Create a Bootable USB Drive with Multiple macOS Installers ! Monterey, Big Sur, Catalina, etc.

Behold: The Drive of Power! A single USB thumb drive with 4 bootable macOS Installers! In this video, I will give you a step-by-step walkthrough of downloading all necessary installers, and creating the drive. Easy! My drive includes High Sierra, Catalina, Big Sur, and Monterey, but you can use almost any macOS.

Download Links and Terminal Commands:

PNY Duo Link 64gb USB/USB-C Drive

Sandisk 128gb Ultra Dual Drive - More Installers!

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[dieter]

You made my day! Since Apple did not allow me, to install High Sierra on an older Macbook Pro again, where I had installed Monterey and where even the recovery program did not work anymore, your insructions worked flawless. Thanks a lot!

[vtine]

I was looking for this exact tutorial. Thank you so much! I'm going to make the usb with the last 4 or 5 macOS installers on it.

[forrestegan]

Wow! I had no idea you could partition the thumb drive to create multiple installers on a single thumb drive. This will be so much easier than hunting for the version I’m looking for, they’re all on one now. Thanks so much! 😊

[maxuyjr.]

Your a blessing! Now i wont be bringing too many drive thank you.😊

[MegGyver]

I found a 2015 Macbook Air for $60 sans hard drive, and your videos have walked me through upgrading to a 1tb SSD and getting him a fully operational system for about $100. He loves it. I am not a tech person and your explanations are just perfect! Thank you!

[nealdugan]

Thank you ! It was very well explained.

[davidngo]

Very helpfull video.Thank you very much

[snk]

Thanks a lot sir i have searching for this video from long time

[daisyschmidt]

Thanks for your work. It will be a great help :)... Danke dafür :)...

[TheTeddytumtum]

This was brilliant and got my died Mac working. Thank you.

[Vmurph]

Thank you! QUESTION… I have an already made bootable drive that was made exactly the way you instructed. If I simply want to move that one to a *different* thumb drive, can I just *drag & and drop* the installer onto a newly formatted thumb drive? Meaning one that’s been formatted correctly as Mac OS Extended Journaled.

The original one was created properly via the terminal, and I’ve even used it to restore my iMac. So I’m hoping since that part of the job was already done, that I can just drag & drop the installer to the new drive. Or do I actually have to do the whole creation process all over again?

[daddypapi]

Hi, thank you for your awesome videos. I have a MBP 15 inch early 2011 with macOS Sierra currently in a boot loop. Can I use High Sierra as a bootable? If not, how can I make the os Sierra bootable as os Sierra is not on your list? Thank you.

[djxcel]

I couldn’t get 2 of the operating systems, I got that message you mentioned. I just downloaded them from off torrents

[pattskatoey]

Thanks for the tutorial. I do hate working in terminal if I can avoid it.

[prestigesaturday]

Thanks for this, well explained.
pls, i mistakenly format my bootable drive, pls, can i recover it back in any way?

thanks!

[htpevents]

I could not get El Capitan, Big Sur or Monterey to download. Otherthan that I love it.

[victorfernandes]

Do you have a link for OS Sierra please?

[EasyHeat]

Picked up a "flashy ? folder" 21.5" 2013 i7 4770, 8gb ram, 250 blade (failed) SSD, GTX 750M gpu iMac for $50! After many failed attempts to make a USB boot? I was able to use a USB 3.0 to SATA cable and Kinston 500gb SSD in recovery mode and load up Mavericks. Obviously just a temp fix till I get all the upgrades and tools, but I will say this vid at least inspired me to initially give it a go. Thanks!

[davy]

The download links link back to App Store from where the old Mac os were dimmed. I cannot download the older versions for my older Mac

[mariodasilva]

Hi, I am running Mojave on my MacBook Pro 15". I managed top download Mojave, High Sierra and Monterey, but cannot download Big Sur and Catalina as the response says either "Not available" or "cannot run on this computer" so I have those Partitions unfilled... on my Sandisk 128 USB/USBC thumb drive. Does this happen to anyone else?