DiskMaker X (formerly Lion DiskMaker) is an application built with AppleScript that you can use with many versions of OS X to build a bootable drive from OS X installer program (the one you download from the App Store). As soon as you launch the application, it tries to find the OS X Install program with Spotlight. Then, it proposes to build a bootable install disk and make it look as nice as possible. It’s the easiest way to build an OS X Installer in a few clicks ! Then you can use the Install drive to fully re-install the OS on a freshly formated drive, or install it on your many Macs without re-downloading the full installer.
- Create El Capitan Bootable Usb From Big Sur
- Create El Capitan Bootable Usb From Dmg
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Jump over the break to learn how to use DiskMaker X…
I have an El Capitan, can I create a bootable USB of Windows 7? I also have a Windows 7 ISO. I need to use a USB since I will be reformatting a netbook without DVD/CD-ROM drive. I am build this Programe to make it easy USB Installation of OS X El Capitan with Chameleon. USB Drive 16 gig or higher. For osx 10.11 el capitan frchameleon, the bootloader that chimera is based off, supports themes as open theme.plist in the theme folder with textedit, and change thenbspwelcome to the chameleon boot loader project information. Download create-bootable-installer-for-os-x-el-capitan.sh to the USB drive. Boot into Recovery Mode. Before you dive into this guide, you’ll need a few things: A broken Mac computer with Mac OS X. A trial copy of the TransMac software. One high quality USB flash drive with 16GB of storage. A copy of Apple’s macOS (DMG file). If other USB devices are connected to your PC, disconnect them from your PC to avoid possible conflicts. Since the USB hub may introduce problems, try bypassing the USB hub by connecting the unit directly to your PC. Do not remove and connect the USB cable from/to the PC in a short period of time. HOW TO CLEAN INSTALL OS X EL CAPITAN WITH A BOOTABLE USB - LearnMac.org Mac Tips, Tutorials and Tricks.
Create El Capitan Bootable Usb From Big Sur
1. Get an an empty flash drive with at least 8GB of storage
2. Download OS X El Capitan
3. Download DiskMaker X
4. Double-click on the .dmg file to open it and drag-and-drop the DiskMaker X app into the Applications folder
5. Now load DIskMaker X. When you load the app, it will ask you which version of OS X do you want to make a boot disk of. You can choose Mavericks, Yosemite and of course, El Capitan. We’ll choose El Capitan
Create El Capitan Bootable Usb From Dmg
6. Now, the app will search for a copy of OS X El Capitan. Once it found your El Capitan copy, it will ask you if you want to use the copy that it found or you want to use another copy. If you downloaded it from the app store ( step 2 ), choose ‘Use this copy’
7. Now the app will ask you about your thumb drive, and it will tell you that will be completely erased before copying OS X El Capitan onto it…
8. Now the app will format your flash drive and ask you for your admin password. Once you enter your admin password, DiskMaker X will start copying the necessary El Capitan files onto your flash drive.
NOTE: this process will take a while. Be patient….
9. When you’re done, the app will tell you that the boot disk is ready, you’ll see that your flash drive has been renamed as OS X 10.11 Install Disk and it will be opened. Now all you have to do is restart your Mac and and after you here the chime sound, press the Option ( Alt ) key until you see the option to choose the flash drive to boot from.
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| # This script assumes 2 things |
| # 1. One have already downloaded the El Capitan ( /Applications/Install OSX El Capitan.app) installer through Appstore or at leaast put 'Install OSX El Capitan.app' into the /Apps folder |
| # 2. A fresh 8 GB+ USB Memory is inserted and have the name 'Untitled' |
| # |
| # Installation instructions: |
| # 1. Insert a USB stick into your computer (it will be totally erased - make sure you backup your important files on that USB) |
| # 2. Open up a terminal (Terminal.app, iTerm etc) |
| # 3. Fire up Disk utilities |
| # - I.e `open /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app` |
| # 4. Erase your USB and create a OSX Journal partition called 'Untitled' (this is important). Wait for it to be completed. |
| # 5. Run the following command below: |
| ########################################################################## |
| sudo /Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app --nointeraction |
| ########################################################################### |
| # You should now see something like: |
| # sudo /Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app --nointeraction |
| # Password: |
| # Erasing Disk: 0%... 10%... 20%... 30%...100%... |
| # Copying installer files to disk... |
| # Wait and drink a cup of coffee |
| # If you want to know some stats (Read/write speed), you can fire up another terminal (or tab), i.e <Apple button>+T and run this command: |
| iostat -d 1 |
