So I get asked this a lot and on my day to day setup of any Apple silicon mahcine this is one of the first things I do in setting up a new build of macOS. All you need to do is open up Terminal paste in this command
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Tools you will need:
- USB Memory stick 32GB
- Mac that can download Sequoia
- Good Internet Speed
Download Sequoia from the app store. Once downloads plug in the USB stick change the name to MyVolume. Check the Installer has download by checking the Applications folder then use this terminal command to run in terminal to create the boot stick.
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Tools you will need:
- USB Memory stick 32GB
- Mac that can download Sequoia
- Good Internet Speed
Download Sequoia from the app store. Once downloads plug in the USB stick change the name to MyVolume. Check the Installer has download by checking the Applications folder then use this terminal command to run in terminal to create the boot stick.
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A Quick and simple video on how to create a 10.13.6 USB memory stick installer on you Mac.
This link may help you with the terminal command:
OSX Installer on a USB External Hard Drive
In this video we see how to create multiple OSX installers for different Operating Systems onto 1 USB external Hard drive using either Terminal or a program called Disk Maker X.
How to edit a user on a Mac
A Quick video on how to edit a user on a Mac once it has been created.
How to reduce the size of a PDF using preview on a Mac
Here is a quick video on how to use preview on a mac in reducing a PDF to a size that would be manageable for any email client. Also show the option of using a downloadable filter to use in preview for different PDF size conversions.
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How to share a screen on a Mac
In this video we show how easy it is to share your Mac screen so you can remote into it from another Mac on the same network using screen share.
How to Clone a hard drive using Super Duper
Much like my video n Carbon Copy Cloner this is a similar video on how to clone a hard drive boot OS to another drive using a software called Super Duper. The advantage with this one is you don’t have a limited time i.e 30 days trial period. You can buy the full version but if you just want to use a software which clones a drive then Super Duper is a good option.
Super duper website:
https://superduper.en.softonic.com/mac
Formatting issues with USB Drives and a work around on a Mac
This is a quick video to help you with a work around if you encounter the dreaded ! mark in red when you try and format a USB pen stick. Here we see two different operating systems running the two different versions of disk utilities feature for this task. First we will see the option on macOS Sierra then we go to Yosemite to finish of who to resolve the issue with a USB drive not erasing or formatting correctly in disk utilities on a mac.