Hi, when I copy the below text and paste it into terminal where do I enter a password? As per step 11. Max.
> On 3 Oct 2015, at 3:18 PM, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
