El Capitan Will Not Install

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Sep 30, 2015 This lasted ages. I watched 'Pointless' on TV then was just going to stop the install but looked at the install logs and it was still adding to the log. Then it started to reboot and all was well. So this last second on the progress indicator took over 40 minutes. El Capitan appears to be working fine but has not yet had a thorough test. Click 'Download'. Click continue and it will download the El Capitan installer. When the installer is downloaded it will automatically launch. As it launches Quit the installer at the first question. That will leave you with a 'Install OS X El Capitan' installer app (about 6 GB) in the Applications folder. I'm unable to complete the installation of El Capitan. I only have the HD & RAM memory installed (no battery). Other Mac OS-X Versions are installing OK (even Windows). But, when I try to upgrade to El Capitan it never finishes the update. Also, it will not install via USB thumb drive. I have tried everything! Sep 30, 2015 EL Capitan is not as fast as Mac OS X versions released after EL Capitan like Sierra. Upgraded from EL Capitan, the Sierra Apple Optimization allows Macs to run smoothly from 2012 onwards and beyond. On the other hand, with EL Capitan from 2008 to 2010 Max could run fast.

  1. Install El Capitan App
  2. Reinstall Os X El Capitan
  3. Install El Capitan On Mac
El Capitan Will Not Install

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1- Requirements

In this document, I will guide you how to install Mac OS 10.11 on VMWare. First of all, you must ensure that your computer have been install VMWare. VMWare version 12 is highly recommend.
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2- Download Mac OS X 10.11

Download Mac OS X 10.11 (Backup Link)

3- Mac OS X Unlocker for VMware

You need to unlock Mac OS for VMWare before creating a virtual operating system Mac OS on VMWare. To do this, you need a software. Download Unlocker 2.0.8 at:
Note: You need to register an account to download, register an account is free.

4- Install virtual operating system Mac OS

Open VMWare, and click 'Create a New Virtual Machine'.
Create an empty folder to create Mac OS virtual machine. For example, 'F:VMwareOS X 10.11'.
Visual Machine is created.

Install El Capitan App

You need to configure the hardware.

Reinstall Os X El Capitan

If you want to install Mac OS to iOS programming, you need to have a space of 4GB RAM for virtual machine.
Remove the hard drive of virtual machine to create a new hard drive which points to Mac OS file that you have downloaded earlier.
Click to add a new hard drive.
Select the location of Mac OS 10.11 image file, that you have downloaded previously.
It is not necessary to expand the drive, with Mac OS, 40GB is enough to install iOS programming tools. Here I expand to 100GB.

Install El Capitan On Mac

Disconnect the CD whenever you power the virtual machine.
it is very important to configure virtual machine. Open file 'OS X 10.11.vmx':
Add:
OK now you can run virtual machine Mac OS:

5- Install VMWare Tools

VMWare Tool is a tool that allows you to manipulate between 2 Windows that you are running and Mac OS that you are running on VMWare, such as copy & paste the files, ...
And now you need to install it.
Point to the darwin.iso files in thetools of unlocker that you downloaded earlier.
Mac os el capitan installer

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To get the latest features and maintain the security, stability, compatibility and performance of your Mac, it's important to keep your software up to date. Apple recommends that you always use the latest macOS that is compatible with your Mac.

Find out how to upgrade to macOS Big Sur, the latest version of macOS.

Check compatibility

The version of macOS that came with your Mac is the earliest version it can use. For example, if your Mac came with macOS Big Sur, it will not accept installation of macOS Catalina or earlier.

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If a macOS can't be used on your Mac, the App Store or installer will let you know. For example, it may say that it's not compatible with this device or it's too old to be opened on this version of macOS. To confirm compatibility before downloading, check the minimum hardware requirements:

  • macOS Catalina 10.15 hardware requirements
  • macOS Mojave 10.14 hardware requirements
  • macOS High Sierra 10.13 hardware requirements
  • macOS Sierra 10.12 hardware requirements
  • OS X El Capitan 10.11 hardware requirements
  • OS X Yosemite 10.10 hardware requirements

Download macOS using Safari on your Mac

Safari uses these links to find the old installers in the App Store. After being downloaded from the App Store, the installer will open automatically.

  • macOS Catalina 10.15 can upgrade Mojave, High Sierra, Sierra, El Capitan, Yosemite or Mavericks
  • macOS Mojave 10.14 can upgrade High Sierra, Sierra, El Capitan, Yosemite, Mavericks or Mountain Lion
  • macOS High Sierra 10.13 can upgrade Sierra, El Capitan, Yosemite, Mavericks or Mountain Lion

Safari will download the following older installers as a disk image named InstallOS.dmg or InstallMacOSX.dmg. Open the disk image, then open the .pkg installer inside the disk image. It will install an app named Install [Version Name]. Open that app from your Applications folder to start installing the operating system.

  • macOS Sierra 10.12 can upgrade El Capitan, Yosemite, Mavericks, Mountain Lion or Lion
  • OS X El Capitan 10.11 can upgrade Yosemite, Mavericks, Mountain Lion, Lion or Snow Leopard
  • OS X Yosemite 10.10can upgrade Mavericks, Mountain Lion, Lion or Snow Leopard