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Create a bootable macOS USB drive
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Create A Bootable macOS USB Drive

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5856?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

  1. Download the macOS installer from the Mac App Store and make sure it's in your main Applications folder.

  2. Connect a properly formatted 8GB (or larger) drive. Rename the drive to Untitled. (The command in the next step assumes the drive is named Untitled.)

  3. Run command in terminal:

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

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