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In this tutorial I am going teach you about the perfect process of,
1. How to create a bootable macOS USB Install Drive | Complete Installation
2. How to make or create bootable macOS USB FLASH Install Drive for mac device/machine from windows machine/desktop/pc.
3. How to install macOS from/via/using USB
4. How to create bootable USB from mac Disk Utility,
5. How make hard drive partitions in mac,
6. How to Erase a volume in macOS Disk Utility,
7. How to restore from image, etc.
8. How to boot from USB.
I would suggest you to follow these steps properly:
1. Make sure to check the Maximum Operating System Version of your mac, you can check it here:-
2. Please choose the OS according to Max Operating System Version and download the OS then keep it extracted using only 7-zip extractor, you can download from here:- https://isoriver.com/download-your-file-now/?url=https://archive.org/download/osxelcapitan/OS_X_El_Capitan.dmg
3. In this step you need to do some experiments by changing the file selection, first try selecting InstallESD.dmg if it doesn’t work then try selecting second BaseSystem.dmg there are 2 procedures for creating bootable usb you can follow them.
3.1. If you are creating usb from windows machine then go through this video:- https://youtu.be/ymadd4qEqLc
3.2. If you are creating usb from mac machine then go through this video:- https://youtu.be/soSb9EEF6JA
4. If above steps doesn’t work it means that the download OS is not proper one, try downloading another OS or another file.
So, these were the universal steps for creating bootable for any mac OS.
Using this procedure, you can make bootable for almost all macOS and you would be able to install it in your Macintosh.
I have used MacBook Pro 13” late 2011 in this tutorial.
Operating Systems Used:
1. Microsoft Windows 10.
2. Mac OS X Mountain Lion.
3. Mac OS High Sierra.
Language Used:
English
Software’s/Application’s Used:
1. TransMac.
2. Disk Utility in mac.
3. Command Prompt
4. 7zip
Links used in tutorial:
1. This is the link for TransMac application: https://www.acutesystems.com/scrtm.htm
2. This is the link to check maximum macOS compatibility and Apple Mac Serial Number Lookup:
3. If you are unable to get a copy for your macOS the you may check this link: https://isoriver.com/category/mac-os/macos-high-sierra-10-13/ further you can make a search for your requires macOS, windows OS or any other software.
4. Use Only 7-zip extractor:- https://www.7-zip.org/
Commands used in windows pc step by step:
Search for Command Prompt and Run As Administrator.
Now type the following commands and hit enter after each command.
1. diskpart
2. list disk
3. select disk X
(NOTE:- please replace X in above command with the disk number of the usb drive displayed after second command i.e. list disk which you are going to use)
4. clean
5. convert GPT
6. create partition primary
Please follow the steps properly which I have used in tutorial, I can assure you that you will succeed.
Additional Information:
Every Versions of macOS and mac OS X are listed below in an order from the oldest to latest:
1. OS X 10 beta: Kodiak – 13 September 2000
2. OS X 10.0: Cheetah – 24 March 2001
3. OS X 10.1: Puma – 25 September 2001
4. OS X 10.2: Jaguar – 24 August 2002
5. OS X 10.3 Panther (Pinot) – 24 October 2003
6. OS X 10.4 Tiger (Merlot) – 29 April 2005
7. [OS X 10.4.4 Tiger (Chardonnay)]
8. OS X 10.5 Leopard (Chablis) – 26 October 2007
9. OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard – 28 August 2009
10. OS X 10.7 Lion (Barolo) – 20 July 2011
11. OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion (Zinfandel) – 25 July 2012
12. OS X 10.9 Mavericks (Cabernet) – 22 October 2013
13. OS X 10.10: Yosemite (Syrah) – 16 October 2014
14. OS X 10.11: El Capitan (Gala) – 30 September 2015
15. macOS 10.12: Sierra (Fuji) – 20 September 2016
16. macOS 10.13: High Sierra (Lobo) – 25 September 2017
17. macOS 10.14: Mojave (Liberty) – 24 September 2018
18. macOS 10.15: Catalina (Jazz) – 7 October 2019
19. macOS 11: Big Sur – 12 November 2020 .