Q: Installing El Capitan
Can I download El Capitan, save it on a flash drive, and then install it later?
I'm upgrading to El Capitan from Snow Leopard, but I don't want to install it just yet. I read on this forum that I could save it to a flash drive and install it later, but I just tried to do that and it didn't work. Did I miss something? I downloaded it last December and it it took hours, but then I decided against upgrading at that time and deleted it. This seems to be a very different download process now. Does anyone have any instructions on how to save it on a flash drive or some other external drive? Also, it downloaded really FAST just now -- it only took about 20 minutes or so. That seems very odd to me. I need to do a few more things on my computer before I install it, but I DON'T want to wait until the next version major version of OSX comes out, which I hear will be soon. If anyone has any advice on how to save El Capitan on a flash drive I would really appreciate it. Thank you.
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2009), Mac OS X (10.6.8), 2.26 GHz Intel core 2 Duo, 8 GB RAM
Posted on Jul 17, 2016 11:43 PM
You install Diskmaker on your computer.
When you run Diskmaker, it will automatically scan your startup disk and look for possible OSX installers that are available to create a bootable USB install media.
Stephanie Scheidemantel wrote:
Hello, I downloaded Lion Diskmaker (Diskmaker X), but I was confused about where to install it. Do I install it on my computer as the app indicates, or on the flash drive? Unfortunately there were no other instructions that came with it, and my email to the maker has gone unanswered. If you can specify for me, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.
Posted on Jul 20, 2016 12:36 AM
