Recently, Apple released the second beta version OS X El Capitan. Although this release is intended for developers, and the public beta program is open only in July, to try a new operating system in action can now each. How to do it right, to protect themselves from potential trouble, you will learn from this article.
obtaining image
Developers new OS X El Capitan is available from the Apple Dev Center, we as mere mortals, have to look for an image on the Internet. on request os x el capitan torrent all must exist.
Backup
Immediately after loading the image not in a hurry to start the installation. We have to make one more very important step - to create a backup copy of the disc. It makes it easy to restore your system to a working state if something goes wrong.
Tools for backup is built into OS X, this Time Machine. Therefore, all that we need - is the external drive suitable volume. If this is not at hand, you can take advantage of promotional offers warm service "Promokodabra" and buy an external hard drive or USB-drive in the "Technosila" with excellent discount.
Transfer of ownership to the backup. The process itself is simple to outrageous. Open System Preferences and select Time Machine. Then turn on the switch and specify the drive on which to store backups. Next we create our first backup by clicking the "Create a backup now." It will take some time, so that will have to wait. In all subsequent times will be much faster.
Creating a bootable USB-stick
To install the system from scratch (because we do everything correctly, right?), We need a boot disk to which we write the way OS X El Capitan. Fit any flash drive capacity of 8 gigabytes. It is advisable to use the drive with USB 3.0 (it will go much faster), but if this is not at hand, it will fit any.
For simplicity, we use a special utility to create bootable discs DiskMaker X. It is completely free and allows you to virtually a few clicks to do what we need. Downloadable version 4b4: Although she is for OS X Yosemite, but is also suitable for OS X El Capitan.
We need to pre-mount the downloaded image OS X 10.11 and a copy of his installation file Install OS X 10.11 in the folder "Programs". Mounting and the copying process will take time, so be patient.
Now run DiskMaker X and click the button Yosemite (10.10).
Then choose Select an Install file and specify an installation file copied us.
Then we specify that we want to use a USB-disk, choose from the list of available our stick and confirm formatting.
Click Continue and enter the administrator password, and then again, have patience and go to drink tea: create a boot disk process takes about 15 minutes.
Now everything is ready. We have a flash drive, which you can install OS X El Capitan.
installation
The installation should not cause any difficulties, especially if you have already installed OS X before.
Making sure that we have the most recent backup, connect our bootable USB flash drive and restart the Mac.
After downloading a chord press and hold down the Option (Alt) key until the screen with the list of bootable discs. Choosing our stick.
Next, specify the language and get to the initial installation screen.
Before continuing, we need to format the disk on which we installed OS X El Capitan. Open the menu "Tools" - "Disk Utility".
In the side menu select section of our internal drive (Macintosh HD), click the button "Delete" and confirm the operation.
Once again the importance of backup: it is necessary to make sure, otherwise you will lose all your data.
After formatting, we get to the previous screen, where you have to press the "Continue" and agree to the terms of the license agreement.
Then choose our system disk and click "Continue".
The installation process starts, and the OS X El Capitan is installed.
You will only need to select the regional settings and migrate your data from the backup using the "Migration Assistant" by connecting an external storage device that stores our backups.
And-and-and... here it is! pic.twitter.com/tM0W3QX2Ss
- Artem Kozoriz (@lazy__beard) June 27, 2015