
Open Terminal, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder. Connect the USB flash drive or other volume that you're using for the bootable installer. Use the 'createinstallmedia' command in Terminal You will create the bootable installer from this app, not from the disk image or. It installs an app named Install OS X El Capitan into your Applications folder. On a Mac that is compatible with El Capitan, open the disk image and run the installer within, which has the name InstallMacOSX.pkg. This will be downloaded as a disk image called InstallMacOSX.dmg. For enterprise administrators, please download from Apple, not a locally hosted software update server. To get the correct installer, download from a Mac that is using macOS Sierra 10.12.5 or later, or El Capitan 10.11.6.
If the installer opens after download, quit it without continuing the installation. These will be downloaded to your Applications folder as an app called Install macOS.
Download: macOS Big Sur, macOS Catalina, macOS Mojave or macOS High Sierra. A downloaded installer for macOS Big Sur, Catalina, Mojave, High Sierra or El Capitan. A USB flash drive or other secondary volume formatted as Mac OS Extended, with at least 14 GB of available storage. What you need to create a bootable installer
You don't need a bootable installer to upgrade macOS or reinstall macOS, but it can be useful when you want to install it on multiple computers without having to download the installer each time. These advanced steps are primarily for system administrators and people who are familiar with the command line.
#CREATE BOOTABLE USB OS X MOUNTAIN LION FROM WINDOWS FOR MAC OS X#
Create Bootable USB for Mac OS X El Capitan with TransMac A new pop up box will appear, click on the three-dots, and then select the macOS X El Capitan.DMG file from Windows. You can do this by double-clicking the device's name on the desktop and then typing a new name. Give the flash drive an appropriate name. Follow these steps to create a bootable USB installer of El Capitan in Terminal. Use Terminal to Create the El Capitan Bootable USB Installer.