OS X El Capitan 10.11

how do you DL OS X El Capitan 10.11


I cannot find any links for this for my laptop HELP PLS!

Posted on Jun 19, 2021 3:37 PM

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Jun 19, 2021 11:28 PM in response to jollai

If you do have an operating system on your mac and it is functioning then you can download

El Capitan using this method.


How to get old versions of macOS – Apple Support

Go to Download OS and click on OS X El Capitan 10.11

this downloads InstallMacOSX.dmg to your Downloads folder.


The next section can only be done on a mac that is capable of running El Capitan.

This includes macs that have the potential to run El Capitan but have been upgraded to a newer OS.

A mac that came preinstalled with an OS later than El Capitan will refuse to do the next bit.


When downloaded open to InstallMacOSX.pkg, double-click on

that and an installation window will open, this does not install El Capitan

but converts the InstallMacOSX.pkg to the Install OS X El Capitan.app which 

you will find in your Applications folder, it should be 6.2GBs in size.


(If the installation window asks which disk you want to install to, you must pick 

the disk that you are booted to at the time. Not any internal or external disk that 

you want to eventually install El Capitan on, that is for later.)


To start the installation of El Capitan double click on the Install OS X El Capitan.app.


The copy of the install app self deletes after installing El Capitan, so make sure you keep a copy of the 

InstallMacOSX.dmg if you need it in future, or you could just make a copy of the Install OS X El Capitan.app 

prior to installing and moving it to an external drive for safe keeping. 

It is also possible to create a bootable USB installer disk using the Install OS X El Capitan.app in the Applications 

folder and the createinstallmedia command in the Terminal app. 


Read the instructions here,

How to create a bootable installer for macOS – Apple Support

Jul 1, 2021 8:07 AM in response to Eau Rouge

My El Capitan running on a 2009 MacBook Pro is working fine overall but not allowing Safari bookmarks to update to iCloud. Settings are checked and correct for this activity but no update occurring. Open Safari tabs also not available on other Apple device running later iOS. Is it advisable to reinstall El Capitan to correct this concern? Thank you.

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