Create El Capitan Bootable Usb From Windows

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It is a lot of easier when it comes to creating macOS bootable USB installer on a Mac as it has built-in as well as third-party tools to do that. However, you won't be that lucky if you were on a Windows 10 PC. So in here, we will introduce a free way to create bootable macOS USB on PC by creating a macOS virtual machine with the help of free VirtualBox software.

Part 1: Download macOS ISO File or Virtual Disk

VirtualBox only supports ISO and virtual machine image file so the first thing you need is to convert macOS DMG file to ISO. Since this could lead to file corruption and other problems, it's much better to use a third-party source and download it from here, which is more straightforward and will help you avoid a lot of conversion and other issues. Below is a list of samples:

macOS Catalina ISO Image: http://www.mediafire.com/file/Catalina_10.15.5.iso

macOS Mojave ISO Image: https://mega.nz/folder/KGZDgIZQ#Nct0_zq5-LABTtFDo1hTjQ

macOS High Serria ISO Image: https://archive.org/download/MacOSXHighSierra10.13.iso

macOS Catalina Virtual Machine Image: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oACRx z/view

macOS Mojave Virtual Machine Image: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OJ SJe/view

macOS High Serria Virtual Machine Image: https://www.mediafire.com/macOS_High_Sierra_Final

Part 2: Create a macOS Virtual Machine in VirtualBox on Windows 10 PC

Step 1:Open VirtualBox on Windows 10 PC

Assuming you've already installed VirtualBox on your Windows 10 computer, launch it and create a new VM called BigSur, with the OS option being set to Mac OS X and the version as Mac OS X (64-bit). Please note that Big Sur won't be available as an option until the next VirtualBox update, if at all.

Step 2:Set RAM Capacity for new Virtual Machine

As you follow the VM creation process, you'll need to set the RAM limit for the virtual machine. The recommended limit is 4096MB or about 4.0GB, but you can allocate more if you have enough RAM on your Windows 10 PC.

Step 3: Set Hard Drive Volume

The next step is to set the hard drive for new VM, for which you can pick the Create a Virtual Hard Disk Now option, choose VDI for the drive type, select the option for a fixed drive size, and set the drive size to about 20 to 25GB. You can allocate more if you think you'll be using a lot of apps on the macOS installation.

Step 4: Configure macOS Virtual Machine

In VirtualBox, you should be able to have a view of the VM you just created, along with the specs you chose. Go to Settings → System → Motherboard and uncheck the Floppy option under Boot Order. Hard Disk and Optical can be checked.

Next to Motherboard is the Processor tab. Go there and set the processor setting to at least 2 CPUs. In the navigation panel on the left, go to Display → Screen → Video Memory and set it to a minimum of 128MB. Next, under Storage → Empty → Attributes, click on the Optical Drive icon on the right and select the ISO image for Big Sur that you created. Click OK and - this is very important - shut down VirtualBox.

Step 4:Final Preparation in Command Line

Although you've successfully created and configured your VM on VirtualBox, some steps still remain that must be completed in Command Prompt as admin. The following commands should be run one at a time, with a wait time in between for each command to run successfully:

cd 'C:Program FilesOracleVirtualBox'

VBoxManage.exe modifyvm 'Big Sur' --cpuidset 00000001 000306a9 04100800 7fbae3ff bfebfbff

VBoxManage setextradata 'Big Sur' 'VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiSystemProduct' 'MacBookPro11,3'

VBoxManage setextradata 'Big Sur' 'VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiSystemVersion' '1.0'

VBoxManage setextradata 'Big Sur' 'VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiBoardProduct' 'Mac-2BD1B31983FE1663'

VBoxManage setextradata 'Big Sur' 'VBoxInternal/Devices/smc/0/Config/DeviceKey' 'ourhardworkbythesewordsguardedpleasedontsteal(c)AppleComputerInc'

VBoxManage setextradata 'Big Sur' 'VBoxInternal/Devices/smc/0/Config/GetKeyFromRealSMC' 1

Part 3: Boot macOS Virtual Machine from PC

Launch VirtualBox again, click the VM called Big Sur, and click the Start button. At this point, you'll see a whole bunch of text running down your screen so you'll have to wait until it's over - about 5 minutes or so. When you see the option to choose a language, do so.

On the macOS Utilities page, click on Disk Utility and hit the Continue button on the bottom right. In Disk Utility, click View and select Show All Devices to see your Big Sur blank image on the left. Now, click on it and give the name Macintosh HD to the drive in the popup window pane; set APFS as your format and GUID Partition Map as the Boot Scheme. If the format is showing you just the Extended version or something else, that's fine. There have been some changes since macOS Catalina. Next, click Erase, which will erase the blank drive and take you back to the macOS Utilities window.

This time, click on Reinstall macOS and the Continue button. Agree to the Terms displayed on your screen and choose Macintosh HD as your hard drive. Click Install. The rest of the installation process will now be executed so this could take a while. However, at the end of the process, you'll be taken back to the installer. Don't worry, this is the expected result. Follow the final two steps below to complete the process. Patience is a virtue, you know!

The reason you were taken back to the installer is that VirtualBox can't boot from the virtual hard drive, for some reason. To counter that, turn the VM off and go to Settings → Storage and once again click the CD icon. In the menu options that pop up, select Remove Disk from Virtual Drive. Now turn the VM on again and you should be able to see the internal EFI shell. If you can see FS1 in yellow, you're on the right track. Type in fs1: and hit Enter after clicking the VM and allowing it to capture your keyboard and mouse. This will take you to the FS1 directory, where you'll need to run the following commands to get to where the installer is:

cd 'macOS Install Data'

cd 'Locked Files'

cd 'Boot Files'

boot.efi

You should eventually be able to see the installer in its GUI avatar. There's just one more step to go. Promise!

The macOS VM should now work on Windows 10 as it's supposed to and take you to the OS set up. Here, specify your country, identify the user and follow the rest of the steps until you see the Big Sur desktop. You have successfully run macOS Big Sur on Windows 10. Hurray!

Part 4: Create macOS Bootable USB Installer in VirtualBox

Step 1: Download macOS installation app from Mac App store by searching the name or you can get the dmg file from other websites.

Step 2: Install USB drive for macOS virtual machine and you should see the drive name in left sidebar in Finder App.

Step 3: Find the USB drive name using this command: diskutil list external

Step 4: Use the createinstallmedia command to create a bootable macOS USB installer:

sudo /Applications/Install macOS Catalina.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume (Catalina)

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sudo /Applications/Install macOS Mojave.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume (Mojave)

sudo /Applications/Install macOS High Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume (Hihg Serria)

sudo /Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume --applicationpath /Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app (El Capitan)

Step 5: Wait for a few minutes and a bootable macOS USB installer is ready!

Final Note

It is a long and complicated work to create a bootable macOS USB installer with VirtualBox. Though it does work as promised, it is time consuming! Actually, there is alternative premium solution for this. That's UUByte DMG Editor, a GUI-based app to burn dmg file to USB on both PC and Mac.After burning, you will get a bootable USB installer for macOS. And you only need to wait for 5-10 minutes.

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DMG file is a compressed file format being used widely on Mac computer. Windows OS doesn't natively support DMG disk image files, so if you need to create a bootable USB drive from a DMG file, mostly for bootable Mac OS X or macOS installation USB, you need a special utility to help you complete the task.

There is also the possibility of converting the file into a format more suitable for Windows, which is the ISO file format for disk images. Considering the above, let's look at different ways to create a bootable drive from a DMG file on a Windows computer.

Part 1: Convert DMG to ISO and Make Bootable USB from ISO

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Since Windows doesn't offer native support for DMG files, you can first convert the file to ISO. Why? A lot of easier to find an app for making a bootable USB from ISO file. The easy way to do this is to use Command Prompt. Don't be intimidated by the non-GUI environment even if you don't have any experience. If you follow the steps below, you can convert any DMG file to ISO and then create a bootable USB using the converted file.

Step 1: Open Command Prompt by typing cmd in the Run windows and hitting Enter.

Step 2: In the command interface, go to the directory in which the DMG file is saved. You can do this by using the 'cd' command followed by the file path, then pressing Enter. For example, if your disk image is in D: and Command Prompt is currently in 'C:', then type 'd:' (no quotes) and press Enter. If it is in a subfolder, type 'cd subfolder', and so on.

Step 3: Use the following command to convert the DMG file to ISO:

hdiutil convert /path/sourceimagefile.dmg -format UDTO -o /path/targetmage.iso

Step 4: Once the ISO file has been created, you can use a burning tool to create the bootable USB drive. To do that, continue with this guide.

Cons:

File damged or broken after conversion.
Failed booting from burned USB disk.
May not work with the latest DMG file.
Complex and take more time.

Part 2: Create Mac OS X Bootable USB Installer from DMG

Androidphonesoft DMG Editor is a powerful software application for Windows that will allow you to manage the non-native DMG format even if you have no experience. The interface is uncluttered, and you can even use the tool to view files, extract them, edit the DMG and even copy it to a disk. The burn function has one of the highest success rates in the industry, which makes this an ideal utility for our purpose.

Created by the talented team of developers at Androidphonesoft, DMG Editor is currently the most intuitive Windows app for handling Apple's disk image format. Each of its functions have been tested on various Windows versions, with different types of DMG files and on different PC brands. This thorough testing means no wasted DVDs or corrupted files. As long as your DMG file is in good shape, you can directly create a bootable disk.

Step 1 Install DMG Editor

Download and install DMG Editor on your Windows PC.

Step 2 Plug in USB Drive

Launch the application and click on the 'Burn' section. You will also see other modules such as Edit, Extract.

Step 3 Load DMG File

Now import the DMG file by clicking the 'Browse' button and choose the USB drive name.

Step 4 Start Burning DMG to USB Drive

Click 'Burn' button at the bottom of window to start burning DMG file to USB drive. Once it get started, it displays a progress bar and you have to wait for the task to be finished. Usually, it takes 20 minutes depending on how large the file is.

In a few moments, your bootable USB flash drive will be ready for use. Since you haven't done any conversion, you can use this directly on a Mac for program installation, which you cannot do with the first method.

Part 3: Create Bootable USB from DMG in Windows Via PowerISO

Another well-known disk image utility is PowerISO. Apart from being ideal for burning ISO files, it can also burn a DMG file to USB to create a bootable drive. There are some settings that you have to keep in mind when burning with this software, but it's easy to get the hang of it once you do it a couple of times.

Step 1: Download PowerISO and install it in your Windows PC. Launch the app and insert a USB drive into a free USB slot in your computer.

Step 2: You can import the DMG file directly by clicking on ‘Burn' in the toolbar or going to Tools >Burn. In the Burn window, select the DMG file from the Source File section.

Step 3:Now review the settings to select the burn speed. The default will be the maximum your hardware can handle, so you can reduce that. You can also choose to finalize the disk and verify it. Finalizing means you can't save any more files on the drive, but it primarily applies to DVDs and CDs. Choosing ‘Verify' will prompt the software to execute an additional process after the burning is done. Any errors in the bootable USB will show up at that point.

Step 4: Now click on 'Burn' and wait for the progress bar to reach 100%. Your bootable USB is now ready.