A copy to cd or dvd and click continue and the windows support software will be downloaded to your mac. After its unlocked, the restore key turns into a normal usb drive with 8gb of space available, which is then ready for a lion restore image or just to use for anything else as a standard usb drive with a snazzy apple logo on it. Select your usb drive from the left side of disk utility, then click on the erase tab. The usb drive needs to be formatted as mac os extended journaled, if its not, its time to format. How to format usb flash drive on mac stepbystep tutorial.
One of the bestkept secrets of mac os x lion is that you can now. How to install mac os x lion from usb flash drive youtube. How to burn your own os x lion install dvd or usb drive. Frequently asked questions about software reinstall drive. Hallo leute, in diesem video zeige ich euch wie ihr euren mac komplett neu aufsetzen konnt mithilfe eines usb sticks. Though you can install lion directly from your macs hard drive, a bootable. Format wd elements hard drive without additional software on mac. Chances are, the mac with the disk, where the data. The macbook air software reinstall drive is read only. This will work in all modern versions of apple mac osx including 10. Os x lion on bootable usb stick i purchased a version of os x lion which i would like to install on an external drive to boot from it in case of emergency. How to make a bootable lion install disc or drive macworld. First, make sure your usb drive is formatted for use with a mac, then download the os x lion installer from the app store and copy it to your flash drive. If youd rather stash a spare lion in your pocket, check out david daws guide to creating a bootable mac os x flash drive.
I recommend a hard drive or flash drivea dvd will work, but it takes a long. Wie erstelle ich selbst einen usb stick mit mac os x lion drauf. But, instead of a hard drive, i would like to install it on a 8 or 16 gb usb memory stick. How to clean install mac os x mountain lion hongkiat. Follow steps 1 through 4 in this slideshow to properly format the drive. Choose mac os extended journaled as the format, and. Disk utility will format and partition the usb flash drive. Youll then be prompted to insert a writeable cd or. Questions and answers posted by the apple store community for the product os x lion 10.
How to make a bootable mountain lion install drive macworld. How to format a usb external disk for mac osx using disk utility. Mac os x lion available on a usb stick in august reuters. This is similar to the process of making a bootable lion installer dvd, but i prefer a usb flash drive because its faster, smaller, and i have a macbook air so an installation dvd isnt too useful for me. How to format the os x installer usb stick that comes with macbook.
How to make a bootable mountain lion install drive. You can do it, but first you have to unlock the usb restore key. Mac os x lion dvds flash drive installation apple mac os x mac os x 10. Unlike previous versions of mac os x, lion os x 10. Wilt u een usb stick op zowel een mac als windowspc gebruiken, dan moet u deze formatteren.
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