

Note: We recommend to move the Install macOS.app into the /Applications folder, as we'll be executing commands from there.Mount it and you'll find the installer application. Once finished, you'll find in your ~/macOS-Installer/ folder a DMG containing the macOS Installer, called Install_macOS_11.1-20C69.dmg for example. This is going to take a while as we're downloading the entire 8GB+ macOS installer, so it's highly recommended to read the rest of the guide while you wait. If you need a particular versions of macOS, you can select it by typing the number next to it. Mkdir -p ~/macOS-installer & cd ~/macOS-installer & curl > installinstallmacos.py & sudo python installinstallmacos.pyĪs you can see, we get a nice list of macOS installers. Open a terminal window then copy and paste the below command:


macOS 12 and above note: As recent macOS versions introduce changes to the USB stack, it is highly advisable that you map your USB ports (with USBToolBox) before installing macOS.This method allows you to download macOS 10.13 and newer, for 10.12 and older see Downloading macOS: Legacy OS. For everyone else, you can either download macOS from the App Store or with Munki's script.
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You can skip this and head to formatting the USB if you're just making a bootable OpenCore stick and not an installer. To start we'll want to grab ourselves a copy of macOS. While you don't need a fresh install of macOS to use OpenCore, some users prefer having a fresh slate with their boot manager upgrades.
