How To Make A Usb Bootable Drive For Mac

  



Make a bootable installer drive: The quick way I used a free app called Install Disk Creator to make the installation drive. Download Install Disk Creator by clicking on the link. When the download. USB Stick / External Hard Drive: If you are planning to use a USB for downloading the bootable version of the installer, make sure that it is 8GB in size or larger than that. In the case of Sierra, 12GB is recommended as the minimum requirement. Finally, if the USB drive won't boot, you may need to enable 'legacy boot support' in your BIOS, if you have such an option. Here, I've covered how to create a bootable USB drive for installing Windows 10 using a Mac and an ISO image downloaded from Microsoft. File this one under 'no idea why they make this so difficult'! Use TransMac, which has a 15-day trial period and works flawlessly. In the left pane, right click the USB Drive and select Format Disk for Mac. In the left pane, right click the USB Drive and select Restore with Disk Image. Point to your.dmg (or choose All Files to select an.iso) file and click Open. The macOS installer file is large with approximate size of 6 to 10GB depending upon the.

With a bootable Ubuntu USB stick, you can:

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  • Install or upgrade Ubuntu, even on a Mac
  • Test out the Ubuntu desktop experience without touching your PC configuration
  • Boot into Ubuntu on a borrowed machine or from an internet cafe
  • Use tools installed by default on the USB stick to repair or fix a broken configuration

Creating a bootable USB stick is very simple, especially if you’re going to use the USB stick with a generic Windows or Linux PC. We’re going to cover the process in the next few steps.

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Apple hardware considerations

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How To Make A Bootable Usb Drive For Macbook

There are a few additional considerations when booting the USB stick on Apple hardware. This is because Apple’s ‘Startup Manager’, summoned by holding the Option/alt (⌥) key when booting, won’t detect the USB stick without a specific partition table and layout. We’ll cover this in a later step.