Yosemite Usb Installer

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There are many ways that you can create a bootable Mavericks USB Drive but this seems to me the far easiest way to do so. In this article I will assume that you already have a reasonable grasp of the OSX system and cut out the lengthy text:

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Make Yosemite Usb Installer

1. Download Yosemite from the Apple Store

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As soon as you hear the Mac bootup ‘Chime’ hold down the Option (or Alt) key and select the USB drive (which should be an orange colour). Double click the icon with the mouse or use the cursor keys to move to that image and then press Enter. This will start the Yosemite Installer, which may take a few minutes depending on the speed of your. I just re-installed Yosemite from Recovery HD. Performed a clean install as i erased my HD from Recovery HD before installing the software. Yosemite is being downloaded since a few hours but it would be the same with the USB Installer as Recovery HD is an Installer too. What you need to create a bootable installer. Create a bootable USB drive for macOS X versions including El Capitan, Yosemite, Mavericks, Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina and Big Sur. Universal USB installer aka UUI is comparable to Rufus in respect to performance and compatibility. An empty USB drive (8 GB or larger): In this guide, you will write Mac OS X Yosemite Installer onto a USB drive, and boot your computer from that drive to install OS X Yosemite. The USB drive must be at least 6 GB in size. Since you will need to erase all of the files on the USB.

Yosemite can be downloaded directly from Apple Store here. After download it will try and install automatically on your Mac. Just cancel out of this.

2. Verify the Installation Files are present

Head over to your Applications folder and check that there is a file which says Install Yosemite

2. 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 Extended (Journaled)

IMPORTANT – Leave the name as “Untitled”. If you change this the next step won’t work

3. Create the Bootable Yosemite USB Drive

Open up Terminal (found in applications)

Type this in:

Wait for the process to complete. Done.

4. Boot from the Yosemite USB Drive

Restart your computer and hold down “Option”. You can now select the USB Drive you just created.

This article is an updated version of our previous Mavericks USB Install Guide.

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One of the most awaited Operating System of 2014 i.e. Mac Yosemite is now available for use. Apple has recently released the beta version of the latest Yosemite OS with new and advanced features. Who wouldn’t like to try this latest version? Every Mac user would love it! You can easily work with and get familiar with all features of this new Yosemite that too without disturbing the already running Mac installation in simple steps. Yes! you can achieve this by just creating a bootable USB flash drive with Yosemite and then connecting it to the Mac desktop or laptop to install Yosemite from USB securely.

It’s just a few simple step procedure and within minutes you can create Yosemite bootable USB. The process involves two stages – creation of bootable USB flash drive and then installation procedure. Below is the complete step-by-step procedure to achieve this, just read on…

Stage 1: Create Bootable USB Flash Drive

  • First connect your USB drive to the Mac computer and launch Disk Utility tool. Now select drive indicating USB flash drive (select the USB drive you want to make the bootable installer) from the available drives list
  • Then just click on the “Erase” tab and format the drive as “Mac OS Extended (Journaled)”
  • Then just click on “Erase” and confirm the selection
  • Go to “Partition” tab and under ‘Partition Layout’ section click on the pull-down menu and change the layout to “1 Partition” from “Current”
  • Change the partition name from “Untitled 1” to “Untitled” and then click on “Options” button
  • Choose the partition scheme as “GUID Partition Table” and select “OK”
  • Once done click on “Apply” to confirm the creation of the partition
  • After the partition is successfully created download the Macintosh OS X 10.10 Yosemite installer from Mac App Store, once done quit the installer and set the downloaded file's name to Install OS X Yosemite app.

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After completion, launch the Terminal app (located in Applications/Utilities) and type or copy - paste the following command, and then hit Enter:

sudo /Applications/Install OS X Yosemite.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install OS X Yosemite.app –nointeraction

Once done Quit the Disk Utility; With this your OS X Yosemite bootable USB flash drive will be ready for use and you can start the clean installation process.

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Stage 2: Clean Install OS X Yosemite on Your Mac

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  • Now, connect the bootable USB flash drive into your Mac and restart the computer, once the start-up chime plays, just press the Option key (Alt).
  • On the start-up drive selection screen choose the USB drive and hit Enter / Return on the keyboard.
  • The process might take few minutes, just wait until the Yosemite installer appears on screen
  • Once it appears, click on Disk Utility and then hit Continue.
  • From the left hand-side pane of the Mac, find and click on Macintosh HD and then on the top-right portion hit Erase tab. Select default values for all options and then hit Erase button at the bottom right; by doing this all files stored on the startup hard drive will be wiped off.
  • After completion of the erasing process just return to the first screen and click on Install OS X and then hit Continue.
  • Now, select the Macintosh HD partition that was erased in step 5 and then click Install

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By following all the above steps correctly, your computer will now boot into the newly installed OS X Yosemite, and you could just enjoy all its stunning new UI and advanced features. However, before performing the process make sure you have proper data backup, as there are chances of losing your data due to interruption or by selecting improper option. In such cases Remo Recover software could help you to perform Mac lost data recovery in just few minutes.