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Bootable Mac OS X Commands

The document provides command line instructions for creating macOS installation media for several versions of macOS, including High Sierra, Sierra, El Capitan, Yosemite, and Mavericks. It lists the terminal commands needed to use the createinstallmedia tool along with the necessary volume and application path parameters. Newer commands are also shown for Big Sur, Catalina, Mojave, and High Sierra, with the partition name changed to "MyVolume".

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Bootable Mac OS X Commands

The document provides command line instructions for creating macOS installation media for several versions of macOS, including High Sierra, Sierra, El Capitan, Yosemite, and Mavericks. It lists the terminal commands needed to use the createinstallmedia tool along with the necessary volume and application path parameters. Newer commands are also shown for Big Sur, Catalina, Mojave, and High Sierra, with the partition name changed to "MyVolume".

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OLD COMMANDS (still kinda work on 10.

15) (Change Partition name to FlashInstaller)


macOS High Sierra Installer Command Line
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia
--volume /Volumes/FlashInstaller --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\
Sierra.app --nointeraction

macOS Sierra Installer Command Line

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia


--volume /Volumes/FlashInstaller --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app
--nointeraction

OS X El Capitan Installer Command Line

sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\ Capitan.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia


--volume /Volumes/FlashInstaller --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\ Capitan.app
–nointeraction

OS X Yosemite Installer Command Line

sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia


--volume /Volumes/FlashInstaller --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app –
nointeraction

OS X Mavericks Installer Command Line

sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia


--volume /Volumes/FlashInstaller --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app
–nointeraction

NEW COMMANDS (Change Partition name to MyVolume)

Big Sur

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Big\


Sur.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume
/Volumes/MyVolume -- /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Big\
Sur.app
Catalina

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Catalina.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia


--volume /Volumes/MyVolume

Mojave

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Mojave.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia


--volume /Volumes/MyVolume

High Sierra

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia


--volume /Volumes/MyVolume

El Capitan

sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\ Capitan.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia


--volume /Volumes/MyVolume --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\ Capitan.app

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