INSTALL EL CAPITAN ABOVE YOSEMITE

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• Is this useful to install El Capitan in Yosemite?

  Better risk and hassle (taking into account all the problems that I've read here) to install El Capitan in Yosemite?

  Sonsonmartineau wrote:

  Better risk and hassle (taking into account all the problems that I've read here) to install El Capitan in Yosemite?

  The problems you read here are analogous to sick people go to the emergency room.  Of course, you won't see a lot of healthy people who wander.  I would say that 90% of people who bring problems/complaints/questions here get resolved when they remove third-party applications useless, outdated, incompatible or swollen from their hard drives.  Sometimes they solved by removing the malware/adware software from their hard drives.  It really depends what is unique to their computer, and we have a couple of tools at our disposal that allow us to see what it is.

  If you want to upgrade, and your computer can accept the upgrade and you have backed up your system in case where, go ahead.  Make sure that all your applications/drivers are updated to be compatible, otherwise you will need to remove or uninstall first.  If you don't want to upgrade because the Mavericks works very well for you, wonderful!  You don't have to.  Stick with what works for you as long as you want.

• install el Capitan on no boot drive Mac Pro?

  I have a Mac Pro Tower 2012. I want to install El Capitan on one of my disks in storage so that I can switch from the boot disks. I think it would be easy, but I don't know how.

  Suggestions?

  Hello

  Paste the HD into a Bay in your MacPro.

  Open disk utility. Partition the disk.

  Be sure to only use the card Partition GUID and MAC OS extended (journaled) format

  You can choose to have the drive as one partition and then put el Capitan on it.

  Or you can have two or more partitions with El Capitan on one and use the other partitions

  anything you want. For example, I have a 1 TB drive that has three partitions, one for Yosemite

  one for El Capitan and the third for storage. Once you have configured your partion (s), quit disk utility.

  Now you are ready to install El Capitan, the installation program will ask you where you want to install the operating system.

  It can show you your original disk, but click on the button below "display more drives" this should display the disk partitions you created select one on your new drive and continue with the installation. "

• At the time of install el capitan?

  How long does to install El Capitan on a MacBook Pro 2011 with 8G, from Yosemite? The notice said there 20 hours to go and then he spends 1 day and a half, etc. What is a normal view? It has already been downloaded for 1 1/2 hours and seems to be getting nowhere on the progress bar. And is it okay to do other things on the computer during the installation, or better left alone?

  Try to cancel and restart the download.  Should resume where it left off.  A reboot is also of course.  If it gets stuck on waiting, make sure that you are connected to the App Store (maybe try disconnecting and back) then click menu Store and look for unfinished downloads.  You can also open the activity monitor and kill the process storeagent or storedownloadd which can be hung.  Try the Option by clicking on the buttons there are options to cancel, etc. so that you can restart the download.

• I've demoted from El Capitan in Yosemite because of Photos of freezing. My photo library is now useless. Help, please!

  I've recently upgraded to El Capitan, and absolutely not regret it. I was able to access my photos, but any time I chose videos, panoramic, etc.. Pictures would freeze. My photo library is stored on an external drive, because my library is too large to fit on my laptop. I even went out and bought a new way of thinking of external drive, it was a problem with the lack of an update of El Capitan software compatible for the reader. But now, I see that this is probably not the case.

  So I went down to Yosemite and now I have this message: library not supported. The 'My Photos' library from a newer version of Photos. Please update the Photos to open this library.

  It's maddening! I upgraded to El Capitan, thinking they had the bugs developed here. But the pictures kept freezing and I had to force quit whenever I used the application. I want to just go back to what worked before. But Apple won't let me.

  I tried to fix this for days now. Someone had a similar problem? Have you been able to "downgrade" your photo library?

  I appreciate all the advice. I'm ready to give up the pictures after getting my library. I really think that I would be better to download my phone by Preview and any filing manually in the files on my external hard drive. Over the years, problems of iPhoto/Photos took weeks of my life. I'm exhausted.

  Before you upgrade to El Capitan, you should have a copy of your photo library. There is nothing you can do now, but go back to El Capitan. Photos in El Capitan should do even better than in Yosemite. I think that you updated a dysfunctional Yosemite, but since you have reinstalled it maybe, again, you should try El Capitan. This time you can try to install El Capitan on another partition of your startup disk if you have enough space to do so. If this isn't the case, then install it on a separate disk. Now, if you have any problems, it will be easy to return to Yosemite. In addition, you can see that El Capitan work best when it is installed properly.

• Trouble installing EL Capitan. Drive uses the GUID partition scheme

  Hello world

  I am installing an SSD on a Mac book pro 2011. I had been using the separate (Samsung ssd 830 256 GB) ssd (OS not installed) drive on my computer windows yet. I have created an El Capitan installation on a USB drive, swapped the hard drive on SSDS. I open at startup disk utility, erased the drive samsung with format: extended OSX journaled.

  Then returned to install El Capitan, but the Samsung SSD is grayed out and when I click it, it says "this disc is not use the GUID partition table scheme." Use disk utility to change the partition scheme. Select the drive, click the partition tab, select the volume configuration and then click options"

  However when I return to the disk utility, then select Samsung SSD, the partition tab is grayed out and cannot be selected.

  I don't know how to proceed. I would greatly appreciate any help

  Thank you

  .

  You must select the drive icon above the volume icon, that is selected in the screenshot.

• photo from the library of el capitan in yosemite

  Hello community!

  MacBook pro half 2015

  2.4 GHz i5

  4 GB of ram

  NVIDIA GeForce GT330M

  I installed El Capitan (new installation) and copied the data inside, included my photo library, that has changed for the new photo app.

  Unfortunately I need to downgrade to Yosemite (my previous operating system) and now my photo library is not read more app photo at Yosemite.

  Possible solutions please?

  Thank you

  restore your backup of the Yosemite library

  LN

• How to install an instance of Yosemite on VMWare Fusion 7?

  Just got a Mac Mini with preinstalled Yosemite. I want to install an instance of Yosemite on my virtual machine running Fusion 7. How do I do that? Yosemite download on the App store? This will create problems?

  I'm learning the terminal, and I feel much better in futzing with it in a sandbox.

  Just got a Mac Mini with preinstalled Yosemite. I want to install an instance of Yosemite on my virtual machine running Fusion 7. How do I do that? Yosemite download on the App store? This will create problems?

  I'm learning the terminal, and I feel much better in futzing with it in a sandbox.

  I think that the people above are missing the point. Trixie (?) got a Mac with already installed Yosemite, but wants a second copy in a virtual machine for Trixie can practice some terminal commands without fear of ruining its production equipment. The question is how to get a copy of Yosemite Trixie allowing it to install on a virtual machine.

  None of my Macs come with Yosemite, so I easily could get it from the App Store. It's free from Apple. Even if your Mac came with Yosemite, I guess you can get your own copy of the installer from the App Store. Based on this assumption, here's what I suggest:

  GETTING TO YOSEMITE

  * First of all, try to get a copy of Yosemite from the App Store yourself, even if you are already running Yosemite. Search in the App Store, "os x yosemite." The icon is a white circle with a big X in "utilities". Go ahead and 'Get' or 'Buy' or 'download '. It will be downloaded in your Applications folder. The file is called "install OS X Yosemite.app. (NOTE: you can't see the part ".app" to the name of the file.)

  * If it does not, ask a friend with an old Mac to get a copy of Yosemite with their Mavericks or older Mac. Remind them NOT to launch "Installer OS X Yosemite.app" in their Applications folder! They should copy out of their Applications folder and put it on a flash drive or DVD ROM or the hard drive for you. (IMPORTANT: even if your friend wants to install Yosemite, they must first make a separate copy of the installer.) As soon as it is installed, Yosemite deletes its own Installer automatically from the Applications folder only, but not the copies that have been made elsewhere.

  INSTALLATION of YOSEMITE IN a VMware VIRTUAL MACHINE

  * Move the file "install OS X Yosemite.app' of Applications to another folder. If it's on a flash drive, you can leave it there.

  * Launch VMware Fusion.

  Create a new machine virtual (menu file-> New, library Virtual Machine 'Add-> New', or command-N).

  * Choose Install from disk or an image. Click on continue.

  * Click on using another drive or disc image..., then browse to the file "install OS X Yosemite.app. Click the Open button in the dialog box, then click on continue.

  (Note: there is no need to open the 'package' to find the file "installESD.dmg".) Simply select the file "Install OS X Yosemite.app" and VMware Fusion does the rest for you.)

  * If you want to customize the settings (change the RAM, disk space, etc), do it now. Otherwise, click Finish. The setup of OS X Yosemite will start and run. It will say "creating installation support...". This may take a few minutes. "On my computer, it took more than a" few"minutes. :-)

  * Choose the appropriate language (probably English, if you're reading this!). Click on "Install Mac OS X", then continue.

  * Continue to install OS X as usual.

  * Don't forget to update to OS X (software update) and also to install VMware Tools.

• Impossible to install El Capitan of App Store more

  Dear Sir

  I have a MacBook Pro, which was launched before 2010. So I can only install El Capitan, which is no longer available on the App Store. How can I get an installer of El Capitan?

  In advance, best regards

  Carlos

  Follow this link for Mac App Store

  El Capitan

• try to install El Capitan

  Try to install el capitan and get message that says that the disk you selected is used by time machine. use a different drive. "I have 2 drives: cie 4 t I back up and the imac (late 2011) by car. No matter who I chose, I get the same message. both drives are good depending on the utility disk first aid.

  Suggestions?

  Disconnect the external drive and try again. Make sure that the internal drive has enough free storage, too.

• Mail does not. Just installed El Capitan. Maybe a problem of 'Signature'

  Mail does not. Just installed El Capitan. Maybe a problem of 'Signature' I tried to move the folders it draws in the House without success. When the lance of Mail, all I see is the menu bar. With a click of mouse, I see the rotation cursor. I have to force quit Mail. I can use webmail, Yes! My profile is up to date.

  This is a common message on the Console:

  17/06/16 7:33:46.490 AM Mail [761]: 464-DB60-330AEBB9 C - B96F - B295299D1870.mailsignature: sync with the cloud - fusion; data is available

• Click on the Photo icon and it does not open. I recently downloaded and installed El Capitan and it seems to have slowed things. How can I solve this problem?

  I click on the Photo icon, but it does not open. I recently downloaded and installed El Capitan 10.11.5, and I wonder if it is slow things down.  My iMac has 2 GB of memory and 124,75 GB of free space. Picture worked fine, then I wonder what is happening. Can anyone help?

  Yes, it's probably slow things down a GB of s2 on memory is the absolute minimum - you need to update your memory which is cheap and easy - a reasonable and a reliable source is Other World Computing- there are others including Apple

  LN

• Clean install El Capitan

  Mac Min (end 2012) with OS 10.11.4

  After almost 4 years of loyal service, my Mac Mini has crashed. I have restored from Time Machine (Time Capsule). It took 3 days! It does not restore Mail and delete my account administrator a second restoration took 2 and a half days. Had a lot of problems after a lot of troubleshooting so I started the thread. I reinstalled El Capitan (not a clean install) of Apple and restored from Time Machine. It seemed to work after some difficulties of retrieving mail. I discovered that my account has been "standard". Not an administrator account. That's when I discovered that users & groups so that security preferences would not have been responsible and preferably errors windows generated. I reinstalled El Capitan again and the preferences panes issues are now fixed. It seems now that my basic problem is that I don't have an administrator account. As advised on the User Forums, I started using Cmd + S in Single User mode terminal where I should be able to create an administrator account. However, the terminal dΘmarrage aprΦs, I am unable to enter required text strings? I seem to be at an impasse.

  I seem to have discovered that my problem might be that my administrator account has no password (I wanted a quick no start-up of the action).

  I resolved to the fact that I may have to do a clean install. My question is if if I wipe the drive and re-install El Capitan, create an administrator account, and then retrieve the Time Machine backup and wait for all my applications (Parallels, 10 Windows, MS Office) get resettled.

  Any advice?

  Ron

  Yes, you can do it. Use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac - Apple Support

  I would rather a clone, but you already have corruption. Do not forget to save a TM time frame is before you had corruption.

• Impossible to install El Capitan on new SSD

  Trying to install El Capitan on using the method of USB drive on my mid 2012 13 "macbook pro (9.2) and I can't seem to make it work at all. Using a SSD 240 GB PNY CS1311. When it starts to install El Capitan I get about a minute before it stops and says "OS X can not be installed on your computer. Could not complete copy. I tried several times without a bit of luck, and from the start of my laptop for the first time with the SSD, I erased, then formatted with OS X Extended (journaled) and GUID, score card, so I know that it is properly formatted.

  I managed to install OSX on my old HARD drive using the same USB so I don't really know if that is the question.

  All the tips are greatly appreciated.

  I try to get Internet (OPTION-COMMAND-R) and try to install the original OSX your MBP came with.  This at least will give you a functional MBP.  Retry installation El Capitan.

  You will need a strong Internet connection.

  Ciao.

• What is the largest hard drive or the RAID supported by El Capitan and Yosemite?

  What is the largest hard drive or the RAID supported by El Capitan and Yosemite?  Also, WHERE can I find this specification?  Drobo claims that 16 TB is the largest external RAID supported and I do not.

  FYI............ 2 UPDATES since I posted this question:

  "1. Drobo has updated their FIRMWARE to allow now to 'beyond' 64 power to RAID".  Thus, their original 16 TB limit has now been replaced by their new limit of 64 to.  Also note that when you use a Drobo, Apple Mac OS does correctly shows space 'Drive' and the 'free space', if the Drobo 16TB exceeds the size; but the Application DashBoard of Drobo displays the correct numbers.  For example, my Drobo 5 d contains 5, 8 TB disks, for a total size beyond 40 to RAID (theoretically, since most of us should know, now, that the ACTUAL SIZE IS SLIGHTLY SMALLER than THE THEORETICAL SIZE).  AVAILABLE FOR USE ACTUAL SIZE IS ONLY 28.9 TB.  Thus, 40-28, 9 = 11.1 TB gets used in place for the PROTECTION of RAID beyond and the difference between REAL SPACE and SPACE THEORY.  It IS NORMAL because any RAID 5 device always uses about 1 size of hard drive for its Protection.  So, knowing this, the DeskTop icon showing 28.9 TB disk space and free space as everything that is not yet used.  However, instead, the Mac OS shows 70,37 TB disk space and free space like 68,37 TB, which are both incorrect.  Although I'd love it if Mac OS has been magically increase my disk space, in fact, these two numbers are false.  Drobo knows this, and Apple has not, in my discussions with both.  So I hope, between the two companies, that this problem can be corrected.

  2. after many hours on the phone with Apple Support, through no less than 6 people including 2 senior advisers, NONE OF THEM COULD ANSWER MY QUESTION ON CE WHO IS MAXIMUM ALLOWED HARD DRIVE or RAID SPACE AUTHORIZED BY Yosemite and El Capitan.  For me, THIS IMPORTANT FACT SHOULD SIMPLY BE LISTED IN THE OS SPECIFICATION TECHNIQUE, it's quick and easy to read on the Support Site.  But Apple is the new bureaucracy, they are, I don't see what is happening any time soon.  So, be aware that, for now, HE IS No. LIMIT ON SIZE, as an Apple adviser said; but could not confirm in writing; and, IT IS AN INCORRECT DISPLAY SIZE AND FREE SPACE, if your drive is greater than an unknown 16 + TB in size.  Note that I have 3 other RAIDs that are properly in place showing that 9 TB, TB 12 and 18 to size; but I do not know how the SIZE IS IMPORTANT to ensure that the operating system display it correctly, except for my Drobo TB 40.  So, the bottom line, somewhere between to 18 and 40 to is where he goes wrong, in its display of sizes.