Jul 30, 2011 Apple Mac OS X Lion is now available to general public. The Mac OS X 10.7 Lion is available for installation only from the Mac App Store. This guide will teach you how to create a bootable USB Flash drive of Mac OS X Lion 10.7 and install Lion from USB, rather than downloading it from Mac App Store on each and every Mac computer you own. Mar 30, 2020 Starting with OS X Lion, Apple did away with DVDs and other media as a method of installing software and switched to a download model instead.Even so, it's still easy to create a USB installation disk for OS X Lion if you want to install Lion on a freshly formatted hard drive, if you're in an emergency booting situation, or if you need to repair your Mac's hard drive. .UPDATE. How to Make a Bootable Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9 USB Thumb Drive Retweet this: PNY USB Thumb. The Apple Mac OS X Lion Thumb Drive was incredible simple to use. Plug in and follow the prompts. They process was simple, easy, and no-hassle at all. I would recommend this to anyone who need to update their software, and I will be looking for Thumb Drives for additional updates in the future. How to make a Mac OS X Lion bootable Thumb/Flash/USB Drive for free. All you need is a 4GB Flash Drive and the OS X Install package Any questions post below.
Click here to watch Lion and Mountain Lion USB Creation Video
Here is an easy way to create a bootable OS X USB with any USB drive at least 8GB or larger.
Open the App Store and type in 'OS X El Capitan' in the App Store search bar. Or Click Here.
Click download even if you are running El Capitan already. You will be asked for your Apple ID and password. Enter the information and download the OS.
Once downloaded, the OS X installer image will be automatically saved to your Applications Folder.
You can now insert your USB drive and open up Disk Utility. You can find Disk Utility by using the spotlight in the top right corner of your Mac screen.
Once Disk Utility is open, select your USB Drive from the list on the left side of Disk Utility interface. Once selected click the Erase button, keep all generic options for the erase disk field as follows:
Name: Untitled
Format: OS X Extended (Journaled)
Scheme: GUID Partition Map
Click Erase. This will take less then 5 minutes.
THIS IS CRITICAL, MAKE SURE NO OTHER DRIVES NAMED 'Untitled' ARE PLUGED INTO THE MAC. THE NEXT STEP WILL EARSE THE FIRST DRIVE NAMED 'Untitled' AND INSTALL OS X EL CAPITAN INSTALLER OVER THE LOGIC PARTITION.
In the spotlight type in Terminal and press return. This will launch the terminal application.
Copy and paste this command into the terminal window:
sudo /Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app --nointeraction
This process can take up to 30-90 minutes. If more then 90 minutes have elapsed, something went wrong and you must try again.
After running the command you will see this massage:
Erasing Disk: 0%… 10%… 20%… 30%…100%…
Copying installer files to disk…
Copy complete.
Making disk bootable…
Copying boot files…
Copy complete.
Done
Leave the computer plugged into the wall while this process is running.
After this process is done from the Desktop you can right-click on the drive that should now be named 'OS X' and rename it to 'El Capitan Installer'. This will make it easier to recognize the drive when attempting to boot from it.
After renaming the drive, you can turn off your computer. When powering up the Mac immediately after pressing the power button, press and hold down the Option key. This will bring you to the Boot Device Selection Interface. You can now select your OS X USB and boot into it to install OS X on any Mac.
For older OS X Lion and Mountain Lion USB creation, please view the video below:
After running the command you will see this massage:
Erasing Disk: 0%… 10%… 20%… 30%…100%…
Copying installer files to disk…
Copy complete.
Making disk bootable…
Copying boot files…
Copy complete.
Done
Leave the computer plugged into the wall while this process is running.
After this process is done from the Desktop you can right-click on the drive that should now be named 'OS X' and rename it to 'El Capitan Installer'. This will make it easier to recognize the drive when attempting to boot from it.
After renaming the drive, you can turn off your computer. When powering up the Mac immediately after pressing the power button, press and hold down the Option key. This will bring you to the Boot Device Selection Interface. You can now select your OS X USB and boot into it to install OS X on any Mac.
For older OS X Lion and Mountain Lion USB creation, please view the video below:
Install OS X Mountain Lion On Any Computer Including AMD CPUs.
For detail Installation Guide and Instruction read: Install Hackintosh Mountain Lion on PC/Laptop
- Hackintosh Mountain Lion supports AMD and Intel Atom
- Hackintosh Mountain Lion is distributed as an ISO file
- Hackintosh Mountain Lion works with regular DVDs
There are two versions
Mac Os X Lion For Usb Adapter
- USB Version
- DvD 4.3/4.7 Bootable
Installation Requirements
Mac Os X Lion Download For Usb
- A Hackintosh-compatible computer with an empty hard drive
- An existing Windows computer/Mac/Hackintosh
- A Blank DVD
- 64bit supported Processor (AMD & Intel) (Haswell Not Supported)
- 10 GB + Free Space
- 1GB + Ram
Mountain Lion Usb Installer
Other Installation Instructions are Included
