Downloading El Capitan Disk Image is not the correct OS

I just downloaded the El Capitan disk image to upgrade a 2010 Macbook Pro running Yosemite. But I think it's mislabeled because I ran the installer and it didn't update the OS; it's still running 10.10.5. Where can I get the proper download?


EDIT: Sorry, I just discovered an older question asking this same thing. I did not realize the package installed the installer! I thought there was some other reason it was so small. Sorry for the duplicate, if I knew how to delete this I would.

Posted on Feb 21, 2021 4:01 PM

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Posted on Mar 2, 2021 10:16 AM

Correct, El Capitan is only known to legitimately come from the source on this tip:

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-8811

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