OSX El Capitan disk use for fresh install?

[hellfire88]

Hey guys, quick question. How many gigabytes does a fresh install of Mac OSX El Capitan take? Thanks.

 

[Fishrrman]

I created a "virgin install" of El Capitan on a USB flashdrive that can "clone itself" using CarbonCopyCloner to another drive. This allows one to "install" a fresh copy of 10.11 without actually running the installer app, going through the reboots, etc.

It takes up about 9gb+ on a 16gb USB flashdrive.

Wouldn't fit onto an 8gb flashdrive (found this out the hard way, heh).

 

[hellfire88]

I created a "virgin install" of El Capitan on a USB flashdrive that can "clone itself" using CarbonCopyCloner to another drive. This allows one to "install" a fresh copy of 10.11 without actually running the installer app, going through the reboots, etc.

It takes up about 9gb+ on a 16gb USB flashdrive.

Wouldn't fit onto an 8gb flashdrive (found this out the hard way, heh).

Thanks for the information!