Clover El Capitan

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Follow these steps: Direct Update to OS X El Capitan using Clover. STEP 1: Download OS X El Capitan The full operating system is a free download for anyone who has purchased Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Lion, or Mountain Lion or has a Mac preloaded with OS X Mavericks or Yosemite. Clover Configurator 5.4.1.1 (Global Edition) 3.51 MB 75737 downloads Clover Configurator 5.3.0.0 (Global Edition) 3.36 MB 35553 downloads Donate USD.

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El Capitan, Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina, and now Big Sur, this is really annoying. Personally, I see no advantage in changing OS's because Apple wants to sell more machines. In fact, with every new Apple OS they take something away, like USB faxing, gone forever. Clover Configurator designed to help you create custom configuration files for the Clover EFI bootloader via a streamlined graphical interface. (El Capitan) 10.12. OS X El Capitan (10.11) on Unsupported Macs macOS Extractor and MacPostFactor are apps that guide you through patching and installing OS X El Capitan (10.11), Yosemite (10.10), Mavericks (10.9), or Mountain Lion (10.8) on your older Mac. This thread focuses on OS X El Capitan.

In this tutorial we will be creating the bootloader that will allow you to run the macOS installer that will also be created in this guide onto your to-be Hackintosh. This will be created using a flash drive that needs to be 8GB or larger in size so that it has enough space ton hold the Sierra or El Capitan installer files.

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You’ll need to be running macOS in order to complete this guide. If you do not have a mac available for use, you can learn how to create a virtual machine on your computer before following this guide:

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STEP 1: Creating the macOS Installer

The first step to making a hackintosh is transferring the macOS install files to a USB flash drive to do that follow the guide: How to make a macOS flash drive installer

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STEP 2: Setting up the EFI Boot Partition

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    1. DownloadClover EFI Bootloader
    2. Unzip & Open Clover folder
    3. Right-click & Open Clover EFI Bootloader (Note: Unsigned Apps like Clover must be right-click opened to avoid security warning)
    4. Click Continue
    5. Click Continue again
    6. Click Change Install Location…
    7. Select your Flash Drive under destination
    8. Click Continue
    9. Click Customize
    10. Check the following boxes:
    11. Click Install
    12. Enter Password and click Install Software
    13. Click Close
    14. Click Keep if it prompts
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Next Step

Now that you have created a USB Installer you will need to make it bootable on your PC.

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If you are following one of our custom guides return to that guide for custom boot steps.

Otherwise follow our general guild on How-to Make Your Hackintosh Installer Bootable