I created a telegram group “Hackintosh in Russian”, where I try to the best of my ability to help beginners install Hackintoshes on a PC and was faced with the fact that people who want to install Mac OS for the first time do not know how to write an image to a flash drive from under various systems and using various applications. I decided to eliminate this gap and write a manual on this topic. All the actions I described are for informational purposes only; the editors of the site are categorically against installing unlicensed software. I also warn you that the site administration is not responsible for damage to your equipment, if any. If you, as a user, are unable to unpack files onto a flash drive, you do not know the basic differences file systems and don't know what you need it for operating system Mac OS, I recommend not reading further so as not to waste your time. Please note that to create bootable flash drive you will need a USB flash drive with a capacity of 8 gigabytes or more.

1. Create a bootable Mac OS USB flash drive in Windows using BDU

The first method of creating a bootable flash drive, I think, is the most correct and does not require user qualifications. To do this, we need to download Boot Disk Utility from the official website and unpack the files from the archive to your computer. The files look something like this:

1. Launch the utility
2. Destination disk → select our flash drive
3. Format disk

Now we wait. The flash drive will be formatted in Apple HFS and split into two partitions, one of which will have the bootloader installed (CLOVER), and the second will remain blank so that the installer can be deployed there. On emerging Windows windows We refuse the offer to format the disk. It is assumed that you already have an image of the system you want to install, but if not, you can download the OS version you need from the nnm torrent tracker.

1. Extract from the archive HFS Partition File (HFS+), a file with the extension .hfs.
2. In the BDU “Destination disk” utility window, select Part 2 of our broken flash drive.
3. Click “Restore partiton”.
4. We search and select our *.hfs file. Please note that it must be no larger than PART 2 partition.

If everything went well, then after unpacking you become the owner of a flash drive with the CLOVER bootloader and Mac OS X installer installed.

2. Creating a bootable Mac OS USB flash drive in Windows using BDU

Download the image of High Sierra for example or Sierra

1. Mount the ISO image
2. We use a flash drive of at least 8 or more.
3. Insert into a USB flash drive, call diskpart, write

list disk determine the flash drive number
enter sel disk X where X flash drive number
then enter clean and exit upon completion

• Install R-Drive (in the distribution).
• Deploy the rdr image to a flash drive by selecting “Recover from image”

3. Create a bootable Mac OS USB flash drive in Windows using Transmac

We install the trial version of Transmac from the official website, run it as administrator, format our flash drive
then we restore from the existing image

4. Creating a bootable Mac OS USB flash drive in Mac OS

If you have a computer running Mac OS or a virtual machine with this operating system, then the process of creating a bootable USB flash drive will be radically different from the above. This manual written for owners of modern motherboards using a UEFI bootloader.
Download the required image from the Appstore (Mojave, High Sierra, Sierra, El Capitan)

1. We connect your flash drive with a capacity of 8 gigabytes or more
2. Open Disk Utility
3. Select your flash drive in the left column and click “Erase”
4. Select the following settings:
   • Name: tehnojam
   • Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
   • Schema: GUID Partition Map
5. Click “Erase”

It is extremely important to select a GUID Partition Map, since only with such markup is a hidden section EFI on which we will install the CLOVER bootloader.

Let's write the installer files to our flash drive

• Opening Terminal in spotlight or launchpad
• Copy the following code depending on what system you plan to install:

To install Mac OS Mojave:

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Mojave.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/tehnojam --nointeraction

To install High Sierra:

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app --volume /Volumes/tehnojam/

To install Sierra:

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app --volume /Volumes/tehnojam/

To install El Capitan:

sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\ Capitan.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\ Capitan.app --volume /Volumes/tehnojam/

• We insert in Terminal
• Click Enter
• Enter the password (password characters will not be displayed) Press Y when prompted to erase and press again Enter

Do not remove USB device until the end of the recording process.
After finishing recording, we have two options:

1. Use this flash drive to install on a real Apple device.
2. Install Clover on it, edit its config.plist to suit your needs and use a USB flash drive for installation on a PC.

Those who have the same motherboard on the B250 chipset, how can they take my clover for Mojave in

A bootable MAC OS flash drive is created quite simply and quickly. This can be done using the same operating system or any other.

1. We use MAC OS

In all cases, to complete the task we will need an empty flash drive with a capacity of at least 8 GB, as well as an Internet connection. When MAC usage OS also requires an Apple ID account.

The step-by-step process for creating a boot drive is as follows:

• Download the system image from apple.com. There's always latest version. Usually on home page there is promotional material for the OS and the inscription “Update your system right now.” It can also be found in App Store. To do this, use the search. Apple companies often give away their latest creations for free.
• Insert the flash drive. Run the downloaded image. This is a special utility for creating bootable media. In the left panel, select the inserted drive. Go to the "Partition" tab.
• Under “Partition Layout”, select “1 Partition”. It is also advisable to indicate the name of the flash drive. It is most convenient to name it according to the name of the operating system. In our case it is “El Captain”.
• In addition, indicate the format next to “Format” “Mac OS Extended (Journaled)” and the size of the flash drive - enter as much as is on the media. Click "Apply".

• Now go back to the downloaded folder and launch the terminal. In it, enter the command shown in Figure 2. It can also be seen in this file.

• Wait approximately 15 minutes. After this, the process will be completed and you will have bootable media ready to install the operating system.

Clue: To boot from the resulting media, connect it to your computer while holding down the Alt button. Then simply follow the installer's instructions.

As you can see, everything here is extremely simple. Difficulties arise if you are not able to use MAC OS to complete the task. Then you will have to resort to “workarounds”.

2. We use Windows

In this case, the installation image from the App Store will not work. You need to search on torrent trackers or regular sites. And then there are two options - either you will find the image in .dmg format, or in .iso format.

In the first case, you need to do this:

• Download and install the TransMac program on your computer. The best way to do this is on the website acutesystems.com (it’s official). The program is paid, but it has a trial period of 15 days. During this time, you can manage to create many flash drives.
• In the left panel, select the flash drive that you are going to make bootable. Right-click on it and click “Format Disk for Mac” in the drop-down list. A prompt will appear in which you simply need to click “Yes” or “OK”.
• Once formatting is complete, right-click on the drive again, but now select “Restore with Disk Image.”
• In the window that appears, under the words “Disk Image to restore”, indicate the path to the .dmg file that you downloaded earlier. Click OK. In all subsequent warnings, also click “OK” or “Yes”. Everywhere they talk about the fact that all data will be lost, and the image will be installed on the selected disk. But that's what we need.

In the future, use the flash drive in the same way as when creating one in MAC OS, that is, insert it into the computer and hold down “Alt”. The corresponding menu will appear and the OS can be easily installed.

If you managed to find an image in .iso format (which is most likely), then you have a lot of options for creating a bootable drive with it. And they are all absolutely free. For example, you can use Rufus.

To do this, do this:

• Download the program from the official website (rufus.akeo.ie) and run it on your computer.
• In the “Device” field, select the flash drive that you are going to make bootable. You can change the remaining fields up to the one related to the name at your discretion. If you don’t understand, it’s better not to touch them at all.
• In the New Volume Label field, enter the name of your media. This is not necessary, but it is better to name the drive accordingly to make it easier to deal with later.
• Check the boxes next to “Quick Format” and “Create boot disk" To the right of the last one, select “ISO image” and click on the button in the form of a disk drive. Specify the path to the downloaded image.
• Click "Finish" and wait for the process to complete.

In the same way, you can use the following programs:

• SARDU and others.

Some of them are paid, so be careful.

3. Use Linux

In Linux and Ubuntu everything is much simpler. There is no need to use any here additional programs. All you need is a terminal, the same empty flash drive and the downloaded image.

Important! To complete the task from Linux, you must have an image in .iso format. Others may not be suitable. However, some of the .iso files may not be suitable, but if you download the images in other formats, they definitely cannot be used.

If all this is there, insert the USB flash drive, launch the terminal and do the following:

• Enter the command "diskutil list". After completing it you will see full list disks that are currently being used in the computer. Find your drive there.
• Enter the command "diskutil unmountdisk [media name]". That is, if the flash drive is called “/dev/mydisk”, the command will look like “diskutil unmountdisk /dev/mydisk”.
• Enter the command “sudo dd if=[folder where the image in .iso format is located] of=[name of the removable drive] bs=1024”. Then if the folder with the image is called “z:/papka/obraz”, then the command will look like “sudo dd if= z:/papka/obraz of=/dev/mydisk bs=1024”.
• Wait for the creation process to complete.

As you can see, in Linux it is easiest to complete the task.

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We received the following question:

Good afternoon friends.
I have a question about the Terminal.
IN Lately I am often asked how to create a bootable USB flash drive with Windows. I always answered that I don’t know and that I need to Google it. But everything turned out the other way around, the other day I needed a flash drive, but I couldn’t find anything useful on the Internet. I found several commands to load a flash drive, but I didn’t get the result I was hoping for. Please tell me if there is a way to burn a bootable flash drive from Windows using Terminal or any third-party applications
Thank you in advance

Good afternoon

Neither Terminal nor any third-party applications are needed here, because create a bootable Windows flash drive from Mac OS X possible using the built-in system Boot Camp Assistant. In general, Boot Camp Assistant is probably the most mysterious utility in OS X for beginners, around which there are many rumors. In fact, Boot Camp Assistant does not change anything in OS X, much less in the Mac's EFI firmware. This utility can only do three things:

• prepare bootable media with Windows
• download Boot Camp drivers to ensure Mac hardware works in Windows
• create an additional partition for Windows on your Mac hard drive

To create a bootable USB flash drive with Windows from an image, launch Boot Camp Assistant, click the continue button on the start screen, then check the “Create disk” checkbox Windows installations 7 or later":

In the next step, you will be asked to connect a flash drive to your computer and will be warned that all content on it will be erased. Here you will need to specify the path to the Windows image:

Then the deployment of the image to the flash drive will begin, which will take about five minutes.

You can use macOS not only on a MacBook, but also on a regular Windows computer. Next, we will tell you how to install macOS on a PC and what programs you will need for this. After this, you will be able to use all the features of the Apple operating system.

Installation Features

There are several ways to install macOS on a regular PC. Each has its own characteristics, so read them carefully and choose the one you need:

• As the main operating system. Then you can use all the features of OS X right on your PC. All computer resources (volume hard drive) will be focused on the selected OS.
• Second operating system along with Windows. OS X will be used as an additional one. After starting the computer, you can choose which system to boot (Linux, Windows or OS). It will not be possible to use all the capabilities of the PC (HDD capacity).
• Inside Windows, using virtual machine. To do this, you will need special software and distribution kits of the required OS. The method allows you to simultaneously work with several operating systems, manage available system resources (for example, determine how much random access memory will receive OS).

In all cases, you will need a distribution kit to install the operating system.


If you are going to install OS X as the main or additional OS, you will have to create a bootable USB flash drive or use a ready-made disk with macOS.

Preparing a bootable OS X flash drive

Bootable USB flash drive - regular Flash drive, on which the distribution kit with the operating system is recorded. In our case, this will be OS X. You can create it from Windows or another computer (Linux or Mac). In all cases the methods will be different. To create a flash drive with macOS on a Windows PC, follow these steps:

After everything necessary files and the programs are loaded, you can proceed to the next step - creating a bootable USB flash drive. To do this, you will additionally need a USB drive with a memory capacity of at least 8GB.

Creating a bootable USB flash drive

Installing macOS X consists of several steps, one of which is creating a bootable USB flash drive or disk. Without this, changing the operating system will not work. Therefore, next we will tell you how to do it using the free BootDiskUtility utility:

1. Launch the program and through the “” menu select “”.
   
2. A tab with basic settings settings will open. Find the line " Boot Partition Size (MB)» and make sure there is a check mark next to it. If necessary, resize the partition to an appropriate size. Look here to see the item “ D.L." (at the very top) was marked active. Save your changes and click OK.
3. On the main program window, select " Tools" and in the list that opens, select " FixDSDT Calculator for Clover».
   After that, click on the Default button to use the default settings.
   
4. Insert the Flash drive into a free USB slot. After that, it will appear in the list of available ones on the main screen of the program. If there are several of them, then select the one you need and click Format to completely delete information from the flash drive. Please note that after this all data will be deleted. Therefore, if necessary, move them in advance.
   
5. After that, load the distribution onto the USB flash drive. Depending on the type of operating system you select (El Capitan, Yosemite, Mavericks, Mountain Lion), the process may vary. To do this, you need to move the downloaded file to a partition of the flash drive.
6. After that, select the desired Flash drive in the program and click on the plus icon to access the partitions. Select " Partition2" and click " Restore Partition" Then in the window that opens, specify the path to the macOS distribution.

Wait for the operation to complete. Once the operating system is recorded, the flash drive can be used as a boot drive to install macOS.

If you want to install macOS on Windows as a second operating system, you don't need to completely format the disk.

Installing macOS

Installing the macOS operating system on a PC begins with creating a bootable USB flash drive. Therefore, when the USB drive is ready, you can move on to the next step. To begin installation, follow these steps:

Depending on the technical characteristics computer and other features of the operating system, as a rule, the process takes no more than 20 minutes. Now you know how to install macOS on your computer instead of Windows 10 and what you need for this.

Installing the macOS X operating system on a PC is not only downloading, but also setting up the OS. After unpacking is completed, you need to correctly configure the main parameters.

To do this, follow these steps:

1. From the list, select the language in which the device will be registered and click Continue.
2. Specify your keyboard layout. If you are not using a Mac, it is recommended to select “Russian - PC”.
3. If you have not previously used other Apple devices and you do not have backup copies, then in the “Information transfer” block select “ Don't transfer data to Macbook" and click the Continue button.
4. If you have an Apple ID, then log in using your details account. This setting can be configured at any other time, so click Don't sign in.
5. Accept the terms of the license agreement and create a user account. These are common measures to protect data stored on a computer. Therefore, if necessary, set a password.
6. Select your time zone and check the box next to “Do not register.”

You can change most of these parameters on macOS later, through the menu “ Settings" This may require you to enter your administrator account and Apple ID information. If necessary, set up synchronization and backup.

We use a virtual machine

If installing the macOS operating system on a PC as the main or additional one is not suitable, then you can use the capabilities of a MacBook through a virtual machine. To do this, follow these steps:

Installing a macOS distribution from a flash drive takes no more than 40 minutes. But if you don’t plan to use the operating system too actively, then you can make do with the image in a virtual machine. Using a virtual machine you can boot other operating systems.

Conclusion

This article talked about how to install macOS on a PC using necessary programs. There are several installation options, and which one to use is up to you. We hope our article will help you achieve your plans faster and easier.

Video on the topic

Like previous versions Mac OS, a new operating system distributed through the App Store Apple. On this moment There is no option to download from the App Store, but still in worldwide network You can find without any difficulty a pure upstor image of OS X Mavericks, there are different versions on the Internet, but in my opinion it’s better to take the version below, say 10.9.3 or 10.9.4, and after installation, update via the app store.

If you have a version of Mac OS lower than 10.9, then you can simply update the system without any problems. To do this, you should transfer the OS X installation image to the programs and run it, after which the system update will begin.

If you, like me, prefer a clean installation, you should prepare yourself bootable USB flash drive with OS X Mavericks. This will make the installation process more flexible.

The procedure for creating a bootable drive with OS X Mavericks is different from previous systems, although it is not much more complicated.

Creating a bootable OS X flash drive using Disk Utility

Step 1: Download the OS X Mavericks installation image. The version doesn't really matter, since after installation you will be updated to the latest 10.9.5. The main thing you should pay attention to is that the image is original from the App Store, so that it is suitable for a clean installation on Apple computers. You should not download backup systems, both installation ones and those that work after deploying them to a separate hard section disk - in this case, you may encounter system errors and incorrect operation of OS X, you must admit, we don’t know what we did before preparing the backup, what files or rights were changed, etc.

Step 2: Connect the USB drive to your computer and run Disk Utility.

Step 3: Select the USB flash drive in the left panel, click the “Disk Partition” tab and then “Partition 1” from the drop-down menu. Now click on Options at the bottom and select “ GUID partition scheme" Click OK and Apply.

Step 4: Launch Terminal to enable hidden files and restart Finder with the following command:

Defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE;\killall Finder;\say Files Revealed

Step 5: Go to the Programs folder, in which find the file “Install OS X 10.9.app”. (Version of your image)

Step 6: Right click on it, then “Show package contents”.

Step 7: Open the “Contents” folder and find “Shared Support” inside, then the InstallESD.dmg file.

Step 8: Double click on the InstallESD.dmg file to mount the image.

Step 9: Go to “OS X Install ESD” and right-click on the BaseSystem.dmg file, select Open.

Step 10: Go back to Disk Utility, click on BaseSystem.dmg in the sidebar and go to the Recover tab.

Step 11: In the source field, select the BaseSystem.dmg file, in the destination line - USB flash drive. Click the Recover button and enter your administrator password.

Step 12: Once completed, open your USB drive in Finder and go to the System -> Installation folder and delete the file (link) called Packages. Leave this window open.

Step 13: Go back to the "OS X Install ESD" image and move the Packages folder from here to the /System/Installation/ directory from which you removed the link in step 12.

Step 14: Once completed, you can begin installing OS X Mavericks on your Apple computers. To do this, restart your computer while holding Option (Alt) and select the “OS X Base System 1” drive in the boot menu. To install on a PC, we need the Clover bootloader; we will look at installing it in the second method of creating a bootable flash drive using the terminal.

Previously, this method was not available for the El Capitan and Sierra versions, since the functionality of the new disk utility is, frankly, limited. But now in El Capitan and Sierra you can also use the old disk utility, read how to do this.

Creating a bootable OS X Mavericks flash drive through the terminal

Creating a bootable Mac OS X Mavericks USB flash drive with Clover bootloader can be divided into four stages. To install on Apple computers, you only need to complete the first two steps; the steps associated with Clover are not performed. Let's get started...

Step one is preparing the flash drive.

Step two is copying the installation files.

Step three is to install the Clover bootloader on the USB flash drive.

Step four - setting up the bootloader and configuration file (working with the EFI partition of the flash drive).

So, let's proceed to the first step, launch Disk Utility. On the flash drive “Partition Scheme” - “Section: 1”, you can specify any name, in my case I specified 12345 - this name will be written in the terminal command. "Format" - "Mac OS Extended (zhunalny)".

Click on the “Options” button. In the window that opens, select the “GUID” partition scheme, click “OK”, and then “Apply”.

The system will ask you to confirm the correctness of the actions performed. Let me remind you that as a result of this operation, all information on the flash drive will be destroyed. Let's start copying the installation files. The Mac OS Mavericks installer should be located in your Applications folder. When downloading from the App Store, the installer is placed in “Programs” (as in my case), and if you download the installer from other resources, then you need to place it in the appropriate folder yourself.

Copy the installation files to the USB flash drive, typing the following in the terminal:

sudo "/Applications/Install OS X Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia" --volume "/Volumes/12345" --applicationpath "/Applications/Install OS X Mavericks.app" --nointeraction

Do not forget that the name of the partition on the flash drive is entered in quotes; in my case, “12345”, you will have to replace it with your own.

It is worth considering that commands must be preceded by two hyphens, very often when copying and pasting into the terminal, two hyphens "—" are replaced by one "-". In this case, an error will be displayed.

To continue the installation, enter “Y” and press “Enter”.

The process of cleaning the disk and copying files will begin. Copying files can take up to 15 minutes, depending on the speed of the flash drive and computer performance. When copying, there will be no progress indicators, such as percentages, flashing dots and filling rows and columns - this should be taken into account. We started copying and are waiting for complete completion.

After the operation is completed successfully, we will see the following window:

After this step, the flash drive is ready to install OS X Mavericks on Apple computers. For installation on PC we continue preparing...