#Mac os dmg bootable how to
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#Mac os dmg bootable install

Required for Yosemite (not required for Mavericks): Copy the вЂњBaseSystem.chunklistвЂќ and вЂњBaseSystem.dmgвЂќ files from the вЂњOS X Install ESDвЂќ volume to the USB flash driveвЂ™s root вЂњ/вЂќ folder.Copy the вЂњPackagesвЂќ folder from the вЂњOS X Install ESDвЂќ volume to the USB flash driveвЂ™s вЂњSystem/InstallationвЂќ folder.(To open a second Finder window, you can use the Finder menuвЂ™s вЂњFile/New Finder WindowвЂќ command.) Use a second Finder window to open the вЂњOS X Install ESDвЂќ volume.Delete it because we will replace it with a вЂњPackagesвЂќ folder below. You will see an alias file named вЂњPackagesвЂќ. Under the USB flash driveвЂ™s вЂњOS X Base SystemвЂќ partition, open the вЂњSystem/InstallationвЂќ folder.You will see two вЂњOS X Base SystemвЂќ volumes in the FinderвЂ™s left-hand pane. Use the Finder to navigate to the USB flash drive.Once complete, the вЂњInstall YosemiteвЂќ partition will be renamed to вЂњOS X Base SystemвЂќ.Depending on the speed of your USB flash drive, it may take several minutes or longer to complete this operation. The USB flash drive will be written with the contents of вЂњBaseSystem.dmgвЂќ file.Click the Restore button and then the Erase button.Drag the вЂњInstall YosemiteвЂќ partition under the USB flash drive to the вЂњDestinationвЂќ field.The вЂњSourceвЂќ field will be populated with вЂњBaseSystem.dmgвЂќ. Select the вЂњBaseSystem.dmgвЂќ in the left-hand pane and click on the вЂњRestoreвЂќ tab.Use Disk Utility to clone the вЂњBaseSystem.dmgвЂќ to the USB flash drive:.(Double-click wonвЂ™t perform any action because it is a hidden file.) In the вЂњOS X Install ESDвЂќ volume, right-click on the вЂњBaseSystem.dmgвЂќ file and select вЂњOpenвЂќ to mount it.A volume called вЂњOS X Install ESDвЂќ will show up on the desktop and under DEVICES in the Finder. Open Contents, then SharedSupport, and double-click on the InstallESD.dmg (disk image) file to mount it.Right-click (hold the вЂњcontrolвЂќ key and click) on it and select вЂњShow Package ContentsвЂќ. Launch the Finder and locate the вЂњInstall OS Yosemite.appвЂќ file.Restore the Yosemite installation image to the USB flash drive: This format operation should take less than a minute to complete. Click the вЂњEraseвЂ¦вЂќ button at the bottom and then the вЂњEraseвЂќ button in the popup dialog.Click on the вЂњEraseвЂќ tab, select вЂњMac OS Extended (Journaled)вЂќ for вЂњFormatвЂќ and input a name like вЂњInstall YosemiteвЂќ (or anything because this name will be overwritten later).On the left-hand pane, select the USB drive (not the partition under it, if any).Launch the вЂњDisk UtilityвЂќ to format the USB Flash drive.Plug in a USB flash drive of size 8GB or larger.# Close all Finder instances (and re-launch so settings take effect). # Configure Finder to show hidden system files.Дefaults write AppleShowAllFiles TRUE Launch the вЂњTerminalвЂќ app and run this command to move the downloaded installer app to your userвЂ™s вЂњDownloadsвЂќ folder: To keep that file, you will want to move it out of the Applications folder so it wonвЂ™t be deleted after an upgrade.

#Mac os dmg bootable upgrade

Note: If you run the Yosemite installer to upgrade your Mac, the downloaded installer file will be deleted automatically after the upgrade is completed. Launch вЂњApp StoreвЂќ and search for вЂњOS X YosemiteвЂќ.

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(If you want an earlier version like Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, youвЂ™ll need to get it from elsewhere.) It is the version currently available for download from the вЂњApp StoreвЂќ.

#Mac os dmg bootable how to

The instructions I found that worked, using Disk Utility, were located at How to Make a Bootable OS X Mavericks USB Install Drive and How to Create a Bootable Install USB Drive of Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite.ДЇirst, download the latest Mac OS X version, which is 10.10 Yosemite. I tried several methods which failed to create a bootable USB flash drive before finding one that succeeded.

#Mac os dmg bootable for mac os x

You will need an 8GB USB flash drive for Mac OS X Yosemite or Mavericks. These instructions will also work for Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks (excluding a Yosemite-specific step) and differ significantly from the instructions for creating a Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard installer. In this post, I will go over instructions on how to create a bootable USB flash drive containing the Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite installer. I followed the instructions below to successfully create a bootable installer for Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, which is the last version to support the 2008 Core 2 Duo Macbook Pro. I needed to upgrade my sisterвЂ™s 2008 Macbook Pro and found that the existing Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard did not support the вЂњcreateinstallmediaвЂќ tool I got a вЂњFailed to start erase of disk due to error (-9999, 0)вЂќ error. Update 2: The instructions below will work to manually create a Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan USB installation drive. Update: Go to Install macOS Sierra Using Bootable USB Flash Drive if you want to install macOS 10.12 Sierra instead.