How do I make a bootable Mac OS X drive?
How do I make a bootable Mac OS X drive?
Press and hold the Option (Alt) ⌥ key immediately after turning on or restarting your Mac. Release the Option key when you see a dark screen showing your bootable volumes. Select the volume containing the bootable installer. Then click the up arrow or press Return.
How do I make a Yosemite installer bootable?
Locate the file named Install OS X Yosemite, and then right-click the file and select Show Package Contents. Open the Contents folder, then open the Shared Support folder. Here you will find the disk image that contains the files you need to create a bootable installer. Double-click the InstallESD.
How do I make a bootable Yosemite?
Open up Disk Utility and do the following.
- Select the USB drive (not the partition)
- Go to the Partition tab.
- Change the “Partition Layout” to 1 Partition.
- Rename it Yosemite (or whatever you want)
- Select Mac OS Extended (Journaled) as the “Format”
- Click the Options… button.
How do I make my High Sierra boot USB?
To install High Sierra from a USB using your startup disk drive:
- Go to System Preferences.
- Click on Startup Disk and select the installer.
- Restart your Mac.
- Hold down Command (⌘) + R to boot into recovery mode.
- Connect your macOS High Sierra bootable USB.
- Within a few seconds, a macOS Utility screen should pop up.
Is there a diskmaker app for OS X?
DiskMaker X (formerly Lion DiskMaker) is an application built with AppleScript that you can use with many versions of OS X/macOS to build a bootable drive from OS X/macOS installer program (the one you download from the App Store). As soon as you launch the application, it tries to find the OS X Install program with Spotlight.
What is diskmaker X and what is its purpose?
DiskMaker X (formerly Lion DiskMaker) is an application built with AppleScript that you can use with many versions of OS X/macOS to build a bootable drive from OS X/macOS installer program (the one you download from the App Store).
Is there a version of diskmaker X for Mavericks?
This version of DiskMaker X is not able to build a Mavericks installer from Mac OS X 10.6.8. More information here. When it was still Lion DiskMaker, DiskMaker X had the ability to burn DVDs too. Older versions are available here. Download DiskMaker 2.0.2 ( ZIP file, about 3 MB).
How to create bootable USB using diskmaker X?
To create the bootable USB of OS X Yosemite using DiskMaker X, please the follow the given below instructions. Step 1: First step is to download OS X Yosemite installation file. The download size is about 5.2 GB and can be downloaded by following the instructions in our how to download OS X Yosemite guide.