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Sufficient hard disk space on the Mac to allow for a new partition to be created to run MacOS Sierra from (assume 20GB or more for Sierra partition, and allow at least 10GB of storage on the primary Mac OS X installation as well).

The MacOS Sierra installer app downloaded from Apple, or as a bootable Sierra installer drive.

Be sure the Mac supports MacOS Sierra, refer to this MacOS Sierra compatibility list to be certain the Mac can run 10.12.

Back up the Mac before beginning, you can learn how to set up Time Machine backups if you have not done so already.

Requirements for Dual Booting MacOS Sierra Beta & OS X EL Capitan: While we’re focusing on installing MacOS Sierra onto a partition for dual boot purposes, you can also install macOS Sierra onto an external hard drive, a USB drive, or even an SD card, and have the same dual boot situation between the macOS Sierra beta and the OS X El Capitan stable release, though performance is usually not as good when an operating system is running off an external volume. Completing a full system backup beforehand is essential. The process of creating a dual boot Mac OS environment is not particularly difficult but it involves some risk and setup steps which could result in catastrophic data loss, thus this is generally aimed at advanced users and is not appropriate for novices.