how to install os x el capitan on your pc

But when I start the installing OS X El Capitan, there was this big error message:

Use it with your own risk.) Wow, GGWP after this then! 😎Īfter creating a USB version of the installer (with the example in here), I can boot it up and start formatting all the partitions in the HDD. (Please understand that, this is so insecure. I ended up locating a user copy of the installation. And obviously, they don’t allow us to download the older version on the new version machine. But the installer was distributed by App Store. But how can I obtain that old image of OS X?Īfter browsing around, I learnt that the latest version that can be installed on the machine is OS X El Capitan. The only way I can think of is to have OS X on the USB drive. There is no Internet Recovery for this old machine ☹️ Let’s try the hard way Reset NVRAM and reinstall via Recovery (some random post on the internet told me that) - same as normally reinstall via Recovery.Format the whole HDD and reinstall via Recovery - stuck at “Cannot unmount” because we are running on Recovery which it rested in the drive.Reinstall via Recovery - stuck at “This item is temporary unavailable”.Now, reinstalling the OS X might be the best option. The machine had OS X Lion 10.7 installed and I can verify that there was nothing wrong with the hardware because I can boot up Windows via Boot Camp and it ran perfectly. So, she gave up and gave the laptop to me for wiping its data before trashing it.īut, no, no. She’s took it to the Authorized Service, but they didn’t take it in because of its 9 years old. Suddenly, she could not turn it on, stuck at OS loading with an Apple logo. My girlfriend used to own a MacBook Pro mid-2009 (A1278) which is now a series/movie machine for her mother.

How to install os x el capitan on your pc