Allan Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 (edited) Prerequisites 1) Ensure your Mac is compatible with OS X Yosemite. These are the supported devices: iMac (Mid 2007 or newer) MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminium, or Early 2009 or newer) MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer) MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer) Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer) Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer) Xserve (Early 2009) 2) Back up important data and settings (photos, videos, music files, documents and the like) on your Mac to an external hard drive. You can do this by using the Time Machine feature in Mac OS X, or third-party software such as Carbon Copy Cloner. 3) Create a bootable USB flash drive with a storage size of at least 8GB. 4) Download OS X 10.10 Yosemite Final from the Mac App Store and save it to the Applications folder – its default location. How to Create Bootable USB Flash Drive First, create bootable USB flash drive. Here is how you do it: Plug in your USB drive into the computer and open Disk Utility (in Applications). Select the USB drive from the left sidebar and click on Erase tab. Choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled) in the format box and let the name be Untitled (default). Now click on Erase button and wait until the format process completes. Then choose Partition tab and select 1 Partition from Partition Layout dropdown menu. Click on Option and ensure GUID Partition Table is selected as the partition scheme, with its name set to Untitled. After downloading the OS X 10.10 Yosemite instakker from the Mac App Store, just quit the installer and set the downloaded file's name to Install OS X Yosemite.app. Launch the Terminal app (in Applications/Utilities) and type or paste the following command in, and then hit Enter: sudo /Applications/Install OS X Yosemite.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install OS X Yosemite.app --nointeraction Note: The code above has missing double dashes in the quotes. Please replace a single "-" with "- -" when you enter the above command line in the terminal. This will create the bootable USB flash drive. This takes between 10-20 minutes. Do not interrupt the Terminal or eject the flash drive during the process. Once the process completes, you will see the message "Copy Complete. Done." The OS X Yosemite bootable USB flash drive will be ready for use and you can start the clean installation process. How to Clean Install OS X Yosemite on Your Mac Step 1: Ensure the bootable USB flash drive is plugged into your Mac and restart the computer. As soon as the start-up chime plays, press the Option key (Alt). Step 2: Choose the USB drive on the start-up drive selection screen and hit Enter/Return on the keyboard. Step 3: Wait until the Yosemite installer appears on screen. This could take a few seconds or minutes. Step 4: Click on Disk Utility and then hit Continue. Step 5: Click on Macintosh HD from the left hand-side pane and then hit Erase tab on the top-right portion of the window. Leave all the settings at their default values and then hit Erase button at the bottom right. This will wipe all files stored on your startup hard drive. Step 6: When the erasing process is complete, return to the first screen where you selected Disk Utility. Now click on Install OS X and then hit Continue. Step 7: Choose the Macintosh HD partition you erased in step 5 and then click Install. If you have followed all the steps correctly, your computer should now boot right into the newly installed operating system, OS X Yosemite, and you could cherish its stunning new UI. Create bootable Yosemite ISO 1- You need download Install OS X Yosemite.app 2- Run this script in Terminal: #!/bin/bash # Mount the installer image hdiutil attach /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg -noverify -nobrowse -mountpoint /Volumes/install_app # Convert the boot image to a sparse bundle hdiutil convert /Volumes/install_app/BaseSystem.dmg -format UDSP -o /tmp/Yosemite # Increase the sparse bundle capacity to accommodate the packages hdiutil resize -size 8g /tmp/Yosemite.sparseimage # Mount the sparse bundle for package addition hdiutil attach /tmp/Yosemite.sparseimage -noverify -nobrowse -mountpoint /Volumes/install_build # Remove Package link and replace with actual files rm /Volumes/install_build/System/Installation/Packages cp -rp /Volumes/install_app/Packages /Volumes/install_build/System/Installation/ # Copy Yosemite installer dependencies cp -rp /Volumes/install_app/BaseSystem.chunklist /Volumes/install_build/BaseSystem.chunklist cp -rp /Volumes/install_app/BaseSystem.dmg /Volumes/install_build/BaseSystem.dmg # Unmount the installer image hdiutil detach /Volumes/install_app # Unmount the sparse bundle hdiutil detach /Volumes/install_build # Resize the partition in the sparse bundle to remove any free space hdiutil resize -size `hdiutil resize -limits /tmp/Yosemite.sparseimage | tail -n 1 | awk '{ print $1 }'`b /tmp/Yosemite.sparseimage # Convert the sparse bundle to ISO/CD master hdiutil convert /tmp/Yosemite.sparseimage -format UDTO -o /tmp/Yosemite # Remove the sparse bundle rm /tmp/Yosemite.sparseimage # Rename the ISO and move it to the desktop mv /tmp/Yosemite.cdr ~/Desktop/Yosemite.iso 3 - Burn the .ISO in Pendrive, and enjoy! Source: Ibtimes and AppleInsiderForum Credits for help: Duran Keeley Edited November 5, 2014 by Allaп Script Add 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donaldkepler Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Great....Hope the inserted images will enhance the beauty of this post "How to Create Bootable USB Flash Drive" & "How to Erase and Format Drive" http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KCaALSMgcRA/VE8Ee_xH8OI/AAAAAAAAATw/oE3k9CWTxIs/s1600/USB%2BInstaller%2Bimage1.png 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Posted October 28, 2014 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 Wow! Thanks bro! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duran Keeley Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Hey Allan What if we add an Option 2: Using the script found here http://forums.appleinsider.com/t/159955/howto-create-bootable-mavericks-iso Bootable ISO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Posted October 29, 2014 Author Share Posted October 29, 2014 Nice Duran! But, this should work in Yosemite too? What you think? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duran Keeley Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 (edited) Hey Allan Sorry to reply so late. Yeah just did a find & replace from Mavericks to Yosemite and worked perfectly on my MBPr Below is the code as well as attached is the script. #!/bin/bash # Mount the installer image hdiutil attach /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg -noverify -nobrowse -mountpoint /Volumes/install_app # Convert the boot image to a sparse bundle hdiutil convert /Volumes/install_app/BaseSystem.dmg -format UDSP -o /tmp/Yosemite # Increase the sparse bundle capacity to accommodate the packages hdiutil resize -size 8g /tmp/Yosemite.sparseimage # Mount the sparse bundle for package addition hdiutil attach /tmp/Yosemite.sparseimage -noverify -nobrowse -mountpoint /Volumes/install_build # Remove Package link and replace with actual files rm /Volumes/install_build/System/Installation/Packages cp -rp /Volumes/install_app/Packages /Volumes/install_build/System/Installation/ # Copy Yosemite installer dependencies cp -rp /Volumes/install_app/BaseSystem.chunklist /Volumes/install_build/BaseSystem.chunklist cp -rp /Volumes/install_app/BaseSystem.dmg /Volumes/install_build/BaseSystem.dmg # Unmount the installer image hdiutil detach /Volumes/install_app # Unmount the sparse bundle hdiutil detach /Volumes/install_build # Resize the partition in the sparse bundle to remove any free space hdiutil resize -size `hdiutil resize -limits /tmp/Yosemite.sparseimage | tail -n 1 | awk '{ print $1 }'`b /tmp/Yosemite.sparseimage # Convert the sparse bundle to ISO/CD master hdiutil convert /tmp/Yosemite.sparseimage -format UDTO -o /tmp/Yosemite # Remove the sparse bundle rm /tmp/Yosemite.sparseimage # Rename the ISO and move it to the desktop mv /tmp/Yosemite.cdr ~/Desktop/Yosemite.iso yosemite-iso.sh.zip Edited November 5, 2014 by Duran Keeley 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Posted November 3, 2014 Author Share Posted November 3, 2014 Perfect! I will add this in the main post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Posted November 4, 2014 Author Share Posted November 4, 2014 Done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammer87 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 nice post ! it works 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jamesst20 Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Thanks you for this ! Was very usefull for me ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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