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How Do You Make A Bootable USB On A Mac?

April 26, 2017bootable Computers Mac operating OS SYSTEMS USB

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How Do You Make A Bootable USB On A Mac?

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All computers can have problems which require the operating system to be installed, including the Mac. Creating a bootable external drive such as a USB thumb drive enables users to restart their machines to salvage data before re-installing the operating system. In addition, a bootable external drive enables users to access older versions of the operating system (such as OS X Tiger) to run proprietary software or utilities. All Mac computers include two installation disks for disk recovery and repair. The installation disks include the installation program for running the basic the operating system (OS X) independent of the hard drive, installing the operating system and a Disk Utility program to partition and prepare bootable drives. USB Drive Preparation Step 1 Insert installation CD 1 into your CD/DVD drive. Insert your USB thumb drive into the appropriate slot and shut down your computer. Hold down the “C” key and start your computer to boot from the disk drive. Step 2 Launch your