dmg file and put it on desktop, but I can not select the El Capitan in step #4. You can store it on your Desktop or inside any drive that you want. Mukhtar Jafari Post author at 3:45 PM Reply.Where do I store the OS X (.dmg) file? Every time I go through the set up, I get stuck at selecting the operating system because I don’t know where to store the. Use this article to create bootable USB drive for windows: Yes dear but if you want to install windows back then you must have a Bootable USB for windows to reinstall it. This opens the hidden "BaseSystem.dmg" file and mounts it as "OS X Base System".So does this work to boot el capitan on a pc and then will boot back to windows if you want it to? Open /Volumes/OS\ X\ Install\ ESD/BaseSystem.dmg Run "Application/Utilities/Terminal" and type at the prompt: To show the hidden file, you can change the system settings to show all hidden files or just open it using the Terminal which is what I did. There is actually a hidden file called "BaseSystem.dmg" in the root directory of the "OS X Install ESD" volume that was just mounted.
This is where most instructions seem to stray off the correct path.
After the copy is complete, double click on "InstallESD.dmg" to mount the volume. Open "Contents" and then "Shared Support" and copy the "InstallESD.dmg" file to the Desktop. Go to "Applications/Install OS X El Capitan" and Control+Click to show the context menu and select "Show Package Contents".Ĥ. After downloading, it will automatically launch the upgrade installer. Nearly all the steps I read online regarding using "Disk Utility" to make a bootable USB drive failed until did the following steps:Ģ. I wasn't able to use createinstallmedia to make a boot disk because that doesn't work until MacOS X 10.7. The copy of the install app self deletes after installing El Capitan, so make sure. This is a version so old that all the steps I read to make a bootable USB drive failed. app prior to installing and moving it ton external drive for safe keeping. In fact, I'm still on Snow Leopard (MacOS X 10.6.8). I haven't updated my MacBook Pro in many years.
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