Stop! Before you do anything to that costly (and wonderful) piece of hardware, you should consider creating a USB installer drive for macOS.

You bought that shiny new MacBook Pro or iMac, and you’re ready to start working. With the help of a GUI, Jack Wallen shows you how to create a handy flash drive for macOS. Your new Mac doesn't include an installation media. Also it’s available for Raspberry Pi.ġ.How to create a bootable USB installer drive for macOS And it works on old systems, minimum system required Windows XP, Mac OS 10.13. It small in package size with less than 200 KB.

USBimager is a free and open-source tool with really simple interface. That’s it.Ĭreate Bootable USB from Other Linux, Windows, Mac OS.įor all other systems I’d recommend USBimager if no system built-in tool available, though there are many other USB creating tools in the web. When done, it should prompt you installation complete. Plug-in USB stick and it will auto-detect it.įinally click on “ Make Startup Disk“, click OK to confirm and type your user password to get start. When the tool opens, click on “ Other …” and select the Ubuntu ISO image. Other Ubuntu based systems can get it by installing the usb-creator-gtk package. If you’re now working on Ubuntu, that’s great, simply search for and launch Startup Disk Creator. And backup your data before getting started.Īlso a PC, Laptop / Notebook, or even Raspberry Pi running Linux, Windows, or Mac OS.Īnd download Ubuntu ISO image from either or /download Create Bootable USB from Ubuntu: If you need bootable USB with other data transfer usage unaffected, try it! Requirements:įirstly you need an USB stick with at least 4 GB storage. Though I prefer the style of Ventoy, it however does not install in my USB stick for unknown reason. So here I’m going to introduce you few other USB writing tools. However, the USB drive does not boot after writing with recent Ubuntu ISO images. I used to use UNetbootin to create bootable Live USB. Want to create a bootable live-USB for installing Ubuntu on your machine? Well, here’s how to do it in Windows, Linux, or Mac OS.

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