

Install Disk Creator will automatically detect macOS installers on your drive and suggest one for you, listing its icon along with its path. Apple rolls support for newer hardware into new macOS point releases as they come out, so this will help keep your install drive as universal and versatile as possible. If you want to use this USB installer with newer Macs as they are released, you'll want to periodically re-download new Sierra installers and make new install drives periodically. There are other apps out there that do this, but this one is quick and simple.

We've created Sierra USB stick from both El Capitan and Sierra, but your experience with other versions may vary. A Mac that you have administrator access to, duh.There's the super easy way with the graphical user interface and the only slightly less easy way that requires some light Terminal use. Whatever the reason, you're in luck, because it's not hard to make one.Īs with last year, there are two ways to get it done.

Or, maybe you need a recovery disk for older Macs that don't support the Internet Recovery feature.

For instance, if you find yourself doing multiple installs, a USB drive may be faster than multiple downloads (especially if you use a USB 3.0 drive). Things have proceeded remarkably smoothly since version 10.7 switched to download-only installers, but there are still good reasons to want a reliable old USB stick. It was 2009 when Apple last released a new operating system on physical media. Further Reading macOS 10.12 Sierra: The Ars Technica review
