How to create a bootable usb macos installer macworld uk. In this tutorial i create a bootable usb drive which will enable you to install mac os x lion without having to do an update. Now that most of you might finally have finished the download, the next step is to install 10. Sep 21, 2015 flag as inappropriate can i get os x lion on cd or. And if your mac is experiencing problems, a bootable installer makes a handy emergency drive. Select the target hard drive for the installation of mountain lion on your pc and click the partition tab. Dec 12, 2015 flag as inappropriate will this work with macs having lightning connectors. Once downloaded, go to the applications folder and find the copy of lion you just downloaded. In fact, it is still very easy to create a usb installation disk for os x lion. Otherwise, you wont be able to get the dmg file you need without having to download os x lion all over again. Create os x mountain lion bootable usb from windows itek. Currently the product description only lists ios devices.
How to re download the os x lion installer on lion because im pretty sure that when you buy and install an app for the first time, no matter what, the installer run by itself and install the app and then vanished as in, theres no real way to get a complete copy before the first install. How to create mac os x lion install bootable dvd usb with. I want to actually install lion on a usb memory stick and run it from there 9nstead of from the hard drive. Cant reinstall mac os x lion on my macbo apple community.
Jul 20, 2011 go through the installation, ready to enjoy a new, clean install of lion. How to copy the osx lion installer to prevent multiple downloads. Purchase the os x mountain lion application from the mac app store 2. Use these steps to create a bootable media to install mac os x. Install os x mountain lion from usb flash drive appducate. Starting with os x lion, the only way to get new software will be to download and install it through the mac app store. Please note this will erase all data on your hard drive. The optimum time to make your bootable disk is early in the install process.
Jul 22, 20 i was wondering if i could download os x mountian lion on my pc, mount it onto some kind of fake disk on my hard drive, copy the files onto a usb and then plug the usb into the mac and boot the mac using the usb to install os x, like i did with the pc. While more and more software solutions are moving to download only, there are times when you need a physical copy. Find the appropriate download link in the upgrade instructions for each macos. Install mac os x lion, fresh from a bootable usb stick.
Oct 23, 20 os x mavericks is now available to everyone as a free download, and while you can update as many macs as you want by downloading the installer repeatedly from the mac app store, a better option for many is to create a simple bootable usb install drive. Mountain lion installer that you download from the ma. Boot into existing mac os x installation leopard or snow leopard. Apr 15, 2020 currently the product description only lists ios devices. Right click on the downloaded file and select show package contents. Find the installer in your applications folder and rightclick on it then. How to create a bootable mac os x lion installation usb drive. How can i install os x mountain lion onto macbook pro from. If you once had purchased an old version of mac os x from the app store, open it and go to the purchased tab. It emulates uefi efi that is used on apple computers and on some new pc motherboards. How to make a chameleon boot usb drive for your hackintosh. How to create mac os x lion installation usb flash disk. The best thing to do is download it once and create a bootable install usb drive from the file for all of your macs.
How to create an os x lion usb installation drive download lion through the app store find the downloaded app package in finder, right or control click it and select show package contents in the finder window displaying the package contents select the contents folder, then the sharedsupport folder. Install mac os offline without internet using bootable. Ein usbflashlaufwerk oder ein anderes zweites volume, formatiert. How to download older mac os x versions via the app store. Make bootable usb flash drive for tiger, leopard, lion. Lion is the eighth generation of the mac os x operating system for apple pcs and servers. Os x was the primary os to ship as one install that would boot into either a 32bit or 64bit kernel, either of which could run 32bit and 64bit applications at the full native performance. If you did already install it, then follow apples lion recovery instructions to re download os x lion again. Macos hasnt shipped as a bootable disk for a number of years now. It uses apple efi drivers to boot osx but it also loads kexts, dsdt and smbios spoofing which is needed for osx86. Fortunately, it does not appear that apple has limited our ability to create our own installation media.
Thanks, but the guide you indicated shows how to make a bootable install drive for lion. Hold down commandr during startup to boot into the recovery hd, or hold down the option key during startup and select recovery hd. Make os x lion bootable usb flash drive how to tutorial. Lion of the serengeti national parkmac os x mountain lions canvas print pictures 5 piece wall art stretched and framed. Finally, use your bootable flash drive to install lion on your mac. Online recovery taking forever to get to apple website and then freezes with round activity icon rotating, last time over a hour, with no further activity. Mountain lions os x recovery feature, known as lion recovery. Apple lawyers might kick my ass if i provide a download link here. There are two main things youll need to make your bootable install drive. Nov 15, 2019 the only way to install older os x releases the os that came with your mac is to create a bootable os installer with the os you want. How to burn os x mountain lion to a dvd or usb flash drive. How to make a clean install of mac osx lion with a usb memory stick. One is to go to system preferences startup disk and select the usb drive.
How to make a bootable usb flash drive to install panther os x, tiger osx, leopard osx, snow leopard osx, lion osx, mountain lion osx, mavericks osx, macboo. Apple announced about 250 new features in the lion. I have never before used a mac and to me its like trying to read another language. How to create a bootable installer for macos apple support. Jul 26, 2011 usb flash disk distribution of mac os x lion. I know this is possible from an external hard drive the genius bar guys do this to test computers and eliminate any individual software problems. Os x lion includes a builtin set of tools for repairing your mac in the recovery hd, a new feature that lets you repair disks or reinstall os x lion without a physical disc. Now you can go back to the installer screen and click the continue button. Startfahiges installationsprogramm fur macos erstellen apple. Lion was released on the 20th jully 2011 as a paid download from the mac app store. Jan 11, 2014 install mac os x lion on non apple brand pc or laptop using a bootable usb stick of lion os which is made by a solution software kakewalk, also this can be done by bootable dvd. Here, you can choose your language, then from menu bar at top, choose utilities disk utility.
Lion installation via usb stick using chameleon osx86 10. Create an os x mavericks installer drive in 4 simple steps. How to make a bootable mountain lion install drive macworld. How to install fresh os x lion or os x mountain lion youtube.
How to create a bootable install usb drive of mac os x 10. How to download the os x lion installer on lion mac. Dec 24, 2012 if you want to use the usb to format a new computer or reformat your current computer, there are 2 ways of getting it installed. How to install mac os x lion on nonbrand pc using bootable. Sep 14, 2020 after you complete the steps, the usb flash drive from mbr to gpt format, you can use the steps below to create a bootable usb installation media to install mac os x. Click on the tools menu and select create bootable usb drive select source image file. Nov 29, 2017 if you succeed in downloading the os installation, your next step is to create a bootable usb or dvd and then reinstall the os on your computer. This will load up the mac os x mountain lion installer as soon as you restart your computer. Though you can install lion directly from your macs hard drive.
On 20th july 2011 apple has released mac os x lion. How to create an os x mountain lion usb installation drive. How do i create an install usb stick from the lion download. This is illegal to put the apples operating system mac os x lion on non brand computer, just do it for your education basic on your own risk. First, make sure your usb drive is formatted for use with a mac, then download the os x lion installer from the app store and copy it to your flash drive. My macbook 2008 is starting to download os x mountain lion right now im guessing this is some type of security feature so if someone steals your laptop they cant simply format the drive and try to reinstall the os to use it as their own.
Put a full bootable lion installation on the usb drive with a recovery partition. Under the terms of the licence for personal, noncommercial use only you are able. After booting from the usb drive, you would see the os x installer screen. Hit the apply button and it will create your bootable usb drive. As an example i just setup someone with lion using a usb thumb drive after i altered the system date so the installer is fooled. Lion diskmaker allows you to quickly install mac lion on older mac os x versions, without the need to use mac lions redeem code in the app store. Using the myhack utility to create this hackintosh. I recommend a hard drive or flash drivea dvd will work, but it takes.
To create an apple mountain lion bootable usb installation you will need poweriso and an apple os x installation in iso format. In the first day more than on million of mac os x lion copies were downloaded. Mountain lion, mavericks, etc will not boot on standard macpro 1,1 the firmware is 32bit not 64bit, and lion is the last os x that will boot on the bogstandard machine and i didnt want to go through the pain of a nonstraightforward boot install process though there. It brought many developments made in apples ios, such as an easily navigable display of installed applications, to the.
Download lion from the mac app storebut dont install it yet, because of the disappearing installer issue noted above. Jul 20, 2011 so if you create a bootable lion installer drive using the current version of the lion installerwhich, as of 2102012, installs os x 10. How to burn your own os x lion install dvd or usb drive. Mac os x lion a great operating system try to get it though the legal method. Jan 07, 2012 create an os x lion hackintosh to act as a usb installer, and boot with almost any intelbased pc. Navigate to applications in the finder and then either burn to dvd, copy to a usb stick or an external hard drive the application named install mac os x lion. I copied it to an external hard drive the same one i used for time machine backups. Create os x mountain lion bootable usb from windows itek blog. Jun 21, 2011 this seems to have been improperly interpreted by some as that mac os x lion can not be used to perform any clean install for clarification. How to quickly make a mac os x bootable usb on windows. How to make a bootable lion install disc or drive macworld. Install the bootloader and drivers using multibeast in order to start fresh, youll need access to a functional computer running mac os x snow leopard 10. A usb stick you can boot off and repair your lion installation from.
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