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ssdaytona

macrumors regular
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Apr 20, 2011
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I tried the terminal command but it doesn't seem to be able to format my usb stick for APFS


sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sonoma.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled
 

chrfr

macrumors G5
Jul 11, 2009
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I tried the terminal command but it doesn't seem to be able to format my usb stick for APFS


sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sonoma.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled
You need to start with an HFS+ disk, same as with the older installers.
 

ssdaytona

macrumors regular
Original poster
Apr 20, 2011
136
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well, I just had to do a reboot and ran the above terminal command and it works. dunno what happened
 

J273

macrumors regular
Nov 3, 2007
249
3
Ive just tried to create one with the above command and it comes back with 'command not found'

Any ideas what im doing wrong?

Thanks
 

gank41

macrumors 601
Mar 25, 2008
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I tried the terminal command but it doesn't seem to be able to format my usb stick for APFS


sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sonoma.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled
Downloading the following .pkg File-
https://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/26/09/042-58988-A_114Q05ZS90/yudaal746aeavnzu5qdhk26uhlphm3r79u/InstallAssistant.pkg

And then running the following Terminal Command after "installing" the above downloaded .pkg File-
Code:
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sonoma.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume

I've done this twice on two different Macs since yesterday's release.
 
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