OSX Yosemite - How to Create A Bootable USB Flash Drive

Author: David A. Cox
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In this tutorial we'll show you how to create a bootable/installable copy of OS X 10.10 Yosemite and put it on a USB Flash drive. This is a great solution for offices, busy business professionals, and computer geeks alike. This trick will save you potentially hours compared to having to download a fresh copy of Yosemite every time you need it. In this tutorial, David will show you how to download OS X Yosemite from Apple, use code in Terminal to access the files we'll be working with, and then load it onto a USB flash drive so that it is bootable. Recommended Flash Drives: 8gb Mode (goes on your key ring!)l: http://amzn.to/1uB006w 8gb Patriot XT Model: http://amzn.to/1y5m0bo Prefer a USB Hard Drive? Check out this one http://amzn.to/1zbW14K TERMINAL CODE - copy and paste (PART 1) defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles 1 && killall Finder TERMINAL CODE - copy and paste (PART 2) defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles 0 && killall Finder

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  1. hey david thanks for the great video but i have a question. what the difference between this method and the other methods on your channel like using a backup from a Time Machine or clone using CCC program ?
  2. thank you bro
  3. Thanks man great video, helped a lot, saved my day :)
  4. For those of you guys running El Capitan,
    >open to "BaseSystem.dmg" file then it will show up in Disk Utility.
    >Select the Thumb Drive
    >Go to Edit > Restore.
  5. For those having issues dropping BaseSystem.dmg in disk utility: double click BaseSystem.dmg from original folder, then head over to Disk Utility. You'll see it's there. From there, go to USB, restore, and restore from OS X Base System
  6. Greaaattt the only clear Tuto on Web ;) thanks it works great
    but you need to add the Clover Efi part , and how to add kexts on clover 10,10 folder , for hackintosh users , , ,
  7. Thank you very much man.
    helped me out..
  8. This was extremely helpful in helping me fresh install OS X Lion onto the original MacBook Air . Clear and concise , thank you !
  9. You're the best!
  10. I see a lot of videos of how to make a bootable usb flashdrive for el Capitan, but I want a make a dmg and clone that later to a flashdrive whenever I need to so i can use the flashdrive normally. It follows similar steps like in this video and at the deleting of the Packages alias I get stuck as I am unable to delete it on my Sierra iMac. The terminal command only shows hidden files, but I guess I need to make my BaseSystem.dmg unhidden before I can delete anything. If possible I would want to make multiple OS X dmg on a single flashdrive. Is that even possible?
  11. You saved my day! Very good, thank you!
  12. Just wanted to say Thank you!!! needed to go back to Yosemite from Sierra.
  13. It did work very well. Thanks so much David.
  14. Great video solved my problem indeed!!
  15. thank you so much...😃
  16. I DID IT THANK YOU VERY MUCH !
  17. Good job thank you
  18. Worked great! Thanks!!!!
  19. Excellent video maestro
  20. Does it work with a 4 gb disc?