Drag your macOS Monterey installer app to the terminal windowĤ. Open up the Terminal.app from /Applications/Utilitiesģ. Step 5 Install macOS Monterey to your USB Drive IMPORTANT NOTE: The name can be anything but be sure to use Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format & GUID Partition Map. Use Mac OS Extended Journaled format & GUID Partition MapĬlick the Erase button to erase your USB Flash drive. Notice that the file is coming directly from ĭisk Utility – Erase your USB Flash Drive for macOS 12 installer. This what the link looks like if you right click on it. NOTE: this package is just a link to Apple’s own software update server. You will now see InstallAssistant.pkg in your Downloads folder.Īll this Apple package installer will do is just move the “Install macOS Monterey app” into your Applications folder.

Step 2 – How to create macOS Monterey USB InstallerĬreating the Monterey USB Installer If you downloaded macOS Monterey from System Preferences, skip to step 4.

You can watch my quick video below that shows you how to download the full macOS Monterey Installer. You can go head over to my macOS Monterey Full Installer Database to grab the InstallAssistant.pkg file from the link below. You can also download macOS Monterey Directly from Apple’s servers. MacOS Monterey downloaded to your Applications folder.

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