Mac OS users who want to install OS X 10.10 Yosemite on their machines and are facing issues installing the operating system for the first time on their Macs can follow a simple step-by-step guide. Boot into Mac OS X Yosemite Installer Restart your Hackintosh, and plug in your Mac OS X Yosemite Installer USB drive. If things go well, your computer will boot from the USB drive instead of booting from your normal hard disk. You will then be able to view the Mac OS X Yosemite Installer menu. Head over to your Applications folder and check that there is a file which says Install Yosemite. Prepare a USB Flash Drive (Must be 8Gb or larger) Plug the USB Drive in to your Mac and open “Disk Utility” (found under applications / utilities in finder) Select the USB Drive; Select the Erase tab; Ensure that the format is Mac OS. Right-click the installer and select Show Package Contents from the context menu; b. Drill-down through the Contents Shared Support directories and drag-drop the InstallESD.dmg to the desktop; c. Using Disk Utility's 'Restore' tab, Perform a Restore into the appropriate partition, using InstallESD.dmg as.
Bootable USB Installers for OS X Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan, and Sierra
Mac Os Sierra
First, review this introductory article: Create a bootable installer for macOS. Second, see this How To outline for creating a bootable El Capitan installer. Simply replace the Terminal command with the one from the preceding article by copying it into the Terminal window. You will need an 8GB or larger USB flash drive that has been partitioned and formatted for use with OS X.
Drive Partition and Format
Os X Yosemite Install Hdd
- Open Disk Utility in the Utilities' folder.
- After Disk Utility loads select the drive (out-dented entry with the mfg.'s ID and size) from the side list.
- Click on the Erase tab in the Disk Utility toolbar. Name the drive, 'MyVolume'. <---- IMPORTANT!
- In the drop down panel set the partition scheme to GUID. Set the Format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.)
- Click on the Apply button and wait for the Done button to activate. When it does click on it.
- Quit Disk Utility.
Create Installer
Open the Terminal in the Utilities' folder. Choose the appropriate command line (in red) depending upon what OS X installer you want. Paste that entire command line from below at the Terminal's prompt:
Command for macOS High Sierra:
sudo /Applications/Install macOS High Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume --applicationpath /Applications/Install macOS High Sierra.app
Command for macOS Sierra:
sudo /Applications/Install macOS Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume --applicationpath /Applications/Install macOS Sierra.app
Command for El Capitan:
sudo /Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume --applicationpath /Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app
Command for Yosemite:
sudo /Applications/Install OS X Yosemite.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume --applicationpath /Applications/Install OS X Yosemite.app
Command for Mavericks:
sudo /Applications/Install OS X Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume --applicationpath /Applications/Install OS X Mavericks.app
Make Yosemite Bootable Usb
Press RETURN. You will be asked for your admin password. It will not echo to the Terminal window. Then press RETURN again. Wait for the return of the Terminal prompt signifying the process has completed. It takes quite some time to finish. Be patient.
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