Getting Mac OS El Capitan in 2023?

[@MoJazzy2008]

Was wiping my 2007 iMac with 4GB RAM and a 500 GB SSD (yes, back in the days, they made their stuff upgradeable - and the 17 year old machine still runs just fine and fast) clean as suggested by Apple, erased and re-formatted the disk, and then ran into the common issue of being unable to install it via Internet connection from Apple. 403, access denied. Shock. I now have an M1 Mac mini with Sonoma 14.4.1, and that does not allow to run the Installer as suggested. Had to fall back to my 2014 MacBook Pro on Big Sur 11.7.10 (I know, I have too much Apple gear..), and that finally allowed me to create the bootable USB stick. You would expect Apple to be premium in their services too, given the cost of their hardware, but they are letting their customers down. Not so you, it worked so thanks for the hint! Note that the tool erases the USB stick in the process of creating the bootable stick. Any idea of how to do it on an M1 / Apple silicon Mac?

[@EasyOSX]

I remember when they used to be that upgradable, I remember replacing the old spinning drive with an SSD in my 2009 MacBook Pro. Ha ha. Getting something like that on modern Mac at least with El Capitan you just need to make sure that you have the full installer app or the installESD.DMG. At this point you have to get it from the Internet Archive like I mentioned, but as long as you have that you should be able to create the boot USB from any Mac, Intel or AS.

[@revilerred7440]

@@EasyOSXsubbed. This was exceedingly helpful. I stupidly forgot that Apple’s old standalone dmg OS files generate those “install ___” dummy files in the applications folder. I thought something was wrong with my old Mac minis or the internet archive dmg’s. Was that common knowledge? Does it still do that with newer rips of Ventura and Sonoma?

[@EasyOSX]

@revilerred7440 Thanks for the kind words. The ones that download automatically from the MAS are full installers now and not just upgrades.

[@Adgg5]

This is one of the best helpful videos I have ever seen! Thank you so much for your help!

[@miguelito5602]

Thank you I was looking for a copy of El Capitan for an ssd on an older Mac I found lying around

[@EasyOSX]

Happy to help!

[@daes5465]

Ok Im trying to Reinstall El Capitan on an imac 7.1 Because the Admin Password was lost i couldnt even Install El Capitan and create a boot USB So i boot Into Recovery Erased the HDD with all the User Accounts Then i tried to Reinstall Mac OS El Capitan But since a few years This IS Not possible because the Recovery will Download from the app Store And AS shown in This Video IT IS taken Out of the App Store Thats realy one of the wirst Things Apple IS doing to customers AS shown you cant Download a boot Version on Mac M1 or Mac m2 So you need to find Someone with an old Mac , or you Install Not from Apple Website Thats crazy , because Apple IS making euch a big Thing to protect customers and their systems In This Case ITS a lie So the only Chance to Reinstall IS from a boit Stick And This boot Stick i have to create in a Friends Macintosh running El Capitan Absolutely crazy In my Case the only apologize for Apple IS the fact that i dont have the admin PW But that i cant Download and Set Up a El Capitan boot Installer on a new Macintosh m2 is absolutely crazy You can save everything in Clouds and Recovery IT but you cant Just get a iOS Version Only With the boot Stick i will BE able to solve the Problem Im Happy my friend has got the Mac running El Capitan So then i can easily create the boot device

[@guillermotamayoromero8692]

I haven’t tried this but this is the solution I was looking for

[@EasyOSX]

Hope it does work out for you!

[@n.heroep2786]

Thanks for your video. I've been trying to figure out how to boot up my 2008 MacPro. This gives me a chances to do fresh install to my old mac.

[@tylermiller3207]

Legit!! Thank you so much. After 5ish hours I have prevailed. I got a formatted iMac from the thrift store with El Captain on it and I couldn't log in because I needed to log into the App Store (per Apple) I didn't have an El Captain purchase so I was locked out. I followed the directions and used Disk Creator to save my installation. I did run into some problems because I was using a very generic thumb drive, I switched thumb drives and made sure that the Partition tab in Disk Utility was highlighted, I changed my format to (exFAT?) and then it worked! At start up I just held my ALT key and selected my thumb drive to boot up! Thanks again for the help

[@Roshikiki]

Oh. I wonder what your experience is like with that MacOS!😊

[@Julzglidez]

My iMac stuck on recovery mode and won’t let me install El Capitan with my USB bootable drive

[@EasyOSX]

Will it let you reinstall via recovery mode?

[@ivanschilling6058]

This video is useless. It is only possible to create a El Capitan boot loader from a Mac that is capable of running El Capitan. I’ve spent days trying to do this and you’ve wasted too much of my time. ☠️

[@EasyOSX]

I assure you it is possible, otherwise I wouldn’t show it. I’ve done it myself recently.

[@EthanCrane-g3k]

Thank you I tried doing that but it did not work so I tried Mac OS lion and that worked I will try to upgrade the computer again and I see if that works thank you I am so happy

[@EasyOSX]

Well sorry you had to go that route but hopefully it works better for you.

[@EthanCrane-g3k]

@@EasyOSX Thank you I got the MacBook to work but it took a while

[@EthanCrane-g3k]

But I did find my old 2009 MacBook but the things battery broke I use your video on this to help

[@Richard-vr9dm]

Doesnt work on my Mac. I habe a macbook from late 2008 with 4GB of RAM and when I try to open the .pkg file, is says that it cannot be installed on my Mac. I need some help. Currently macOS Leopard is running on my mac.

[@EasyOSX]

You can’t upgrade directly from Leopard to El Capitan. You need to go to an intermediate version like Snow Leopard to El Capitan.

[@carlos_marcello]

great video! although i am not sure if this will help my situation. I am helping my friend reformat his imac and his version was the el capitan 10.11. I went to disk utility, erased the macintosh hd and proceeded to Reinstall. It then asked for an internet connection so i connected via ethernet cable. It search for a few seconds then came back with an error message. The odd thing is when I go to Reinstall OS X there are no options to select a hard drive. There is just a button to continue then asks to download and install el capitan then an error message saying it cannot continue. Kind of stuck here and I tried changing the date to the year 2015 and still no luck. I do not have another mac nor can I get back into the OS since I erased the hard drive. There should have been a partition of the el capitan to reinstall. Is there a way to fix this using a windows pc to make a bootable usb drive with el capitan? Or is there an easier way? Thank you.

[@EasyOSX]

If you're able to access the recovery mode still then it means that partition is still there in some sense. Changing the date would also mess it up since (from the server hosting Mac OS), your machine is claiming to be coming to it from 8 years in the past. What format is the hard drive in (APFS, HFS+, etc.)?

[@carlos_marcello]

@@EasyOSX Thank you for responding. I had to change the date cause it was mentioned that the certificates expired and wouldnt work if it were in 2023(I also tried it before changing the date and it didnt work). The format when I erased the macintosh HD was in OS X Extended (Journaled). In the Disk Utility I have Hitachi and Macintosh HD(all available). Then under that I have Disk Images Apple Disk Image(takes up 2.01GB) and OS X Base System(takes up 1.3GB). I just dont understand why I cant just reinstall the OS. I am not use to Macs and this stuff is frustrating.

[@EasyOSX]

That's certainly unusual. I didn't have to change the date on my stuff to get it to install. You can make a Mac flash drive from Windows, though you might need to install some trail software to do so. I'm going to direct you to Kevin Muldoon's video. It's a little old, but the steps should still be the same. He also has a link to his website where you can read the steps if you'd rather not do the video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoDTd2Ogf7J9sKs

[@jamellikadi1145]

@@carlos_marcelloare

[@Synthematix]

El Capitan in theory should be the best version of osx to run OpenEMU

[@EasyOSX]

Can’t say I’ve tried it, but I’d be interested to hear your thoughts as to why?

[@fudobakari]

Thanks for uploading this video. It seems that lots of other videos just skip over the most important detail that you included here. I'm very grateful.

[@treedriller]

What is the correct date for El Capitan Installer?

[@EasyOSX]

Not sure what you mean. Can you elaborate?

[@tomchen6871]

doesnt even allow me to download the pkg, says require mac os x

[@EasyOSX]

What OS are you running right now

[@highwayvigilante]

To all asking for the date for the internet archive version, I used the terminal to set the date to the exact present minute and connected it to my wifi. This worked.

Thanks buddy... I got a problem with the date

[@_County]

it goes through the steps flawlessly but when it gets to downloading the OS it says "The server gave an error during download 403 forbidden" Its like that for every version i download i also made sure i had the correct time and tried different hard drives and even went to ethernet but nothing

[@EasyOSX]

Is this on Apple's website or is this on the Internet Archive?

[@darwizzylover123]

Hi, I have a mac os x el capitan 10.11.6 but I dont know how to update it to newer versions, what would you recommend me to do?

[@EasyOSX]

You’ll probably have to get the upgrades from the Mac App Store, though with Sonoma just released you may not be able to easily find the others. What model Mac do you have? If you hit the Apple logo in the top left corner of your screen and then click “About this Mac” a window should pop up telling you what model Mac you have (e.g. 2015 MacBook Air).

[@darwizzylover123]

Yes it is a 2015 MacBook air, I found a video that installs ventura for example for unsupported macs (from matt talks tech) I dont know if you think thats a good option. Thanks for answering!! @@EasyOSX

[@Raleigh-xd7df]

THANK YOU

[@aishaaidaruse]

I cannot even type the links in and safari says that it can’t open the page 😢

[@EasyOSX]

Well that’s not good. Is it that no webpages will load or the machine actually won’t register your key presses on the keyboard?

[@PureStruggle4rl]

Hey Guys, my mac says after the unzipping process: ...couldnt be extracted. Error 1 This is not allowed. This is just an translatet from german, so I dont know if its 100% correct, but you might understand the meaning. Do anyone have a solution? Macbook pro 5,1 from late 2008

[@EasyOSX]

What version of Mac OS are you running (for example: Mac OS 10.8, “Mountain Lion”)? Also, are you downloading the package from the Apple site or from the Internet Archive

[@PureStruggle4rl]

Hey thanks for your answer. Its Mountain Lion, but i already found another way. But thank you very much!

[@EasyOSX]

Well glad you got it working!

[@SheenaBean86]

So I downloaded from your recommended Archive Link, But since its not from a trusted source it wont let me put it on my usb. I dont know what to do

[@EasyOSX]

You might try right clicking the installer and hitting “Open” that was to launch it first. When it launches it will probably ask if you’re sure you want to open it because it can’t verify the source. Say yes. After it tells you whether it can can run on your system (even if this isn’t the system to run it on) you can close the installer and try running the app or Terminal commands again

[@sheenajonas6882]

​​@@EasyOSX I finally got it to go onto the flash drive but NOW the issue I'm having is when placed into the older iMac and holding down 'Option' while booting, the USB doesn't show up as an option to boot from. Am I using the wrong type of flash drive??

[@mr.b3vardisjhony105]

Does it work if Iam geting error 403, and can’t reinstall os.?

[@EasyOSX]

Sounds like it’s having trouble connecting to the network and trying to network boot. Double check your date and time are correct and run the upgrader or try the bootable flash drive method

[@mr.b3vardisjhony105]

Finally fixed it, but i had troubles to make bootable usb. After 10 try’s it’s actually worked

[@SonnyGuingab]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge! This is a big help 🙏🏻 will share your channel and socials to my fellow old mac users.

[@TraschMull]

hi guys, I need the Terminal Code pleas help me

[@EasyOSX]

Sorry this apparently got missed. What Terminal code exactly are you missing?

[@MehrStoff]

Thanks a lot!!! 🎉 Really helpful! Btw... I like your calm video without all the stupid unnecessary stuff other channels implement in their videos. Keep it up!

[@EasyOSX]

I'm glad it helped, and I really appreciate your kind words. Can't say I'm always above the "unnecessary" stuff sometimes, I've been called long-winded before. But seriously, thank you.

[@MehrStoff]

@@EasyOSX ​@EasyOSX To be absolutely honest, I only saw this video so far, so I can't tell if the other videos are better or worse. But I can tell that this one was well done. Have a good day!

[@EasyOSX]

No worries. I know that tends to be the nature of my channel, and I'm ok with that. Have a great day yourself!

[@wabafreeman5137]

I got it downloaded. I got it to open. I open the installer, it bounces once then closes. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

[@EasyOSX]

Just so I’m clear, are you trying to run the installer to upgrade the OS on the machine or is it when trying to make a flash drive it does this?

[@wabafreeman5137]

@@EasyOSX Sorry. I solved that problem. I didn't wait for full extraction. I had to use Terminal to make it go. Now it says the "Application is too old to be opened on this version of OSX." I'm running it on a 2015 MacBook Pro with system 10.13.6. I've never had these problems before. Such a headache.

[@EasyOSX]

@wabafreeman5137 was this the one from Apple or the one from Internet Archive?

[@HeartlandCountryShop]

Thank you so much! The one critical step that the other videos failed to mention was to allow it to "install" so that it could be moved over to the thumb drive. I used your other video using terminal to get it to install on an old 2009 macbook that my late sister-in-law had installed linux. I wanted it back to a macbook and it's currently installing now.

[@antattackBAM]

I'm pretty sure I just read an article that you did? It was almost word for word as the video and it helped me out alot! Copying installer files to disk as we speak. Thanks if that was you! *Edit* I just checked and it was you. lol Thanks

[@EasyOSX]

Haha yeah a lot of times I’ll do one and then re-write the first to fit better on the other. So I wrote the article first and then re-did parts of the article to fit better in script form. Usually I try to add the video to the head of the article when I do that and put a link to the written version in the YT description, but apparently I missed both here, so thanks for catching that. I've just fixed that.

[@antattackBAM]

@@EasyOSX Well great work, it is much appreciated. Was able to get the Macbook up and running without issue!

[@EasyOSX]

Glad to help!

[@den.james1]

1:43 Mine says its not recognized..:(

[@EasyOSX]

What wasn’t recognized exactly

[@den.james1]

@@EasyOSX I’m not sure, I open a downloaded file or whatever, and a pop up comes saying the file isn’t recognized and won’t let me open it. I am verrryyyy stupid when it comes to computers lol. And I’m only 28 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@StewNPG]

Hey, I'm struggling a bit with this one. When I try to use the install disk creator app an error pops up that tells me that the file could not be verified and is refusing to open it. Got any suggestions?

[@EasyOSX]

Hmm, could be the download was corrupted. Maybe try redownloading it and doing it again.

[@StewNPG]

@@EasyOSX Managed to fix it! You can allow it to be opened in security and privacy in the genera tab. I am writing this from my fresh install of El Capitan. Thank you very much, after days of searching around the web I finally found a solution.

[@EasyOSX]

@StewNPG happy to hear!

[@caitanyabhavadas6706]

@@StewNPG Thanks a lot for sharing, that helped me too!

[@n.heroep2786]

@@StewNPG Thank you for figuring it out. I was stuck in the cycle of the same error as yours. Tried using the terminal too, and still not working. You are a lifesaver. THANK YOU!! Next, let's see if it can boot up my 2008 MacPro without problem.

[@butterstotch181]

Just genius. Amazing stuff mate. Cheers

[@CiprianoPBeoII]

Thank you. This video steps worked for me.

[@saimanhussaini2010]

I download Mac OS X El Capitan from Mac App Store I get an error “this version of OS X 10.11 cannot be installed on this computer” my Mac is a 2013 model and can run El Capitan, how do I proceed further?

[@EasyOSX]

What version of MacOS are you currently running?

[@saimanhussaini2010]

@@EasyOSX macOS High Sierra

[@EasyOSX]

@saimanhussaini2010 well High Sierra is newer than El Capitan so if you’re trying to run the installer then it would show that message. Have I misunderstood what you meant?

[@saimanhussaini2010]

@@EasyOSX No

[@EasyOSX]

Ok so if you're trying to run the upgrade for El-Cap on this High Sierra machine, then you would get the error message. If you're running it while trying to make a flash drive, then you wouldn't need to do that and should be able to just follow the Terminal directions in the latter half of the video.

[@АннаЦюняк-ш9щ]

Good job bro, thank you very much!!!!!!!!!!

[@crypto_demon]

EASIEST technique on KZbin

[@johnnypageheck]

52 comments and 211 likes. I think you just made about 263 of the most grateful and loyal subscribers a KZbinr could ever ask for.

[@EasyOSX]

That’s very kind of you to say. Thank you

[@carlostranges1566]

I tried using the archive link you gave for El Capitan and was able to download it with no problem, but I can’t create the bootable usb because both the install disk creator app and the terminal refuse to open it because it is not from a verified source… any tips?

[@EasyOSX]

You might try right clicking the installer and hitting “Open” that was to launch it first. When it launches it will probably ask if you’re sure you want to open it because it can’t verify the source. Say yes. After it tells you whether it can can run on your system (even if this isn’t the system to run it on) you can close the installer and try running the app or Terminal commands again

[@squiddymute]

what browser and what version and version are you using with catalina ? i seem to be getting lots of SSL errors with chrome and other browsers don't even run anymore.

[@EasyOSX]

I’ve used Safari and FF for mine. I tested mine with Ventura, Monterey, and 10.15 as well and was able to download it and make the installer

[@CiprianoPBeoII]

Can you make a video on how to fix mac with “?” And it won’t boot up? Even CMD + R wouldn’t work. Thanks.

[@EasyOSX]

Yeah I could, though usually that means either it can't find the operating system or the disk (usually the former)

[@VianneyBidault]

Thank you so much for this video! After spending hours trying to restore the DMG file into a bootable USB, your tutorial saved me quite a lot of time! Thank you sir 🙏

[@StephHawk-l1q]

Do I need to use a seperate computer to do this or can I do this on the wiped clean computer I bought off of FB Marketplace? My work computer is an imac, but it's brand new, so it's not compatible. I've never been signed into the computer I'm trying to download the OS system.

[@EasyOSX]

So long as you have one working Mac it should be fine. You should still be able to follow the tutorial on your new iMac provided that you download the installer from the Internet Archive rather than the one from Apple.

[@eddieburfi]

This was really helpful. Thanks!

[@sierraoneal5685]

OMG You are a life Saver !!!!!

[@rumble1925]

Nice. I messed up my recovery partition installing Ubuntu on my old macbook. The ubuntu install failed due to some error and now I don't have any OS at all on the computer. Thank god this works for silicon macs or I'd be sh*t out of luck

[@EasyOSX]

Glad you got it working!

[@Simtronics]

Trying to install the osx from web browser and it says I don’t have enough storage even though I’ve cleared out stuff using disk utility. Any suggestions?

[@EasyOSX]

There’s an app you can download called GrandPerspective. Give it access to your drive, let it scan, and it will tell you what’s taking up space. grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/

[@Lagoon_.]

My mac is from 2007 my issue with it is that it needs a newer version to download things like apps from the app store and games from the internet. And i clicked download el capitan and its saying that it will take 1 day to download💀

[@EasyOSX]

Hopefully it won’t take that long unless you’ve got a really bad connection. Or maybe the Archive is having some trouble.

[@juba6934]

big thanks

[@xenay911]

thank you so so so much for this! I've tried for hours in vain to make a bootable flash drive that would work. Had to tell my MacBook in privacy and security to run the installer in the creation software, other than that everything FINALLY worked. You have helped a very grateful person, who had been about to throw in the towel. Thank you 🙏 and I wish you a great new year!

[@FernandoChavez-m2z]

Downloading rn I hope it still work for the Capitan and I will donate. This has been a pain in the a** for me to get!

[@EasyOSX]

Yeah Apple has not made it easy, I can agree with that.

[@3az3oz]

Thank you.

[@ryde1337]

YOU ARE A GENIUS!

[@saoreyes]

Thanks!!!!!!!!

[@nadiaviljoen4730]

Thank you!!!!

[@fifa-veteran8498]

great work

[@Aronkar1]

Thank you, it's very helpfull :)

[@EasyOSX]

Glad it was helpful!

[@TKESB_AZ]

Many thanks😊

[@michaelappleseed1993]

I need to make a bootable usb drive but all my downloads fail to install. Anything I can try? I only have a Macbook Pro running MacOS Sonoma now

[@EasyOSX]

What tool are you using to make a El Capitan boot drive? The Terminal, Disk Creator X, or something else?

[@GageLayton]

​@@EasyOSXman do you have discord or something please I need help with my almost 8 yrs old MacBook Pro I don't know what to do PLEASEEE I don't want to mess this thing up

[@EasyOSX]

@GageLayton I don’t have a Discord for this site, but I’ve got other option like Twitter, Insta, FB, Threads, and Mastodon.

[@jboyhanny5734]

What if I can’t access the internet because safari says it cannot establish a secure connection

[@EasyOSX]

What part of the process are you getting that error in? If you can use another browser like Firefox or Chrome, does it give you the same problem?

[@420spooc]

mine did that as well use chrome

[@apersonwhoknows]

For the one with the app zip file is that the program that would actually install the os? Let alone have everything you need? Otherwise it's just the dmj (dmk) file I see on the net to make a bootable drive.

[@EasyOSX]

Yes it is the full installer with everything inside with all its bells and whistles, not just an upgrader

[@apersonwhoknows]

@@EasyOSX ok cause had to reinstall snow leopard yesterday and wanted it back at el captain and not able to get this link due to the computer being a early 2009 imac.

[@EasyOSX]

@apersonwhoknows Oh wow that is an old machine. Good old Snow Leopard though

[@apersonwhoknows]

@@EasyOSX sure. And that's the disk software version that people were able to buy years ago. Now since I did that with installing that. Would I be able to still install el captain on there regardless of it being an old machine?

[@EasyOSX]

Oh yeah so long as the machine is compatible then you should be able to upgrade to ElCap no problem. Probably will be able to just use the upgrader method in the first part of the video

[@therealmilowerx]

link is not valid any longer

[@EasyOSX]

Which link? I’ve tried them all and they all appear to be working for me

[@therealmilowerx]

@@EasyOSX El capitan gives me an error to download.

[@EasyOSX]

@therealmilowerx From which link though? Apple’s download link or the Internet Archive’s link?

[@SandroPiranha67]

si aggiorni signore

[@EasyOSX]

Scusi? Cosa devo aggiornare?

[@SandroPiranha67]

dalla apstore non si puó piú scaricare el capitan da molto tempo ormai

[@EasyOSX]

Sì, ecco perché devi ottenere la versione completa dal link "Internet Archive" nella descrizione.

[@Dont-click-on-my-channel666]

can you make a Catalina OS for M1 if possible, I can only find M1s in local stores but can't find Intel-Based Macs...

[@EasyOSX]

Catalina doesn’t run natively on M1. Big Sur was the first OS to come with the M1 Macs. Only way would be a virtual machine inside something like VirtualBox, UTM, Parallels, etc. Now if you’re asking about how to make a Catalina boot drive using and Apple Silicon Mac that’s a different story and can be done