How To Make A Bootable Usb For Mac Os X 10.6

Today we'll see how to install Mac OS X Leopard from a USB flash drive! We'll be using our PowerBook G4 Titanium 867Mhz, which is the minimum officially supp.

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4 UniBeast for Mac. UniBeast is an open-source and straightforward application, which you can use to create a bootable USB from an ISO file. That is available through the Mac app store as well. You can think about calling UniBeast a tool that helps you create all in one bootable USB drives. What you need to make a bootable USB for Mac. Note, the createinstallmedia method described here doesn't work under OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard or earlier - it requires OS X 10.7 Lion or later. Install Mac OS X Snow Leopard from an external firewire hard drive or USB flash drive. OSx86 ONLY: Boot Mac OS X x86 from a USB Pendrive – this is for OSx86 (Hackintosh) Creating Mac USB drive OS X installers with modern versions of OS X. We will soon have our a tutorial to do this that will be modernized for Tiger and Leopard, stay tuned for.

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These advanced steps are primarily for system administrators and others who are familiar with the command line. You don't need a bootable installer to upgrade macOS or reinstall macOS, but it can be useful when you want to install on multiple computers without downloading the installer each time.

What you need to create a bootable installer

• A USB flash drive or other secondary volume formatted as Mac OS Extended, with at least 14GB of available storage
• A downloaded installer for macOS Big Sur, Catalina, Mojave, High Sierra, or El Capitan

Download macOS

• Download: macOS Big Sur, macOS Catalina, macOS Mojave, or macOS High Sierra
  These download to your Applications folder as an app named Install macOS [version name]. If the installer opens after downloading, quit it without continuing installation. To get the correct installer, download from a Mac that is using macOS Sierra 10.12.5 or later, or El Capitan 10.11.6. Enterprise administrators, please download from Apple, not a locally hosted software-update server.
• Download: OS X El Capitan
  This downloads as a disk image named InstallMacOSX.dmg. On a Mac that is compatible with El Capitan, open the disk image and run the installer within, named InstallMacOSX.pkg. It installs an app named Install OS X El Capitan into your Applications folder. You will create the bootable installer from this app, not from the disk image or .pkg installer.

Use the 'createinstallmedia' command in Terminal

1. Connect the USB flash drive or other volume that you're using for the bootable installer.
2. Open Terminal, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder.
3. Type or paste one of the following commands in Terminal. These assume that the installer is in your Applications folder, and MyVolume is the name of the USB flash drive or other volume you're using. If it has a different name, replace MyVolume in these commands with the name of your volume.

Big Sur:*

Catalina:*

Mojave:*

High Sierra:*

El Capitan:

* If your Mac is using macOS Sierra or earlier, include the --applicationpath argument and installer path, similar to the way this is done in the command for El Capitan.

After typing the command:

1. Press Return to enter the command.
2. When prompted, type your administrator password and press Return again. Terminal doesn't show any characters as you type your password.
3. When prompted, type Y to confirm that you want to erase the volume, then press Return. Terminal shows the progress as the volume is erased.
4. After the volume is erased, you may see an alert that Terminal would like to access files on a removable volume. Click OK to allow the copy to proceed.
5. When Terminal says that it's done, the volume will have the same name as the installer you downloaded, such as Install macOS Big Sur. You can now quit Terminal and eject the volume.
   

Use the bootable installer

Determine whether you're using a Mac with Apple silicon, then follow the appropriate steps:

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1. Plug the bootable installer into a Mac that is connected to the internet and compatible with the version of macOS you're installing.
2. Turn on your Mac and continue to hold the power button until you see the startup options window, which shows your bootable volumes.
3. Select the volume containing the bootable installer, then click Continue.
4. When the macOS installer opens, follow the onscreen instructions.

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1. Plug the bootable installer into a Mac that is connected to the internet and compatible with the version of macOS you're installing.
2. Press and hold the Option (Alt) ⌥ key immediately after turning on or restarting your Mac.
3. Release the Option key when you see a dark screen showing your bootable volumes.
4. Select the volume containing the bootable installer. Then click the up arrow or press Return.
   If you can't start up from the bootable installer, make sure that the External Boot setting in Startup Security Utility is set to allow booting from external media.
5. Choose your language, if prompted.
6. Select Install macOS (or Install OS X) from the Utilities window, then click Continue and follow the onscreen instructions.

Learn more

A bootable installer doesn't download macOS from the internet, but it does require an internet connection to get firmware and other information specific to the Mac model.

For information about the createinstallmedia command and the arguments you can use with it, make sure that the macOS installer is in your Applications folder, then enter the appropriate path in Terminal:

Although Macs are reliable machines, they are not exempt from hiccups. All you need to do is carry around a single USB flash drive to be ready for situations the require you to diagnose, repair, or experiment with Mac OS X.

One of the maintenance tools every Mac user should have available in case of emergency is a bootable copy of Mac OS X on a removable device. A clean installation of the operating system can help pinpoint problems and will come to the rescue in a bind. And since most Mac owners use a MacBook of some kind nowadays, portability is a valuable thing. That means carrying around a bulky external hard drive with cables is not always ideal. It turns out a tiny USB flash drive serves as a great alternative.

Not sure when having OS X loaded on a flash drive would come in handy? Here are just a few examples:

• Your Mac isn't starting correctly and you're not sure if the internal hard drive is failing or if another piece of hardware is to blame.
• The file system on your startup disk has become corrupt and needs to be repaired.
• A software problem is plaguing your Mac and you'd like to see if you can replicate it in an isolated environment.
• Your Mac's hard drive is completely dead and you'd like to use your computer for basic tasks like email and web browsing while you wait for your new drive to arrive.

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Now that you're convinced, let's figure out how to do this. First you'll need an Intel-based Mac from the past few years. Second, at least a 16GB USB flash drive, such as this SanDisk Cruzer Micro for about $30 at Amazon. Keep in mind 10.6 Snow Leopard was used to demonstrate this tutorial, so I'm not sure how much space 10.5, 10.4, and earlier require. While they should be fine, squeeze those versions of Mac OS X on a 16GB drive at your own risk. And the third thing you'll need to get the job done is your OS X installation DVD.

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1. To start things off, connect the USB flash drive to your Mac. Make sure there's no valuable data on there because it will be permanently wiped out in a couple minutes.
2. Open Disk Utility (Applications > Utilities) and click on your flash drive in the list on the left.
3. Go to the Partition tab and select '1 Partition' from the Volume Scheme menu. Enter a name for the volume (I called mine 'OS X USB'), select 'Mac OS Extended (Journaled)' as the Format, and make sure the size is somewhere around 15-16GB.
4. Click on the Options button towards the bottom and choose 'GUID Partition Table' from the popup window. Click OK.
5. Now that all of the settings have been chosen, click the Apply button and then Partition. Disk Utility will take a minute or two to complete the task.
6. I don't believe this step is required, but it makes me feel better and doesn't hurt. Click on the volume name you entered in Step 3 (in the list under the flash drive's name). Go to the Erase tab, make sure the Format is 'Mac OS Extended (Journaled),' and click the Erase button.
7. Insert your Mac OS X installation disc if you haven't already. A window should pop up with the contents of the disc. Double-click the 'Install Mac OS X' icon and progress through the installer until you get to the screen that says 'Mac OS X will be install on…'
8. Click the Show All Disks button and select your USB flash drive.
9. Click on the Customize button and a new window will appear. Un-check all of the items except 'Essential System Software.' You may choose to check 'Rosetta' and 'QuickTime 7' since they are so small and might come in handy. Click OK and then Install. The rest of the process should be automated and might take between 30-60 minutes since USB flash drives are slower than internal hard drives. When all is said and done, you should find about 9GB of your 16GB drive has been filled.
10. Eventually, the installation will finish and it should reboot directly to the USB drive. If it doesn't, restart the Mac manually and hold down the Option key to choose the drive yourself. This is how you will access it in the future, too.
11. Set up the fresh installation just like you would a new computer. Once you're in, run Software Update a few times to get the latest patches and install any third party diagnostic utilities you may have. For example, Alsoft's DiskWarrior is an invaluable tool that goes above and beyond what OS X's own Disk Utility has to offer. This way both tools are available in one convenient place whenever you need them.

All done! That wasn't too painful, was it? Yes, booting to the flash drive will be a tad sluggish, but it's not meant to be used on a regular basis. This is mainly for diagnosing issues and trying potentially risky things in a virtual sandbox that won't ruin any of your data. While you'll hopefully never need to use it, having a bootable copy of OS X on a USB flash drive is a cost-effective, portable emergency tool for your Mac.