How to create a MAC OS USB Bootable Drive

Simple steps on how to make a USB bootable drive for any Mac OS, whether it's OS Sierra, El Capitan, or even OS Lion.

SUDO CODE for Terminal (copy and paste):
* Remember to replace the name USBSTICK with the name of your USB drive!

This USB bootable drive is useful if you ever need erase your hard drive and reinstall.

To boot up into the USB, make sure the laptop/computer is shut down. Then hold down the OPTIONS key. Press power on the laptop. It will then boot up with a menu showing the USB drive to boot into.

MacBook Pro Specs:
- Early 2011, 2.3 GHz Core i5
- 13.3" 1280x800
- 8GB 1333 Mhz DDR3 (Corsair)
- 250GB SSD Hard Drive (Western Digital)
- 384MB Intel HD Graphics 3000
- CD-R SuperDrive
- Mac OS Sierra

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[reccomp]

Thank you. My daughter brought her 2015 macbook pro home at Christmas. Said it was so slow it was not useful. I was like, I am running windows machines with similar specs on 10 and they are performing well. Suspected her HDD was either slow or dying. Put in a new SSD but restore would only install Yosemite and wouldn't upgrade or connect to support. Created this USB stick with Catalina install. The rest is history, she now has a great backup computer for college that will accompany and support her new ipad Pro. I watched multiple videos that made no sense and were intensive. Glad I found this one, great Job! Another though, maybe she just wanted a new iPad 😂

[southbaymax]

I was following similar instructions elsewhere, but never got it to work. I think the dragging feature made all the difference. Thank you for your help.

[Mstoot]

Thanks to your helpful tutorial, I was able to create my own bootable OS usb and I was able to upgrade my 2010 MacBook Pro!! It’s was super quick & simple to follow!! You saved me a TON of money!! Many thanks for helping me restore my laptop💜

[JennayBerry]

The dragging feature really helped a lot! thank you!

[CplGonzalezUsmc]

So much easier than other people trying to explain this thanks bro

[JennayBerry]

Thank you! This finally works for me after several other instructions failing due to my volume being named differently than it appears.

[williamalas]

bro i was trying to figure this out for hours no lie...until i found your video.... very detailed and easy to understand....thanks bro!!!!

[Boodybusiness]

thank you man !!!! you are the are only one who makes me understand the needed codes by dragging files into terminal, i had a problem coz my files was not in the same location so that different path, anyways thank you again

[skhan]

this was the easiest and 100%working method so far on the utube thankyou!

[muharems]

Any idea why my computer always stops about %75 into boot and never gets to utility. I have tried many times. It also will reboot and restart the whole process. I hvar tried using al capitan, sierra and high sierra and all the same. Could it be hardware issue?

[kurtsonnenburg]

Thanks much... You did a great job at clearly showing how to execute the steps to make a bootable USB. I am at a loss of any number of thumbs down? Great job

[aaryankhimasia]

Thank you so much!!! This was the easiest and worked so well.

[TanPham-snfc]

Excellent video! Very clear and concise.

[ogniknurts]

Thanks for sharing this tutorial, it was of great help for me.

[CamnayR]

I dont have the createintsallermedia function. Its not there. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[yahooskip]

This was very helpful, BUT when restarting and holding down the option key, nothing happens?

[gabrielguzel]

If u get an error "not a valid volume mount point" when ur trying to do sudo command, get Mac Os High Sierra installer.

[Hill]

I didn’t have the “ show package contents”
How to fix that?

[mitchellputukara]

Can one do into BIOS with out a SSD or HDD installed in the laptop? L only wish to see the BIOS as l am still waiting on my NVME SSD to arrive.

[raleedy]

Can I use a mini to create a USB bootable drive to use for a MacBook Pro?