the terminal is not working, maybe because the file name of my el capitan on my application is install os el capitan? > On 03 Oct 2015, at 7:18 AM, M. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > Well, it's that time of year, again. > > I hope you find the following information useful. > > Good Luck, > > Mark > > How to make a bootable OS X El Capitan USB key > > These are instructions on how to make a bootable OS X El Capitan USB key. > > 1. > Download OS X El Capitan 10.11 from the Mac App Store. When the download > has finished, make sure that you quit the installer rather than actually > going through the process of upgrading over the top of your existing OS X > installation. Make sure that the installer that downloads the El Capitan > file is located in the /Applications folder under the name 'Install OS X El > Capitan.app'. > > 2. > Connect a 8GB or larger USB key to your computer. We're going to need to > format the USB flash drive to get it into a state where it can accept the > payload for the installation of El Capitan. > > 3. > Launch the Disk Utility application. > > 4. > Select the USB flash drive in the left sidebar. > > 5. > Click the Partition tab. > > 6. > Set the Partition Layout to 1 Partition, set the Name to Untitled, and set > the Format to Mac OS Extended (Journaled). > > 7. > Click the Options button then choose GUID Partition Table from the popup > window then click the OK button. > > 8. > Next click the Apply button to save your changes. When asked to confirm > click the Partition button. > > 9. > Launch Terminal from the Applications:Utilities folder. > > 10. > Make sure your empty USB key is still inserted. Additionally, make sure you > do not have any other volumes named Untitled except for the one we just > created in Step eight. Now, execute the following command in the Terminal > window to create your OS X El Capitan Install key: > > sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\ > Capitan.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled > --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\ Capitan.app > --nointeraction > > 11. > Enter your Administrative account password. > > 12. > After about 15 to 30 minutes the creation of your USB Install Key for OS X > El Capitan will be complete and you may safely remove your newly created El > Capitan Installer key. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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