How to Create a Mac OS X Recovery Disk

1. How do I make a recovery disk for Mac OS X?
2. How do I create a bootable Mac OS X drive?
3. Can you reinstall Mac OS X without disk?
4. How do I create a recovery disk for High Sierra Mac?
5. How do I boot my Mac into recovery mode?
6. How do I get an older version of OSX?
7. How do I make a disk bootable?
8. How do I install OSX on a new SSD?
9. How do I install a new operating system on my Mac?
10. How do I restore my Mac without a startup disk?
11. How do I restore my Mac without reinstalling operating system?
12. How do I wipe and reinstall my Mac?

How do I make a recovery disk for Mac OS X?

Making Your Own Emergency OS X USB Drive

1. Connect a hard drive or USB drive to your computer. ...
2. Open the Recovery Disk Assistant application. ...
3. Accept the license agreement. ...
4. Select the disk and then click Continue.
5. Authenticate with your administrator username and password.

How do I create a bootable Mac OS X drive?

Download the macOS Sierra installer and Disk Creator.

1. Insert an 8GB (or larger) flash drive. ...
2. Open Disc Creator and click the “Select the OS X Installer” button.
3. Find the Sierra installer file. ...
4. Select your flash drive from the drop-down menu.
5. Click “Create Installer.”

Can you reinstall Mac OS X without disk?

You Have a Fresh Install of OS X. You should now have a fresh copy of Mac OS X installed, and your computer is back to its factory settings. All without the need for a recovery disc or thumb drive.

How do I create a recovery disk for High Sierra Mac?

Then follow these steps to create your bootable macOS High Sierra drive.

1. Connect your drive to your Mac. It's OK if it's not formatted as a Mac drive. ...
2. Launch Install Disk Creator.
3. In the main window, you'll see a pop-up menu under “Select the volume to become the installer.” Click on the menu and select your drive.

How do I boot my Mac into recovery mode?

How to start Mac in Recovery Mode

1. Click on Apple logo at the top left of the screen.
2. Select Restart.
3. Immediately hold down the Command and R keys until you see an Apple logo or spinning globe. ...
4. Eventually your Mac will show the Recovery Mode Utilities window with the following options:

How do I get an older version of OSX?

How to download older Mac OS X versions via the App Store

1. Click the App Store icon.
2. Click Purchases in the top menu.
3. Scroll down to find the preferred OS X version.
4. Click Download.

How do I make a disk bootable?

Create a bootable USB with external tools

1. Open the program with a double-click.
2. Select your USB drive in “Device”
3. Select “Create a bootable disk using” and the option “ISO Image”
4. Right-click on the CD-ROM symbol and select the ISO file.
5. Under “New volume label”, you can enter whatever name you like for your USB drive.

How do I install OSX on a new SSD?

The way I successfully did it was:

1. Connect SSD via SATA cable to a Mac. ...
2. Disc Utility - Erase SSD, then partition SSD and give it a name.
3. Insert flash drive with bootable OS ( icon appears on desktop)
4. Click on OS icon. ...
5. Click on new SSD and install.
6. When cooked, remove SSD from Mac and insert into mac mini.

How do I install a new operating system on my Mac?

Install macOS

1. Choose Reinstall macOS (or Reinstall OS X) from the utilities window.
2. Click Continue, then follow the onscreen instructions. You'll be asked to select your disk. If you don't see it, click Show All Disks. ...
3. Click Install. Your Mac restarts after installation is complete.

How do I restore my Mac without a startup disk?

Reinstall Your Mac's OS Without an Installation Disc

1. Turn your Mac on, while holding the CMD + R keys down.
2. Select "Disk Utility" and click on Continue.
3. Select the startup disk and go to the Erase Tab.
4. Select the Mac OS Extended (Journaled), give a name to your disk and click on Erase.
5. Disk Utility > Quit Disk Utility.

How do I restore my Mac without reinstalling operating system?

Mac

1. Click the Apple menu and select "Restart." Hold down "Command-R" while your Mac restarts.
2. Choose a network from the "Wi-Fi" menu to connect to the Internet when the Recovery Console launches.
3. Select the "Disk Utility" option and click "Continue."
4. Click on your hard drive and select the "Erase" tab.

How do I wipe and reinstall my Mac?

Select your startup disk on the left, then click Erase. Click the Format pop-up menu (APFS should be selected), enter a name, then click Erase. After the disk is erased, choose Disk Utility > Quit Disk Utility. In the Recovery app window, select “Reinstall macOS,” click Continue, then follow the onscreen instructions.