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How to create a USB Boot Stick for Legacy MacOX

Tools you will need:

  • USB Memory stick 32GB
  • Mac that can run 10.15 or below
  • Good Internet Speed

So this one is a little tricky as you need an old machine to setup the installer from. I would recommend a machine that has 10.15 Catalina or below as the Operating System anything more I think you will have an issue trying to download and run the installer. I did try it on a newish machine but when I downloaded the installer it timed out saying the OS would not be able to install. This is due to the machine being to young to run the old OS as the downloader thinks your trying to install say El Capitan to that machine which is why you need a old machine that can handle the old software. I have a old 2012 MacBook Pro which is fine to run the software and as it cannot run any OS higher that Catalina it works fine as the machine to run the terminal command to create the USB installer.

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How to make a Bootable External Hard drive for a Mac with multiple Operating Systems

This is a quick video on how to create a bootable hard drive and install 3 Operating Systems. For this video we are going to install 10.10 Yosemite, 10.11 El Capitan, 10.12 macOS Sierra. You must create a bootable USB of each of the Operating system before you reboot the machine to run the installer. Here is a link to the website to help you do this.
http://macuser.org.uk/2017/02/02/command-line-to-create-usb-os-stick/Once you have created your USB Bootable OSX drive reboot the machine you will use to install the OS to the external drive. YOU MUST PRESS THE ALT KEY ON THE REBOOT. This will open up the bootable options for the machine. Select the USB bootable installer you created and run through the installer selecting the Ext hard drive for that OSX as seen in the early part of this video i.e Yosemite 1010. Once the OSX is installed create use for the new OSX you just installed on that drive and run the updates. Repeat the process for all other OSX you want to install.
Remember only certain machines will boot certain OSX systems. In short anything under 2010 will not install macOS Sierra (there are a few exceptions)
Here is the video on how to create a USB installer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOjyy5L23R0&feature=youtu.be

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Magic Mouse 2 and Magic keyboard

The Magic Keyboard and Magic Mouse 2 have been out since Oct 2015 replacing the similar designed mouse and a more flatter triangle shaped design keyboard with a rechargeable battery instead of the AA batteries. In theory gone now are the days of having a issue with a keyboard or mouse losing connection to the mac. Now you just plug in the lighting cable and away you go, well the keyboard anyhow, the mouse is a bit difficult to work with while its plugged in for regarding. Continue reading “Magic Mouse 2 and Magic keyboard”

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Laptop or Desktop

If you are looking to buy a new Mac and and wondering wether to go for a laptop or desktop there are few questions which you need to ask to help you decide which one.

 

 

Do you work solely from a desk/ office or do you require a mac that is mobile.  The second question is performance.  If your not that bothered about performance then a laptop might be the better option, giving your the flexibly of working from a desk or not.   The final question would be your budget?  If you are on a budget and your concerned about performance then you might want to consider a desktop machine.

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Add WPS Printer to Airport Extreme

Adding a Wi-Fi printer to a network using the WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup Method) feature on your Broadband Router is, well straightforward.  Press the button on the WPS on the router and then press the Wi Fi button on the Printer.   The machines talk to each other and less than a minute the printer is now on the network.
The Question I have is how do you do that if your Router is a Airport Extreme, there is no fancy button for WPS on the Apple Device what do you do.  The process is rather simple but before we go into that I would have to ask one question.

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Command Line to Create USB OSX Stick

As many people are aware creating a USB installer for OSX is ideal for any IT Engineer.  I have spent many hours searching for the terminal command to create a USB Bootable memory stick.

To simplify I am assuming you know what terminal is,you have a USB stick (8GB or more), have formatted it to untiled in disk utility and finally downloaded the latest version of the Mac OS you want an installer for.  All you need is the terminal command to run the installer to create the USB Installer.

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