
Rename this to sierraInstall (it was macOS Sierra install) and make sure it’s all case sensitive.Ĥ. Go to applications, go to utilities and Relaunch disk utility and just go back to that are USB flash drive we just formatted I just want you guys to rename this to one single word. Select media and then click Erase over here on the top and I highly recommend that you rename this to MacOS Sierra install or something that makes sense to you and for format choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and for the scheme you can leave it as Master Boot Record and then click erase and that’s very quick process occur is going to reformat the drive into something usable for our purpose once the procedure did you get this same message over here is going to say raising media and creating Mac OS here install is complete you see the green checkmark you can click done and as you can see everywhere the name has changed. So on the disk utility you will see the media that you just plug in the USB flash drive is going to be on the left hand side under external.Ģ. Go to the applications, scroll down go to utilities and then launch disk utility.

Make sure you guys insert the USB flash drive into the USB port of your Mac computer.ġ.
#Make a usb boot drive for mac sierra how to#
Final Step:Īs a final step I’m going to show you how to transfer this file to the USB flash drive and then we’re done. Simply click download and the download process might take 20-25 minutes depending on your connection. Go to the app store and search for Sierra or Mac West Sierra and then just click on the suggestion go into the utilities.Ģ. So let’s dive in and tackle the whole process step-by-step.

I’m assuming you already have a USB flash drive so let me show you how to download Mac west Sierra which is very easy.

