How to create a bootable macOS Sequoia USB Install drive

**Creating a Mac OS 15 Beta USB Installer**

The process of creating a Mac OS 15 beta USB installer involves several steps, which will be outlined below.

To begin, download the install Mac OS 15 beta installer from Apple's servers. This can be done by opening the Applications folder on your Mac and navigating to the "macOS" directory. From there, locate the "Install macOS High Sierra (or later).app" file and double-click it to launch the installation process.

Once the installation is complete, the install Mac OS 15 beta installer will be located in the Applications folder. To create the USB installer, open up the Terminal application on your Mac by searching for it in Spotlight or navigating to /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app. From there, type `paco -u` into the terminal window and press Enter.

Next, locate the "createinstallmedia" executable within the install Mac OS 15 beta package using the Finder application. This can be done by right-clicking on the installer package and selecting "Show Package Contents." Navigate to the "Resources" folder within the package and find the "createinstallmedia" executable.

Now that the executable has been located, use the Terminal application again to type `./createinstallmedia -volume /dev/disk1s3` (assuming your USB drive is mounted on disk1s3) and press Enter. This will begin the process of creating the USB installer.

Once the creation process has begun, navigate to Finder by pressing Command + Tab or clicking on the Finder icon in the top left corner of the screen. In the Finder window, locate the "Volumes" folder on the left-hand side and click on it to display a list of all connected volumes.

Identify your USB drive within the list of volumes and double-click on it to open its contents in a new Finder window. Make sure there are no files or folders on the USB drive that you want to erase, as this will cause issues with the creation process.

If necessary, use the "Get Info" option in the Finder to verify that your USB drive is formatted as "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" and has sufficient capacity for installation. To check the formatting of a volume using the "Get Info" option, open a folder on the USB drive by clicking on it with the mouse or pressing Command + Click. Next, click on the "Get Info" button in the top right corner of the window to view detailed information about the file system.

If your USB drive is not formatted as required, use the "Disk Utility" application to reformat it. To do this, open the Disk Utility application by searching for it in Spotlight or navigating to /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app. Select your USB drive from the list of available disks on the left-hand side and click on the "Erase" button in the top right corner of the window.

Once the "Erase" option has been selected, click on the "Quick Erase" button and then select "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" as the file system format. Make sure to check that the "Security Options" slider is set to "None," as this will prevent any encryption from being applied to the installer.

After reformatting your USB drive, go back to the Terminal application and navigate to the location of the "createinstallmedia" executable using the Finder application. To do this, open a new Terminal window and type `cd /Applications/Utilities` (or navigate to the "Utilities" folder in Spotlight) followed by `cd diskutil` to find the path to the Disk Utility application. From there, use `cd /Applications/Utilities/Disk\ Utility.app` to display the location of the Disk Utility application on your system.

Once you have located the Disk Utility application, navigate back to the Terminal window and type `./createinstallmedia -volume /dev/disk1s3` (or enter the path to your USB drive) followed by pressing Enter. This will begin the process of creating the USB installer.

As the creation process progresses, you may see a progress bar that appears to be stuck or moving very slowly. If this occurs, it is likely due to network connectivity issues and can be resolved by restarting your router or checking your internet connection.

Once the creation process has completed, the install Mac OS 15 beta package should now appear in your Terminal window as "Install macOS High Sierra (or later).app". This indicates that the USB installer has been successfully created.

To verify that the USB installer has been created correctly, open a new Finder window and navigate to the "Volumes" folder. Double-click on the USB drive to open its contents, and then double-click on the "Install macOS High Sierra (or later)" package to launch it.

If you are using the install Mac OS 15 beta package successfully, you should see a menu that allows you to select language settings and other options before proceeding with the installation process. If you encounter any issues during this time, it may be necessary to restart your Mac or seek further assistance from Apple Support.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enin this video we show you how to create a Mac OS Sequoia USB installer disc so if you're a fan of non nonsense tutorials and guides be sure to hit that subscribe button down below so first we're going to download the Mac OS sequa installer and it's really easy we're going to use terminal you can find it in your applications folder and this is super easy and don't be intimidated you just want to type software update space-- list Dash full Das installers and this is going to list all the available installs for your Mac and you can see here at the top Mac OS 15 beta version 15.0 it gives you the built number all that so now we want to type in software update space-- fetch Das full Dash installer space D- full Dash installer Dash version space and then the version number so in this case 15.0 yours could be different it could be 15.1 whatever the case may be press return it's going to scan for the installer and then you're going to see this message that says installing and I've sped this portion up this will take a while basically what this is doing is it's going out to Apple servers and downloading the installer thus it depends on your internet connection so that is what's happening right now so install finished successfully so this means that the install Mac OS 15 beta installer was success successfully download it to the applications folder and I'll show you that here in just a second so now it's time to create the Mac OS sequa USB installer so open up applications in the finder and here we go this was what I was talking about the install Mac OS 15 beta installer so you want to right click on the installer and select show package contents then open up the contents folder and then open up the resources folder now you want to locate the create install media executable here it is is right here no need to click on it but what we're going to do is back to our terminal we're going to type pseudo s o and then a space now we want to take the create install media and drag it directly to the terminal just like that and a space will automatically be inserted at the end so now you want to type dash dash volume and then a space like that okay so far so good so now it's time to connect our USB drive so we just insert it into our Mac like this and then more than likely you'll probably find a pop up on your screen asking you to allow the accessory to connect you can just click allow now click back onto your finder window but this time we want to go up to the menu bar and select go and then you want to look for goto folder so click on that and in this box you want to type SL volumes with the capital V just like this and then press return so that will display all all the connected volumes on your Mac you want to identify your USB disc this is my USB disc there's nothing on it but you definitely want to make sure there's nothing on it before you proceed if there is back it up it's also a good idea to rightclick select get info to see how the volume is formatted so here I can see Mac OS extended journaled and I can see also that I have enough capacity you need at least 16 GB of storage but the most important thing is that it's formatted properly because if it's formatted as apfs then you have to reformat the drive because you can't create an installer with an apfs formatted drive so I'm going to open up dis utility here just to show you what you would do in that case chances are you're not going to have to worry about this but here SanDisk you can see just click erase and there you can see the format you don't want to choose apfs you want to choose Mac OS extended journaled but chances are your drive isn't formatted as apfs and you're not going to even have to go there so the next step is to Simply drag the volume directly to the terminal like that and now your terminal should look like this now press return on your keyboard now you want to type in your administrator password for your Mac and it's going to ask you if you're ready to start so you want to type why for yes and then press return now it's going to erase the dis it's going to copy essential files it's going to copy the Mac OS recovery OS Etc this will take a while I've sped it up just so you're not waiting a long time all right so it's copying to dis 10% 20% 30% 40% and so on so just be patient because this will take a while so while we're waiting it's a good opportunity for me to ask you to like this video If you appreciate it because that helps other people realize that it's legit and genuinely helpful thank you so much so now we are almost done so install media now available on volume install mac os5 beta Eureka we've done it so now just minimize your terminal open up your finder window and in your volumes you should see the newly named install Mac OS 15 beta volume that is your USB installer double click on it you can see install Mac OS 15 beta so you can now use this disc to install Mac OS 15 on other Macs with ease stay tuned because in a future video I'm going to show you the best way to about doing this so be sure to subscribe if you haven't already so ladies and gentlemen hopefully you had no problems with that but if you do be sure to leave a comment down below and I'll try my best to help you out and if you appreciate this video you're probably going to like these videos too this is Jeff Benjamin with 9 to5 Macin this video we show you how to create a Mac OS Sequoia USB installer disc so if you're a fan of non nonsense tutorials and guides be sure to hit that subscribe button down below so first we're going to download the Mac OS sequa installer and it's really easy we're going to use terminal you can find it in your applications folder and this is super easy and don't be intimidated you just want to type software update space-- list Dash full Das installers and this is going to list all the available installs for your Mac and you can see here at the top Mac OS 15 beta version 15.0 it gives you the built number all that so now we want to type in software update space-- fetch Das full Dash installer space D- full Dash installer Dash version space and then the version number so in this case 15.0 yours could be different it could be 15.1 whatever the case may be press return it's going to scan for the installer and then you're going to see this message that says installing and I've sped this portion up this will take a while basically what this is doing is it's going out to Apple servers and downloading the installer thus it depends on your internet connection so that is what's happening right now so install finished successfully so this means that the install Mac OS 15 beta installer was success successfully download it to the applications folder and I'll show you that here in just a second so now it's time to create the Mac OS sequa USB installer so open up applications in the finder and here we go this was what I was talking about the install Mac OS 15 beta installer so you want to right click on the installer and select show package contents then open up the contents folder and then open up the resources folder now you want to locate the create install media executable here it is is right here no need to click on it but what we're going to do is back to our terminal we're going to type pseudo s o and then a space now we want to take the create install media and drag it directly to the terminal just like that and a space will automatically be inserted at the end so now you want to type dash dash volume and then a space like that okay so far so good so now it's time to connect our USB drive so we just insert it into our Mac like this and then more than likely you'll probably find a pop up on your screen asking you to allow the accessory to connect you can just click allow now click back onto your finder window but this time we want to go up to the menu bar and select go and then you want to look for goto folder so click on that and in this box you want to type SL volumes with the capital V just like this and then press return so that will display all all the connected volumes on your Mac you want to identify your USB disc this is my USB disc there's nothing on it but you definitely want to make sure there's nothing on it before you proceed if there is back it up it's also a good idea to rightclick select get info to see how the volume is formatted so here I can see Mac OS extended journaled and I can see also that I have enough capacity you need at least 16 GB of storage but the most important thing is that it's formatted properly because if it's formatted as apfs then you have to reformat the drive because you can't create an installer with an apfs formatted drive so I'm going to open up dis utility here just to show you what you would do in that case chances are you're not going to have to worry about this but here SanDisk you can see just click erase and there you can see the format you don't want to choose apfs you want to choose Mac OS extended journaled but chances are your drive isn't formatted as apfs and you're not going to even have to go there so the next step is to Simply drag the volume directly to the terminal like that and now your terminal should look like this now press return on your keyboard now you want to type in your administrator password for your Mac and it's going to ask you if you're ready to start so you want to type why for yes and then press return now it's going to erase the dis it's going to copy essential files it's going to copy the Mac OS recovery OS Etc this will take a while I've sped it up just so you're not waiting a long time all right so it's copying to dis 10% 20% 30% 40% and so on so just be patient because this will take a while so while we're waiting it's a good opportunity for me to ask you to like this video If you appreciate it because that helps other people realize that it's legit and genuinely helpful thank you so much so now we are almost done so install media now available on volume install mac os5 beta Eureka we've done it so now just minimize your terminal open up your finder window and in your volumes you should see the newly named install Mac OS 15 beta volume that is your USB installer double click on it you can see install Mac OS 15 beta so you can now use this disc to install Mac OS 15 on other Macs with ease stay tuned because in a future video I'm going to show you the best way to about doing this so be sure to subscribe if you haven't already so ladies and gentlemen hopefully you had no problems with that but if you do be sure to leave a comment down below and I'll try my best to help you out and if you appreciate this video you're probably going to like these videos too this is Jeff Benjamin with 9 to5 Mac\n"