A bootable Mac OS X thumb drive comes in handy when you need to troubleshoot OS issues for yourself, your family, or your friends. It’s also extremely useful for keeping your basic setup ...

Your new Mac doesn't include an installation media. With the help of a GUI, Jack Wallen shows you how to create a handy flash drive for macOS.

I'm still using Mac OS X 10.6.8 but will probably update to OS Lion soon. Can someone detail the best way to prepare a USB boot/recovery drive? I've read that you can download it from the Mac App ...

Step 9: Click Make Bootable next to your USB flash drive. Be sure to select the correct drive, because the entire contents of the selected drive will be erased.

In last month's column, I described the hurdles that Mac OS X puts in your way when you try to create a bootable disc, especially a custom bootable CD, DVD or flash drive. I offered various ...

How do I create a snow leopard usb boot or dvd disk while running Sonoma on a Mac Studio Pro? I want to install Snow Leopard on an old Macpro 5,1 but I don’t have a boot disk or sub stick.

This post shows you the procedure to create a Windows 11/10 Bootable USB on macOS, for your Windows PC using Boot Camp Assistant utility.

How to Boot a MacBook Air From a USB External Drive. While it's lightweight and has all the bells and whistles of the other models, the MacBook Air does have limitations.

Trying to get started with VMware's virtualization app but lack an optical drive on your Apple computer? Here's how to transform the ISO into a bootable flash drive for installing the hypervisor.

Just connect your flash drive to your Mac and follow these steps to create a bootable Windows 11 disk with WinDiskWriter.

To create a bootable optical disc (or, similarly, a bootable Zip or floppy disk) was a bit more involved, but not by much. So how does all of this compare to the situation with Mac OS X today?