5/17/2023 0 Comments Make yosemite bootable usb![]() ![]() Connect to your Mac a properly formatted 8GB (or larger) drive, and rename the drive Untitled.If you need to create a Yosemite beta install drive while booted into Snow Leopard, you should use the Disk Utility instructions, below. If you’re comfortable using Terminal, createinstallmedia is a relatively simple tool to use.Īs mentioned above, the createinstallmedia tool works only in Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks, or Yosemite-you can’t create an installer drive this way while booted into Snow Leopard. Starting with Mavericks, hidden inside the OS X installer is a Unix program called createinstallmedia, provided by Apple specifically for creating a bootable installer drive. It’s gotten to the point where I have had to do a number of these installs, so I’m reposting the directions for how I prefer to do this process for my own records. Upgrading is a breeze through their online App Store, but there is still a “glitch” when it comes to installing their OS onto a blank hard drive. You can’t go into their stores to buy a copy or do the same thing online. ![]() ![]() It’s great that Apple releases new versions of Mac OS X for free, but there the problem becomes when you have to do a fresh install.
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