How to Create a Bootable Mountain Lion 10.8 USB Install Thumb Drive
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
- How to Create a Bootable Mountain Lion 10.8 USB Install Thumb Drive
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10 years later this is timeless. no wonder there are 2.58M subscribers
Perfect timing! All day at work today I was telling myself I had to figure out how to do this tonight, and I come hola folia! There is the perfect video! Thank you!!!
it's 2019 and i watched this my dude i freaking love you thanks, this video was helpful
How did u install mountain lion from the app store
@@yeefishyt702 im trying to figure that out myself
Thank you, very clear and works well. Only one tip: For me the InstallESD.dmg did not show up in disc utility initially. I had to unmount and remount for it to show up, so the instructions might be more full proof if you instruct to mount InstallESD.dmg after users have finished formatting their USB drive.
It's the same result, it just ensures it doesn't have any hidden partitions on it so you're getting the most from it and so it doesn't confuse the system if you boot from it.
One Mountain Lion is dangerous enough but you captured 10.8 Mountain Lions with just an 8Gb thumb drive? You sure are a super genius :)
Yep. They way he told you to do it. You can not only do it for Mountain Lion but also for any other .dmg file.
I think you know what a dmg file is but just in case its any file that opens up as a disk type thing on your computer once you download it. ANd it always is white with a black hardrive icon in the middle. :D
Dude you are too good. Thanks for being so clear and pointing out everything step by step for amateur user like myself. This video was a great help
This is necessary if you would like to do a clean install. Plus, saves time from re downloading whenever you want to reinstall.
This video does not work for creating a bootable Mountain Lion disk from High Sierra.
I love how you keep it simple and clean! not chit chat and dragging
LOL, I was downloading 10.7.4 Lion to make a bootable USB drive when I came across this video in my subscriptions!!
you go to app store and download it gain by clicking on the same purchase button you did the first time, but this time you hold down option and click the download/purchase button and it should re-download it.
EXCELLENT TUTORIAL!!! Followed these steps and got in the about the time span of watching it!! Thanks a bunch!!
Everything as expected. Thank you for the easy tutorial!
Be sure to click on the top level of the flash drive, not the indented level. It only shows up when you click on the drives which are all the way to the left in the left hand column.
Mate! You're awesome. Greetings from Galapagos Island's country: Ecuador. Thank you so much, with this explanation I finally can repair an old macbook 2008, thanks a lot!
If you are asking to make a bootable usb with Windows 7 then yes theres a utility from microsoft that lets you burn the image to a usb or dvd and make it bootable
I don't have a mac but I clicked the like button anyway to help the channel
Great tutorial. Just how I like them: fast, yet thorough.
aghhh his comp is sooo quick. i remember that you use non-apple ssd. BEST. faster than my 2012 mba :/
Thx for this vid! So easy to follow.
you have to download it again from the purchased tab in the mac app store.
Option+Purchases in Mac App Store. Mountain Lion will show up and you can download it again.
Thank You, very fast right to the point and helpful.
First time i've touched a mac, made this simple.
I've got a
could not validate sizes - operation not permitted
on Catalina...
Woah I used the same drive for mine, very fast drive, you have good taste in bus sir.
thank you so much for showing me this I was getting a error to install now that I know this it made it easier for me to install
Hit Option/Alt in the Mac App Store as you click "Purchases", it'll then let you redownload the installer so you can make a boot drive from it and back it up somewhere to save you downloading it again lol.
Once again, it's so easy on a Mac, that's why i want one so badly!
Thank you so much, I spent hours trying to install osx to my new harddrive before Ii found this video, works like a charm
Yes I'm pretty sure you can run it on an external drive Ive seen people do it
Can you make a new video for Mavericks please?
If you don't find the Install Mountain Lion icon in your applications folder then you just need to re-download it from the app-store!
U download it once for 20$ then you go to the mac app store go to purchases (in the account you purchased it ) and then hit download, so you can download it as much as you want for 20$
I see you're using a Corsair Flash Voyager GT for this demo. How are you liking that puppy? What capacity is it? Also, do you know if it's any better than the non-GT drives?
Thanks man! Great video!
@solventsnake yep thanks for taking time to reply
The drive won’t show up when I boot my computer
make sure your usb is formatted to the apple format and not just FAT32/exFAT or NTFS...
drag the .dmg in the section below the storage options......there should be a line that separates them
Thank you for this video, helped me walk through the process.
I just got the brand new Mac Mini and it came with Mountain Lion on it. I went to download Mountain Lion from the Mac App Store and it said I needed to purchase it. When I clicked on it, it told me that Mountain Lion was not compatible with my computer. What should I do?
I don't think this works for fusion drive macs. Apparently the mountain lion installer on the app store does not work with fusion drive macs. Mountain Lion must be downloaded / installed from the recovery partition - at least that was my experience.
Just out of curiosity, and please excuse the "noobness" of this question, but what exactly is the benefit of partitioning your hard drive? Also, what exactly is a "clean" install?
Thanks very much!
very nice video! I guess you can format your USB later for other uses, right?
After opening the Mountain Lion Installer.pkg, Contents contains no SharedSupport folder. So I cannot find a InstallESD.dmg.
I assume you need this because the Mountain Lion Installer above is tied to the machine that downloaded the software?
Or can I use the upper level Installer for upgrading a MBP from a Mac Mini Install pkg?
Thanks,
Chris
Thx dude... i could only do it with this tutorial... ur awsome...
Love it easy to make
step by step explanation
excellent work
thanks man ive made money selling flash drives with mountain lion on it.
Joey Allen that’s a good idea!
Once you install it, it disappears. You can get it back by re-downloading it off the mac app store.
thanks man , i need to clean install since upgrading from previous OSX causes performance drop.
Why am I watching this? I have both mac and PC. vote this up!
Okay, I'm having some issues here. I have followed all these steps but when I restart and hold "alt" the drive I have used to put Mountain Lion on does NOT show up. HELP!
I'm on the same boat. What computer are you using? I'm trying to boot to it on a 2007 20" intel iMac. I am going to reboot my 2010 MBP and see if the install drive pops up on that machine.
I have already purchased and installed Mountain Lion without even considering partitioning the two OS X, so i guess thats to late. But in App Store, Purchases, Mountain Lion still shows as available "DOWNLOAD" can I make a USB backup with this "DOWNLOAD"
I have a dvd superdrive and this shows faintly in my disk utility, which is not shown on the video. When I try and drag the install.dmg file into disk utility it won't stay?
Should I put a plank dvd/cd in to overcome this??
Fantastic video - really helpful, keep up the good work
I bought new Macbook Air two days ago and I had Mountain Lion as an update from store, but in store it shows that I should buy it to get the install files. Can I do the flash drive any other way?
HELP
I understand that, however, in the video tutorial it shows him having the option to choose the source. However, I don't. It simply automatically shows a Folder Icon with a question mark on it.
Thanks anyway man
i usually just burn a dvd ..because i'm lazy...But i like to watch dies vid's one can always learn ;-)
like 100%
Hey, all the video about this topic are identical obviously but what happens to the files that are not in the support folder when showing package contents? They must be of use or else why would they be in the download, Apple would just have the 2 install files surely?
when I upraded to Lion from snow leopard all my pirate softwares stop working because of the drivers... would this happen to me again if I upgrade to mountain lion?
Wouldn't an easier alternative would to use Diskmaker or stick to this method?
Making a hackintosh with opencore in 2020... thank you!
Can the USB thumb drive still be used as a regular thumb drive after this process?
Really clear explanation - thanks!
I have a macbook pro mid 2009 and i installed OS X mountain lion thru the app store but for some reason im not getting that icon in my apps folder... What do i do?
I have a late 2011 MacBook Pro with lion, where do I find the copy of that on my computer?
Hi, I tried doing this, but when I tried to boot it from my macbook, I got an x on the screen where the apple should be. What should I do?
Thanks buddy I appreciate you. Video was very helpful
Works perfect, nice tutorial, thanks!
I upgraded when 10.8 first came out. To make a back up on a thumb drive now, do I have to repurchase ML?
Now, if one goes to the apple store, there is an option to "add to cart" and they write that one will receive a "content code" in an email. Will this work the same way to allow one to create a thumb drive version?
Is the procedure the same with creating a bootable Mavericks USB stick?
can you tell me how to get the entire osx on a usb drive. i am running 10,8,2 on my imac and want to have the entire os so i can do an install
dang it! I have two 4GB usb drives but nothing bigger. Guess I'll have to go buy one
You totally rock! Thanks
How do I restore my USB to its original state after partitioning it? I cant use my USB to copy files over to another computer.
is this the method i would use to install on a new ssd i will put in my macbook pro?
My mac came already with ML... I must buy it to download?
Really need that macbookk air... I need it for high school
Does Mountain Lion Install immediately after being downloaded from the App Store?
can i use this and install without doing a fresh install and just an upgrade? I WANT AN UPGRADE NOT A FRESH INSTALL!
You could have a slow drive, because flash drives perform WAY faster than 64 minutes.
Do you think that Mountain lion is faster than lion?
You said: "In that case, you want to erase your Mac?" So I responded in a joking way: "No thanks."
Thanks, this really helped me out.
i created it but when i use it on my Mac air it shows NO ENTRY sign or some sort ... please help !
Great job on the tutorial!
excellent video !!
What am i missing? At 0:44sec mark, when i right-click on OSX Moutain Lion in Apps folder, I don't see 'show package contents'?
@talesofwar i downloaded it and the loading speed on safari is much faster imo and the new animation of it loading makes you go "aaaaaah swoooosh" :D and i played wow on it to see the fps. On lion i had 30-40fps in a major city on ML i got 60fps at the same place (i have limited the game to 60) just to put the speed in perspective (dictate feature is really cool aswell
My uncle in france bought it so i am downloading from his account but it is takinng 17+ hours? is it cause i am downloading from the france store in the us? because he said it took 45 min
So say if I were to want to wipe my mac. Could I then use this bootable copy to restore my computer?
i was wondering can i use the mountain lion OSX i downloaded on more than one macbook pro? and yes i am new to using a mac personal computer
Excellent job! Thanks!
So if I purchase ML on my MAC, can I install it on another family members MB who has not bought it?
If my mac came with Lion. Is there a way to do this but to make USB Lion clean install drive? Because obviously I can't download Lion from the app store any more, so where do i get the files from. Thanks!
can anyone help please??? i just downloaded mountain lion and when it tells you, select the disk where you want to install OS X, on the side it says "This disk has a S.M.A.R.T. errors. This disk has a hardware problem that can't be repaired. what do i do? someone please help please!!!
When i finish restoring the usb it says invalid argument or something like that, is that normal? I have restored the usb like 3 times and it says invalid argument over and over again :/
Thank you mate