Cant download OSX El Capitan on a OSX Sierra macbook air? workaround this?

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  • Blacktek
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    • Nov 2014
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    • United States
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    Cant download OSX El Capitan on a OSX Sierra macbook air? workaround this?

    Hi guys i have a macbook air and my wife has a macbook pro that was running OSX El Capitan, for some reason it only boots to recovery mode. I tried online recovery, no luck.
    anyone know how to get around this?
    Im trying to create a bootable EL Capitan USB with my macbook air running SIERRA, using diskmaker but it tells me i have to download a copy from the app store by my macbook air says it cant download because ITS TOO NEW!?
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