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Well, this is relatively easy, thanks to the good work of the Acidanthera team with macrecovery
Warning
Avoid images distributed on the internet. This process will not use a full macOS image, but rather a recovery image. It will download everything from Apple's servers that will be used to install macOS on your PC/Notebook.
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USB flash drive or external SSD with at least 2GB of available space
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EFI compatible with your hardware
Warning
Make sure your EFI is configured correctly to allow internet access this is a requirement, as the recovery will download macOS in real time from Apple's servers
- Obviously, internet access
- Download the macrecovery folder
- Windows or Linux
- Python 3 installed on the machine
- Step 1
- On Windows
- On Linux
- Step 2
- On Windows
- On Linux
- Thanks
- License
- when installing on Windows check
Add Python to PATH
- Checking the installation:
- On Windows, open a prompt or terminal and run the command below
python --version
- If it returns something like
python 3.x.x, the installation was successful and we can go to step 2
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On Linux, Ubuntu for example, usually comes with Python installed, so check first if you have it installed.
- Checking the installation:
- On Linux open a terminal and run the command below
- Checking the installation:
python --version
python3 --version
- If it returns something like
python 3.x.x, the python is already installed, we can go to step 2
- Otherwise, for Debian and derivatives, in the terminal run the command below
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
- Enter the user password to update the packages and update the system, once the process is complete, run the command below
sudo apt install python3 -y
- Enter the user password for installation, after completion close the terminal and open it again. Finally verify the installation by running the command below again
python --version
python3 --version
- If it returns something like
python 3.x.x, the python is already installed, we can go to step 2
- Download macrecovery
- Format the USB flash drive in FAT32
- Open the previously downloaded macrecovery folder
- Open the
recovery_urls.txtfile
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As highlighted in the title above, the section in red downloads the macOS Ventura recovery and just copies it. The same goes for other versions.
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Open a terminal in the macrecovery folder and type
python, press space and paste the copied url. Press Enter and wait
- This screen shows the download completed successfully.
- Go back to the macrecovery folder and notice that we now have the
com.apple.recovery.bootfolder. Copy the folder to the previously formatted pendrive
- Now copy your
EFIto the pendrive as well- The folder and file structure should look like the screens below
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Files that make up the
com.apple.recovery.bootfolder
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Files that make up the
EFIfolder
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Files that make up the
ocfolder
- 🎉 Finally we have a pendrive ready to install the macOS chosen in
recovery_urls.txt
- Download macrecovery
- Format the USB flash drive in FAT32
- Open the previously downloaded macrecovery folder
- Open the
recovery_urls.txtfile
-
As highlighted in the title above, the section in red downloads the macOS Ventura recovery and just copies it. The same goes for other versions.
-
Open a terminal in the macrecovery folder and type
python3, press space and paste the copied url. Press Enter and wait
- This screen shows the download completed successfully.
- Go back to the macrecovery folder and notice that we now have the
com.apple.recovery.bootfolder. Copy the folder to the previously formatted pendrive
- Now copy your
EFIto the pendrive as well- The folder and file structure should look like the screens below
-
Files that make up the
com.apple.recovery.bootfolder
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Files that make up the
EFIfolder
-
Files that make up the
ocfolder
- 🎉 Finally we have a pendrive ready to install the macOS chosen in
recovery_urls.txt
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