Mac OS X utility software company MacDaddy on Wednesday announced the release of Install Disk Creator 1.0, their new installer disk creation utility for Mac OS X. The app reduces the process of creating a Mac OS X installation disk to the matter of a few mouse clicks.
Launch Disk Utility and click on the OS X Install DVD from the left-hand menu. Click on the Restore tab and verify that the Mac OS X Install DVD appears in the Source text box. How To Create A Mac OS Recovery Flash Drive. WARNING: As always do please back up your data before you proceed should in case something You might want to get two flash drives though if you plan on installing Bootcamp as well. This way you have recovery disks for Bootcamp and Mac OS.
Previously, users were required to jump through a number of hoops to create an OS X Install disk on a USB stick. Users were required to locate the OS X installation files, run a series of arcane commands, and hope for the best. Install Disk Creator is designed to help avoid all of that.
“Creating an OS X Installation disk on a portable drive, such as a USB stick, has always required jumping through hoops,” said MacDaddy CEO Ben Slaney. “Most Mac users don’t have the knowledge or patience to enter the complicated commands that are required to create an OS X installation disk. That’s where Install Disk Creator 1.0 comes in. It reduces the process to simply downloading our app from the MacDaddy website, and the OS X installation files from the Mac App Store. plugging-in an 8GB or larger USB Stick, and running our app. In a short time, they’ll have an installation disk they can use to install OS X 10.11 El Capitan on any compatible Mac.”
By using Install Disk Creator, users can create a USB drive capable of installing OS X on any compatible Mac computer. Allowing for a clean install of OS X.
Install Disk Creator 1.0 is free, and is available via download from the MacDaddy website. [GET IT HERE]
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By Mike Wuerthele
Friday, January 26, 2018, 09:07 am PT (12:07 pm ET)
If you don't have a macOS Server installation and have multiple macs to upgrade, it can be a bandwidth-sucking chore. Instead, there's a way to download a full install of the latest version of High Sierra and make install media using the Terminal —AppleInsider shows you how.Friday, January 26, 2018, 09:07 am PT (12:07 pm ET)
If you only manage one Mac, you really don't need to do this, unless you want a local copy on hand form some reason. If you still want to get started, download macOS from the Mac App Store.
The installer will launch automatically after download. Quit the installer without installing High Sierra.
After downloading the installer, mount the volume you want to use to make the bootable installer. Your best bet is something fast, like an external SSD, or fast flash drive —the speed of your installs will vary greatly based on the speed of your media on both ends of the install.
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For the purposes of this tip, in the Finder name the external drive macinstall.
In the Utilities folder, open the Terminal.
Enter:
sudo /Applications/Install macOS High Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia—volume /Volumes/macinstall and hit Return.
The Terminal will request your administrator password, so enter it to validate and hit Return.
Confirm the external volume erase, rename, and copy, by hitting Y and hit Return when prompted.
When the Terminal informs you that the process is done, you should have bootable media which can be used on any compatible Mac. This works with nearly all media —but we've found that some cheap USB 3.0 flash drives won't boot, and there is no solution other than using a different drive.
If you do have a macOS Server installation, you can cache upgrade files on the server to only download them once. How to use macOS Server to do that is a tip for another day.