If you are planning to install macOS Catalina, there is one additional set of steps you should follow. You should download a bootable copy of macOS Mojave. This is the only way to downgrade if you decide you're not ready for macOS Catalina.
Before you start
Before you get started, make sure you have a thumb drive with at least 15GB of storage, or a spare external hard drive (one that you don't use with anything else).
Download macOS Mojave the latest version and Extract the compressed macOS Mojave with WinRaR. After that, you are done with extracting now download TransMac and install that on your PC, then get ready for the preparation of creating macOS Mojave bootable USB on Windows operating system. Jun 11, 2018 After you have booted from the macOS Mojave 10.14 beta USB drive, you can perform an installation of macOS Mojave beta, run Disk Utility to format or partition a drive, work with Time Machine, use the Terminal, or perform other common tasks from the bootable volume. Today I will show you How to create a Bootable macOS Mojave USB Installer on windows using TransMac. But First You have to prepare the required files.
You'll also need to download macOS Mojave from the Mac App Store.
Note: After macOS Mojave has downloaded, it will automatically begin the installation process. Close the installer instead.
Please, Please, Please, backup your Mac before you do anything.
How to format your external drive for Mac
You'll need to start with a clean thumb drive or hard drive in order to get it ready to work as a bootable drive.
- Plug the USB end of the drive to a USB port on your Mac.
- Click on Finder in your Dock to open a Finder window.
- Select Applications from the list on the left side of the window.
- Scroll down and double-click on Utilities.
- Scroll down and double-click on Disk Utility.
- Select your drive under External.
- Click on the Erase tab at the top of the window.
- Note the name of your external hard drive (probably 'Untitled') because you will need it when you create a bootable drive. If you have more than one external hard drive named 'Untitled,' you will need to rename your hard drive now.
- If your Mac is using HFS+, select Mac OS Extended (Journaled) from the format list. If your Mac is using APFS, select APFS from the format list.
- If Scheme is available, select GUID Partition Map.
- Click Erase.
- Click Done when the process is complete.
- Close the Disk Utility window.
Your thumb drive or external hard drive is now ready.
How to make your external drive bootable for installing macOS Mojave
Important:You will need to be in your Mac's administrator account in order to run the sudo Terminal command.
- Click on Finder in your Dock to open a Finder window.
- Select Applications from the list on the left side of the window.
- Scroll down and double-click on Utilities.
- Scroll down and double click on Terminal.
- Recall the name of your formatted external drivewhen entering the following text into Terminal. If it is not named 'Untitled,' you will need to change the command syntax for the pathname where it says: Volumes/Untitled. The name of the drive can't have any spaces and it is case sensitive.
- Enter the following text into Terminal (Don't forget to change the name 'Untitled' if your hard drive is named something else):sudo /Applications/Install macOS Mojave.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled
- Hit the enter/return key.
- Enter your administrator account password. This is the password you use to make changes on your Mac or log in. No text will appear in Terminal when you enter the password.
- Type Y to confirm that you want to erase the drive and press return.
The process could take a very long time, depending on the drive. When it is done, the Terminal window will report 'Done.'
How to use macOS Mojave as an installer boot drive
Once macOS Mojave is installed on your external drive, you can boot up and install any Mac with the drive plugged into it.
- Turn off the Mac you want to install macOS Mojave with the bootable drive.
- Connect the external drive to your Mac via the USB port.
- Turn on your Mac.
- Hold down the Option key when you hear the startup chime.
- Select the external drive with macOS Mojave on it from the list of systems to start up your computer.
The installation process will begin. Follow the steps to install macOS Mojave onto your Mac or partitioned hard drive.
Do you have any questions about how to create a bootable installer drive for macOS Mojave? Let us know in the comments.
Updated September 2019: Updated for macOS Catalina.
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In this article, I will show you How to Create a Bootable USB for macOS Mojave on Windows PC. Therefore, you have to know the complete information and guide of installation on VMware Workstation and VirtualBox. Furthermore, you also know and have information about the Mac operating system, that Mac or Apple company is releasing day by day new updates and features for there users, one of the good news is here that you can easily test or install the macOS Mojave beta on VirtualBox and VMware, However, if you want to test that I have provided or created the article, for you in below I will give you the link you can see there.
Create a Bootable USB for macOS Mojave on Windows
To create a bootable macOS Mojave USB installer on Windows, you need some requirements to ready that on your computer. Download macOS Mojave the latest version and Extract the compressed macOS Mojave with WinRaR. After that, you are done with extracting now download TransMac and install that on your PC, then get ready for the preparation of creating macOS Mojave bootable USB on Windows operating system.
Create a Bootable USB for macOS Mojave on Windows
TransMac is Acute system in Windows operating system that can copy and paste and manage the files on Windows for Apple or Mac Systems, Including Mac-formatted USB drives, SSD drive, Hard drives, and any kind of storage devices, further, it can burn VMDK and dmg files of macOS Mojave, macOS High Sierra, macOS X El Capitan, macOS Sierra, macOS Yosemite, and any other operating system of macOS, there is bad news that TransMac is not free whether you should too by this or use for 15 days Trail.
Required files:
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Install TransMac on Windows PC
While you are downloaded the complete file of TransMac and macOS Mojave on a computer. Now in here, you need the simple process and ways of installation that everyone can install that easily on there Windows PC.
- Run the TransMac setup by double-clicking on setup.
- On the welcome screen click Next.
- Read carefully the agreement on the license and agreement and click Next.
- Select the location for Transmac where you want to install it.
- On the next TransMac will ask from you to create a shortcuts icon on the start menu and screen.
- The next screen doesn’t do anything click Next.
- Therefore, you are ready to install TransMac on your computer, for just click on the Install button and wait for some minutes to complete the installation.
- After that, that installation is completed click Finish.
Now start Creating a Bootable USB for macOS Mojave on Windows
Macos Mojave Usb Download
After that, you are successfully installed TransMac and downloaded macOS Mojave dmg file now you need to create USB bootable for macOS Mojave, Therefore, you need to get at least 16 up to 32 GB flash drive and attach the USB drive to the computer and follow the steps which I am going to show you in this article.
Step #1. Now you are completely ready to create bootable USB for macOS Mojave. At the very beginning step you need to open TransMac, therefore Right-click on TransMac and select Run As Administrator.
Run As Administrator
Step #2. After that, TransMac is opened you will see the list of drives then select the drive which you are going to make bootable for macOS Mojave, and Right-click on that then select Restore with Disk Image.
Step #3. After that, you have selected Restore with Disk Image, therefor you will face pop up warning from containing mounted volumes. However, to continue the process simply click on yes to go on a further step.
Warning of selected Volume for macOS Mojave
Step #5. In this step, you need to browse for macOS Mojave dmg file, just click on three dots and select a macOS Mojave dmg file.
Create Boot Usb Macos Mojave
Browse macOS Mojave dmg file
Step #6. In this step, you will face another warning pop up. So, it is simple to click on Yes and moves to the next step.
Step #7. In this step, you should wait for some minutes to format your drive and wait, it will automatically copy the macOS Mojave dmg file to the USB drive.
Formatting Drive for macOS Mojave
Conclusion
That’s all about How to Create a Bootable USB for macOS Mojave on Windows PC. However, you can create bootable USB for macOS Mojave using TransMac and TransMac is a very light software for Windows PC. Furthermore, if you faced any kind of problem in this article you can comment in below comment box, and don’t forget to subscribe to our website for the latest posts.