install os x el capitan on external drive

Create Enough Space - Check that your Mac has sufficient RAM to run the software.

You can also check this list on the “Will your Mac run Mac OS X” article on Apple website. Apple has provided a list of the Mac supported by the new Mac OS X El Capitan and if you are already running the Mavericks or Yosemite, the same lists may also apply to the El Capitan.

Check Your Mac - Check whether your Mac will be able to run the new OS X 10.11.

Just before you install the new Mac OS X El Capitan, you must perform few tasks to ensure that your Mac will be ready for the installation of the software: Preparing Mac Device for the Installation of Mac OS X El Capitanīoth Mavericks and Yosemite are easier to download and install on Mac devices, however, this is not the case with Mac OS X El Capitan. It sounds extremely interesting since I also have other machines running atom X5s cpu. Which version of OSX are you running? Except for the screen rotation (and, I suppose, wifi/bluetooth/stand-by and pretty surely 'keyboard') how is the general system responsiveness? Is graphic acceleration working? I remember doing it when lion was out, but I always read that support for atom cpus ceased since then.

I was pretty sure that it was not possible to run OSX on atoms since a long time. Thank you so much for sharing the details and even attaching the whole EFI folder! I hope the above info will be helpful for someone. I am still looking for some info to rotate the display. Here is attached EFI folder which is working in Lenovo yoga book for booting El Captian installed on 32GB USB3.0 Flashdisk, installation USB was created with ( u n i b e a s t ) and then installed on External 32GB USB 3.0, I used micro USB hub to connect external USB flash drives and External keyboard/mouse for installation and after running MACOS from external USB drive, Touch screen wifi and Bluetooth not working, as usual, i can upload Installed Image but file size is approximately 12.6 GB.

Install os x el capitan on external drive