Before installing, ensure your Mac is compatible. El Capitan generally runs on: Late 2008 or newer MacBook Air: Late 2008 or newer MacBook Pro: Mid 2007 or newer Mac Mini: Early 2009 or newer iMac: Mid 2007 or newer Mac Pro: Early 2008 or newer
Apple provides the full installer for legacy systems that are incompatible with newer macOS versions:
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softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer --full-installer-version 10.11
: Use the command from Step 3, but target /Volumes/install_build . Before installing, ensure your Mac is compatible
Type the following command, but :
The official download from Apple arrives as a .dmg file containing an installer package ( InstallMacOSX.pkg ). To use it, you must extract the actual installer application onto a compatible Mac. To use it, you must extract the actual
If you (or your Apple ID) have ever downloaded El Capitan from the App Store before, you might find it listed in your purchase history. To check: