Creating a bootable USB drive of OS X Yosemite 10.10 if you want to save it on a external drive for future usage or just want to install it on multiple Mac computers. To make OS X Yosemite bootable USB installer drive, there are few requirements. Lets see what are those. 8GB or ‘Greater’ USB ‘Install OS X Yosemite.zip’ file downloaded from Mac Store (Download from here) Now, let’s move to the actual tutorial to create bootable OS X Yosemite USB, Connect your USB drive with Mac. Start ‘Disk Utility’. Select USB drive from the left sidebar. Click on ‘Erase’ tab from right. Now, click on ‘Erase.
There are many ways that you can create a bootable Mavericks USB Drive but this seems to me the far easiest way to do so. In this article I will assume that you already have a reasonable grasp of the OSX system and cut out the lengthy text:
1. Download Yosemite from the Apple Store
Yosemite can be downloaded directly from Apple Store here. After download it will try and install automatically on your Mac. Just cancel out of this.
2. Verify the Installation Files are present
Head over to your Applications folder and check that there is a file which says Install Yosemite
2. Prepare a USB Flash Drive (Must be 8Gb or larger)
- Plug the USB Drive in to your Mac and open “Disk Utility” (found under applications / utilities in finder)
- Select the USB Drive
- Select the Erase tab
- Ensure that the format is Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
IMPORTANT – Leave the name as “Untitled”. If you change this the next step won’t work
3. Create the Bootable Yosemite USB Drive
Open up Terminal (found in applications)
Type this in:
Wait for the process to complete. Done.
4. Boot from the Yosemite USB Drive
Restart your computer and hold down “Option”. You can now select the USB Drive you just created.
This article is an updated version of our previous Mavericks USB Install Guide.
3) Create a bootable USB flash drive with a storage size of at least 8GB. 4) Download OS X 10.10 Yosemite Final from the Mac App Store and save it to the Applications folder – its default location. How to Create Bootable USB Flash Drive First, create bootable USB flash drive. Here is how you do it. How to Download Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite.DMG file for Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite has been provided below for a download, which is enough to get this OS for both system architectures. Step 3: Install R-Drive (in the hand). Step 4: Now expand the image 10.10.1.usb.arc to any Bootable USB flash drive or Bootable DVD for manual installation. To create a bootable USB drive from a DMG file on Windows, you will need to have the right utility. That's because DMG is not native on Windows. It is the Mac equivalent of an ISO file that has been in use since Apple transitioned from the IMG format with Mac OS X. A DMG file, like ISO, can be used to install macOS operating system or Mac apps. Very shortly, in this article, we show 3 possible ways to download Yosemite 10.10.DMG, then convert Yosemite.DMG to Yosemite.ISO (available solutions in both Mac OS X and Windows). I recommend making one for Yosemite, on an external hard drive or USB thumb drive, for many of the same reasons I recommend making a bootable Mavericks installer. Run “DiskMaker X”, then choose “OS X Yosemite” when you are asked which version of OS X you want to make a boot disk. Aug 24, 2017 How to Create a Mac OS X USB Boot Drive on Windows - Duration. How to Make Bootable USB drive with.DMG for Tiger, Leopard, Lion. How to do a Clean Install of OS X Yosemite from USB.
Bootable USB Installers for OS X Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan, and Sierra
First, review this introductory article: Create a bootable installer for macOS. Second, see this How To outline for creating a bootable El Capitan installer. Simply replace the Terminal command with the one from the preceding article by copying it into the Terminal window. You will need an 8GB or larger USB flash drive that has been partitioned and formatted for use with OS X.
Drive Partition and Format
- Open Disk Utility in the Utilities' folder.
- After Disk Utility loads select the drive (out-dented entry with the mfg.'s ID and size) from the side list.
- Click on the Erase tab in the Disk Utility toolbar. Name the drive, 'MyVolume'. <---- IMPORTANT!
- In the drop down panel set the partition scheme to GUID. Set the Format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.)
- Click on the Apply button and wait for the Done button to activate. When it does click on it.
- Quit Disk Utility.
Create Installer
Open the Terminal in the Utilities' folder. Choose the appropriate command line (in red) depending upon what OS X installer you want. Paste that entire command line from below at the Terminal's prompt:
Command for macOS High Sierra:
sudo /Applications/Install macOS High Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume --applicationpath /Applications/Install macOS High Sierra.app
Command for macOS Sierra:
sudo /Applications/Install macOS Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume --applicationpath /Applications/Install macOS Sierra.app
Command for El Capitan:
sudo /Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume --applicationpath /Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app
Command for Yosemite:
sudo /Applications/Install OS X Yosemite.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume --applicationpath /Applications/Install OS X Yosemite.app
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Command for Mavericks:
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sudo /Applications/Install OS X Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume --applicationpath /Applications/Install OS X Mavericks.app
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Press RETURN. You will be asked for your admin password. It will not echo to the Terminal window. Then press RETURN again. Wait for the return of the Terminal prompt signifying the process has completed. It takes quite some time to finish. Be patient.
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