Now, you can follow these two solutions to format any hard drive, flash drive, USB drive, SSD or any other external storage drive so as to make them work on your Mac now. Format USB or external hard drive for Mac using Mac disk utility Format USB or external hard drive for Mac on Windows PC using third-party USB format tool. If you need to connect to a Wi-Fi network, use the Wi-Fi menu in the menu bar. Just a simple 4Gb or 8Gb USB drive, anyone can do this with little knowledge and the right tools in possession.Ī bootable installer doesn't download macOS from the Internet, but it does require the Internet to get information specific to your Mac model, such as firmware updates. We do not need any CD/DVD to install Windows or Linux on our laptop or PCs. Now we just use a pen drive to create a bootable USB for installation of OS. Is that sounds good? Nah, it is an old school trick.
Do you need to install an operating system in your Computer? Then quickly grab a CD or DVD and burn the OS in it to install.