
Sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia -volume /Volumes/Untitled -applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app -nointeractionĤ.

Make sure you replace Untitled with the name of your drive. Then type (or copy and paste) the following command into your Terminal window. Launch the Terminal application on your MAC. Make sure you format your USB flash drive in OS X Extended (Journaled) using Disk Utility.ģ. Insert your 8GB (or larger) flash drive (make sure you assign a name to it – I’ll be using Untitled as my drive name for this tutorial).

Firstly Download the Yosemite installer.Ģ. If for some reasons you couldn’t get DiskMaker X working for you, you might want to follow this geeky steps using Terminal to achieve same result.ġ.
#Setup bootable usb thumb drive for mac install
If it doesn’t find it, you can click on “Select an Install File” so you can easily navigate to the installer.Īfter the whole process must have been completed, you can now use this flash drive to install OSX Yosemite to any MAC. DiskMaker X would find the Yosemite Installer and have it installed on your thumb drive. Since we wish to install Yosemite, you will have to select 10.10 and let DiskMaker X handle the rest. Launch DiskMaker X. The app will offer to make installers for OS X 10.8, 10.9, and 10.10. Make sure you must have backed up all important stuff, as you will loose them in this process from the flash drive.ģ. Insert your 8GB (or larger) flash drive into your MAC. You need to download the Yosemite installer as stated above from the Mac App Store and DiskMaker X. Using Diskmaker X is the easiest way to burn or make a bootable USB Flash drive.

#Setup bootable usb thumb drive for mac mac os x
