How to change a flash drive from dmg to usb. Bootable USB Installers for OS X Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan, and Sierra


If you want to find out how to make a bootable install of macOS Catalina, macOS Mojave, or an older version of Mac OS X or macOS, you've come to the right place. Is about to erase the drive. Sep 23, 2019  In the warning dialog box, click the Yes button. Use the Restore Disk Image to Drive dialog box to browse for the DMG file with the installation files for Mac OS X Yosemite in this case, and click the OK button to create a bootable USB of the operating system. Now, you’ll have to wait a.

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

  1. Open Disk Utility in the Utilities' folder.
  2. After Disk Utility loads select the drive (out-dented entry with the mfg.'s ID and size) from the side list.
  3. Click on the Erase tab in the Disk Utility toolbar. Name the drive, 'MyVolume'. <---- IMPORTANT!
  4. In the drop down panel set the partition scheme to GUID. Set the Format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.)
  5. Click on the Apply button and wait for the Done button to activate. When it does click on it.
  6. 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

Command for Mavericks:

sudo /Applications/Install OS X Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume --applicationpath /Applications/Install OS X Mavericks.app


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.

Sep 13, 2018 1:16 PM

How To Make A Bootable Thumb Drive

HomeWindow softwaresMake Bootable Installation USB from Mac OS X.DMG on Windows PC

In the following instruction, we show specifically how to make a Mac OS X bootable installation USB from El Capitan.DMG, Yosemite.DMG, Maverick.DMG or any OS X older versions on Windows PC.

This is cool for Windows users who want to install Mac OS X on their PC, but useful for Mac users when their Mac is not working and needs to be re-installed new and fresh Mac Operating System.

How

Basically, you need two things: A MacOS X.DMG (or.ISO) and TransMac software.

Hp Bootable Flash Utility

  • At for Bootable MacOS images, you can download any versions from our existing shares here: https://applehint.com/t/download-all-macos-x-10-4-10-14-original/376
  • TransMac v11 full version:
    Acute Systems TransMac v11.zip (download)
    3.90 MB

    Please leave a comment if the download link does not work. Otherwise, you can download the trial version of TransMac here.

Yosemite

How to create Mac OS X bootable USB on Windows?

  • You need to prepare an USB (8Gb or bigger).
  • Run TransMac by Run as administrator
  • Right-mouse the USB drive, choose Restore with Disk Image
  • From the warning dialog box, just click on Yes

How To Make Bootable Thumb Drive Yosemite From Dmg Windows 7

  • Browse for the DMG file, then Click on OK button

How To Make Bootable Thumb Drive Yosemite From Dmg Windows 7

  • The whole process then takes a few minutes to finish

Cheers!