How do I make a Yosemite bootable USB drive?

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How do I make a Yosemite bootable USB drive?

Open up Disk Utility and do the following.

  1. Select the USB drive (not the partition)
  2. Go to the Partition tab.
  3. Change the “Partition Layout” to 1 Partition.
  4. Rename it Yosemite (or whatever you want)
  5. Select Mac OS Extended (Journaled) as the “Format”
  6. Click the Options… button.

How do I format a USB for Mac OS Extended?

How To Format Micro SD Cards And USB Drives

  1. Plug the device into your Mac.
  2. Go to Applications ➙ Utilities and launch Disk Utility.
  3. Select the relevant device or drive in the left sidebar and click Erase.
  4. Give the device a name and choose the desired format (more on that below)
  5. Click Erase to reformat the device.

How do I create a bootable Mac USB drive using Windows?

Create macOS bootable USB installation media

  1. Download and install TransMac on Windows 10.
  2. Connect the USB flash drive.
  3. Right-click the TransMac app and select the Run as administrator option.
  4. Click the Run button.
  5. Right-click the USB flash drive, select the Format Disk for Mac option from the left navigation pane.

Can I install macOS on external hard drive?

Luckily you don’t have to install the OS update on your Mac at all – you can install it on an external drive instead. Installing the Mac operating system on an external drive is the safest way to get a good look at a new OS without changing anything on your Mac.

How do I install OSX from USB on new hard drive?

Briefly press the power button, then immediately hold the option key while your Mac boots up. Release the key when a startup disk selection screen appears. Choose to boot up from your USB installer. After a short while, the macOS Utilities window should appear.

How do I make a bootable Mac OS Catalina USB install?

Make a bootable installer drive: The quick way

  1. Connect your drive to your Mac.
  2. Launch Install Disk Creator.
  3. In the main window, you’ll see a pop-up menu under Select the volume to become the installer.
  4. Under the pop-up menu, you’ll see Select the OS X installer.
  5. When you’re ready, click Create installer.

What is diskmaker X for Mac?

DiskMaker X (formerly Lion DiskMaker) is an application built with AppleScript that you can use with Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7, OS X 10.8 and 10.9 to build a bootable drive from Mac OS X Lion, OS X Mountain Lion Installation or OS X Mavericks Installer program.

How to make a boot disk of Mac OS X Mavericks?

Double-click on the .dmg file to open it and drag-and-drop the DiskMaker X app into the Applications folder 5. Now load DIskMaker X. When you load the app, it will ask you which version of OS X do you want to make a boot disk of. You can choose Lion, Mountain Lion and of course, Mavericks.

Is Lion diskmaker for Mac Worth It?

While basically functional, Lion DiskMaker for Mac lacks many features that would make it useful to anyone other than those users who need a bootable USB or new CD of their Mac OS.

Can diskmaker X burn DVDs?

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).