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Introduction

Macs keep their installation and recovery partitions so when needed, users can comfortably restore OS X back to default. However when hard drive malfunctions and is replaced, you will also lose this recovery partition. Mac also contains recovery option in its UEFI and it is able to download installation packages through Internet, but if you have problems with Internet connection (slow connection, WEP security on WiFi), the USB bootable flash drive is the best alternative how to restore your system.

  • Install older OS X onto an external drive. The following method allows you to download Mac OS X Lion, Mountain Lion, and Mavericks. Start your Mac holding down Command + R. Prepare a clean external drive (at least 10 GB of storage). Within OS X Utilities, choose Reinstall OS X. Select external drive as a source. Enter your Apple ID.
  • It contains minimal booter files and kernel, and at /com.apple.recovery.boot/BaseSystem.dmg, a disk image with a stripped-down and tweaked copy of OS X. The booter mounts this volume (it attaches as /dev/disk1), and transfers to OS X running on it. This is the Mac OS X Base System.
  • The OS X 10.9.1 (and presumably newer) installer may use a file named “OS X Base System”. Regardless, look for the Base System dmg file, which is invisible by default, thus why invisible files must be made visible in the earlier step).

Click on 'Mac OS X Base System' in the bottom pane under 'BaseSystem.dmg' Click 'Restore' Drag 'Install OS X Mountain Lion' (the partition on the drive, not the top-level drive) as 'Destination' Click 'Restore' Wait about 10 minutes; unmount 'Mac OS X Base System' and eject 'BaseSystem.dmg'. Should show OS X Base System or OS X Install ESD. Can't Open Basesystem.dmg Hackintosh 2017. Should output something like: Can't Open Basesystem.dmg Hackintosh Download. You should be able to Eject your stick and boot from it now. Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.

The fastest way how to restore the system is to use a bootable installation flash drive and this article will show you how to create such installation disk with OS X 10.10 Yosemite.

Three ways how to create OS X USB installation drive:

Preparation - get OS X Yosemite installer and USB flash drive

First you need to have Yosemite installer (Install OS X Yosemite.app in Applications folder). If you don't have the installer in Applications folder, you can download it from Mac App Store.

Also you need flash drive with at least 8 GB capacity, formatted with a GUID Partition Table which is named Untitled by default like is shown on our screenshot. You can of course rename it to whatever you need but you will then need to alter the commands accordingly.

To boot from flash drive you need to press and hold Option (ALT) Key on keyboard through boot up the Mac.

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How to create installation USB drive with createinstallmedia tool

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The createinstallmedia is a command line tool integrated to OS X Yosemite installer. It is the easiest way how to create USB installation flash disk with OS X Yosemite.

Openthe Disk Utility and format flash drive with a GUID Partition Table and check it out in the Finder if Install OS X Yosemite.app is in your /Applications folder.

Now open the Terminal and type the following command:

sudo /Applications/Install OS X Yosemite.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install OS X Yosemite.app --nointeraction

In our case 'Untitled' is the name of USB flash drive! Replace 'Untilled' by name of your flash drive.

Wait a few minutes and your Yosemite installation USB drive will be prepared.

To install OS X Yosemite ► restart computer ► hold the Option key and select Installation USB drive from the menu.

How to create installation USB drive with Terminal commands

Format your USB flash drive with a GUID Partition Table and named it Untitled. Download Install OS X Yosemite.app from App Store, if you do not have it your /Applications folder already.

OpenTerminal and type the following sequence of commands:

sudo hdiutil attach /Applications/Install OS X Yosemite.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg

sudo asr restore -source /Volumes/OS X Install ESD/BaseSystem.dmg -target /Volumes/Untitled -erase -format HFS+

sudo rm /Volumes/OS X Base System/System/Installation/Packages

sudo cp -a /Volumes/OS X Install ESD/Packages /Volumes/OS X Base System/System/Installation/Packages

sudo cp -a /Volumes/OS X Install ESD/BaseSystem.chunklist /Volumes/OS X Base System

sudo cp -a /Volumes/OS X Install ESD/BaseSystem.chunklist /Volumes/OS X Base System

sudo cp -a /Volumes/OS X Install ESD/BaseSystem.dmg /Volumes/OS X Base System

hdiutil detach /Volumes/OS X Install ESD

Now wait until your bootable installation flash drive with OS X 10.10 Yosemite is prepared.

To install OS X Yosemite ► restart computer ► hold the Option key and select Installation USB drive from the menu.

How to create installation USB drive with Disk Utility and Finder

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Some files that you need to create USB flash drive is hidden. To view hidden files in Finder open terminal and use command:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles 1 && killall Finder

Open Finder ► Applications ► Install OS X Yosemite.app ► right click ► Select Show Package Contents option.

Navigate to Contents/SharedSupport ► Mount InstallESD.dmg file

Open OS X Install ESD archive in Finder and mount BaseSystem.dmg archive

Connect USB drive and open Disk Utility (/Applications/Utilities)

Select the USB drive from the list of disks, select Restore option and pick Select OS X Base System archive as a source and USB flash drive as the destination. When ready click on Restore button.

After the Restore process is finished, open Finder ► open USB drive (OS X Base System) ► go to the System/Installation folder and select Packages file and delete it.

OpenOS X Install ESD volume in Finder, selectPackages folder and copy them to System/Installation folder on USB drive.

Also copy BaseSystem.chunklist and BaseSystem.dmg files from InstallESD.dmg volume to root of USB flash drive (OS X Base System).

Now your Yosemite installation USB drive is prepared and ready for use.

To install OS X Yosemite ► restart computer ► hold the Option key and select Installation USB drive from the menu.

In all cases you need a 8GiB+ usb storage and you will need to erase it withDisk Utility (and be very careful not to erase the wrong one!).

SD Cards: If you use an SD Card with a USB adapter, it probablyWILL NOT WORK as a bootable USB mass storage device. I'd recommend you stopby walmart real quick to pick up a 32GB USB 3.0 flash drive for $12.99.

  • Disk Utility
  • 7.95 GB Mass Storage / Card Reader
  • Partition
  • Partition Layout: 1 Partition
  • Name: Install OS X <<whatever>>
  • Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
  • Options
    • GUID Partition
  • Erase

Once you've created the installation drive, you'll reboot the computer and hold down the option (alt) key until you see the list of options (generally including your hard drive, time machine, the default recovery partition, and your disk).

Yosemite 10.10

System.dmg

This creates a bootable usb / sd card which shows up as Recovery OS X 10.10 and will still require WiFi to complete the installation (maybe just for verification, maybe it downloads the whole thing... again, I don't know).

Mavericks 10.9

Same as Yosemite. Requires WiFi during installation.

Mountain Lion 10.8

NOTE: Many people recommend (Lion) DiskMaker Xfor Mountain Lion, but it didn't work for me.

Alternate Method

Now in Disk Utility:

  1. Click on 'Mac OS X Base System' in the bottom pane under 'BaseSystem.dmg'
  2. Click 'Restore'
  3. Drag 'Install OS X Mountain Lion' (the partition on the drive, not the top-level drive) as 'Destination'
  4. Click 'Restore'
  5. Wait about 10 minutes
  6. unmount 'Mac OS X Base System' and eject 'BaseSystem.dmg'

Lion 10.7

NOTE: Many people recommend (Lion DiskMakerfor Lion, but it didn't work for me.

Now in Disk Utility:

  1. Click on 'Mac OS X Base System' in the bottom pane under 'BaseSystem.dmg'
  2. Click 'Restore'
  3. Drag 'Install OS X Lion' (the partition on the drive, not the top-level drive) as 'Destination'
  4. Click 'Restore'
  5. Wait about 10 minutes

m5dsums

I couldn't find my install download and it's no longer available on the App Store, so I torrented a copy that matched retail md5sums.

  • eec8b65b0a8213c526f7cad2d5e8b462 Mac OS X Lion.dmg
  • b5d3753c62bfb69866e94dca9336a44a Install OS X Lion.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg
  • 304d377f4eb83232c6d7f580119d2db2 Mac OS X Install ESD/BaseSystem.dmg

Torrent Search: 'Mac OS X 10.7 Lion (Final Retail)'

Snow Leopard 10.6

I think you mount the DVD image and restore it to your prepared flash drive... not sure about this one.

Os x base system.dmg mac

m5dsums

I couldn't find my install download and it's no longer available on the App Store, so I torrented a copy. Not sure if this is tampered with or not since I can't validate the md5.

  • ea7fe76fbd3918f57ad66a46ecad22fa Mac OS X Install DVD Snow Leopard RETAIL.dmg

Torrent Search: 'Mac OS X Install DVD Snow Leopard RETAIL.dmg'


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