macOStoUSB – Free app to create bootable macOS USB installers (Intel + Apple Silicon)

[worksdem]

Hi everyone,
I wanted to share a new app I built: macOStoUSB.

It helps you create bootable macOS USB installers with a simple guided workflow, using official Apple downloads.

What it does

• Download macOS installers (official Apple sources)
• Create bootable USB drives in a few steps
• Works on Intel and Apple Silicon Macs
• Resume support if a download is interrupted (when possible)
  

Why I made it
I wanted a cleaner, faster alternative to the usual manual process, especially for recovery, reinstalls, and preparing USB media for other Macs.

Pricing

• Free
• No account required
  

If you want to try it, here’s the site:
https://macostousb.com/

I’d really appreciate feedback from the MacRumors community (bugs, UX suggestions, feature ideas, anything). Thanks!

 

[chrfr]

This seems a lot like https://github.com/ninxsoft/Mist

What might the advantages of this product be over Mist?

 

[worksdem]

Great question — yes, there is overlap, and Mist is an excellent tool (especially for Mac admins).

Mist is very strong at listing/downloading macOS installers and generating multiple outputs (.app, .dmg, .iso, .pkg, IPSW, beta catalogs, exports, CLI workflow).

macOStoUSB is focused on a different use case: a guided “USB-first” flow for non-expert users:

• pick macOS version
• pick USB drive
• download + format + create bootable media
• verify boot markers
• resume interrupted downloads

So if you want flexibility and admin-level options, Mist is hard to beat.
If you want the shortest path to “I need a bootable USB now”, macOStoUSB is designed for that

 

[Rico Muerte]

I assume this is only for making Mac OS bootable drives?
I want to make a Linux bootable drive...

 

[worksdem]

Exactly, it lets you create bootable drives for macOS, but not for Linux.