It goes to an Appstore page which I haven't been able to find using its search function, so essentially hidden from most users.

UPDATE: I think the 10.11 application installer might have been downloaded from the App Store using this iTunes link (which I found in this forum posting). I'm pretty sure it was a link to somewhere on Apple's site(s) as I'm very cautious about installing an OS that could been tampered with. Diskmaker X wouldn't accept this and after some web research I've understood that the installer should be an application.Īfter some further web research I actually was able to download an application type 10.11 installer, but frustratingly I can't remember where I got it from. I used the same link as you quoted above, for downloading 10.11 El Capitan, but strangely that presented me with a DMG file (disk image as far as I know), and when double clicked I ended up with a. I'm pretty sure I chose the usual 'journaled' format.Īfter installing Snow Leopard and upgrading to 10.6.8 I was finally allowed by the installer to proceed with the installation. I must have done something wrong at some stage because I absolutely could not install it on an empty partition.

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