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and Create USB Installer For Mac OS X (Yosemite, Mavericks, Mountain Lion, or Lion) Macdrug

This document provides a step-by-step guide on how to download and create a USB installer for various versions of Mac OS X, including Yosemite, Mavericks, Mountain Lion, and Lion. It outlines the necessary preparations, including having an 8GB USB drive and a MacBook, and details the process of downloading the OS X installer and using Disk Utility to format and restore the USB drive. The guide emphasizes that each USB stick should only contain one OS X installer version.

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and Create USB Installer For Mac OS X (Yosemite, Mavericks, Mountain Lion, or Lion) Macdrug

This document provides a step-by-step guide on how to download and create a USB installer for various versions of Mac OS X, including Yosemite, Mavericks, Mountain Lion, and Lion. It outlines the necessary preparations, including having an 8GB USB drive and a MacBook, and details the process of downloading the OS X installer and using Disk Utility to format and restore the USB drive. The guide emphasizes that each USB stick should only contain one OS X installer version.

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As you know, Apple releases a new OS X operating system every year, and the new OS X can
only be downloaded via the Mac App Store (currently OS X Yosemite). The older versions of OS X
are still supported by Apple, but it should be more difficult to download. My following tip can
help you easily download and create USB installer for OS X – Yosemite, Mavericks,
Mountain Lion, and Lion.

Before doing, you need to prepare 2 things:

An USB – at least 8Gb or higher.


A MacBook to run Disk Utility in OS X.

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Go to Mac Apple Store > use your Apple ID and login > Find and download OS X Yosemite
After downloading, OS X Yosemite Installer will appear in /Applications. To get
the InstallESD.DMG, go to Application > right mouse on OS X Yosemite > select “Show
Package Contents“.

Firstly, Get µTorrent or Folx Pro (Folx Pro 3 full version download), then use following torrent file
to download the OS X version you desire.

Download OS X Lion 10.7.5 (4,3 GB) – Torrent.


Download OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5 (4,1 GB)- Torrent.
Download OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 (4,9 GB)- Torrent.
Download OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 (5,3 GB)- Torrent.

1. Plug USB into Macbook and run Disk Utility > Select the USB drive in the left side > Click on
Erase > Choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format > Apply.
2. Go to Partition tab > Select 1 Partition at Partition Layout.
3. Change the name to Untitled 1 from Untitled > Click on Option.

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5. Choose GUID Partition Table and click OK.

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6. Click on Apply to format USB > End the Disk Utility when the process is completed.

Run OS X installer.DMG download in step 1 to mount it’s virtual hard drive into system >
Launch Disk Utility, select the right USB in the left side > Click pn Restore > Drag and drop OS
X installer.DMG into Source > Drag and drop USB into Destination > Click on Restore button.

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After the restore process is completed, we have obtained the USB stick containing the installer of
OS X Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks, or Yosemite at your choice.

Notice: Once the USB stick should only contain one OS X installer version. You should have
several USB stick if you want to create many installers.

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