How to create a bootable macOS Big Sur USB Install drive

A bootable USB installer makes fresh installs of macOS Big Sur easy.
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In this video tutorial, I show you how to create a bootable macOS 11 Big Sur USB installer drive. This drive is handy for facilitating clean installs and upgrades to macOS Big Sur. I show you how to create the installer, alter the necessary Secure Boot settings, and install macOS Big Sur on your Mac.

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0:00 Introduction
0:26 Create the USB installer drive
5:36 Alter Secure Boot settings for destination Mac
7:27 Boot from Big Sur USB installer drive
8:29 Create new APFS volume (optional)
9:22 Install macOS Big Sur

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15 Comments on How to create a bootable macOS Big Sur USB Install drive

  1. thank you thank you thank you for this, as I only like to use terminal to create a bootable macOS drive. I’ve been using your terminal method now for a few previous macOS installations in the past.

  2. I wish , i could run Windows 10 / Mac OS big Sur on Dell xps 15 9500 as Apple tax is way too high. It it possible to make same kind of a video Jeff ??

  3. How to switch between previous macos? Which is on main harddrive!
    Is this macos bigsur is running through the pendrive?

  4. I was following along until you got to the part about booting into recovery. What do you do to get out of recovery so you can boot from the drive you made?

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