Go to the App Store and open the El Capitan page there. Then you must click on the ‘Download; button on the El Capitan Page. If your Mac PC is compatible to perform this upgrade, a file named ‘Install OS X El Capitan’ will download to your Applications folder. The installer will open automatically after finishing the download process. Sep 07, 2021 If it doesn't, or you don't want to complete the installation at this time, you can come back later and double-click Install OS X El Capitan in your Applications folder. Within the installer, click Continue, agree to the license agreement, and then choose the disk where you want to install El Capitan. When that's done, launch the App Store. Login to your account, or create one if you don't already have an account. Go to this page. Scroll down to the Get OS X El Capitan link. Follow the instructions to download and install El Capitan.
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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.
If a macOS can't be used on your Mac, the App Store or installer will let you know. For example, it might say that it's not compatible with this device or is too old to be opened on this version of macOS. To confirm compatibility before downloading, check the minimum hardware requirements:
Install El Capitan App Store
- 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 downloading from the App Store, the installer opens automatically.
- macOS Catalina 10.15 can upgrade Mojave, High Sierra, Sierra, El Capitan, Yosemite, Mavericks
- macOS Mojave 10.14 can upgrade High Sierra, Sierra, El Capitan, Yosemite, Mavericks, Mountain Lion
- macOS High Sierra 10.13 can upgrade Sierra, El Capitan, Yosemite, Mavericks, Mountain Lion
Safari downloads 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 installs an app named Install [Version Name]. Open that app from your Applications folder to begin 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
If unable to use the app store how can i download the El Capitan installer? (I'm already on Capitan and want to do a clean install onto new ssd).
> Currently downloading in App Store - estimate is 6days and 18h. I'm sure it'll breakdown halfway through. I have a 100mbit connection and can otherwise download stuff... Problem might be that i live in China but only have Swedish credit card linked to my app store/itunes account/apple id. Can't change the app store location without Chinese card. But surely apples choice of CDN/content servers wouldn't be card linked but rather be IP linked ?
Install El Capitan Without App Store
> I have tried downloading using a Hong Kong VPN Server, without VPN Server.

> Do I really need to torrent capitan? Could get it home in 10 mins that way but feels like maaaaybe there's a tiny chance i get some backdoor built in or whatever.
Is there a http download? Any option outside the (useless) app store?
How To Install El Capitan Without App Store
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How To Install El Capitan Without App Store
Posted on May 10, 2016 9:12 AM