{"id":37176,"date":"2016-07-20T13:53:12","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T18:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=37176"},"modified":"2016-07-27T19:05:47","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T00:05:47","slug":"rocket-yard-guide-how-to-make-a-macos-sierra-usb-installer-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/37176-rocket-yard-guide-how-to-make-a-macos-sierra-usb-installer-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket Yard Guide: How To Make a macOS Sierra USB Installer Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-37187\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/install-macos-sierra2.jpg\" alt=\"install-macos-sierra2\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/install-macos-sierra2.jpg 360w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/install-macos-sierra2-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/install-macos-sierra2-284x284.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/install-macos-sierra2-190x190.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/install-macos-sierra2-120x120@2x.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>During the past week or so, the Rocket Yard has\u00a0brought you a pair of articles about <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/37097-first-impressions-taking-macos-sierra-public-beta-for-a-test-drive\">macOS Sierra&#8217;s early beta test features<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/37128-how-to-install-the-macos-sierra-public-beta-on-your-mac\">how to install the public beta version of the operating system<\/a>. Today we&#8217;re going to show you how to make a macOS Sierra USB installer drive in case you wish to install the beta operating system onto multiple Macs. This can be useful in enterprise situations, where it may be advantageous to determine ahead of time which devices will be able to take advantage of\u00a0macOS Sierra and which may need to be repurposed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What You&#8217;ll Need<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A USB drive (preferably USB 3.0) with a capacity of at least 8GB. Note that this can be a USB flash drive, a small external hard disk drive or solid-state drive; it makes no difference. Be sure that it&#8217;s erased and plugged into your Mac, and that it is visible\u00a0on your Mac desktop. The <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/item\/OWC\/USBTMB016\/\">OWC Dual USB Flash Drive<\/a> or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/item\/Lacie\/9000500\/\">LaCie Porsche Design USB 3.0 Drive<\/a>\u00a0is perfect for this!<\/li>\n<li>The downloaded &#8220;macOS Sierra Public Beta&#8221; file. Note that if you have already installed Sierra on a Mac, you won&#8217;t be able to find the installer! However, you can re-download it by launching the\u00a0Mac App Store, clicking on &#8220;Purchased&#8221;, finding the installer, and then clicking the Download button (see image below). Once the file is downloaded (it&#8217;s about 5 GB in size), make sure you know where it is (hint: it should be in your Applications folder).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37177\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37177\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37177\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz001.jpg\" alt=\"How to re-download the macOS Sierra Public Beta installer file\" width=\"640\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz001.jpg 640w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz001-284x57.png 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz001-190x38.png 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz001-284x57@2x.png 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz001-190x38@2x.png 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37177\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How to re-download the macOS Sierra Public Beta installer file<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Getting Started<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Right-click on the downloaded installer application (&#8220;Install macOS Sierra Public Beta&#8221;), then select Show Package Contents (see image below).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37178\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37178\" style=\"width: 509px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37178\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz002.jpg\" alt=\"Right-click, select &quot;Show Package Contents&quot;\" width=\"509\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz002.jpg 509w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz002-236x120.png 236w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz002-284x145.png 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz002-190x97.png 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz002-236x120@2x.png 472w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz002-190x97@2x.png 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Right-click, select &#8220;Show Package Contents&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Double-click on the Contents folder<\/li>\n<li>Double-click on the Resources folder. You&#8217;ll see the many files that make up the Resources folder:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37179\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37179\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37179\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz003.jpg\" alt=\"The &quot;createinstallmedia&quot; file is critical to this process\" width=\"640\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz003.jpg 640w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz003-212x120.png 212w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz003-284x161.png 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz003-190x108.png 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz003-230x129.png 230w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz003-100x56.png 100w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz003-212x120@2x.png 424w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz003-284x161@2x.png 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz003-190x108@2x.png 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37179\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The &#8220;createinstallmedia&#8221; file is critical to this process<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Find the file named \u201ccreateinstallmedia\u201d (see image above)<\/li>\n<li>Now, launch the Terminal application. The easiest way to do this is to press Command-Space Bar to open Spotlight, then type in &#8220;terminal&#8221; (without the quote marks)and press enter. We\u2019re going to run the \u201ccreateinstallmedia\u201d file in Terminal.<\/li>\n<li>Guess what? No typing of complex directory paths is required. All you need to do is type in &#8220;sudo&#8221; (no quotes) at the Terminal prompt, press the space bar once to add a space, and then drag the \u201ccreateinstallmedia\u201d file to the Terminal window and drop it. This types the path to the file for you.<\/li>\n<li>Type in dash-dash-volume-space (&#8211;volume ) and then drag the icon for the USB drive to the Terminal window and drop it.<\/li>\n<li>Type in dash-dash-applicationpath-space (&#8211;applicationpath ). Now find the full macOS Sierra USB installer file (named Install macOS Sierra Public Beta) and drag it to the Terminal window and drop it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37180\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37180\" style=\"width: 572px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37180\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz004.png\" alt=\"Your Terminal window should look similar to this, but with different Mac name, user name, install volume name.\" width=\"572\" height=\"101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz004.png 572w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz004-284x50.png 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz004-190x34.png 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz004-284x50@2x.png 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz004-190x34@2x.png 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37180\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Your Terminal window should look similar to this, but with different Mac name, user name, install volume name.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At this point, we have a long command in the Terminal window (see image above). To execute that command, press Return on your keyboard.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You\u2019ll be asked to enter the administrator password for your Mac. Type it in, then press Return.<\/li>\n<li>A warning appears that tells you that the disk is about to be erased in order to continue. To continue, type Y (for yes), then press Return (see image below).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37181\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37181\" style=\"width: 572px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37181\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz005.png\" alt=\"Password is entered, and to erase the disk and install Sierra, type Y and press return\" width=\"572\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz005.png 572w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz005-284x77.png 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz005-190x52.png 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz005-284x77@2x.png 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz005-190x52@2x.png 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Password is entered, and to erase the disk and install Sierra, type Y and press return<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The disk is erased and you will see the desktop icon for it disappear as it is renamed. The new name of the disk is \u201cInstall macOS Sierra Public Beta\u201d. Depending on the capacity and speed of the disk, it may take a while for the installer files to be copied. The last part of the process makes the disk bootable. Terminal will display \u201cDone\u201d and then the Terminal prompt when complete (see below).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37182\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37182\" style=\"width: 572px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37182\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz006.png\" alt=\"Congratulations! You now have a macOS Sierra Public Beta install disk\" width=\"572\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz006.png 572w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz006-187x120.png 187w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz006-284x183.png 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz006-190x122.png 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz006-100x65.png 100w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz006-187x120@2x.png 374w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz006-284x183@2x.png 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ScreenSnapz006-190x122@2x.png 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Congratulations! You now have a macOS Sierra Public Beta install disk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>What now?<\/strong><br \/>\nOK, we\u2019ve created a bootable USB drive that can be used to install macOS Sierra Public Beta on any Mac. How do we go about doing that? Remember the caveat from our earlier posts \u2014 do NOT install a beta operating system on any Mac that is used for daily work. If you have an available Mac that you can feel good about erasing, installing beta software, and then re-erasing if necessary, then feel free to do so.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Using Your Installer USB Drive<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>OK, this is really easy. Plug the USB drive into the Mac, then restart or turn on the Mac on which you wish to install macOS Sierra Public Beta while holding down the Option key on the keyboard.<\/li>\n<li>At one point, you\u2019ll be greeted by all of the drives and partitions that are associated with the Mac. Use the arrow keys on your Mac to select the one named \u201cInstall macOS Sierra Public Beta\u201d, then press Return (see image below).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37183\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37183\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37183\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_2010.jpg\" alt=\"Press the Option key at startup to display all drives\/partitions.\" width=\"640\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_2010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_2010-284x107.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_2010-190x72.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_2010-284x107@2x.jpg 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_2010-190x72@2x.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Press the Option key at startup to display all drives\/partitions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Now just follow the prompts that appear on your Mac screen and within a fairly short amount of time, macOS Sierra is installed on your Mac.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In the future&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\nWe recommend an application called <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/33160-how-to-create-a-bootable-el-capitan-usb-install-drive-with-diskmaker-x\">DiskMaker<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/33160-how-to-create-a-bootable-el-capitan-usb-install-drive-with-diskmaker-x\">\u00a0X<\/a> for making bootable drives for installs of operating systems. However, it won&#8217;t be ready for macOS Sierra until this fall. At that time, another post will be published showing how to create a macOS Sierra boot drive with DiskMaker X. Until then, your best bet during the beta testing of Sierra is to use this slightly more difficult method.<\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE (7\/27\/16)<\/b>: Reader Ben Slaney noted via Twitter that there is a free Mac app named\u00a0&#8220;Install Disk Creator&#8221; available that automates the process so that you don&#8217;t need to use Terminal. <a href=\"http:\/\/macdaddy.io\/install-disk-creator\/\">It can be downloaded here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the past week or so, the Rocket Yard has\u00a0brought you a pair of articles about macOS Sierra&#8217;s early beta test features and how to install the public beta version of the operating system. 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