS X Installer.app with that of the name of the OS X Installer being created. The \ syntax is the Command used in Terminal for Names With Spaces.
Also replace where it shows NameOfYourUSB with that of yours.
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Personally; this is the quickest method for creating a bootable installer for OS X Mavericks, Yosemite or El Capitan.
Using a USB 3.0 flash drive, the process was completed in just under 3 minutes and involving just 3 Steps.
I’ll just briefly demo the 3 steps, as a video using this method was already done previously for OS X Mavericks.
If there’s anything you don’t understand in this brief demo, please watch the video titled: “How To Create a Mac OS X Mavericks USB Boot Disk: Method 2” for a more detailed explanation.
Onwards with the brief demo.
Soooooooo, Let’s Get Started
Basically; on a Mac, login with system Administrator or Admin user privileges, then follow the following steps:
Step 1: After downloading OS X El Capitan Installer and when the splash screen appears to install El Capitan, simply quit the installer as shown here.
Step 2: Insert a USB flash drive in an available socket and note the name of the USB drive.
For this demo, I’m using a USB 3.0 flash drive, named “Untitled”.
3rd and final Step: Open Terminal.
I have already typed the format of the one line command to be entered in Terminal using TextEdit. The one line command is included in the description of this video below.
I’ll just copy and paste, the following one line command in Terminal, followed by carriage return.
Then; enter your Admin password, and after pressing carriage return, the process for the creation of the OS X Installer will begin. I’ll just time-lapse it from here.
In my case, It took just under 3 minutes for a bootable OS X installer to be created on a USB 3.0 flash drive.
And that’s all there is to it.
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WWDC 2015 Announcement: OS X El Capitan 10.11 and iOS 9 Coming this Fall.
OS X El Capitan Focuses on Experience and Performance.
For Experience: A more powerful Spotlight Search experience. New Built-in apps features and better Windows Management using Mission Control and the ability to do Split Screen.
For Performance: Up to 1.4x Faster App launch. Up to 2x Faster App switching. Up to 2x Faster Time to first Mail messages. Up to 4x Faster Opening PDF in Preview.
Performed and Tested On MacBook Air (Late 2013) Using:
OS X Yosemite 10.10.3
32 GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive
Apple's Intel Based Systems:
Mac Mini
iMac
Mac Pro
MacBook Air
MacBook Pro
