Sep 14, 2015 does your mac shut down automatically upon connecting the disk. Macbook air refuses to boot from cd or usb macrumors forums. Starting in 2018 the macbook pro includes a secure boot chip that prevents your macbook from booting windows, linux, bsd, gentoo, fedora, atlas supervisor. If you do not have an optical drive for reading dvds or blurays in your pc but have a bootable usb drive, you may be interested. I simply plugged in a fat32 usb with the os and pressed option as soon as i turned the mac on, it gave me an option to boot from the hd or the efi with a usb graphic and so i chose efi and all went well. Ausfuhrlicher test des apple macbook air 11 inch 201010 intel core 2 duo su9400, nvidia geforce 320m, 11. After the usb flash drive is inserted into the usb port, press the power button for your machine or restart if the computer is running. Cddvd drives are disappearing from computers, leaving usb storage as the only option when reinstalling an operating system.
If you dont have a bootable dvdrom preferably a mac os x snow leopard install dvdrom call apple or your apple dealer to arrange for a replacement. Mac osx komplett neu installieren uber usbstick youtube. In order to boot your mac from a disk in the cd dvd drive, youll first want to insert disk into the drive, then. Cddvd drives are disappearing from computers, leaving usb storage as the only option when.
Sep 30, 2011 i have a massive problem with a new macbook air. Repartioning via gparted and intalling mint as we speak. In order to boot your mac from a disk in the cd dvd drive, youll first want to insert disk into the drive, then you can either shut down the mac, or reboot the mac. This isnt so much a hint as much as a discovery, but it could be useful to someone. The c key forces the mac to start up from a bootable cdrom, if one is present, which is useful if something goes wrong with your startup hard disk. Does your mac shut down automatically upon connecting the disk. Apr 24, 2019 booting from a usb or cddvd drive can be tricky depending on your computers bios uefi setup. Hallo, ich wollte gern wissen ob man einen macbook mit einer cd oder einem usb stick booten kann.
The name will be untitled by default, you are free to change it as per your liking. Booting linux from usb drive on a recent macbook air e. I didnt try to boot linux efi from usb but i think it would be the same fail. Today, most pcs can boot from usb so its just easier to update and more convenient to install windows from a usb flash drive. Plug the usb drive into one of the macbook airs usb ports. Bootable optical media cd or dvd on macs equipped with apples super drive or a usb thumb drive formatted with a guid partition type and containing an os x installer or a usable operating system. Apple states that a macbook air contains a preventive measure which prompts the computer to shut down automatically if the connected usb storage device has issue or if the usb port on the macbook air itself is damaged. Verwendest du boot camp, um aus microsoft windows zu starten. We clearly mentioned our terms below so please read. All the other surface books we ordered would load the usb drive fine. The mouse button causes the mac to eject floppy disks and most other forms of removable media, though not cdroms. Apfelwerk tastenkombinationen beim startvorgang des mac.
This option on boot trick works for quite literally any boot volume, whether its an external usb drive of any sort, a thunderbolt hard drive, boot dvd, cd, the recovery partition, even in dualboot environments with other versions of os x, or a linux or a windows partition with boot camp, if its bootable and connected to the mac it will be visible at this boot manager. The bootable mac os x snow leopard install dvdrom is important if your mac ever refuses to boot like normal. Netbooting macbook air with usb andor thunderbolt ethernet. How to boot a macbook air from a usb external drive. For the most recent version of this guide visit my new blog. Aussel premium 7 ports usb hub expansion high speed usb 2. Mar 12, 2020 connect the usb flash drive or other volume that youre using for the bootable installer. Ive spent a while figuring out how to boot linux on my macbook air 3. Macbook pro mit bootfahigen usbstick neu installieren macos high sierra. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. The process is basically the same on linux and mac host systems. The computer will now restart and boot from the selected usb drive. Confirm the bios boot sequence lists the usb drive first, or make that change as needed.
Creating a bootable usb stick is very simple, especially if youre going to use the usb. The process is fairly painless and, if you have a bit of time and patience you. Hallo leute, in diesem video zeige ich euch wie ihr euren mac komplett neu aufsetzen konnt mithilfe eines usbsticks. This hint talks about getting a powerpc mac to start from a usb 2. Boot a linux live system from a usb drive on a mac running os x lion update an ocz ssds firmware on a mac running os x lion. Well, the usb drive is fat32 with the windows 7 original. Download the mac os x lion installer from the app store. It already came with lion but i intended to install snow leopard, so performed a hard disk erase then proceeded to boot from a mac software usb drive but when holding down c it kept hanging at the apple logo screen, no spinning wheel.
If you want to install an operating system from the usb drive, youll need to add a hard disk later from within the virtual machines settings window. Im trying to install windows 8 from usb on my macbook 1. Intel macs are tempting, but the power mac 7100 will be not one more iota obsolete tomorrow than it is today. The only way to get snow leopard working on the new model is to run a copy. Connect the usb flash drive or other volume that youre using for the bootable installer. This key doesnt work with some older macs or clones that didnt use apple cd. Boot macbook pro 2010 15 from usb for bootcamp possible.
How to boot your mac from a usb bootable device youtube. The old mac blues, tamara keel, digital fossils, 2008. Make sure that it has at least 12gb of available storage and is formatted as mac os extended. Jul 04, 2017 if you want to install an operating system from the usb drive, youll need to add a hard disk later from within the virtual machines settings window. Apple states that a macbook air contains a preventive measure which.
Netbooting macbook air with usb andor thunderbolt ethernet adapters quite some time ago, i was able to get the macbook air to netboot using apples usb to ethernet adapter. Tastenkombinationen beim startvorgang des mac apple support. To deploy the one i had to go into advance startup and choose usb device for recovery that was the only way i could get that one unit to boot to usb. Be sure the disc to boot from is actually bootable, most system restore and installation discs are. Apple advises against booting from external storage containing a version of mac os x earlier than the one your mac shipped with. To boot ubuntu from usb media, the process is very similar to the windows instructions above. Im going to take you through a quick run through on how to boot. Open terminal, which is in the utilities folder of your applications folder. Type or paste one of the following commands in terminal. Thanks it turns out it was just the 1 surface book i was working on would not boot to usb to allow be to deploy and image it. If your keyboard isnt working as well as it once did, blasting under the keys with compressed air may be the cure.
To use any of these key combinations, press and hold the keys immediately after pressing the power button to turn on your mac, or after your mac begins to restart. How to start up your mac from a bootable cddvd, usb thumb drive. I havent done one in a while though because we dont have too many of them, but figured id share. How to boot a mac from usb drive with pictures wikihow. Test out the ubuntu desktop experience without touching your pc configuration. Be sure the usb drive is the first disk in the list. Mac startup key combinations learn about the mac features and tools that you can access by holding down one or more keys during startup.
Booting from a usb or cddvd drive can be tricky depending on your computers bios uefi setup. How to boot a mac from an external drive or alternate startup. How to start up your mac from a bootable cddvd, usb thumb. The os on my mac recently stopped working and in order to fix the issue i needed to use a bootable usb drive to reinstall the os. Jun 22, 20 this option on boot trick works for quite literally any boot volume, whether its an external usb drive of any sort, a thunderbolt hard drive, boot dvd, cd, the recovery partition, even in dualboot environments with other versions of os x, or a linux or a windows partition with boot camp, if its bootable and connected to the mac it will be visible at this boot manager. Aug 20, 2017 hallo leute, in diesem video zeige ich euch wie ihr euren mac komplett neu aufsetzen konnt mithilfe eines usbsticks. That optical drive is broken though and is useless. Diesen mussen wir zunachst entsprechend formatieren, damit ihr spater erfolgreich davon booten konnt. Dec 22, 2017 starting problems with imac or macbook. Cddvd drives are disappearing from computers, leaving usb storage as the only option when reinstalling an operating. How to create a bootable installer for macos apple support.