Free and straightforward utility which helps you rapidly create your own bootable USB installers using your Mac and a macOS Installer app

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Installing macOS these days means that you need to have an Internet connection to download the latest release from the Mac App Store.

However, you can also use a bootable USB installer if you know how to make one, seeing that Apple no longer sales such devices since they launched Mac OS X Snow Leopard.

Free and GUI-based alternative for creating a macOS USB installer disk

If you do not have the knowledge to create your own macOS USB installer drive using the Terminal, you can always use helper tools such as Boot Buddy, a minimalist and streamlined app designed to help you install macOS without having to wait for the install app to be downloaded from the Mac App Store.

Boot Buddy features a simple user interface which allows you to pick the source macOS installer and the destination USB drive with a free partition it should use to create a new bootable USB installer.

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Moreover, although it only allows you to create bootable USB drives using Mac OS 10.9 installers and up, Boot Buddy did not notify us that the OS X 10.8 installer we used is not supported.

Fast bootable disk creator which helps you save time when installing macOS on a Mac

Once you click you select them and click the Create button, you will only have to enter your password to allow Boot Buddy to start writing all the necessary files to transform your everyday USB disk into a powerful macOS bootable drive, which should help you save lots of time if you need to install Apple's latest OS release on multiple Macs.

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As advertised by Boot Buddy's developer and as we've also observed, the app will finish creating your USB installer in about two to three minutes, maybe a little longer depending on your Mac's hardware.

To use your new macOS USB drive, you just have to restart your Mac and choose it as the boot drive by holding down the ⌥ (Option) key on the keyboard until the boot drive selection screen appears.

After you've booted your Mac using your newly created drive, you just have to follow the on screen directions, and you'll have a fresh macOS installation in no time.

Easy to use tool for creating bootable macOS USB installers

As for downsides, Boot Buddy would benefit from automatic detection of macOS installer apps available in the /Applications folder, as well as drag and drop support for adding the source installer app and the destination drive easier.

In a nutshell, Boot Buddy is the right tool to have in your Mac's Applications folder if you want to save time if you have to install macOS multiple times during the same day or if you do not have an Internet connection available to download the latest macOS release from the Mac App Store.

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Boot Buddy was reviewed by Sergiu Gatlan
4.5/5
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
  • 64-bit processor
  • USB drive
  • macOS Installer.app (10.9+)
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The most recent Linux version of DAKOTA is built on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3. It should also run on other Linux distributions that maintain binary compatibility with RHEL, such as CentOS. Users of other Linux distributions and (non-Mac) *nix OSes may find it necessary to build DAKOTA from source.

The Mac binaries are built on OS X 10.5.8.

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  1. Prepare your system by installing required dependencies. For a RHEL 6.3 system, these can be obtained from the Yum repositories by executing the command:
    The Mac OS X version of DAKOTA comes packaged with the libraries it requires.
  2. Extract the DAKOTA archive file in a suitable install location, e.g. /home/myusername. If you have root access, you may extract the archive in a shared directory, e.g. /usr/local.
  3. Make sure your OS can find the DAKOTA executables and libraries.
    1. Open the Bash startup file in your home folder using your favorite text editor. On Linux, this is ~/.bashrc. On Mac, it's ~/.bash_profile.
    2. On Linux and Mac, add the following line, replacing $INSTALL_DIR with the absolute path to your installation directory, e.g. /home/myusername or /usr/local/Dakota.
    3. On Linux only, add the following line, replacing $INSTALL_DIR as appropriate.
    4. On Mac OS only, add the following line, replacing $INSTALL_DIR as appropriate.
    5. Save and close the file. Close and reopen the terminal to activate the changes in your environment.
    For C shell:
    1. Open the csh startup file in your home folder (~/.cshrc) using your favorite text editor.
    2. On Linux and Mac, add the following line, replacing ${INSTALL_DIR} with the absolute path to your installation directory, e.g. /home/myusername or /usr/local/Dakota.
    3. On Linux only, add the following line, replacing $INSTALL_DIR as appropriate.
    4. On Mac OS only, add the following line, replacing $INSTALL_DIR as appropriate.
    5. Save and close the file. Close and reopen the terminal to activate the changes in your environment.