Timeline for Can I re-format OS X drive without removing it from my MacBook Pro?
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| Dec 9, 2018 at 12:38 | comment | added | user3439894 | The OP already has already created a USB Installer with OS X El Capitan on it and it is senseless to not use it as one would then have to download another +5 GB, which depending on the bandwidth could take may hours. Not everyone has high bandwidth from their ISP. Yes while technically it can be done without using a USB Installer nonetheless it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever to do it any other way then using the already existing USB Installer with OS X El Capitan on it! | |
| Dec 8, 2018 at 23:33 | comment | added | 11684 | @MikeScott I guess John means the 2012 model has Internet Recovery. “[installing OS X 10.11] is possible using IR, [recovery partition] installs the shipped OS”. | |
| Dec 8, 2018 at 20:27 | comment | added | Mike Scott | @JohnKeates A 2012 MacBook Pro can’t possibly have shipped with El Capitan, which was released in September 2015. | |
| Dec 8, 2018 at 19:10 | comment | added | John Keates | That is possible by using Internet Recovery, this installs the shipped OS. This 2012 model might have it. | |
| Dec 8, 2018 at 19:09 | comment | added | user3439894 | Yes, while it is true one can use install from the recovery partition without a USB nonetheless, the User wants to install OS X El Capitan and the Mid 2012 MacBook Pro (non-Retina) shipped with Mac OS X 10.7.4 not OS X 10.11 and as such he cannot easily directly install OS X El Capitan 10.11 without using the USB Installer he already has that has OS X El Capitan 10.11 already on it. Using his existing USB Installer is the best and most recommended way to go under the circumstances! | |
| Dec 8, 2018 at 18:46 | history | answered | John Keates | CC BY-SA 4.0 |