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How can I use Windows to create an OS X El Capitan or macOS Sierra USB flash drive installer from the disk image (.dmg) file downloaded from Apple?

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There are many posts on the Internet where instructions are given for creating OS X USB installers by using the TransMac and other such applications on a Windows machine. Many of these posts assume one is starting with a disk image (.dmg) file made from an existing OS X USB flash drive installer. An InstallMacOSX.dmg file for OS X El Capitan , can be downloaded from the Apple website How to download macOS . While this file can be restored to a flash drive, the result is not a working OS X El Capitan USB installer. The same is true for the macOS Sierra file InstallOS.dmg file, which can be downloaded from the same Apple website. How can I use Windows to create an OS X El Capitan or macOS Sierra USB flash drive installer from a .dmg file, which can be downloaded from Apple?
Asked by David Anderson (42621 rep)
Sep 24, 2022, 09:17 PM
Last activity: Aug 29, 2023, 08:02 AM