

- #Create a recovery disk for mac high sierra how to#
- #Create a recovery disk for mac high sierra for mac os x#
Remove the existing Packages alias link from the newly restored image rm /Volumes/OS\ X\ Base\ System/System/Installation/PackagesĬopy the full OSX Mavericks Packages over to the new image….takes a while cp -R /Volumes/OS\ X\ Install\ ESD/Packages/ /Volumes/OS\ X\ Base\ System/System/Installation/PackagesĪnd there it is! – to eject the new bootable USB OSX Mavericks 10.9 disk ‘cd’ to home and eject cd ~/ hdiutil eject /Volumes/OS\ X\ Base\ System/ This will change ‘ BootDisk‘ to ‘ OS X Base System‘ This puts you back in the Finder in front of the newly mounted InstallESD.dmg, go back to Terminal and clone the BaseSystem.dmg to the remote USB drive sudo asr restore -source /Volumes/OS\ X\ Install\ ESD/BaseSystem.dmg -target /Volumes/BootDisk/ -erase -noverify

#Create a recovery disk for mac high sierra for mac os x#
For Mac OS X El Capitan, the link downloads a disk image file named InstallMacOSX.dmg. The installer has the name Install macOS version name. Swap to the newly mounted image cd /Volumes/InstallESD.dmg For macOS Big Sur, macOS Catalina, macOS Mojave or macOS High Sierra, the links download an installer directly into your app folder. BIOS-Boot-CD - Instruction to create a bootable CD to make a BIOS Update. Mount the InstallESD.dmg buried deep in the app hdiutil attach /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg -noverify Im stuck with macOS High Sierra, without an option to upgrade without shadowy. (macOS used to be called OS X.) If you have only the High Sierra installer on your Mac, Install Disk Creator will automatically.

Just for the crazy ones……after Mavericks is downloaded….and again this assumes you external disk is named BootDisk Under the pop-up menu, you’ll see Select the OS X installer.
#Create a recovery disk for mac high sierra how to#
If you want all to return back to normal and hide the system files run a couple more commands in the Terminal defaults write AppleShowAllFiles FALSE killall Finder How to create the OSX 10.9 Mavericks Bootable Drive just via Terminal If you want to install macOS High Sierra or later versions, just use the Convert to APFS feature on Disk Utility.
