You can use a Windows 10 (or 11), Windows 8.1, or Windows 7 device to quickly create a USB bootable installation media to reinstall macOS Monterey, Big Sur, or Catalina on your Mac. However, if none of your devices (MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac Pro, or Mac Mini) are not working when you need them the most, you can use a Windows computer to rescue your Apple device. This is one of the main reasons you should consider making a macOS bootable USB when your device works properly.
If the unexpected happens with an Apple computer, you can use a macOS bootable USB with the installation media to repair it. It’s just a matter of time until your computer will refuse to start, which could happen for many reasons, including (and not limited to) file corruption, hardware failure, and buggy update. You can now quit Terminal and eject the volume.It does not matter whether you use macOS, Windows 10, or Windows 11.
When Terminal says that it's done, the volume will have the same name as the installer you downloaded, such as Install macOS Monterey.After the volume is erased, you may see an alert that Terminal would like to access files on a removable volume.Terminal shows the progress as the volume is erased. When prompted, type Y to confirm that you want to erase the volume, then press Return.Terminal doesn't show any characters as you type your password.
Sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Mojave.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia -volume /Volumes/ MyVolume Sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Catalina.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia -volume /Volumes/ MyVolume Sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Big\ Sur.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia -volume /Volumes/ MyVolume Sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Monterey.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia -volume /Volumes/ MyVolume If it has a different name, replace MyVolume in these commands with the name of your volume. These assume that the installer is in your Applications folder, and MyVolume is the name of the USB flash drive or other volume you're using. Type or paste one of the following commands in Terminal.Open Terminal, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder.Connect the USB flash drive or other volume that you're using for the bootable installer.You will create the bootable installer from this app, not from the disk image or. It installs an app named Install OS X El Capitan into your Applications folder. Inside the disk image is an installer named InstallMacOSX.pkg.
Download using Safari, and open the disk image on a Mac that is compatible with OS X El Capitan.The installer for OS X El Capitan downloads to your Downloads folder as a disk image named InstallMacOSX.dmg. Enterprise administrators: Download from Apple, not a locally hosted software-update server.Download on a Mac that is using macOS Sierra 10.12.5 or later, or OS X El Capitan 10.11.6.Download on a Mac that is compatible with that version of macOS.
If the installer opens after downloading, quit it without continuing installation. The installer for macOS Monterey, macOS Big Sur, macOS Catalina, macOS Mojave, or macOS High Sierra downloads to your Applications folder as an app named Install macOS.