Code: sudo dd if=/Volumes/Hackintosh HD/El Capitan Home/COLOR=#0000FFyourusername/COLOR/Desktop/Win10Englishx64.iso of=/dev/diskB5/B bs=1mNext press enter, its going to ask for your password, enter your password and hit enter. This will start the process You need to be patient when I first did this on a USB 2.0 it took 39 minutes.
A bootable USB device always comes in handy whether you need to install or upgrade Windows on your computer. Also, if you do not have a good Internet connection, you can create a Windows 10 bootable USB from a public computer (or your friend’s).
This time because i was curious I used a USB 3.0 and it took 21 minutes When its finished you will see the bytes transferred, the time it took in seconds, and the bytes/sec. Finally, you have one more step. In terminal you want to type. Click to expand.Which is what I did and it produced the file system I pasted up there. I'm not sure, but I think that all computers are not capable of booting an USB stick that has a file system of an optical media. If someone knows the details of this, I'd be happy to learn more.
Also I don't believe that formatting matters at all. Doesn't dd work in such a way that it directly writes the input (the dvd image) to the device, and the file system of the image will be copied over what ever the usb stick has? Anyway, I now have a bootable usb media. I negotiated for some computing time on teh wife's pc laptop, and for some reason the microsoft Media Creation Tool (the first option in your link) failed with 'Something Happened 0x80070002 – 0x20016' error code (internets said you could try logging in as admin etc. But I gave up.). Next I tried with the Rufus tool, which got the job done using the same.iso file I originally tried to copy with dd.
This approach worked, and I got a UEFI bootable usb stick, so thanks for your link. Although it's a bit annoying that I wasn't smart enough to do it with a mac, I'll get over it.
Here's how a bootable usb stick looks like.
There are various ways to boot macOS. Aside from using the built-in Startup Manager, you can also boot into Verbose, Safe, and Target Disk modes. In addition to this, macOS users also have an option of picking a disk to boot the operating system from. But let’s delve into something more specific. You’re about to find out how to boot your Mac up directly from external storage, specifically flash storage or a USB-based flash drive.
Why You Need to Boot from External Drive? There are many occasions you may have trouble with your Mac. Corrupted system files and Mac crashes unexpectedly. with sufficient storage. You have deleted some system files wrongly. You couldn’t login to your Mac.
Troubleshooting purposes. Let’s begin with the obvious question here; what are the basic requirements for creating bootable USB for Mac? How to Create Bootable USB Drive for Mac?. USB drive with sufficient storage space. Access to a working and supported Mac.
Format USB to Apple supported file system. Get installer file for macOS. Create bootable USB.
Booting Mac from Startup Manager. If you are not able to login to your Mac, you need to use disk. Otherwise you should have another Mac for creating a bootable USB. USB Drive The macOS installer file is large with approximate size of 6 to 10GB depending upon the version. Also the process needs to sufficient storage space on your USB.
So ensure to have at least 32GB or greater storage space on your USB drive. Remember to copy and backup the USB since you need to delete the entire content for creating the bootable drive. An Intel Based Mac Apple transitioned to an Intel processors in 2005. In other words, if your Mac is not older than 2005, you should be fine. Format USB Flash Drive to Apple File System First, plug in your USB drive. Press “Command +Spacebar” to access Spotlight, then type “Disk Utility”.
You can view the current file system of the USB drive. In our example, we have FAT32 file system which is compatible on Windows. You need to erase and to be compatible with your Mac. Download macOS Installer from App Store This will start downloading the installer file to your “Applications” folder. Creating USB Installer After downloading, the installer will automatically ask you to install macOS Mojave. Simply quit the installer without starting the installation.
At this point, ensure you have inserted the formatted USB drive, let’s say the name of the USB volume is “Boot Disk”. Also make sure the downloaded macOS installer file is in “Applications” folder.
Press “Command + Spacebar” and search for “terminal” to open Terminal app. Copy and paste the below command in Terminal and hit enter. Ready to start. To continue we need to erase the volume at /Volumes/Boot Disk. If you wish to continue type (Y) then press return:.
Now the erase disk process will start to copy the installer file on the USB drive. After successful completion of the process, name of the USB drive will be changed similar to the installer file name like “Install macOS Mojave”. Note that Apple discourages booting with an earlier macOS version than the version your device is shipped with. Boot Mac from USB Follow the below process to boot your Mac from bootable USB:. Insert the bootable USB installer drive and go to “Apple Menu Restart”.
When your Mac restarts, press and hold the Option key till “Startup Manager” opens. The Startup Manager scans and lists the drives that are connected and bootable. Note that the Startup Manager will only list volumes that include bootable volumes. If you only see “Macintosh HD” like below then the USB drive is not connected to your Mac or not created properly with the installer file. USB Not Connected. Select your name from the “Choose Network” dropdown and enter the password to connect to internet. Remember, you need to have an internet connection for installing from USB as the installer needs to get updates for your Mac from Apple’s server.
Double click on your USB that contains the macOS installer or highlight it and press the return key. You will see macOS Recovery app and choose “Install macOS” option from Utilities. It may take long time depending upon your Mac to start booting with macOS Mojave.