can i install also a cracked windows 7 on a flash drive using the bootcamp? and please tell me how, thanks in advance dionipher On 23 Jun 2014, at 02:15 pm, Christopher Hallsworth <christopher...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This guide I have written myself so hope you like it. It is below. > > Installing Mac OS X from a USB flash drive > > This guide will show you how to create a bootable USB flash drive to install > Mac OS X. Here are the prerequisites. > A USB flash drive that's at least 8 GB in size. The installer and other files > take up at least this space. > A program called DiskMakerX previously known as Lion Disk Maker available from > http://liondiskmaker.com/ > The latest version of a supported operating system (Lion, Mountain Lion or > Mavericks) available from the Mac App Store. > > Instructions > 1. Download the above two apps listed in the prerequisites. > Important! > After downloading the latest supported operating system from the Mac App > Store the installer opens automatically. Do not proceed since the file will > be erased upon the reboot. Instead, press command-q at the first screen of > the installer where the continue button has the keyboard focus. > 2. Open the DiskMakerX disk image in the finder. It should then appear in the > image browser. You can accomplish this by highlighting the dmg file with just > arrow keys and press command-o for open. > 3. For reasons of better accessibility I then switch to list view with > command-2. Copy the only .app file in there and paste into your applications > folder. This is accomplished with command-c for copy, command-shift-a to open > the Applications folder and command-v to paste. Once copied close all Finder > windows with command-w so you're at the desktop and eject the disk image by > first highlighting it with just arrow keys and press command-e for eject. > 5. Connect the USB flash drive to your mac before beginning the next step. > 6. Open the DiskMakerX which should now be located in your applications > folder. > 7. When prompted that Safari has downloaded this application from the web > vo-arrow to the open button and press vo-space to activate. With QuickNav > enabled with left-right arrows together you can simply navigate to the open > button with left or right arrow keys then press up-down arrows together to > activate. > Note > By VO throughout this guide I am talking about the VoiceOver keys which are > control-option. > 8. Follow the instructions on the screen. For example when choosing the > operating system click either Lion, Mountain Lion or Mavericks button. > 9. When it comes to the USB flash drive part choose to have it create as an 8 > GB flash drive. You will be warned that all data will be erased so make sure > your flash drive is backed up somewhere. > Note > If you have previously made a bootable USB flash drive you can update the > volume here by clicking the appropriate button. > Tip > Since the application uses appropriate options as default buttons in most > cases, pressing return will be enough to move on to the next screen. > 10. The preparation and copying will eventually begin. Do not worry about any > busy busy busy messages or that the app has no windows. It is just doing its > work behind the scenes. Please enter any credentials when prompted. VoiceOver > makes a clicking type sound when in password text fields. > 11. When all finished, you are invited to either open Start-up Disk > preferences so you can quickly change to the newly created or updated > bootable USB flash drive and test your creations. You are also invited to > make a donation to the developers which is in fact the default button so > pressing return will open your browser allowing you to make such a donation. > Finally there is a quit button which does what it says; quit the application. > Let's then click the open Start-up Disk Preferences button. > 12. Interact with the possible start-up disks scroll area, choose your > bootable USB Flash Drive by selecting the appropriate radio buttons, stop > interacting with the scroll area and click restart button. To interact and > stop interact with VoiceOver do one of the following: > A. Press vo-shift-down arrow to interact; vo-shift-up arrow to stop > interacting. > B. Press down-right arrows to interact; down-left arrows to stop interacting. > This is assuming QuickNav is enabled with left-right arrows. > 13. Click restart button again to confirm you want to restart the computer. > 14. Your USB flash drive should now boot up and eventually display the Mac OS > X Utilities with the applications table having keyboard focus. How long it > takes depends on your USB flash drive. On my Verbatim 64 GB USB flash drive > it takes about thirty seconds. > 15. To enable the whole operation to talk and output to Braille if you have > such facilities requires starting VoiceOver. To do this press command-F5. You > may hear a different voice than what you're used to. This is because in > effect a temporary copy of VoiceOver used for installation and other purposes > is running and so the voice is set to Fred which runs on even older hardware. > If using Braille only USB refreshable Braille displays will be supported at > this time. > 16. To manage your disks including partitioning, select Disk Utility and > click continue button. > Important! > Should you wish to repartition your disk, please be aware all data previously > stored on the disk will be erased. Make sure you have a disk backup somewhere. > 17. Let's for example structure the disk so you have one big partition. To do > this: > a. Interact with the disks table and choose the topmost column which is your > entire disk and not just your start-up partition. > b. Stop interacting with the disks table, click the partition tab to select > it, choose 1 from the partition layout pop-up button and click apply button. > Interacting with a pop-up button involves activating the item with either > vo-space (up-down arrows if QuickNav is enabled), space or return. > Note > The current option allows you to manage the partitions on the disk without > losing data. > 18. Confirm you wish to layout the partition this way by clicking the > partition button. It will then go away and do its thing. This should take a > matter of seconds. You will even see it format the disk with the appropriate > file system and disk label which you can also choose before applying the new > layout. > 19. When all finished quit Disk Utility with command-q and return to the OS X > Utilities screen. > 20. Now it's time to install Mac OS X from the bootable USB flash drive. So > interact with the applications table, choose Install Mac OS X, stop > interacting with the applications table and click continue button. > 21. It is now a matter of just following the on screen instructions. > Note > At the final step of the installer before it does its work, VoiceOver appears > to lose focus. You will know this as attempting to navigate will only result > in a ding. To get around this press VO-F2-F2 to open the Window Chooser menu, > down arrow to the Installer and press return. You should now be able to > select the disk you wish to install OS X on and click the install button. > Important! > At the preparing to install screen, when it says about a second remaining and > it's at 99.9% the installer appears to hang. Do not panic and certainly do > not do a thing. Just walk away, grab your favourite refreshments and before > you know it the mac will suddenly boot to the installer now stored on the > hard disk. > I hope you find this guide to be of use. Any comments good or bad will be > very welcome. Thank you and happy reading! > > -- > Christopher Hallsworth > Student at the Hadley School for the Blind > www.hadley.edu > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. 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