You don‘t need Paragon Software. I used TransMac Trial and when burning the dmg to the USB Stick the program asked me if I want to enlarge the Volume. I checked the checkbox and it did exactly what you did in Paragon Software :-)
THANK YOU for the great tutorial. The file moving and renaming wasnt mentioned in any other tutorial and was a gamechanger. Everything else ended up crashing during installation progress
With the current version of TransMac resizing does not work for me. I've tried at least 3 USB sticks with different sizes. WIth enabled checkbox the stick was usless after (succesful) restoring of the image. But TransMac can't read anything on the stick. If I do not check the box, stick is readable... but of course to small. :(
yeah the same and glad that I seee these kinda comments as I was thinking wtf this is the same as the Paragon? THX for now, still need to put that into Imac 2011 which was with High Sierra but guy sellling it to me and a friend I was on the phone and mister said that he won't sell withot making his name and ID erase...I said OK thank you for wasting my time bye bye, after which I said I don't care you format or whatever as this was my first apple, and my pride got the best of me as also he was trying to sell it and do nothing...later I said bye bye if we do not agree on the price and, I knew somehow I will atleast install lion which is like nothin, no Safari, tried with certs, cannot open applestore, nothing...I hope this will work for me
I have been seeking many days for working solution to re-install old MacBookAir 2011 from scratch. Non of the found solutions has been working exept of this one. Thank you very much for your step-by step guide. I really appreciate your great job you have done.
I wasted so much time watching other tutorials for this. This video explains it perfectly and helped me restore MacOS on my old iMac! Can't thank you enough!!
Thank you for the video instructions. I have been trying to re-install Mac OS for probably 2 months, watching videos and trying their advice. Nothing worked until now. Yours worked great. Thank you again. I will be watching all of your videos from now on.
Dear tech byte, I have been working on an A1311 Imac for a lot of days, must have formatted my usb about a 100 times and watched a lot of installation guides that unfortunately didn't work. I figured out a few thing but I was clueless how to proceed., UNTIL I found your guide, this is awsome, it worked flawlessly. So I big thumbs up and shout out to you for getting your knowledge out there for us to find. Keep up the good work, and a big thank you from the netherlands.
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Absolutely beautiful!! I've been banging my head to the wall with Sierra recovery not working and not being able to fabricate a usb boot installer. Until i found your instructions! Thank you so very much!
I have been fighting my MacBook Air 2017 13'' for damn near 48 hours. Your video saved my bacon! Bravo! subbed. Keep it up, this was a fantastic and logical walk thru of the process.
HDD died on mid 2011 iMac, so disk utility wasn't an option. I tried multiple USBs, multiple OS(within compatibility), multiple programs, multiple YT videos, multiple times, and even with a "too up to date" apple laptop. You helped get my 3 week project off my kitchen table. YOU saved me from giving up and going to a repair store to have them do the install. YOU ARE AWESOME!!! Thank you, so very much.
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@@techbytetips Dear Friend, Can you make video on WiFi to be reinstated on MacBook Pro A1502. If you can. At present I am using MacOS Catalina on my A1502 because other OS are not compatible with my WiFi Adapter. An inbuilt WiFi is disappeared. Hardly it works most of the time disappeared.
Hi@@ismailsharif71 ! It’s hard for me to make a video like that since I do not have that specific apple model. However, I have tried Ubuntu on my macbook and everything works flawlessly (Wi-Fi). Have you tried Ubuntu?
@@ismailsharif71 if you have installed an OS that was compatible with your machine, your wifi adapter should work normally, unless the hardware is actually having issues.
WOW! The 20 minutes of working with this including the downloads and file copies is WAY WORTH THE TIME versus the time I wasted through Apple support and the support pages I sifted through! Thank you very much!
I am French, I had been struggling for a week to reinstallate this OS. I was going to despair. This tutorial helped me greatly. Thank you, wishing you a very good continuation
I spent 2 weeks looking for solution for a customer MacBook 2009 😅 but nothing works until I watched this video and everything went smoothly, thank you very much for such masterpiece idea, you need to show this work to apple owner they should use this video to resolve such kind of problem for their customers 😅 big thank you 👍 you've already got a subscriber 😂
Than you so so much for this tutorial. I appreciate how much time you spent to explain everything in details for amateur like me. I was able to replace the old corrupted ssd in my Mac late 2012 and reinstall it. I can't thank you enough.
I had a MacBook Air 1466 with Sierra. I had to erase and reinstall because giving laptop to my kid. After the install format I was getting an error “the installer information on the recovery server is damaged” so after tries and tries, this video made my windows bootable to work. Thank you very much!
Thank you so much! I have been stuck for weeks trying to install OSX on a Mac Pro 1186 that came with no hard drives. Nothing has worked, but your method worked perfectly!
Your video saved my life! I have been pulling my hair out for over a week now looking up a million guides, videos, asking my AI, you name it. NONE of them got me any closer than I had already been. But your video, my friend, absolute gold 🙌 I can't thank you enough 🙏🤙
Having struggled trying to revive a 2010 dead old mac. I had tried every trick on the internet to create a bootable USB on windows. Nothing worked. I stumbled across your video. Very reluctantly i did everything you suggested. Was very pleasantly surprised when i plugged in the USB and powered on the mac and it discovered the bootable. I installed the OS and finally glad that the ordeal is over. I have you to thank for it. Thanks a lot for this wonderful tutorial.
@@fun3721 i use transmac to make the usb bootable but when i press options and turn on mac, the usb icon not showing on screen only icon of a hard drive named mac
@@monssef6072 Format your USB drive and try again. Check if your usb has any partitions. Delete all of them. Clean up the USB completely and then add the files from transmac. Click on "enlarge the volume" as you progress.
Hi @@tonyhl7147! Sorry to hear that. This works mainly on the old macs. In the video, I'm using a MacBook White mid 2009. If you have a relatively recent one, they are capable of reinstalling the Operating System from the internet. You just need to have it plugged to a router and follow their instructions for net setup.
@@techbytetips now i was able to install it. It had a problem with the date. I could solve it writing in the terminal “date 0328015315” and it started to install. THANK U AGAIN FOR THE TUTORIAL!
People need to come across this video sooner than I did. Idk what it is with algorithm making stuff so well made like this instruction video to be more prominent. You're a goddess, thank you. Edit: I typed this before when I was still going through the first/middle steps (a lot of which were looked over by other youtubers) so I hadnt typed yet whether it worked or not i.e. I hadn't gotten to the point I got furthest in i.e.x2 the lack of visibility of a bootable drive (unbeknownst to my knowledge, very poorly formatted, that is until wathcing this video) THANK YOU.
I look for this solution nearly 30 youtube pages.. And Finally The Method you told is 100% true and 100% working. Thank you very much. You are the best
your the best,ive been working 1 week on a macbook and all the video that i watch did not work,but yours this the job like a charm thank you very much.
I am a Windows guy and was stuck on a MAC restore. Followed the artical and it worked, as before I spent days on following different articals. For unknow reason TransMac extend does no to fix the issue and extending via Paragon works.
Yes you did and really great help where apple support told me that my laptop is vintage product and not much help can be offered by them. Apple Official Service Center refused in the name of parts unavailable, even third party repairing shop also denied. What helped me is you and my will to make my mac working. Love and blessings @@techbytetips
Hi, just followed your short tutorial and could install El Capitan. Thank you. Clean and fresh to get it going for a few months. Will leave you something for the trouble to make the video man. You earned it! Keep up the great work 👍 👏
Please check the comments section. Somebody mentioned this and I offered tips. I have never had this happened to me. Maybe close the apps, unplug the USB and plug again, then reopen the apps and see if it works.
Much thanks man 'cause you saved me from a lot of headaches and sleepless nights. This method works for me on my macbook air 2017 that always get stuck with this weird saying "remaining 2 hours and 19 minutes," which kinda go on forever whenever I tryna install macOS Monterey on it through internet recovery.
wow this saved the day! i tried every other method from like 4 other videos but this one with all the file jumbling and moving worked finally thank you so so much!!!!! subbed
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Thank You! U saved my studio Mac Pro! Great and easy video this was first time i replace sdd and get os installing with this guide nothing else did not work for me. I working mostly on windows pc computers.
hello i tried to follow the step by step guide, but at the time of using the paragon software, the same does not detect the pen drive as in the video, let me explain the pen drive is detected but without any partition as if it is empty, and me still gives it as MBR instead of GPT could you help me ? Thank you
Hi Giuseppe! I've had some people mention that it happened to them too. I suggested some options. Check my replies to comments and you can try those options. Hopefully it helps you. I have not had that issue, so, it's hard for me to say.
Absolutely huge thank you! online recovery would error 110 or chunk error while installing I tried every other method to get a usb boot working until I stumbled on this and it worked first time!
Hi, when i restore disk image with mac OS it dont detect any mac system in Paragon it shows just clear disc and i tried to formate pendrive twice and reapeted it, it still doesnt show any system on pendrive in paragon :(
Hi @dodyslaw, by the time you get to using Paragon, you should have basically cloned the install image using TransMac. If you don't see anything, you are not copying things right with it. Please make sure that you follow the steps like I do in the video. Paragon should only expand the created partition to cover the entire disk. If you don't see the partition, something wrong happened with TransMac.
@@dodyslaw, the partition is created by TransMac. You need to get the image from the OSX installer. Then TransMac basically "clones" that image to the USB drive. Then you expand it with Paragon. If you don't see it with Paragon, something was not done right before.
Thank you very much! It worked perfect for me for installing without internet Yosemite on my early 2009 iMac. I had a different error when trying to install normaly, and by the way I managed to enlarge the partition on my usb drive by checking the box on transmac, not needing Paragon. I tried the normal way, I tried to modify the date and time, and this and the installation cd were my only options, but because I had no cd I choosed this one.
I have been trying for a week with hope that I get thru with installing the operating system and finally your video was the key to my success thank you very much for for your video it was really helpful
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Thank God for you bc it worked. My mac disk was screwed up in an update and now I could go to utilities and erase my disk and download on it! I was trying all last night until I found this.
It's not working on my end. Once the Restore has complete it will not allow me to resize the partition, nor copy the DMG and chunklist file. It says not enough space. Paragon does nothing but show the partition as formatted, no editing capabilitiy. I wish it worked as well as yours.
Hi Travis, I've had several people in the comments mention this exact same thing. It has never happened to me. Maybe try to close the application, unplug the USB device, plug it in again, and then reopen the apps. It might be that something is not working appropriately. Other than that, only thing that comes to my mind is the USB drive being faulty. Please report, if successful for others to have as a reference.
Follow the steps from video regarding formatting the USB as Fat32. Then, follow this: From Windows, open a “Command Prompt with administrative permissions” window. Type the diskpart command and press Enter. Type the list disk command and press Enter to view a listing of drives connected to your computer. Type the select disk command followed the number assigned for the USB flash drive (e.g., select disk 4), and press Enter. Type the clean command and press Enter. Type the convert GPT command and press Enter. Type the create partition primary command and press Enter to complete the task. After this, then you are free to open TransMac. Sorry I am a year late.
Hello, hopefully you can help me, I'm Using Paragon Software but for some reason it just says not formatted not like in the video it says HFS any chance someone could give me some light I have not be able to progress with that
If you picked the right image to write to the USB it should format it properly. Make sure that you are following the guide exactly to grab the image that you need to write to the disk.
Not sure what could be the issue. I don't have any other machine to test but it seems like newer machines have issues following this method and they set up better using the internet for the installation of the OS.
cool tutorial... i am stuck at expanding the DiskImage size to cover entire flash size using paragon. Mine is not draggable as at 10:38. i am stuck here. help
I wish I can help you out on this but I have not had that issue. I would say try to first format the drive as FAT32 and then follow the process to see if it is able to recognize it.
Hello When I went through the process and selected OS X Base System in the boot menu, a loading bar along with the Apple logo showed up. The loading bar never finishes, what do I do?
Hard to say. It should finish loading and you should get the installer interface. You might have done something different from what I did in the guide.
@@techbytetips It might be the fact that El Capitan is the latest thing it supports and that it can't update to the last version of it which is distributed on Apple's website. That being said, I did try Yosemite but it did the same thing
Well@@whats2by2 , you should not be trying newers systems if you already know the latest it can use is El Capitan. My video was using El Capitan, so, you can install that one.
THANKS!!1 I was having trouble installing the OS directly from recovery mode and this helped me a lot. Now my mom will enjoy her Mac like it´s brand new thanks to u .
Not sure I understand what you mean. The Windows apps that I mentioned are in the description. The Disk Utility is part of the MacOS installer. You should have access to it immediately when you boot into the installer.
Can’t believe it actually worked. I’ve been so desperate for the last couples of weeks trying to a a tutorial that would actually help me get through this. Thank you so much for your brilliant and helpful tutorial. 🖤🖤
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I'm following every step, but when I get formatting the drive with the .dmg base system file, I got to paragon and the drive is unformatted and says nothing is on it. It reverts back to MBR everytime. I checked the settings on transmac. Still nothing. This makes no sense.
That is definitely weird. Are you sure you are selecting the right device? Also, is your USB device a "good brand?" Remember that there are a lot of fake Chinese USB devices without the advertised capacity and that can cause you issues. I would also recommend to disconnect the USB and close the apps, every time you are trying. Sometimes devices don't work well after multiple attempts with the apps open and the devices being automatically unmounted/mounted by Windows. Hope you can find the solution and post it here for others with the same issue.
From Windows, open a “Command Prompt with administrative permissions” window. Type the diskpart command and press Enter. Type the list disk command and press Enter to view a listing of drives connected to your computer. Type the select disk command followed the number assigned for the USB flash drive (e.g., select disk 4), and press Enter. Type the clean command and press Enter. Type the convert GPT command and press Enter. Type the create partition primary command and press Enter to complete the task. Then you can use TransMac.
So far it's installing well, thank you so much. 12/11/2024 you do not need PARAGON. In settings i clikced on only 2 check marks, and it asks you if you want to fill the USB drive up, just say yes and it works!!
Thanks, your video saved me when other videos on here did not. Following your instructions, my problem got a little more complicated and hopefully this will help someone else. Transmac would not let me copy those extra files to the USB drive, it threw an error message everytime. Fortunately I had another piece of software from failed utube videos trying to do the same as your video, 'HFS+ for Windows'. That has a Use in File Explorer option, that would let me copy the files across to add to the image already there. Next, on the Macbook air 2015 laptop it would not install from this fresh USB creation, error code 8. Certainly some corruption. I had to use Disk Utility from the top menu and run first aid on the sub partitions repetitively until the errors were gone before it would let me then erase the SSD completely. Then add a Macintosh HD partition back, then I could install from the USB drive! Finally now up and running.
Im stuck...im getting a message when trying to the base system dmg transfer "this is a compressed dmg. It will be decompressed on the fly". when i transfer the files across the paragon is howing the usb isnt formatted. (It was before i started the entire process) it isnt even showing the portion where the macOS is occupying and i have to extend it. Even when i transfer the dmg and the chunklist its saying my 32gb usb doesnt have enough space. (It should) im trying to work with the macOS yosemite download. Which step am i missing because this is frustratiing.
Hi Afiya! I am sorry, I have not had that issue. Some people have and I’ve suggested ideas in the comments for everybody’s reference. Please check those out. In short, 2 main issues I see: 1. Flash drive is fake and doesn’t have advertised capacity 2. When doing the process, the apps lost the USB for some reason. Close the app, unplug usb and plug again, then try. Always have the drive formatted as FAT32 when you start the process. Hope it helps you.
Oh man..tons of guides, but yours the only working : kudos to you! Just a little workaround for who (like me) got an error copying additional files like you do at 12:38 with transmac. I was stacked with a copy error message, so I simply dragged those remaining files via windows. Hope helps some guy with the same issue.
Hello! I did everything the same as in your video, got to the point of copying files, but this function is not available to me (transmac). please help me
@@laleyenda3402 Oh I see. They redirect you to the app store directly instead of providing the DMG file. You can always get a copy from torrents. techrechard.com/download-specific-macos-versions/ github.com/corpnewt/gibMacOS
Please I don’t know why this same procedure is not working for MacOS Sierra upward. Please help this the symbol 🚫 it do shows after following the procedure and try to install
I wish I could help you with that but I don't have a machine to test it. Some versions of the OS are not available as direct links and you need to get them from either torrents or directly from the App Store in a Mac. It's hard to tell what is going on with your issue when I can't replicate it.
In my case your method works only whith Lion but i cannot finish the instalation, after the screens to chose country ant the others screens when it says create acoun it comes back to first screen whith the country.
Ummm thank you my guy it's 2023 and i don't want to throw away my mac but it actually worked i really appreciate thank you..i was stuck for 3 weeks after accidentally erasing the ssd
Hi! I folowed the instruction but it didnt work i still have the 🚫 sign. first the .VolumeIcon.icns is availbale but not shown maybe thats an issue but i try to re copy it and rename it it said "want to rplace"
Any idea why after restoring with the .dmg file Paragon thinks the drive is unformatted? I have followed all the steps and tried many different methods but I keep getting stuck.
If you are following this guide, it should not give you any errors. I would recommend that you scan your flash drive and check that it doesn't have any defects. Unfortunately there are a lot of scammers selling cheap drives on eBay and Amazon that advertise a capacity that they don't really have. It might be one of those cases? I would format the drive as FAT-32 and start over, slowly following all the steps in the tutorial.
Another thing that I did find is that if you have the app open after performing changes to the drive, sometimes it would act up. I would solve it by, closing the app, removing the flash drive, then putting it in again and restarting the app.
@@techbytetips Thanks for the reply! Unfortunately that is not the issue, I have tried 3 different USB drives and this latest one was just purchased from a big tech store and has been scanned with multiple "fist aid" type scanners. I have tried closing paragon, removing the drive, restarting the computer, everything and I am still stuck
@@jessereynolds7489 Oh, I think I am understanding what you are saying now. In the beginning we make sure that the drive is formatted as FAT32 using Disk Management. Windows will be able to read it as it is a filesystem it is capable of working with. When we use TransMac to restore the image (.dmg) we are effectively reformatting the drive to an Apple partition system. Windows is not capable of handling that directly, so you might get a pop up from Windows File Explorer saying that it doesn't recognize the disk. Ignore that. --- As long as TransMac and Paragon are able to read the drive, you should be able to continue. If after closing Paragon, removing the drive, plugin it in, and opening Paragon again, it is not able to recognize the drive. It is most likely 2 things that might have gone wrong. 1. TransMac was not successful in writing the image. (Make sure that you are using the right image found in 5:00) You can try to see if TransMac reports that it has the files. 2. Maybe one of your programs is corrupted. Try re-downloading or re-installing. I honestly wish I could help you more but I have not had this issue. --- We only use Paragon to extend the partition all the way, which causes the circle symbol. Other than that, most of the work is done in TransMac. If TransMac doesn't show you the files, something went horribly wrong.
You don‘t need Paragon Software. I used TransMac Trial and when burning the dmg to the USB Stick the program asked me if I want to enlarge the Volume. I checked the checkbox and it did exactly what you did in Paragon Software :-)
THANK YOU for the great tutorial. The file moving and renaming wasnt mentioned in any other tutorial and was a gamechanger. Everything else ended up crashing during installation progress
Thanks for sharing this.
yea good call
With the current version of TransMac resizing does not work for me. I've tried at least 3 USB sticks with different sizes. WIth enabled checkbox the stick was usless after (succesful) restoring of the image. But TransMac can't read anything on the stick. If I do not check the box, stick is readable... but of course to small. :(
yeah the same and glad that I seee these kinda comments as I was thinking wtf this is the same as the Paragon? THX for now, still need to put that into Imac 2011 which was with High Sierra but guy sellling it to me and a friend I was on the phone and mister said that he won't sell withot making his name and ID erase...I said OK thank you for wasting my time bye bye, after which I said I don't care you format or whatever as this was my first apple, and my pride got the best of me as also he was trying to sell it and do nothing...later I said bye bye if we do not agree on the price and, I knew somehow I will atleast install lion which is like nothin, no Safari, tried with certs, cannot open applestore, nothing...I hope this will work for me
I have been seeking many days for working solution to re-install old MacBookAir 2011 from scratch. Non of the found solutions has been working exept of this one. Thank you very much for your step-by step guide. I really appreciate your great job you have done.
I wasted so much time watching other tutorials for this. This video explains it perfectly and helped me restore MacOS on my old iMac! Can't thank you enough!!
Thank you for the video instructions. I have been trying to re-install Mac OS for probably 2 months, watching videos and trying their advice. Nothing worked until now. Yours worked great. Thank you again. I will be watching all of your videos from now on.
Thank you Anthony. I hope I can continue to bring good content to help more.
Dear tech byte,
I have been working on an A1311 Imac for a lot of days, must have formatted my usb about a 100 times and watched a lot of installation guides that unfortunately didn't work.
I figured out a few thing but I was clueless how to proceed., UNTIL I found your guide, this is awsome, it worked flawlessly.
So I big thumbs up and shout out to you for getting your knowledge out there for us to find.
Keep up the good work, and a big thank you from the netherlands.
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Absolutely beautiful!! I've been banging my head to the wall with Sierra recovery not working and not being able to fabricate a usb boot installer. Until i found your instructions! Thank you so very much!
My pleasure! Hope you can continue enjoying your Mac for a long time.
I have been fighting my MacBook Air 2017 13'' for damn near 48 hours. Your video saved my bacon! Bravo! subbed. Keep it up, this was a fantastic and logical walk thru of the process.
HDD died on mid 2011 iMac, so disk utility wasn't an option.
I tried multiple USBs, multiple OS(within compatibility), multiple programs, multiple YT videos, multiple times, and even with a "too up to date" apple laptop.
You helped get my 3 week project off my kitchen table.
YOU saved me from giving up and going to a repair store to have them do the install.
YOU ARE AWESOME!!!
Thank you, so very much.
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@@techbytetips Dear Friend, Can you make video on WiFi to be reinstated on MacBook Pro A1502. If you can. At present I am using MacOS Catalina on my A1502 because other OS are not compatible with my WiFi Adapter. An inbuilt WiFi is disappeared. Hardly it works most of the time disappeared.
Hi@@ismailsharif71 ! It’s hard for me to make a video like that since I do not have that specific apple model. However, I have tried Ubuntu on my macbook and everything works flawlessly (Wi-Fi). Have you tried Ubuntu?
@@ismailsharif71 if you have installed an OS that was compatible with your machine, your wifi adapter should work normally, unless the hardware is actually having issues.
You're a life favor my guy. I tried for 8 hours and went through 5 different videos and this was it.
Glad I could help!
Bro, your tutorial is the ONLY WAY that worked out for me after spending a DAY trying to do this, tysm!
WOW! The 20 minutes of working with this including the downloads and file copies is WAY WORTH THE TIME versus the time I wasted through Apple support and the support pages I sifted through! Thank you very much!
Glad it was useful!
I am French, I had been struggling for a week to reinstallate this OS. I was going to despair. This tutorial helped me greatly. Thank you, wishing you a very good continuation
Glad it was helpful to you.
The only video that gives you clear instructions and really works!
I spent 2 weeks looking for solution for a customer MacBook 2009 😅 but nothing works until I watched this video and everything went smoothly, thank you very much for such masterpiece idea, you need to show this work to apple owner they should use this video to resolve such kind of problem for their customers 😅 big thank you 👍 you've already got a subscriber 😂
Thank you @agombeh !
Dude this is genius! Worked, didnt need paragon when you check the checkbox with enlargement. Searched four hours for a solution and this worked, thx!
Dear Tech Byte, thanks for making this video tutorial. Really appreciate. Now my macbook come back to life.
My pleasure! Keep enjoying your Mac sir!
Than you so so much for this tutorial. I appreciate how much time you spent to explain everything in details for amateur like me. I was able to replace the old corrupted ssd in my Mac late 2012 and reinstall it. I can't thank you enough.
I had a MacBook Air 1466 with Sierra. I had to erase and reinstall because giving laptop to my kid. After the install format I was getting an error “the installer information on the recovery server is damaged” so after tries and tries, this video made my windows bootable to work. Thank you very much!
Thank you so much! I have been stuck for weeks trying to install OSX on a Mac Pro 1186 that came with no hard drives. Nothing has worked, but your method worked perfectly!
Glad I was able to help!
I have tried many different suggestions on videos and yours is the only one that actually worked. Thank you.
Your video saved my life! I have been pulling my hair out for over a week now looking up a million guides, videos, asking my AI, you name it. NONE of them got me any closer than I had already been. But your video, my friend, absolute gold 🙌 I can't thank you enough 🙏🤙
Dude! Lifesaver! My Mum inherited my Dad's iMac collection, this makes them useful. Thank you!
Spent a whole day nothing worked.... But then I got your video. :) thanks for the help
Having struggled trying to revive a 2010 dead old mac. I had tried every trick on the internet to create a bootable USB on windows. Nothing worked. I stumbled across your video. Very reluctantly i did everything you suggested. Was very pleasantly surprised when i plugged in the USB and powered on the mac and it discovered the bootable. I installed the OS and finally glad that the ordeal is over. I have you to thank for it. Thanks a lot for this wonderful tutorial.
do you face a problem like the bootable usb refuse to show up after pressing the option buttom
@@monssef6072 Nope. where you getting stuck?
@@fun3721 i use transmac to make the usb bootable but when i press options and turn on mac, the usb icon not showing on screen only icon of a hard drive named mac
@@monssef6072 Format your USB drive and try again. Check if your usb has any partitions. Delete all of them. Clean up the USB completely and then add the files from transmac. Click on "enlarge the volume" as you progress.
@@fun3721 i did all this, but not working. maybe i should make usb bootable from another mac. ill try it when i find one. thank you.
BRO WHERE HAVE U BEEN. I’VE BEEN LIKE A WEEK TRYING TO INSTALL MACOS EL CAPITAN, AND THIS IS THE ONLY TUTORIAL THAT WORKS. THANK U SO MUCH
Well, I thought it works, but it didn’t :(
Hi @@tonyhl7147! Sorry to hear that.
This works mainly on the old macs. In the video, I'm using a MacBook White mid 2009.
If you have a relatively recent one, they are capable of reinstalling the Operating System from the internet. You just need to have it plugged to a router and follow their instructions for net setup.
@@techbytetips I’m also using an mid 2009 macbook. It gets a problem with a package, idk what’s causing that
@@tonyhl7147 Make sure to follow the instructions when you are extracting the files from the image.
@@techbytetips now i was able to install it. It had a problem with the date. I could solve it writing in the terminal “date 0328015315” and it started to install. THANK U AGAIN FOR THE TUTORIAL!
People need to come across this video sooner than I did. Idk what it is with algorithm making stuff so well made like this instruction video to be more prominent. You're a goddess, thank you.
Edit: I typed this before when I was still going through the first/middle steps (a lot of which were looked over by other youtubers) so I hadnt typed yet whether it worked or not i.e. I hadn't gotten to the point I got furthest in i.e.x2 the lack of visibility of a bootable drive (unbeknownst to my knowledge, very poorly formatted, that is until wathcing this video)
THANK YOU.
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I look for this solution nearly 30 youtube pages.. And Finally The Method you told is 100% true and 100% working. Thank you very much. You are the best
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This video here should be verifies as an actual working procedure. Was all out of options for 3 weeks actually. A sub from me without a doubt.
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Thank you, I spent Days scouring the internet and your solution was literally the only thing that worked.
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Huge thank you man! All other guides sucked or were incorrect...yours worked! KUDOS!
Thank you from the bottom of my hearth, I was struggling with different solutions, none of which worked, except yours. Thank you again, great manual.
I've tried a lot of methods but nothing works, until your video. Thx dude!
your the best,ive been working 1 week on a macbook and all the video that i watch did not work,but yours this the job like a charm thank you very much.
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I am a Windows guy and was stuck on a MAC restore. Followed the artical and it worked, as before I spent days on following different articals. For unknow reason TransMac extend does no to fix the issue and extending via Paragon works.
Look bro don’t stop making these videos u are really a gem it works I tried other videos for about a month until I came to u
God bless u 😭😭😭
Glad my video was helpful to you.
Big Thank you from INDIA - Where Apple failed to help me, you have helped. Thank you so much for your help and God bless you.
Glad I was able to help!
Yes you did and really great help where apple support told me that my laptop is vintage product and not much help can be offered by them. Apple Official Service Center refused in the name of parts unavailable, even third party repairing shop also denied. What helped me is you and my will to make my mac working. Love and blessings @@techbytetips
Hi, just followed your short tutorial and could install El Capitan. Thank you. Clean and fresh to get it going for a few months. Will leave you something for the trouble to make the video man. You earned it! Keep up the great work 👍 👏
Thank you! Glad I was able to help.
paragon disk manger or any windows software does not resize after restoring usb from transmac.....?if you seen please help me
Please check the comments section. Somebody mentioned this and I offered tips. I have never had this happened to me.
Maybe close the apps, unplug the USB and plug again, then reopen the apps and see if it works.
Works like a charm.. This video needs more love. I've seen many other videos and tried none of it worked.
Thanks a ton
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Glad I could help.
Thank you so much for this video! i was finally able to set up my old Macbook Air! None of the other tutorials worked...
This guy is actually genius, thanks for that life saving vid....
THE NOT ALLOWED SYMBOL IS SHOWN BEFORE OR AFTER THE APPLE LOGO
CAN ANYONE HELP PLS
It's hard for people to help you with so little information.
i think you need another macos version. i first tried snow leopard which got me the forbidden icon but el capitan did end up working fine
Been trying for hours to install Sierra with other methods, this way worked perfectly! Thanks man
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Much thanks man 'cause you saved me from a lot of headaches and sleepless nights. This method works for me on my macbook air 2017 that always get stuck with this weird saying "remaining 2 hours and 19 minutes," which kinda go on forever whenever I tryna install macOS Monterey on it through internet recovery.
wow this saved the day! i tried every other method from like 4 other videos but this one with all the file jumbling and moving worked finally thank you so so much!!!!! subbed
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i works i tried it on my mac book pro early 2011 and it worked. You are a life saver thank you
My pleasure! Glad you got your mac working again.
Oh men this still works for in 2024.
Thanks 🙏 a lot for your time
OMG thank you! I've been trying to find a solution for this for days. This video saved my weekend! 🤩
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Thank You! U saved my studio Mac Pro! Great and easy video this was first time i replace sdd and get os installing with this guide nothing else did not work for me. I working mostly on windows pc computers.
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THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH for that video
hello i tried to follow the step by step guide, but at the time of using the paragon software, the same does not detect the pen drive as in the video, let me explain the pen drive is detected but without any partition as if it is empty, and me still gives it as MBR instead of GPT could you help me ? Thank you
Hi Giuseppe!
I've had some people mention that it happened to them too. I suggested some options. Check my replies to comments and you can try those options. Hopefully it helps you.
I have not had that issue, so, it's hard for me to say.
Absolutely huge thank you!
online recovery would error 110 or chunk error while installing
I tried every other method to get a usb boot working until I stumbled on this and it worked first time!
the only solution that works. turns out its easier to install windows on a mac than mac os. thank you for your video
🤣 Glad I can be of help.
Hi, when i restore disk image with mac OS it dont detect any mac system in Paragon it shows just clear disc and i tried to formate pendrive twice and reapeted it, it still doesnt show any system on pendrive in paragon :(
Hi @dodyslaw, by the time you get to using Paragon, you should have basically cloned the install image using TransMac. If you don't see anything, you are not copying things right with it.
Please make sure that you follow the steps like I do in the video. Paragon should only expand the created partition to cover the entire disk. If you don't see the partition, something wrong happened with TransMac.
@@techbytetips ooh maybe i fotgot about new partition 😅 THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH 💞💞
@@dodyslaw, the partition is created by TransMac. You need to get the image from the OSX installer. Then TransMac basically "clones" that image to the USB drive. Then you expand it with Paragon. If you don't see it with Paragon, something was not done right before.
Thank you very much!
It worked perfect for me for installing without internet Yosemite on my early 2009 iMac. I had a different error when trying to install normaly, and by the way I managed to enlarge the partition on my usb drive by checking the box on transmac, not needing Paragon. I tried the normal way, I tried to modify the date and time, and this and the installation cd were my only options, but because I had no cd I choosed this one.
I have been trying for a week with hope that I get thru with installing the operating system and finally your video was the key to my success thank you very much for for your video it was really helpful
I'm glad I was able to help you! :)
internette dolaşan tek çalışan yöntem. Herkes çalışmayan bir metodu kopyala yapıştır yapmış, bazıları bir de video çekmiş. Tech Byte Tips'e e kadar teşekkür etsem az. bu işi biliyor.
Çok teşekkür ederim. Videomun size yardımcı olmasına sevindim.
I don’t have the restore with disk image option, but I have save image of disk, is it the same ?
I am sorry but I am not sure. You can always try it out to see what it does.
Hey it was my drive I was using a LaCie hard drive, I’m using a 8gb now and it showed up, I’m current in the process doing it again
Thank God for you bc it worked. My mac disk was screwed up in an update and now I could go to utilities and erase my disk and download on it! I was trying all last night until I found this.
My pleasure! Hope you keep getting the most out of your Mac after resurrecting it.
It's not working on my end. Once the Restore has complete it will not allow me to resize the partition, nor copy the DMG and chunklist file. It says not enough space. Paragon does nothing but show the partition as formatted, no editing capabilitiy. I wish it worked as well as yours.
Hi Travis,
I've had several people in the comments mention this exact same thing. It has never happened to me. Maybe try to close the application, unplug the USB device, plug it in again, and then reopen the apps. It might be that something is not working appropriately.
Other than that, only thing that comes to my mind is the USB drive being faulty.
Please report, if successful for others to have as a reference.
Follow the steps from video regarding formatting the USB as Fat32. Then, follow this: From Windows, open a “Command Prompt with administrative permissions” window. Type the diskpart command and press Enter. Type the list disk command and press Enter to view a listing of drives connected to your computer. Type the select disk command followed the number assigned for the USB flash drive (e.g., select disk 4), and press Enter. Type the clean command and press Enter. Type the convert GPT command and press Enter. Type the create partition primary command and press Enter to complete the task. After this, then you are free to open TransMac. Sorry I am a year late.
Hello, hopefully you can help me, I'm Using Paragon Software but for some reason it just says not formatted not like in the video it says HFS any chance someone could give me some light I have not be able to progress with that
If you picked the right image to write to the USB it should format it properly. Make sure that you are following the guide exactly to grab the image that you need to write to the disk.
this method works well with elcapitan but when i tried it with sierra it doesn't work and it shows me the same circle boot symbol
Not sure what could be the issue. I don't have any other machine to test but it seems like newer machines have issues following this method and they set up better using the internet for the installation of the OS.
Legit tutorial I spent almost a day trying to install the OS luckily, I was able to find this video. Big Help! Thank you so much :)
cool tutorial... i am stuck at expanding the DiskImage size to cover entire flash size using paragon. Mine is not draggable as at 10:38. i am stuck here. help
I wish I can help you out on this but I have not had that issue. I would say try to first format the drive as FAT32 and then follow the process to see if it is able to recognize it.
Hello
When I went through the process and selected OS X Base System in the boot menu, a loading bar along with the Apple logo showed up. The loading bar never finishes, what do I do?
Hard to say. It should finish loading and you should get the installer interface. You might have done something different from what I did in the guide.
@@techbytetips It might be the fact that El Capitan is the latest thing it supports and that it can't update to the last version of it which is distributed on Apple's website. That being said, I did try Yosemite but it did the same thing
Well@@whats2by2 , you should not be trying newers systems if you already know the latest it can use is El Capitan. My video was using El Capitan, so, you can install that one.
THANKS!!1 I was having trouble installing the OS directly from recovery mode and this helped me a lot. Now my mom will enjoy her Mac like it´s brand new thanks to u .
Glad I was able to help.
When I was about to lose hope I found your vid 😘
Glad I was able to help.
how do i download hard disk manager likes yours .....the only step i am not able to procced ...please fix this ....please
Not sure I understand what you mean. The Windows apps that I mentioned are in the description. The Disk Utility is part of the MacOS installer. You should have access to it immediately when you boot into the installer.
@@techbytetips you not provided any software link ...there is only macos download link and donation link was provided.
Apologies@@riteshcreations5187 , links added.
Can’t believe it actually worked. I’ve been so desperate for the last couples of weeks trying to a a tutorial that would actually help me get through this. Thank you so much for your brilliant and helpful tutorial. 🖤🖤
My pleasure good sir! Hope you can subscribe and continue finding content you like in my channel. Feel free to suggests me topics to make videos you would like.
Dude you are excellent, great job in producing this extremely helpful!!!!
Thanks for your words of encouragement. Glad you found it useful.
thank you so much this is the only video that actually helped
Thanks a lot for that tutorial. I tryed many tutorials and any dont work to me... and your works great
Thanks man, this worked perfectly, finally my Macbook Pro works again!!
Glad I could be of help.
I'm following every step, but when I get formatting the drive with the .dmg base system file, I got to paragon and the drive is unformatted and says nothing is on it. It reverts back to MBR everytime. I checked the settings on transmac. Still nothing. This makes no sense.
That is definitely weird. Are you sure you are selecting the right device? Also, is your USB device a "good brand?" Remember that there are a lot of fake Chinese USB devices without the advertised capacity and that can cause you issues.
I would also recommend to disconnect the USB and close the apps, every time you are trying. Sometimes devices don't work well after multiple attempts with the apps open and the devices being automatically unmounted/mounted by Windows.
Hope you can find the solution and post it here for others with the same issue.
From Windows, open a “Command Prompt with administrative permissions” window. Type the diskpart command and press Enter. Type the list disk command and press Enter to view a listing of drives connected to your computer. Type the select disk command followed the number assigned for the USB flash drive (e.g., select disk 4), and press Enter. Type the clean command and press Enter. Type the convert GPT command and press Enter. Type the create partition primary command and press Enter to complete the task. Then you can use TransMac.
i really need help can you give me a hand one on one please!
Worked flawlessly. Thank you @Tech Byte Tips
You need a freaking statue, listen to me. You litterally made my day. I wish you all the best. Thank you!
Thank! Glad I could be of help.
You're amazing, thank you so much!
I will be sure to watch your content from now on.
I appreciate the kind words.
So far it's installing well, thank you so much. 12/11/2024 you do not need PARAGON. In settings i clikced on only 2 check marks, and it asks you if you want to fill the USB drive up, just say yes and it works!!
hi bro, i did checked the box to Enlarge the volume but I can't copy anything inside the volume, how to solve that bro?
On my macbook air 2009 the insfalation goes ok but after restarting it is stuck on apple logo and the spinning wheel. Please help.Thx.
Thanks, your video saved me when other videos on here did not.
Following your instructions, my problem got a little more complicated and hopefully this will help someone else.
Transmac would not let me copy those extra files to the USB drive, it threw an error message everytime.
Fortunately I had another piece of software from failed utube videos trying to do the same as your video, 'HFS+ for Windows'. That has a Use in File Explorer option, that would let me copy the files across to add to the image already there. Next, on the Macbook air 2015 laptop it would not install from this fresh USB creation, error code 8. Certainly some corruption. I had to use Disk Utility from the top menu and run first aid on the sub partitions repetitively until the errors were gone before it would let me then erase the SSD completely. Then add a Macintosh HD partition back, then I could install from the USB drive! Finally now up and running.
Thanks for contributing to the video for all people that might be having the same issue.
You saved me. tried a lot of ways finally you solved my problem. thanks
Im stuck...im getting a message when trying to the base system dmg transfer "this is a compressed dmg. It will be decompressed on the fly". when i transfer the files across the paragon is howing the usb isnt formatted. (It was before i started the entire process) it isnt even showing the portion where the macOS is occupying and i have to extend it. Even when i transfer the dmg and the chunklist its saying my 32gb usb doesnt have enough space. (It should) im trying to work with the macOS yosemite download. Which step am i missing because this is frustratiing.
Hi Afiya!
I am sorry, I have not had that issue. Some people have and I’ve suggested ideas in the comments for everybody’s reference. Please check those out.
In short, 2 main issues I see:
1. Flash drive is fake and doesn’t have advertised capacity
2. When doing the process, the apps lost the USB for some reason. Close the app, unplug usb and plug again, then try.
Always have the drive formatted as FAT32 when you start the process.
Hope it helps you.
@@techbytetips thank you! the "Close the app, unplug usb and plug again, then try." worked like a charm
Hi@@GlennQ78, it's usually the little things like that which make it hard for us sometimes. Glad you got it working.
This is the only tutorial that helped. Thank you 🙏
When i try to copy base dmg file and chunklinst it says could not write to disk
I have not had that issue. I have replied to some comments with similar issues and provided suggestions to their comments.
Could be anything from a bad USB, to having to close the app, plug the drive again, and restart the process.
Make sure to always start from a freshly formatted FAT32 partition.
Oh man..tons of guides, but yours the only working : kudos to you! Just a little workaround for who (like me) got an error copying additional files like you do at 12:38 with transmac. I was stacked with a copy error message, so I simply dragged those remaining files via windows. Hope helps some guy with the same issue.
Awesome! Thanks for the contribution.
Almost too easy, well done and thank you.
I cant believe u bro i lv u so many days tried install mac os but cant this video so helpful ❤❤❤❤
Glad you got the mac working
Hello! I did everything the same as in your video, got to the point of copying files, but this function is not available to me (transmac). please help me
Not sure what could be the problem that you have. Maybe you hit the TransMac trial limit?
Can I use the same way to install latest versions like Monterey or Ventura
It should work for all versions that are available through the website in the URL that I provided.
@@techbytetips The issue is, there is no dmg for the latest softwares.
@@laleyenda3402 Oh I see. They redirect you to the app store directly instead of providing the DMG file. You can always get a copy from torrents.
techrechard.com/download-specific-macos-versions/
github.com/corpnewt/gibMacOS
Please I don’t know why this same procedure is not working for MacOS Sierra upward. Please help this the symbol 🚫 it do shows after following the procedure and try to install
I wish I could help you with that but I don't have a machine to test it. Some versions of the OS are not available as direct links and you need to get them from either torrents or directly from the App Store in a Mac.
It's hard to tell what is going on with your issue when I can't replicate it.
i think you need anther macos version. snow leopard didnt work for me and i got the same icon, el capitan did work fine
In my case your method works only whith Lion but i cannot finish the instalation, after the screens to chose country ant the others screens when it says create acoun it comes back to first screen whith the country.
Not sure what could be causing that.
Ummm thank you my guy it's 2023 and i don't want to throw away my mac but it actually worked i really appreciate thank you..i was stuck for 3 weeks after accidentally erasing the ssd
I'm glad the video was helpful.
Hi! I folowed the instruction but it didnt work i still have the 🚫 sign. first the .VolumeIcon.icns is availbale but not shown maybe thats an issue but i try to re copy it and rename it it said "want to rplace"
I am not sure what you mean.
Finally found a working solution, thanks
IT WORKED OMG THANKS!!! My 2009 imac had the problem. IM SUBSCRIBING UR THE BEST
Any idea why after restoring with the .dmg file Paragon thinks the drive is unformatted? I have followed all the steps and tried many different methods but I keep getting stuck.
If you are following this guide, it should not give you any errors.
I would recommend that you scan your flash drive and check that it doesn't have any defects. Unfortunately there are a lot of scammers selling cheap drives on eBay and Amazon that advertise a capacity that they don't really have. It might be one of those cases?
I would format the drive as FAT-32 and start over, slowly following all the steps in the tutorial.
Another thing that I did find is that if you have the app open after performing changes to the drive, sometimes it would act up.
I would solve it by, closing the app, removing the flash drive, then putting it in again and restarting the app.
@@techbytetips Thanks for the reply! Unfortunately that is not the issue, I have tried 3 different USB drives and this latest one was just purchased from a big tech store and has been scanned with multiple "fist aid" type scanners. I have tried closing paragon, removing the drive, restarting the computer, everything and I am still stuck
@@jessereynolds7489 Oh, I think I am understanding what you are saying now.
In the beginning we make sure that the drive is formatted as FAT32 using Disk Management. Windows will be able to read it as it is a filesystem it is capable of working with.
When we use TransMac to restore the image (.dmg) we are effectively reformatting the drive to an Apple partition system. Windows is not capable of handling that directly, so you might get a pop up from Windows File Explorer saying that it doesn't recognize the disk. Ignore that.
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As long as TransMac and Paragon are able to read the drive, you should be able to continue.
If after closing Paragon, removing the drive, plugin it in, and opening Paragon again, it is not able to recognize the drive. It is most likely 2 things that might have gone wrong.
1. TransMac was not successful in writing the image. (Make sure that you are using the right image found in 5:00) You can try to see if TransMac reports that it has the files.
2. Maybe one of your programs is corrupted. Try re-downloading or re-installing.
I honestly wish I could help you more but I have not had this issue.
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We only use Paragon to extend the partition all the way, which causes the circle symbol. Other than that, most of the work is done in TransMac. If TransMac doesn't show you the files, something went horribly wrong.
Thank you, finally a video that actually worked
Hello, thank you! This helped me a lot after several attempts. 😄
❤❤❤❤thx and you must know ,that only video on all you tube that worked..really love youuuuu