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How do I wipe my Mac and reinstall El Capitan?
Install El Capitan from Scratch
- Restart the computer.
- Select Disk Utility from the Utility Menu and click on Continue button.
- When Disk Utility loads select the volume (indented entry, usually Macintosh HD) from the Device list.
- Click on the Erase icon in Disk Utility’s main window.
How do I upgrade from El Capitan to Sierra?
Here’s how to upgrade from El Capitan to Sierra.
- Download High Sierra from the App Store. High Sierra is available for download from the App Store.
- Start the Upgrade. With the High Sierra installer ready, it’s time to actually install it.
- Utilize the Setup Assistant to Complete the Installation.
How do I restore my Mac to original settings?
The best way to restore your Mac to factory settings is to erase your hard drive and reinstall macOS. After macOS installation is complete, the Mac restarts to a setup assistant that asks you to choose a country or region. To leave the Mac in an out-of-box state, don’t continue setup.
How to install and reinstall OS X El Capitan?
Once you’ve done that, here’s how to install, reinstall, or upgrade to El Capitan, step by step: Boot from your Recovery HD partition by restarting your Mac while holding down the Command+R keys. The OS X Utilities window appears. Select Reinstall OS X, and click Continue. The OS X El Capitan splash screen appears. Click Continue.
Why is El Capitan not installed on my computer?
If your ID never downloaded it you can’t download El Capitan. Your machine probably supports High Sierra and that’s the OS you should use. My id never downloaded El Capitan but how could upgrade to High Sierra if I can even get El Capitan to install. Only option in the recovery is to install El Capitan.
Is there any way to recover from El Capitan?
Only option in the recovery is to install El Capitan. Open the App Store and click the download link for High Sierra.
Why is OSX El Capitan stuck on terminal?
This happened again with an Apple Store upgrade of El Capitan here in 2019, which is really incompetent behavior on Apple’s part. I fixed it by setting the system clock in terminal to 12-31-2015 using terminal once it was stuck in its upgrade loop, which allowed it to continue despite its expired certificate in the upgrade image.