How do I install OS X El Capitan on a new hard drive?

How do I install OS X El Capitan on a new hard drive?

Insert the USB flash drive containing the El Capitan installer into your Mac. Restart your Mac while holding down the Option key to display the OS X Startup Manager. Select OS X El Capitan installer on the USB flash drive and then press Return to start up the Mac from the installer.

How do I install OSX after erasing hard drive?

How to Reinstall Mac OS Using Recovery Mode

1. Restart your Mac.
2. As your computer is restarting, hold down the Command + R keys.
3. When you are in recovery mode, click Reinstall macOS and then click continue.
4. When the installer window pops up, click Continue.

Does OS X El Capitan support Windows 10?

Question: Q: Does El Capitan Bootcamp support windows 10 Answer: A: Yes, it’s supported.

How do I download El Capitan to an external hard drive?

How to download OS X El Capitan to a storage drive

1. Click the Apple icon on your desktop, then click “App Store” to access your Mac Apple store.
2. When the download is complete, the installation guide will start automatically.
3. Connect an 8 GB or higher storage pen drive into the USB port.

Is there a way to clean install OS X El Capitan?

You will need to have made a bootable OS X El Capitan installer drive with a USB flash key to perform a clean install. If you have already installed OS X 10.11 on the Mac, you can download it again and create a boot installer with these instructions.

Do you need a flash drive to install El Capitan?

While most Mac users are well served by running the normal update process to OS X El Capitan after it has been downloaded from the Mac App Store, this guide is for users who want to start fresh. You will need to have made a bootable OS X El Capitan installer drive with a USB flash key to perform a clean install.

Is there a bootable OS X 10.11 installer drive?

Because of this, I recommend creating your own bootable El Capitan (OS X 10.11) installer drive on an external hard drive or USB thumb drive. If you need to install El Capitan on multiple Macs, using a bootable installer drive is faster and more convenient than downloading or copying the entire installer to each computer.

How do you erase a disk in OS X El Capitan?

Paste the copied command into Terminal and press Return. Type your admin-level account password when prompted, and then press Return. You may see the message “To continue we need to erase the disk at /Volumes/Untitled. If you wish to continue type (Y) then press return:” If so, type the letter Y and then press Return.