

In the following instructions, we will use a USB flash drive as an external carrier example. Give your disk the name of the operating system, e.g., Ventura, Monterey, Big Sur. That means you’ll need to grab yourself a 16GB or larger flash drive before you get started.īear in mind - when you download an installer, the disk will be reformatted to suit the operating system you’re trying to run. Ventura’s installer is over 12GB, as was Montereys, and Big Sur’s topped 13 GB. It’s important to use a drive with enough capacity to fit macOS. Generally, though, USB flash drives are favored - they’re small, convenient, affordable, and easy to work with.

In this article, you’ll find detailed instructions and answers to your questions on how to make a bootable USB on Mac. You can try out the different tools for free, so download it, and see what you think. MacKeeper can do everything from finding malware to updating your apps for you.

Why would you want to create an external boot drive for your Mac?
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A bootable macOS (previously, OS X) install disk is a portable device containing all the necessary installation files for a selected version of macOS.
