Easier? Maybe? I have used the app many times and it has never failed. Matter of fact I retrieved the latest package from the app store when 10.15.2 was released and I just created a new USB installer with it using the app. And it shows up in startup. So I do not think the terminal would fare any better.

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On 12/19/2019 3:32 PM, Simon A Fogarty wrote:
Hi greg,

If the USb flash drive doesn't have a bootable package on it
Then no you wont see it in start up disks as there is nothing on the USB device 
to start up from.

If you have the bootable Catalina installer the full package then it would be 
easier by far to create the installation media from the terminal command line.

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Subject: Re: Problems trying to create bootable USB Drive

Hello,
Well I downloaded install disk creator and it does have a much better interface 
than disk maker X. When I used it, it appeared to have worked. However when I 
go into system preferences/startup disk the flash drive is not listed. No 
matter what I do I cannot get this to work. I have a new flash drive on order 
from amazon that comes tomorrow. Both of the ones I have are older ones. They 
are USB 2.0 and 16GB. The new one is USB 3.1 and is 32GB. Anything else I can 
try while waiting on the new flash drive? Also if I do a restart and hold 
option down is there a way for me to tell if it did use the USB drive to boot?

Thanks,
Greg Wocher


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   I would suggest this app, Install Disk Creator insteaa of DiskMaker X. I had 
trouble with that one so threw it out. Also, you need at least a 16gig stick.

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On 12/19/2019 7:16 AM, Greg Wocher wrote:
Hello all,
I have been trying for the last several days to create a bootable USB drive so 
I can do a clean install on my mac. I am using a 2015 MacBook air that I bought 
in 2016. It is running the latest version of Catalina. I am using a program 
called Disk Maker X to create the USB drive. I have used two different flash 
drives I own. After completing the process, neither flash drives are recognized 
as start up disks. I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Anyone have any advice 
on what I can try so I can get a bootable USB drive?
Thanks,
Greg Wocher

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