Likewise, a fast 500GB OWC Mercury On-The-Go Pro USB 3.0 drive ($94.99) is a lot speedier for installation, the same drive in a FireWire 800 version ($119.99) is handy with Macs that support that connection, and for the best possible speed while performing mass installations of macOS Sierra from the drive, you’ll want to look into something like this 1TB LaCie Rugged Thunderbolt drive ($179.99). USB thumb drives are adequate for the task this OWC 16.0GB Dual USB Flash Drive (see image above) is perfect, and it’s only $9.99. Get a suitable USB thumb, USB, Thunderbolt, or FireWire driveĭiskMaker X will require at least 8GB of capacity on whatever drive you select to be your bootable install drive. A copy of the installer is downloaded and saved into the Applications folder. That’s OK - you can download it by launching the Mac App Store, locating and clicking on the link for macOS Sierra in the right sidebar, then clicking the “Download” button. But don’t double-click that app icon yet…Ĭhances are good that when macOS Sierra was installed on your Mac, the installer file disappeared. Within seconds, the app is installed and ready for launch. Installation is simple - just drag the DiskMaker X 6 icon to the Applications folder alias as shown on the installer screen.

The disk image is mounted, and the following screen appears: DiskMaker X 6 Installer Screen To install DiskMaker X 6, find the installer disk image file - usually in the Downloads folder - and double-click it. Note that although DiskMaker X is free of charge, donations are accepted - you can help support a useful utility by sending the developers what you feel the app is worth. The first thing you’ll want to do is download DiskMakerX 6 to a Mac using the link above. In this post, we’ll demonstrate how to create your own bootable install drive. UPDATE 09/2017: Create a Bootable macOS High Sierra Install Drive with DiskMaker X 7Īpple has made macOS installations (and those for Mac OS X before it) as simple as hitting a download link, but what if you’d like to have a bootable disk drive with which to install macOS Sierra on a number of different Macs? Fortunately, there’s a quick and free solution in the form of DiskMakerX, which has just become available in a macOS Sierra-compatible version.

UPDATE 09/2018: Create a Bootable macOS Mojave Install Drive with DiskMaker X 8

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