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mikehende Author

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Creating a bootable Sierra flash drive in Terminal?

Hey guys, I downloaded the DMG file which is on my desktop. I opened Terminal and typed

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app

Hit Enter but got this

sudo: /Applications/Install macOS Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia: command not found

What can I do please?

Posted on Nov 5, 2021 9:13 AM

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PRP_53

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Posted on Nov 5, 2021 10:29 AM

Bootable Installer.

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app --nointeraction &&say Done

The Full Installer of Sierra must be located in the Application Folder.

Further - the Untitled in above command is the Name of the USB Destination Drive. The drive should be 16 GB and Empty, formatted as HFS Journaled and with the GUID Partition Map

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