How to clean install mac os x yosemite install#

How to clean install mac os x yosemite install#

(The Terminal command used here assumes the drive is named Untitled.) Also, make sure the Yosemite installer, called Install OS X Yosemite.app, is in its default location in your main Applications folder (/Applications).

Connect to your Mac a properly formatted 8GB (or larger) drive, and rename the drive Untitled.

Using the createinstallmedia command in Terminal Here are the required steps: (Follow this tutorial to properly format the drive.) Your OS X user account must also have administrator privileges. That drive must also be formatted with a GUID Partition Table. Whichever method you use, you need a Mac-formatted drive (a hard drive, solid-state drive, thumb drive, or USB stick) thatвЂ™s big enough to hold the installer and all its data-I recommend at least an 8GB flash drive.

The Disk Utility-via-Terminal approach is for the shell junkies out there. The Disk Utility method is the way to go for people who are more comfortable in the Finder (though it does require a couple Terminal commands), and it works under Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks, and Yosemite. (Note that the createinstallmedia tool doesnвЂ™t work under OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard-it requires OS X 10.7 Lion or later.) The createinstallmedia method is the easiest if youвЂ™re at all comfortable using Terminal, itвЂ™s the approach that I recommend you try first.

IвЂ™ve come up with three ways you can create a bootable OS X install drive for the Yosemite: using the installerвЂ™s built-in createinstallmedia tool using Disk Utility or performing the Disk Utility procedure using Terminal. Create the Yosemite install drive: The options