El Capitan dmg download

So is there an archive for all the pevious OSX versions?

No.

If you downloaded El Capitan from the App Store before Sierra became available, you can still reinstall El Capitan from the App Store.

Unhide Mac apps

1. On your Mac, open the App Store. If you're not already signed in, from the menu bar at the top of your computer screen, choose Store > Sign In, then enter your Apple ID and password.
2. From the menu at the top of your computer screen, choose Store > View My Account.
3. If prompted, enter your Apple ID and password.
4. On the Account Information page, scroll to Hidden Items. To the right of Hidden Purchases, click Manage.
5. Find the app that you want to unhide.
6. Click Unhide, then click Done.

trydaily wrote:

My MacBook Pro is from 2012 so Sierra wound be slowing it down too much.

And why would you say this?

Compare:

MacOS Sierra - Technical Specifications

OS X El Capitan - Technical Specifications

On Sept 25th High Sierra will be released and Sierra will no longer show up in App Store. You are better off downloading the OS—to get it in your list of Purchases—even if you do not install it. You can always make a bootable installer SD card or USB stick, with the createinstallmedia command, for later use.

Create a bootable installer for macOS - Apple Support

MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2012), macOS (10.12.6), i7 480GB SSD 16GB RAM

If you "purchased" OS X El Capitan from the Apple App Store previously, it should still be there for you to download again. Be sure to log into the store with the Apple ID that you originally purchased it with.

If you download ElCapitan it is not a dmg file: it is called "Install OS X El Capitan 10.11.6" and sitting in the Applications folder.

If you can not find it in the Purchased folder of your Appstore, you can ask somebody else to download it if he has it or had it before on his mac, then copy the downloaded Install file in his Applications folder and put it in your Applications folder.

I have several MBPs of 2009 to 2016 by myself and in the family, all have had each OS upgrade, and are now on Sierra, all are more efficient and even a bit faster (when we notice) with Sierra.

Now I know that a few MBPs are not a good statistic, but what I know about the OSs is that Sierra is very efficient and fast.

What can be a drag in older MBPs is the amount of Ram (should be 4GB at least, 8GB is recommended), and free space on the disk (8GB free as an absolute minimum on a HDD, and 25-35GB free on a SSD).

You have been informed that El Capitan is no longer available to you from Apple. Your Mac is upgradeable to Sierra, and does not qualify for the El Capitan link for those whose hardware is not Sierra compatible.

You are also offering the bait of a private email in hopes that someone will contact you, and then upload the full El Capitan Installer to you. That is explicitly against the OS X licensing agreement, and the terms of this site.

No means no.

"I will ask around if somebody has it. Do you know somebody?"

Yes here in the area of Davos, CH....

I could, but the file is 6.3GB !