much easier to follow, especially with the "drag n drop" technique. other tutorial videos only asked the user to copy n paste the path. by demonstrating the "drag n drop" approach, it educates the user the process behind the commands. thank you for that.
Just did this and have to say this was the clearest and easiest commands out of all the dozens of videos on TH-cam. The fact that you just dragged those files into the terminal window is incredible and saved having to type in those commands or copy and paste them into the window was brilliant. Cannot thank you enough.
Words can't describe how happy I am to have stumbled over you video. I have been trying various things various websites told me to but I could not really do what was supposed to be done. Now with your video I can do it because it is kept simple and most important of all - understandable! Thanks and subscribed!
I've made boot disks in the past but this is the best and easiest tutorial. It seems like there are fewer steps than I remembered from the past. Thanks!
Thank you. Like your previous comment, I searched many blog articles about this topic to no avail. Your video quickly explained how to get Sierra installed on the USB to boot from and it worked 100%. Awesome!
WOW I love youtube... you learn so much. Ive just sold my iMac and really needed to create a bootable USB. This was excellent. I erased the H-Drive from the disk utilities once booted up holding Option. Then after erasing the drive I installed a fresh clean version of Sierra and I have one happy person with an awesome iMac clean and ready to rock his world :D
Thank you so much! I was going crazy about my Macbook Pro 2014 because as i wanted to upgrade it from Maverics to Sierra and it got stuck during the installation process and didn´t knew what to do because nothing worked... But thanks to your video and a friend of mine i was able to get a fresh installation of Sierra. Greetings from Germay
You are brilliant, saw something like this once for Mountain Lion I think, but this just clear and simple makes it possible without any 3rd apps. And I am Sooorh tired of pages with wrong kodes .. which lead me to a question: When the terminal finishes.. then you just hit (cmd)+(q), or you actually write exit in the terminal? And then if it saves your history.. after many faulty attempts to understand the path and how this works try and fail with terminal.. can it harm the os on my machine? is there a correct way to do these things.. like ?
I followed your directions. The USB drive now has the Sierra install program, but my iMac does not recognize it as a bootable drive. Again I did every step you described. Help
Some other video have you go to disk utility and partition the flash drive and you have to give it specific names etc. is that not required as per your directions ?
best video ever! saved me heaps of time!!! very comprehensive and strait to the point. thanks for posting (and great tip dragging things into the terminal instead of typing)
Hi there, thank you very much for your video, it is really interesting, but I have a problem before I can install this system. The problem is, that I don't have another MacBook, which supports macOS Sierra. I have an (iMac earlier 2008) and I want to install the macOS Sierra on it. Is there any way to do that or not? I would be so happy, if you answered me.
Fab-u-lous! I have no idea why your solution works so perfectly but all the other versions I’ve tried AND the suggested apps like DiskMaker haven’t, but my huge thanks for an easy and perfectly workable solution. 👍👍👍
Wow!!! i wish you had mentioned the MOST important thing in the very beginning. That as soon as u hit enter in terminal it erases the drive, I had important files on it now there gone. Thanks!
Yeah it erases the drive. If you have anything important on your computer or the drive you should have it backed up. I watched a few videos before that and yeah everything i have is important so i have it saved to 3 places. Hard drives are not stable
can you pleas help me... i accidently deleted macintosh hd while i was hard reseting my macbook. i have a bootble usb with this software sierra. its an late 2011 macbook pro 15". i don't have interntet recovery, after loading the creen it turn black for 1 sec and than it stays on white for ever. i tried ery option that i could find online, but it dosn't work... i need my macbook realy bad. help me pleas. btw, i get the option to select the usb in the boot + option menu, but after loadig it it just turns black for 1 ssec and than it turns hite forever, just like with the intenet recovery an command + r recovery. 😭😭 help me pleas!!
Die answer::: internet Recovery, hols down Option+command+R+Resart or power on you mac,and take it from there, but remember to open Disk Utility press Erase, i know your HD is Wiped just standard, and press the red button to go bacr to your Option then Reinstall your OS X...Thats how i did it once.
hi, I'm following this steps in my mac pro, but I had an air and when I wanted to erase it, I used ALT+CMD+R while starting the system to back to the OSX original cause I had problem whit the el capitain < ID address > and the internet is very low here, so can I use the USB Disk
so thats mean we can choose to use mac os sierra / os x el capitan every time we reboot ? if i reboot again, can i choose os x el capitan again for my mac ?
You can backup the entire installation of the old OS using something like CCCloner to an external hard disk, and then format and copy that back to the Mac once you are done using Sierra
If my ios now is el capitan and if i update(not fresh install) to macos sierra,after that if i want to reset or restore my macbook,i wanna know in wich macos o get after reset?
hi there, i follow your steps one by one, but i get this kind of error ( UUID for host. Error:35 ) sudo: unable to execute /Applications/Install os x yosemite.app/contents/resources/createinstallmedia: Bad CPU type in executable. please i need your guide to solve this. thanks
Hi, i need your help, because i did everything like you said on the video and it doesn't work. When reboot my mac with the bootable usb, i choose Install ...Sierra and after some minutes i get a symbol like: prohibited and i have to turn off my mac. So, why it happening this ? what's wrong ? .... to let you know ...i'm using El Capitan
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much easier to follow, especially with the "drag n drop" technique. other tutorial videos only asked the user to copy n paste the path. by demonstrating the "drag n drop" approach, it educates the user the process behind the commands. thank you for that.
Just did this and have to say this was the clearest and easiest commands out of all the dozens of videos on TH-cam. The fact that you just dragged those files into the terminal window is incredible and saved having to type in those commands or copy and paste them into the window was brilliant. Cannot thank you enough.
Words can't describe how happy I am to have stumbled over you video. I have been trying various things various websites told me to but I could not really do what was supposed to be done. Now with your video I can do it because it is kept simple and most important of all - understandable! Thanks and subscribed!
+Rikkid Germano thanks rikkid, glad to help.
Rikkid Germano Did you do it, successfully?
Everyone searching this topic needs to watch this. So simple and straightforward! Thank you!
I've made boot disks in the past but this is the best and easiest tutorial. It seems like there are fewer steps than I remembered from the past. Thanks!
Thank you. Like your previous comment, I searched many blog articles about this topic to no avail. Your video quickly explained how to get Sierra installed on the USB to boot from and it worked 100%. Awesome!
VERY easy to follow. Drag and drop and no downloading any useless third party apps. Fun to do within the terminal itself. Thank you.
WOW I love youtube... you learn so much. Ive just sold my iMac and really needed to create a bootable USB. This was excellent. I erased the H-Drive from the disk utilities once booted up holding Option. Then after erasing the drive I installed a fresh clean version of Sierra and I have one happy person with an awesome iMac clean and ready to rock his world :D
Thank you so much brother, the world needs people like you
Thank you so much! I was going crazy about my Macbook Pro 2014 because as i wanted to upgrade it from Maverics to Sierra and it got stuck during the installation process and didn´t knew what to do because nothing worked... But thanks to your video and a friend of mine i was able to get a fresh installation of Sierra.
Greetings from Germay
Wow I am literally at a loss of words. After 10 videos I finally find one that works.
This is the best tutorial for creating the boot USB with Terminal. Thanks so much!
awesome way to show how to use Terminal!! most people would let you copy from description. But we all know not everyone store in same location
Thank you very much for your video. I followed your instructions and created a bootable usb drive with macOS Sierra Pubic Beta.
+Benjamin Castro awesome.
Very Well done Jeff. The best and easiest instructions for creating the bootable disk that is available!!
The best instructions by any standards
Thanks! So easy! I tried a couple others and had zero luck, but yours worked perfect! Thank you thank you!
Excellent and superb instructions on creating a macOS X Sierra and Yosemite X installers
Many many thanks for such simple and great guide to a rather obscure process.
I bow to you with respect. Thanks
This is the BEST tutorial ever!! Thank you for your easy yet detailed instruction. Who are those giving thumbs down??
This one acually helps! PS i did not know you worked for 9to5Mac since your the voice of iDownloadBlog right?
Fast reliable and simplest tutorial! Thanks!!!
Easy and simple u just earned yourself another subscriber. Thanks Jeff
You are brilliant, saw something like this once for Mountain Lion I think, but this just clear and simple makes it possible without any 3rd apps. And I am Sooorh tired of pages with wrong kodes .. which lead me to a question: When the terminal finishes.. then you just hit (cmd)+(q), or you actually write exit in the terminal? And then if it saves your history.. after many faulty attempts to understand the path and how this works try and fail with terminal.. can it harm the os on my machine? is there a correct way to do these things.. like ?
excellent i was trying to do 3 different way make this this is the right way to do buddy thanks
I followed your directions. The USB drive now has the Sierra install program, but my iMac does not recognize it as a bootable drive. Again I did every step you described. Help
Best way to setup mac os. Thanks for this effort.
You forgot to mention that after ¨applicationpath¨ goes ¨space.
Very good video!!
Congrats!!
he did he says and then space.
@ 1:21 there is clearly an audible leave space instruction...or do i hear dead people? 😱
What format should the drive be first? And what Scheme (GUID? Master Boot?)
Thank you so much! At first it said it was damaged but then i went to terminal and fixed mt date then it worked
Some other video have you go to disk utility and partition the flash drive and you have to give it specific names etc. is that not required as per your directions ?
best video ever! saved me heaps of time!!!
very comprehensive and strait to the point.
thanks for posting (and great tip dragging things into the terminal instead of typing)
Do i have to wait until i get OS Sierra to make a Bootable drive,do you have to do this to have a clean Install on my Mac.
Thank you for a quick, to-the-point, tutorial!
it worked for me. u just saved my life. respect from Italy
Can you please tell me when i use Time Machine does it save Safari BookMarks as well as Photos,documents etc.
So simple! Thank you for the detailed description. This is awesome!
AMAZING! Easiest install ever! THANK YOU!
Thank you Jeff - very easy to follow and helpful video.
Hi there,
thank you very much for your video, it is really interesting, but I have a problem before I can install this system. The problem is, that I don't have another MacBook, which supports macOS Sierra. I have an (iMac earlier 2008) and I want to install the macOS Sierra on it. Is there any way to do that or not?
I would be so happy, if you answered me.
Fab-u-lous! I have no idea why your solution works so perfectly but all the other versions I’ve tried AND the suggested apps like DiskMaker haven’t, but my huge thanks for an easy and perfectly workable solution. 👍👍👍
Thank you for a great, quick and thorough tutorial!!
Thank you Best Informatitian Man ever ! So easy with you informations, you could be a professor !!
hey there.. it was super simple steps which you explained in this video.. many thanks to you man .. :-)
Wow!!! i wish you had mentioned the MOST important thing in the very beginning. That as soon as u hit enter in terminal it erases the drive, I had important files on it now there gone. Thanks!
Yeah it erases the drive. If you have anything important on your computer or the drive you should have it backed up. I watched a few videos before that and yeah everything i have is important so i have it saved to 3 places. Hard drives are not stable
very simply explain, thank you
You're the best man. That was fast and super easy.
Excellent and clear tutorial. Thanks
can you pleas help me... i accidently deleted macintosh hd while i was hard reseting my macbook. i have a bootble usb with this software sierra. its an late 2011 macbook pro 15". i don't have interntet recovery, after loading the creen it turn black for 1 sec and than it stays on white for ever. i tried ery option that i could find online, but it dosn't work... i need my macbook realy bad. help me pleas. btw, i get the option to select the usb in the boot + option menu, but after loadig it it just turns black for 1 ssec and than it turns hite forever, just like with the intenet recovery an command + r recovery. 😭😭 help me pleas!!
Die answer::: internet Recovery, hols down Option+command+R+Resart or power on you mac,and take it from there, but remember to open Disk Utility press Erase, i know your HD is Wiped just standard, and press the red button to go bacr to your Option then Reinstall your OS X...Thats how i did it once.
The Best Tutorial! So Easy and really helpful! THANKS!!!!!
Perfect, the best information I have ever get . Thank you Jeff, you are amazing my friend
Best solution ever..... Thank you man.
Thanks for this easy walkthrough, thumbs up
hi, I'm following this steps in my mac pro, but I had an air and when I wanted to erase it, I used ALT+CMD+R while starting the system to back to the OSX original cause I had problem whit the el capitain < ID address > and the internet is very low here, so can I use the USB Disk
THANKYOU ofr helping me out :)
Thank you! Easiest tutorial out there!
very nice and simple thanks for sharing you video
so thats mean we can choose to use mac os sierra / os x el capitan every time we reboot ? if i reboot again, can i choose os x el capitan again for my mac ?
What are the cons and pros. Also will we be able to switch back to the old operating system by ?
Pros : Siri on Mac and a few productivity features. Cons : it's beta 1, therefore you might find some bugs.
You can backup the entire installation of the old OS using something like CCCloner to an external hard disk, and then format and copy that back to the Mac once you are done using Sierra
very helpful and simple, thanks!
I've followed your directions twice but I still can't get it to boot. What does the flash drive have to be formatted to before you begin?
Can I get the Sierra installer package somewhere? The Mac store wont let me download it with my current OS
works as described
Can I use same method to create a Lion usb installer using El Capitan? Thank you.
Perfect couldn't be easier!! good job! Thanks
Fast and simple! Really helpful video, thanks a lot :D
Hi man can I use this method with all mac operating systems ?
Great video and valuable info that actually works. Thanks
Nice video and helpful. Thanks!
Will this work using an external hard drive?
Great Video and straight forward instruction !
Nice tutorial mate. Thank you !
You made it so simple
The best guide ever.
thanks Jeff works really well
I did it!! What a great tutorial!! Thank you so much Jeff!!!!!!!!!!!
What white speakers are those Jeff ??
If my ios now is el capitan and if i update(not fresh install) to macos sierra,after that if i want to reset or restore my macbook,i wanna know in wich macos o get after reset?
I do the same step as you but I'm just getting a forbidden sign, what's wrong ?
Does this only work for a clean install?
That was fun. I feel like a tech head now.
My sister's Mac didn't ask me to press the Y key ... :( I followed your instruction but nothing..
Thank you
You have a best explanation.
Great job. I am so glad I saw this and could do the same. Thanks!
Very easy. Thank you.
very easy n it worked. Thanks!
this is super easy, and you are super simple +jeff
Worked first time Thanks
worked like a champ. thank you!!
does it work for another OS X System?
Excellent tutorial.
Bro, you are THE BEST! Ex·tra·or·di·naire! Thank you!
thanks man your the best teacher
Thanks man ... really helpful
hi there,
i follow your steps one by one, but i get this kind of error ( UUID for host. Error:35 ) sudo: unable to execute /Applications/Install os x yosemite.app/contents/resources/createinstallmedia: Bad CPU type in executable.
please i need your guide to solve this. thanks
When i enter my password and hit enter it doesn't prompt me to do anything next, help?
Hi, i need your help, because i did everything like you said on the video and it doesn't work. When reboot my mac with the bootable usb, i choose Install ...Sierra and after some minutes i get a symbol like: prohibited and i have to turn off my mac. So, why it happening this ? what's wrong ? .... to let you know ...i'm using El Capitan
DTSWAY Conectando Amigos I've got the same could you help me please
thanks Jeff
Brilliant! So clearly explained even I could do it :) You are a legend.
I did it with El Capitan! Thanks!