Make the bootable usb for 10.13 beta 2

[tywebb13]

Make the bootable usb installer for 10.13 beta 2:

The installer name has changed for beta 2 and so the command for making the bootable usb has changed too.

So now for beta 2, format an 8 GB (or preferably 16GB) USB3 drive which should be called Untitled and formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled). The installer should be called Install macOS High Sierra Beta.app and should be in your Applications folder.

Run this in terminal and wait about 20 minutes:

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra\ Beta.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra\ Beta.app --nointeraction

 

[grahamperrin]

Thanks.

It's also possible to produce an .iso – useful if aiming to test in a VirtualBox environment.

 

[xflashx]

Wait, does that mean that if you redownload HS from the App Store, you now get beta 2 instead of beta 1? That would be awesome, in previous betas you always got beta 1 and had to install the latest beta update.

 

[tywebb13]

Wait, does that mean that if you redownload HS from the App Store, you now get beta 2 instead of beta 1? That would be awesome, in previous betas you always got beta 1 and had to install the latest beta update.

Well this time beta 2 comes as a delta update and a full installer.

The delta update is quicker to download and install because it is smaller.

But the full installer can be used to make a bootable usb.

 

[lemimouth]

What is different with the command ? it's the same application (createinstallmedia) with same arguments (volume and applicationpath) as before, or did I miss something ?

 

[tywebb13]

What is different with the command ? it's the same application (createinstallmedia) with same arguments (volume and applicationpath) as before, or did I miss something ?

As I said before it is the name of the installer which has changed.

So use

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ 10.13\ Beta.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ 10.13\ Beta.app --nointeraction

for beta 1

and

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra\ Beta.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra\ Beta.app --nointeraction

for beta 2.

 

[lemimouth]

This is expected with each new version, right ?

 

[tywebb13]

This is expected with each new version, right ?

Well each time the installer name changes, you have to change the command accordingly or else it won't work.

 

[lemimouth]

That's exactly what I pointed out. The command is exactly the same since a few versions back, except of course the path of the installer

 

[lemimouth]

Anyway thanks for pointing this out. I just thought that if someone want to install a beta in early stage, he should be able to correct the command line by himself