You will need to check where your downloaded Windows 10 ISO file is and use that. Now we're going to prep our downloaded ISO file so we can copy it over to our USB drive. Come back and try this command if step 7 fails, then redo steps 5, 6, and 7: diskutil eraseDisk MS-DOS "WIN10" MBR /dev/disk2 Step 5: Use hdiutil to mount the Windows 10 folder and prepare it for transfer. Note that for some hardware, you may instead need to run this command, which uses the MBR format for partitioning instead of GPT. This will probably only take about 20 seconds on a newer computer, but may take longer on an older computer. Then you'll see terminal output like this. Run this command using the correct disk number for your USB:ĭiskutil eraseDisk MS-DOS "WIN10" GPT /dev/disk2 Note that you should replace the disk2 with the name of the your drive from step 3 if it wasn't disk2. This is a format that Windows 10 will recognize. Next format your USB drive to Windows FAT32 format. Step 4: Format your USB Drive to work with Windows You will see output like this (note - your Mac's terminal may be black text on a white background if you haven't customized it).Ĭopy the text I point to here. Paste the following command into your terminal and hit enter: Then type the word "terminal" and select Terminal from the dropdown list. Open Mac Spotlight using the ⌘ + space keyboard shortcut. Step 3: Use the diskutil command to identify which disk your USB drive is mounted on I'm going to tell you exactly which commands to enter. You can do this using MacOS Spotlight by pressing both the ⌘ and Space bar at the same time, then typing "terminal" and hitting enter.ĭon't be intimidated by the command line interface. I bought a 32 gigabyte USB drive at Walmart for only $3, so this shouldn't be very expensive. The ISO file is only about 5 gigabytes, but I recommend you use a USB drive with at least 16 gigabytes of space just in case Windows needs more space during the installation process.
Step 2: Insert your USB storage drive into your Mac
If you want a non-English-language version of Windows, or want to get an older update version, download the ISO here instead. If you're not sure, go with the 32-bit version to be safe. If you have a relatively new computer, you probably want the 64-bit version. If you want an English-language version of the latest update of Windows 10, you can download the ISO here. That's right - everything we're going to do here is 100% legal and sanctioned by Microsoft. You can download the ISO file straight from Microsoft. In this tutorial we'll show you how you can set this up from a Mac.
Luckily, Microsoft makes a tool that you can use to install Windows from a USB storage drive (or "thumbdrive" as they are often called).īut what if you don't have a second PC for setting up that USB storage drive in the first place? So it can be a pain to install Windows on a new computer. After that click OK.Most new PCs don't come with DVD drives anymore. Then click GUID Partition Table which is found in the Options menu.
In the drop-down menu select the format-type Mac OS Extended (Journaled).ĥ. Now the job starts to get harder and some images well make it clearer.Ĥ. After that select 1 partition from the drop-down menu. The second step refers to clicking on the USB drive and going for the Partition tab.ģ. The first step it’s about inserting the USB drive into the device (Mac) and then pressing the Disk Utility button.Ģ. If you have these four things you can go on with the process.ġ.
Install OS X Mountain Lion (10.8).app (download it from Mac App Store) Apple computer with Mac App Store (OS X 10.6.8+) An 8GB USB Flash Drive (or a SD Card which will also do the trick)
I kept on hearing that installing OS X is a very difficult job, especially if you do it on a MacBook Air so i decided to show you how to make a bootable USB install OS X in 10 easy steps.īefore you get started you’ll need a couple of things in order to get the job done: