How to install the Apple Mac OS X operating system using a USB drive or a removable hard drive

Someone asked how to make the downloaded Mac OS X operating system into an installation disk based on a USB flash drive or a removable hard disk and install an Apple Computer operating system with a USB drive or removable hard drive. OK, send a tutorial on using a mobile hard drive (or USB drive) to install MAC OS X operating system for Apple Computer today.

Nonsense: There are a lot of ways to install Mac OS X OS-You can install the Apple OS by burning the system CD, but it's slow and troublesome, or you can read the disc from another MAC and install it over the network via a LAN-sharing optical drive, but on the one hand you have to use the drive and the disc. On the other hand in the domestic Apple fans are "surrounded by the PC", find a second Mac is really not easy. or download-Install MAC OS X system on a USB flash drive or mobile drive.

Making an Apple Mac OS X operating system installation disk partition for a mobile hard drive

Get started! First, use the "Disk Utility" (finder--> application--and disk utility) that comes with your Mac OS X system to partition your hard drive. Select your piece of mobile hard disk, select "Partition", click "+" button, will add a hard disk partition, drag to change the size of the partition, or directly input also line, generally divided into 10GB bar. Note The format--mac OS-extended. U-Disk users can skip the partition this step, the direct format can be----unless your USB stick is super large.

Attach an Apple Mac OS X operating system DMG file to a removable hard drive (or USB flash drive)

The second step is to put the downloaded Mac OS X operating system into the hard drive partition that was just made by the mobile hard drive (or USB drive). Or in the MAC comes with the disk tool, select "Recover", there will be 2 boxes, from the list on the left side of the download Mac OS X operating system DMG file dragged to the "source Object" column, the destination disk is a partition (or USB flash drive) that you just made on the mobile drive.

OK, you can install Mac OS X operating system for Apple Computer with a removable hard drive or USB flash drive. Press the "option" key, the Boot Disk selection screen will appear, select your Mac OS x system installation disk can be