However, if your Mac device is not bootable, you can prepare macOS Sierra bootable USB right from Windows PC as well. In this guide, we will see how to create macOS Sierra bootable USB drive from Windows 10, Windows 8 or Windows 7 PC. Creating bootable USB using Rufus is a natural process because it is a portable application so that we don’t have to install it on our computer. UNetbootin is also supporting in Windows, but I found that Rufus is far better than UNetbootin on Windows but in Mac, UNetbootin shows off.
How to create a bootable Windows 10 USB on Mac 09 June 2017 on, The last release of Mac OS doesn't have the option to create a bootable USB from Bootcamp like previous versions, and it is a problem because that require uses other tools. I am updating this post today Dec 12, 2018. The reason is that I was only using to create the bootable USB, I will leave guide as a second method since it still working, and I will explain to you how you can create the bootable Windows USB without extra software. The first step for both methods requires to format your USB device to ExFAT. Format USB to ExFAT In order to boot from the USB, you need to format the USB to ExFAT, you can do it using Disk Utility (it comes with MacOS).
This step is the same for both methods. You need to show all the devices in Disk Utility' before to start the process. Select your USB device in the list (not the partition), right click and then click on the Erase option: In the next screen make sure you select these two options:. Format: ExFAT. Scheme: Master Boot Record Click the Erase button. If for some reason it fails, probably is because MacOS still using the USB, just repeat the steps, but if you see a screen similar to above screen is because the operation is successful. Format USB with the terminal You also can format the USB from the terminal, but you have to take care to use the correct device because, if you use the wrong name you will lose everything.
With this command you can list the device on MacOS: diskutil list This is an example, my USB is the disk2: This command is to format the USB, the last parameter is the the USB: diskutil eraseDisk ExFAT 'WINDOWS10' MBRFormat disk2 Copy Windows files to USB - Method 1 This process is very easy doesn't require to install other software, and they are just a few steps: Open Windows ISO Just double click on the ISO image, MacOS mount the image automatically. Copy files Now you only need to copy the files and paste them to the USB. Command + A Select all files. Command + C Copy files.
Go to your USB Command + V paste the files. This process could fail if you are using a USB with FAT32 because the file install.win is over 4GB, if this is the case try to open the terminal and copy paste the files from there (no always works.
Try to follow the instructions to format the USB in ExFAT, NTFS works for some BIOS). This is the command to copy the files from the ISO to the USB: cp -rp /Volumes/CCCOMAX64FREEN-USDV9/. /Volumes/WINDOWS10/ And that is all, now you can try boot from the USB. UNetbootin - Method 2 I will show you how you can use to create a bootable USB, it can be used no only for Mac but for Windows and Linux distributions too. Is free software and it is also available for Windows and Linux. Check the path name of your USB Disk.
Always in Disk Utility, select the new partition that we created in the previous step, and click on the information button, it will give you the information about the new partition. You also can use the terminal and the command diskutil to see the list of drives: diskutil list Download UNetbootin:.
Download the dmg directly from the. And copy the app to the /Application folder. I prefer to use homebrew to install applications, you can check this article for more information:: brew cask install -appdir='/Applications' unetbootin Makes the USB booteable Open UNetbootin and you only need select 3 options:. Diskimage and ISO. Now we need open the ISO Windows image that is on our computer.
Select your USB device on UNetbootin. Click on the OK, button and wait to the process end it will take a time. NOTES:.
I tested other tools like dd and Etcher but they are not working because Windows requires extra steps, for the moment this is the only easy tool that I know that works if you are on Windows try. Some users reported that UNetbootin is not working, if after to format the USB drive and change the block size is not working for you try another Drive with enough space. Share this post.
Once you have downloaded that, launch it to get started by following the steps below:. Upon launch, you need to accept the agreement. Next, you need to select the option “ Create Installation media (USB Flash drive, DVD, or ISO file) for another PC” and click “ Next.“. You will now be asked to choose the language, edition, and the architecture of the Windows. So, select that as per your requirements. Proceed by clicking “ Next“.
Now, you will be prompted to select the preferred media. Select “ USB flash drive” and make sure that the is an 8 GB storage variant at least. Select the USB device from the list. Here’s how it should look like:. Finally, the required files will be automatically downloaded, and the USB flash drive will be converted to a bootable USB media. And, all the existing contents on the flash drive will be deleted before making a bootable Windows 10 bootable USB.
You can then utilize this bootable USB to install/upgrade windows. Download the ISO and Make a Bootable Windows 10 USB using Rufus Rufus is one of the most popular tools to help make a bootable Windows 10 USB.
But, before using Rufus, you need to download the Windows 10 ISO file from the. Note: You need to visit the download page from a different OS (Ubuntu, Mac)/ your smartphone / via proxy services like Hide.me – else you will only get the option to download the media creation tool. Here’s how it should look like when you click on the download page. Now, you need to select the edition (currently – Windows 10 April 2018 Update) and click “ Confirm.” Once you’re done with it, you will be asked to select the product language (here it’s English / English International.) So, accordingly proceed further to get the download links to Windows 10 32-bit/64-bit. Note: The links generated will be valid for 24 hours from the time of creation. So, you need to download the ISO file before the link expires.
Considering you have the image file now, you should proceed to download from its official site. Follow the steps below to make a bootable Windows 10 USB flash drive using Rufus:. After downloading the setup file from Rufus’ official site, run the EXE file to launch the tool. As soon as you launch the tool, it will automatically detect the USB flash drive. If you have multiple USB flash drives, select the one you desire.
Now, you need to select the image file by clicking on the option as directed in the image below (make sure everything’s similar to what the picture depicts):. Once you select the ISO file, you just have to click on “ Start” and wait it out. It should take a few minutes for completion. Additional Tip: If you want to make a bootable USB flash drive for Windows 10 on a different OS ( like Ubuntu, Mac), you can utilize to create it.