Questions tagged [bootable-disk]
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How can I create a bootable USB drive for a laptop I can't boot?
I have two old MacBook Airs: one from 2011 and another from 2015. The 2015 Air boots fine, while the 2011 gives me the flashing folder missing system icon on boot. I tried booting it into recovery ...
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No keystrokes are registered when booting into a disk with a boot selection menu/"Press any key to boot from CD/DVD" screen
On my mid-2011 iMac, when I try to boot into the Windows XP installation disk I have put into the Mac's disk drive, no keystrokes are registered however the keyboard is powered (the lights on it are ...
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Installing Catalina on a Macbook Air mid-2013 with a third-party SSD drive
I have a Macbook Air mid-2013. The original SSD drive had Catalina and was working intermittently, so I decided to change it. I acquired a third-party SSD drive of the same size, and the corresponding ...
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Cannot install macOS Sonoma to an external SSD on MacBook
I want to install macOS Sonoma from my M3 MacBook Air which runs Sonoma as well on the internal storage. (Specifically macOS version 14.5 on both internal and the one I try to install.)
My goal is to ...
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iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015) not booting from USB Catalina getting prohibition symbol
Every time it's powered on (with no keys pressed) it shows a prohibition symbol. Using Command+R for reset doesn't work(same prohibition symbol).
Pressing Option mid-chime brings up the disk menu(its ...
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Official source for OS version 14.0 for creating bootable drive [duplicate]
I am trying to create bootable drives for various versions of Mac OS. In particular, I would like to create an installer for the original version of Sonoma (14.0). However, I do not see this version ...
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Unable to burn Windows 11 ISO image in macOS 14 (Sonoma)
macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 (23E224)
Downloaded Windows 11 ISO image on mac and now I want to create a bootable USB so that it can be used to install Windows 11 on my desktop PC, but found no free software ...
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Not enough space to upgrade Mac OS via bootable USB
I'm trying to upgrade an oldish MacBook AIR from (I think) High Sierra to Big Sur.
I've made a bootable USB and it's working fine:
Power ON with holding Option/Alt
Select USB boot
Goto Menu
Install ...
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How to completely remove MacOS (Ventura) from Macbook Pro 2019 with T2, and install Linux? [closed]
System: Macbook Pro 2019, Intel, T2, 16 GB RAM, No USB port (Using VIVA USB hub), Ventura 13.6.5
Issues: (1) Hash Volume Mismatch (2) Not re-installing MacOS (3) Bootable USB Drive is NOT showing up
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How to clone a bootable USB drive with multiple partitions on Mac?
I have a 128 GB USB flash drive with 4 bootable macOS partitions.
Is there any way to clone this USB drive and keep all partitions bootable?
I want to share this USB drive to my friends and don't want ...
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Boot a live OS from external usb drive on a Silicon M1 [duplicate]
I need to take a dd image of a MacBook (Model A2179) EMC 3302 hard disk.
I have no way to recover the password to access the system, so I was going to live boot something like puppy or ubuntu to dd ...
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High Sierra does not boot on a second container after reinstalling Monterey on another container
Mac Pro 4.1 (2009) + Opencore Patcher 0.6.8
M.2 SSD 500GB (2 containers: 250GB High Sierra + 250GB Monterey)
Lately I've had several warnings in Monterey about hash mismatch detected volume disk1s5. ...
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How do I install High Sierra on APFS external hard drives?
How do I install High Sierra on APFS external hard drives?
I only want to boot High Sierra off the drive on RARE occasions, for testing purposes. I don't care how slow it is, bad performance, etc.. ...
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iMac 2011 10.13.6 High Sierra
Just upgraded HDD to SSD
Everything booted fine and recovery mode has opened
However before installing the SSD i've made it a bootable device with clean Install HighSierra app so i don't have to rely ...
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Offline install HighSierra on a MacBook Air 2011 [duplicate]
How do I install macOS High Sierra from a USB stick offline? I installed a new disk to a MacBook Air 2011, created a USB stick with High Sierra base image in Linux which boots to recovery. I can ...
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Upgrading old Mac with SMART issues
I have an older MacBook Pro running 10.9 Mavericks with SMART warnings on the drive. (I understand this means it will eventually fail but I’ve been using this MacBook just fine for the last 5 years ...
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Trouble Booting MacBook Air (2018 Model) [duplicate]
Hi everyone so I bought a MacBook Air off someone on Facebook market place and it was working fine. but stupid me was sketched out about putting my information in until I factory reset myself thought ...
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Can't boot up macOS system nor reinstall/format it
I'm stuck here with a strange situation.
When I turn on my macbook pro 13 m1, I can't select the system to boot up with. Nothing pops up, can't run it in a safe mode. When I go to the disk utility ...
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How to create a bootable Windows 11 installation USB drive (for a PC) on macOS and avoid the error "media driver on your computer is missing"? [duplicate]
I bought a PC without OS and I want to install Windows 11 on it. But I only have a Mac and a flash drive at hand. Neither my Mac nor the PC have a DVD drive.
I cannot use Microsoft's official Media ...
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Run Linux system in bootable USB but very slow on Mac laptop
I install the Linux (Ubuntu 22.04) in the USB 3.0 drive by my MacBook Pro (Retina Early 2015 13"), but when I open Linux, everything is slow. For example, when I open Firefox, I need to wait 5 ...
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Adding an ISO image to an APFS volume and booting it
I know there is tons of information on this and similar questions on this site, but I have been at this for a couple hours and could use some confirmation of a few specific details.
I just want to ...
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How can I use Windows to create a High Sierra USB flash drive installer from the disk image (.dmg) file not downloaded from Apple?
I have tried methods from previous OSes. My Mac will recognize my USB stick, but I get the error message "The path /System/Installation/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg appears to be missing or damaged&...
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Need Boot Manager at startup every time. (old question, new problem)
I need the boot manager at startup every time. I have a 2014 mini with 2 bootable partitions. Yosemite on one and Catalina on the other. Obviously, need to run legacy software.
When running Yosemite, ...
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Options to create a macOS recovery disk only with recovery tools included?
I have several Macbooks available that need to be restored, and cannot be connected to the network due to their location, and other conditions. At the workplace I was provided with a USB flash drive ...
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Will an external NVME drive at 2700 MB/s work on macOS?
I’m looking to buy a Samsung 980 pro NVMe M.2 and sticking it in an ACASIS enclosure. It should get 2700 MB/s read and write.
I’m wondering if that will be fast enough to boot and run macOS purely ...
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Samsung T7 as bootdrive not suitable?
Does anybody have experience with a Samsung T7 as bootdrive? I used external SSDs for about 4-5 iMacs (all different SSD brands). This time I used a fairly expensive Samsung T7 for my own iMac.
Since ...
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Was trying to upgrade an El Capitan iMac, deleted entire HD in setup process... How do I make a bootable USB of Capitan on my High Sierra Mac? [duplicate]
The title says it all... I've tried several guides off Google .. There's no recovery on the iMac that had El Capitan... I have another iMac with High Sierra, so I how do I make a bootable El Capitan ...
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M1 Air not seeing Big Sur installers in boot picker
I have an M1 Air, and I wanted to downgrade it to Big Sur (more specifically, 11.2.3). So I created a USB installer, tested it with my Intel machines, and they were able to boot into the installer USB ...
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MacOS Monterey createinstallmedia Error : Failed to extract AssetData/boot/Firmware/Manifests/InstallerBoot/* from update bundle
I'm trying to create a bootable USB with a MacOS Monterey disk image. I have a MacBook Pro Mid 2012 i5 (MacBookPro9,2). I'm using Open Core Legacy Patcher (OCLP) to run Monterey (macOS 12.4 21F79 - 12....
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How do I install Big Sur from a USB without having to change settings in Startup Security Utility
I sold my old Air on eBay and the customer returned it with "fakesoftware" as the username.
I ended up keeping both the Mac and the money because this user was a scammer of some sort.
Anyway,...
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How do I enable USB boot after deleting my recovery partition?
I did a rather careless thing while in disk recovery (I was wiping a MacBook Pro 2018 for re-use) and I accidentally deleted the root volume, which means everything.
Because I don't have a recovery ...
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I removed the rEFInd and rEFIt boot managers and now I've lost Windows Bootcamp from the Mac Startup Manager
I installed rEFInd boot manager because I wanted to add a linux partition. I already had bootcamp set up.
However, after installing rEFInd, my Mac UI scaling was too large and slightly blurred. I have ...
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Why use the legacy Apple Partition Map scheme for macOS install media?
Several guides to creating disk images of macOS install media (using the createinstallmedia command) recommend creating the disk image like this:
hdiutil create \
-size 10g \
-type UDTO -...
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Can’t boot into MacOS from Windows(Bootcamp)
When pressing the option during startup, MacOS isn’t shown as an option to boot into.
Using the tray in win10 to “Restart in MacOS” also doesn’t work. It just restarts back into Windows 10.
It is an ...
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Installing macOS on an external SSD fails (m1)
When trying to install MacOS on an external SSD, the internal SSD is always booted when restarting.
When I select the external SSD in the bootloader, it only shows that the installation is corrupt. In ...
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Bootcamp- your device ran into a problem and needs to restart
Have had many successful USB Windows 10 installs before. Not sure what's going on here. I have tried creating the USB with a PC using Rufus, Hasleo, and windows media creation tool. No matter, same ...
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Best type of disk image to use on NAS to archive Mac system copies on a NAS
I bought a shiny new NAS with plenty of space. I also have quit a few old pysical external hard drives with bootable macOS system copies: I always make a copy of my system which I store away when I ...
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How to check Startup Security Utility values for MBP with Apple T2 Security
I am trying to check the values for Apple T2 Security - Startup Security Utility for "Secure Boot" and "Allowed Boot Media" (which allow the Macbook Pro to boot from an external ...
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How do I know how much space createinstallmedia needs?
I want to make a Bootable installer, and to save on physical space (having a bunch of flash drives laying around), I decided to have a drive in MacOS Extended (Journal) format partitioned to contain ...
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Downloading Catalina to M1 for Intel Macbook [duplicate]
I need to download macOS Catalina and make a bootable USB for my macbook pro 2015 which has intel chip.
But have only m1 chip macbooks here, can't download from app store. It says
Not compatible for ...
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Bootable Drive Problem
I've followed this guide on creating a bootable drive to downgrade from Big Sur for MacOS Catalina.
I bought a new flash drive, plugged it in and erased it.
I set the SanDisk Cruzer Blade Media to a ...
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Booting MacOS Big Sur from USB not working (MacBook Pro mid 2015)
Have created a bootable USB installer according to these instructions: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201372 for my MacBook Pro mid 2015 (A1398).
Pressed Option key while booting, selected the USB ...
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Corrupted USB Pendrive is not listing in Disk Utility, but listed in ioreg -p IOUSB
I was attempting to create a bootable Windows 10 USB stick with help of Rufus.
I ran it on a Windows 10 VM (via VMWare Fusion) and left Rufus do the job. After a couple of hours, I came back to check ...
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Making an ISO file from an Apple provided DMG file? [duplicate]
I'd like to make a bootable ISO file from Apple-provided DMG file located under Download macOS using Safari on your Mac from: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211683. They provide a DMG file with a ...
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Problem creating a Windows 10 bootable USB on Windows, to work on a MacBook Pro
I have a MacBook Pro 2013, now with a clean SSD (no OS).
I have a Windows 10 PC from which I am trying to create a bootable USB from a Windows 10 ISO file.
I tried a lot of combinations and softwares, ...
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How can I create a BIOS USB stick for ASUS ROG Strix X570-F in OS X?
I need to install a new BIOS for my new motherboard ASUS ROG Strix X570-F here where I need USB flashback tool and BIOSRenamer.
I need flash an USB stick and then rename the file somehow but the tools ...
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Mac not bootable, save files with other mac
I am looking for a way to recover files from a Mac. Following facts:
The files I want to recover are on Mac #2.
I have another Mac if I need it.
Mac #2 no longer turns on. It no longer boots up. It ...
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How can I make a bootable USB copy of Mojave downloaded from Apple when the file is an app and not a disk image?
When I try to open the Mojave install app on my computer with Big Sur, it says that the operating system is too old and so it will not let me open it in order to install it on the external usb drive.
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Can I boot from a USB stick containing MacOS if there is an issue with MacintoshHD?
So my mac HD started playing up and then refused to work, would not boot.
Tried recovery mode but it wouldn't allow me to run first aid on the Macintosh HD drive.
Created a MacOS USB boot up stick by ...
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Holding down the option key isn't allowing me to see boot menu on iMac mid-2010
I get an old iMac mid 2010 without hard drive and when I press "alt" on Windows keyboard (equivalent of "option" on Mac) nothing happens. Then the Apple logo appears with a charge ...
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