Create a bootable macOS Big Sur USB install drive in 5 Minutes!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
- Making a bootable macOS Big Sur 11.6.2 USB drive is a quick way to install a fresh copy of macOS on your Mac! I will show you how to make a bootable Big Sur USB Installer in under 5 minutes! You can use this USB flash drive to reinstall macOS Big Sur on your Mac by holding down the option key then selecting the installer disk. This will save you a ton of time since you don't have to download the full 12GB full installer from Apple.
Full command
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Big\ Sur.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume
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Hope this works for you guys! Let me know if you have any questions!
Hi, I have a 2018 Mini and when I created the USB installer following your tutorial it will not boot from the USB drive. If I boot into recovery and open Disk utility the drive appears but I can't do a thing with it. If I select Startup Disk the USB installer is not available/visible. If I boot back into macOS 10.15.x and select Startup Disk in system pref, the USB installer is not visible there as well. It should at least be visible within the macOS Startup Disk app, right?
I trying to install Nvme m2 in my mcbook , but it’s recognizing, what error I did here ?
Hi, I trzy to install Big Sur on my MacBook Pro with m1 but every option didn’t work. Option with Apple configurator 2 to because I wouldn’t go to DFU mode. Please help
I bought a pro m1 this morning and erased everything now struggling with installation. Lucky for me came across this video. I am going to try it now and would update u how it went.
Thanks a ton in advance.
@@dhruvd7803 did it work?
Yet another example of how fun it can be to learn something new when the person teaching you is genuinely interested and excited about it themselves. Thank you Mr. Macintosh!!!
Thank you very much @carfish I DO LOVE macOS 😀
100% agreed.
Excellent! I could do it! The only ting it caused a fail is having a space in the USB STICK NAME. Don't use a name with a space.
maaaaaan I thought an old mac of mine was to be sold for parts but now I am making the stick!!!!!!
Whoo!! keep that old mac running Gat cinefile!!!
Sir, your voice is so charming and comfortable to hear that I can even fall asleep every night listening to your videos.🤣
I have been searching so many places on how to do it, there are so many places where they just explain but not in detail. Just wanna thank you for the very helpful video. Hope you make more and more videos because I think you can Rock in TH-cam industry. All the best!
Thank you very much Falak, I appreciate that 👍
Finally one tutorial quick and clear, straight to the point, thank you so much!
This is the clearest, most thorough yet concise explanatory video I've watched in a long time. I've made several bootable usb installers over the years, but this installer package with accompanying instructions is a real bonus. Thank you very much.
Thank you very much Eric!!!
I downloaded the official Big Sur update today and I followed your directions and they worked perfectly. I did a clean install on my MacBook Pro and everything is good. Thank you!
Your advice is worth its weight in gold. And your video is expertly produced, your narration is precise and clear, and you are amazingly well-informed and generous with your knowledge. I wish I had found this video weeks ago. BRAVO! All TH-cam producers making Macintosh explainers should learn how to do it from your videos. THANK YOU.
Wow, this has to be the greatest method ever to create a bootable USB. Thank you.
So, I'm frustrated. I have a 2020 MacBook Air running Monterey and a 2013 Mid-Year MacBook Pro that won't boot because of a corrupted OS. So, I'm trying to create a bootable USB to reinstall the OS. Every time I try to use the "Get" button to download Catalina on my 2020 machine, I find that it's greyed out. When I try to use the "Get" button for Big Sur on my 2020 device, I get a software update window for Monterey. Please tell me, what am I missing?
BTW Mr. Macintosh, thank you for this excellent video. It's really good and very helpful. I'm just stuck because Apple "seems" to be preventing me from downloading an old OS to set up a bootable USB drive.
So clear and no wasted time - thanks a bunch!
Great Video - Took me some time with other videos that just gave copy and past commands to do the command that did not work. Liked that you showed how to build the command from scratch. Thanks...
Glad it helped Andrew!!! Thanks for the comment 👍
You are the man, many thanks for your valuable work.
Thanks. That was helpful. Subscribed!!
Thanks for the sub!
I watched serveral times to understand. And... I think I got it... Thank you! and clicked that red button.Need more on future.🙏
Mr. Macintosh Thank You very Much
Excellent Tutorial for MAC OS installation.
I have downloaded all 12GB in less than 5 minutes. I was using the fetch macos Python script in the macOS kvm package. The python script is a lot faster than the App Store.
how did you do it ?
Thanks for the easy instructions and great video. Also appreciate the links on your website. Well done!
Thank you very much Brett!
So clear and right to the point. Thank you so much!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank You , Bro . . . . you saved my Life lol
Thanks for the clear and helpful video!!!
Ty for making this easy to follow!
Video was very useful thanks pal
The best video tutorial..
Thank You... I was very concerned, cus I'm new to macs... M1 being the first. Your method worked perfect.. and now I can save that USB for future use if I decide to fresh restart again.
⚔🔥🖤🔥⚔
There were literally sooo many things or steps that I could have done wrong, especially as a mac noob…. But everything worked perfect. I didn’t even eat yesterday as I put all my software and plugins back on my M1. #BigSurWins
help - trying to type password but unable to do so - cursor does not move - am i doing something wrong - please help
That was great! It worked where the Mac Daddy boot maker I've been using is apparently now useless!
Amazing video!!! Excellent Job - Thank you!
Perfect tutorial
Great! Many thanks - simple and works.
You're welcome Pete!
Copying to disk always get Stuck at 0%, it does not write something on my USB Stick. I tried several options but it always gets Stuck. But thanks a lot for all your great Tutorials ;)
did you find a fix? because mine is stuck on 0% too
@@bazwav I'm about to try this. Worried I'll encounter issues too. Lemme know if you find a fix
Absolute legend! Worked perfectly, thank you!
The file I downloaded was in PKG how do it go about it ?
I learned so much in this video. So clear and concise...I want you to teach me everything now.
Got one more Sub Sir! Great tutorial! Thanks!
Extremely helpful! Thanks!
Thanks Bros Its Working You are Champ
Thank you Jalal!
Great , it worked ok and it was really fast and simple, thx a lot
Super! thank you!
Hi thank you from my heart the easiest way ever
You're welcome Ray!
Thanks, I did it.😉 I have my backup on external hard drive, but I can't find a video on how to paste it after installing macOS.
I was years old before getting to know about the dragging thing. You rock Mr. Macintosh 🔥
Thanks Joe!!! It sure is a great little trick, especially when you have a really long path. Before I made this video I looked a few other videos. Some of them were like "cut an paste the terminal command from the description" ya no LOL!
You sir are appreciated
Thanks Ken!
Thanks Mr M.
Hi i have a problem. I have followed all the steps. I have a 16 gb brand new usb, i erased it in format mac os extended (journaled ) and GUID PARTITION MAP. All good. Downloaded big sur from apple store, then follow the steps on the video and terminal says that the volume could not be found. I tried two times by erasing the USB but the answer is the same. Help please :( ( i'm using a M1 MacBook Air
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Thank you for your video!!
Thank you so much for the tutorial 🙏🏻
Its so much easy to do 😌
Perfect, thank you. 👍🤝
Nice and easy thanks ....
You bet Howard thanks!
This worked great, I got it onto the USB but when I try to boot it up on my MacBook Pro - I see it there to install, but then it still wants me to connect to the internet to recover/install that way. I can't get past the connect to network option - and am trying to avoid needing an internet connection for this. Can I get around that??
This didn't work. I followed your steps but got the following -
Arguments
--volume, A path to a volume that can be unmounted and erased to create the install media.
--nointeraction, Erase the disk pointed to by volume without prompting for confirmation.
--downloadassets, Download on-demand assets that may be required for installation.
Now the mac doesn't even recognize the thumb drive when I plug it in.
I think your information might be out of date.
thank you my brother
You are welcome Cankat!!
Tried on different macs and there is no chance to download OS from the AppStore. There is no popup with download button when clicking get button in AppStore :(
Hello. My MacBook Air m2 doesn’t have the option to show package contents. Any ideas? Fixed. Did t realise I had to install the assistant pkg first. Actually read your instructions!! Thanks
Hi I have a mac os mojave, and I want to create a partition for big sur so I can use the latest xcode. is it possible or I really need to update and leave the mojave before installing big sur on partition? I cant leave mojave because all of my apps are there. so it possible that I can have mojave and big sur at the same time. Im afraid I may got in trouble doing this. pls give me advice thanks in advance.
Thank you :)
Hi, I have an older macbook pro that needs a big sur usb installer. I can't seem to make any of this work from a newer mac now. This method doesn't work anymore for trying to create a bootsble usb installer of an older macos. Can you advise me?
So I can boot this usb to any laptop and it boot up right?
I had an error. Arguments
--volume, A path to a volume that can be unmounted and erased to create the install media.
interaction, Erase the disk pointed to by volume without prompting for confirmation.
--downloadassets, Download on demand assets that may be required for installation
Hello Pranam, this is the command
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Big\ Sur.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume
make sure that you replace /Volumes/MyVolume with your USB location by dragging the usb drive over to terminal. If you still get an error copy the entire terminal and reply here I will be able to figure out the error.
This worked for me but I had a hard time finding the Big Sur application at 2:11
You have to run the downloaded file from website and install it on your Mac HD. Once installed you can find the Big Sur icon in the applications folder. Hope this helps someone out there.
can i get a link ? the webiste isnt showing Get on my system
Oh really… ? That’s not very handy when your ssd died and you’re looking at a question mark folder. 😂 That is why I’m trying to create a bootable usb drive.. Next time I will create a bootable drive beforehand.. Right now I only have access to high sierra from a vintage MacBook Pro.. I hope it will work! Thanks for this advice!
Excellent .
This is great if you happen to have a computer that can download Big sir. Since i have a 2011 Mac mini and i wish to make a fresh SSD install for a 2013 Mac pro. I am unable to use this technique. I guess i add a lower IOS and then upgrade once i have the Mac pro running.
Jeff, the good news is you can download big sur from any Mac using the installassistant.pkg file > swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/00/55/001-86606-A_9SF1TL01U7/5duug9lar1gypwunjfl96dza0upa854qgg/InstallAssistant.pkg
@@Mr.Macintosh Yeah took me some time to find the Button sequence to use when starting the computer. I was able to finally get Big Sur Installed Using the Command R keys to install the latest operation system. The whole formating the drive was more of an issue for me as I had not done it in a long time .
Nice 👍🏻 thanks 😊
You bet Zeeshan!!
AFTER PRESSING Y TO ERASE IT SHOWS THIS - APFS disks may not be used as bootable install media.
SO HELP ME TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM
This is a great tutorial. I, however, require your help. When erasing the disk on Terminal, it gets to 10% and then the error Number (-69888, 0) pops up. I don’t know what else is there to do. I looked the error up and the solution offered was changing names and reformatting the disk, but I wasn’t successful. Hopefully you know something abt the error. Thank you in advance for sharing such an excellent video
I have already updated my mac to Big Sur, so the application folder is empty. How do I get the "install Mac OS Big Sur" application back?
Hello mikeyevs, once you upgrade the Install macOS Big Sur app is deleted to save space. All you need to do is download it again then you can create the install USB Drive. Next time if you want you could make a copy of the installer app and move it to a different place like /Users/Shared before the upgrade.
@@Mr.Macintosh it won't let me download again sadly. It says that there are no updates available., :-(
Hi Mr. Macintosh, Can you post a video to create an USB/Pendrive with a number of Live OS like a combination of Linux, Windows MacOS and etc ... If possible. It would be greatly useful for many.
UGH! Your videos are so amazing but they are just not working for me for some reason. I tried to install Big Sur on my USB from the terminal but I got the error message "Big Sur.app does not appear to be a valid OS installer application." The same thing happened when I downloaded and attempted Catalina. Interestingly, Mojave worked but then when I went to load it on to my Mac (2015 Intel) it said the file was corrupted and couldn't be installed. HELP! Any ideas? You're actually way more helpful than the Apple people!
Hello Luke, We can figure this out. Try to download 11.6.2 from here --> mrmacintosh.com/macos-big-sur-full-installer-database-download-directly-from-apple after you install the InstallAssistant.pkg package from your downloads folder. The full 12GB "Install macOS Big Sur.app" is in /Applications. Try to use that one to create the USB. Let me know if that works for you.
Really great thank you
You have to give the same Name (USB31F) to the USB stick. The other way round it doesn't work ...
Excellent thanks
Great,thankx
Thank you so much for this. Really helpful. Please can you do a video of how to create a bootable usb with multiple Mac OS files. I work in IT and have to work on several systems, so the idea of carrying several usb drives is not one that I find appealing. Hope you see this. Thanks.
Dubem, I will try to get to that! You should see mine, I have 12 different versions of macOS 🤓
Thank you
This video helped
Thanks for the clear instruction video, many thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
How can you "Create a bootable macOS Big Sur USB install drive" on Windows 10 or 7 ???
Thanks. It is work for me. 😄
Welcome 👍
It’s trying to download as an update from the AppStore not an application what should I do?
Hello Corinthia, you can download the full installer here mrmacintosh.com/macos-big-sur-full-installer-database-download-directly-from-apple/
Hi, could you PLEASE help me?
unfortunately I didn't find any help after a google search.
after putting the install file and my usb flash into terminal (and putting in my password) I get the following message:
"Arguments
--volume, A path to a volume that can be unmounted and erased to create the install media.
--nointeraction, Erase the disk pointed to by volume without prompting for confirmation.
--downloadassets, Download on-demand assets that may be required for installation.
Example: createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled"
Thanke you!
hi there , please make a tutorial video about , how to make big sur iso file bootable usb on windows 10 please .thnx
will this work on M1 MacBook Pro? I did this and need confirmation before I proceed
hi Mr. Macintoch i have a problem to create bootable mac Big sur .... i have os El Caption and i try to create it this way. but when i type password and enter "command not found" error ?????? Help me i have Max Book Air(11 inch, Eaily 2015)
Hello! Post the error from terminal and I can figure it out.
hello I installed your assistant pga onto my macbook pro 2011 to make the bootable key for my new mac mini . I can't figure it out how to use the terminal anymore on the Mac mini!
Sir i installed mac os in xubuntu using sosumi but iphone is not detected in checkra1n nor any usb is detected in mac os Catalina what to do?
When I get to App Store and click "Get" for the Big Sur it doesn't download the file to applications folder but open up software update and trying to update! I appreciate your help in advance.
Let it be, it will download and them when it is finish the folder you need will be in place just like the video.
i have a slow transfer issue on mbp 2015, 1 hour copying and never came to 10%, I think its my usb I will try with another one tomorrow but its strange with a 3.0 usb
Everything went well, but on booting from external drive the computer freezes on the language screen & the keyboard/mouse doesn't move beyond.Enter key or cursor keys don't budge & mouse too stays stuck! Any solutions pls?
Can I use the same method to create a sierra usb
Sir my usb disk can't Bootable because the EFI partition can't create... How to solve... Thanks
What happens if I get stuck on copying? In terminal
For whatever reason, I got to the easing dish: 0%... 10% etc step but then it said the erased disk did not mount. :(
I get an error message when I do what you say and my mac says it couldn't erase the volume. What am I doing wrong?
I am getting this...
APFS disks may not be used as bootable install media
Any thoughts plz???
After doing the terminal and entering my password I get "arguments" a volume, a no interaction, and a download assets message? Any thoughts?
Really great video but this is what I am getting and do not understand where I am going wrong. "create install media: command not found"
.
Hi David! create install media needs to be all one word like this - createinstallmedia
@@Mr.Macintosh thank you!
it downloads an instalation media not the full dmg file.. How to fix?
I receive this comment in terminal when trying to create the bootable drive:
"APFS disks may not be used as bootable install media.
An error occurred erasing the disk."
anyone know how to fix this? appreciate any help thank you.