Creating USB live media on OSX

Hi All,

I am trying to run endless on OSX hardware. Could you please guide live media creation on OSX?

Following files are downloaded to my device.

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Apple makes it hard to boot live media on their hardware; probably on purpose because they don’t want you running any operating system but macOS. However, there are a few ways to do this. We have not tested any of them, but if you get one to work then we should probably make a FAQ answer out of that!

  • The most well-known method is uNetbootin although I’ve heard that the USBs don’t actually boot on some Macs.
  • There are some suggestions in this post for booting a Ubuntu live USB on MacBook Pro which can probably be adapted to Endless OS.
  • This program Mac Linux USB Loader claims to automate the process, but it costs money. Compiling it yourself is free, though. I have not tried it so I make no guarantees.
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