If you install it the installer will automatically be deleted (plus it won’t install if you are already running Ventura). Once the installer has downloaded do not click Install.It might look like an update rather than the full version, but you’ll see from the size of the download (around 6GB) that this is the complete installer for Monterey. Eventually a message “Are you sure you want to download macOS Monterey” will appear. Software Update will open with the words “Finding Update”.Click this link to open the Mac App Store on the Monterey page.(Use Safari and make sure the Mac App Store app is closed first or it might not work).įollow these steps to download macOS Monterey (or any other version of macOS) from the Mac App Store: Click on this link to be taken to the macOS Monterey page on the Mac App Store.You can still download the installer for Monterey from the Mac App Store – as long as you know where to find it – searching the Mac App Store will not work. Once the drive has been erased, click on the 'Partition' tab at the top of Disk Utility.Apple only replaced Monterey with Ventura in October 2022, but if you don’t want Ventura on your Mac you might be looking for Monterey. Make sure your USB drive is named 'Untitled' and the format is selected as 'Mac OS Extended (Journaled).' Refer to the screenshot below so that you know what you're doing.ħ. On the right hand side, click on the 'Erase' tab shown at the top.ĥ. Make sure you select the correct drive.Ĥ. Select your USB flash drive from the left hand side of Disk Utility. Connect your USB flash drive to your Mac and launch Disk Utility.ģ. With the installer sitting in the Applications folder, move to the next step.Ģ. It's very important, because once you upgrade to El Capitan, the installer will delete itself from the Applications folder. Make sure that once the download process is complete, do not run the installer. First of all, download OS X El Capitan onto your Mac from this link.
If you have a newer Mac that supports USB 3.0, then we highly recommend that you source yourself a drive that supports that standard.ġ. How To Create OS X El Capitan Bootable USB Flash Driveīefore we begin, make sure that you have a 16GB (at least) USB flash drive at hand, although 8GB will do as well. In this guide, we'll walk you through the entire process on how you can create a bootable OS X El Capitan USB flash drive in no time. OS X El Capitan is finally here, and if you're looking to install Apple's new desktop OS fresh from the ground up, then you'll be needing a bootable USB flash drive to get started with the process. Here's how you can create a Mac OS X El Capitan bootable USB flash drive.
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