These advanced steps are primarily for system administrators and others who are familiar with the command line. You don't need a bootable installer to upgrade macOS or reinstall macOS, but it can be useful when you want to install on multiple computers without downloading the installer each time.
My product won't feed paper. What should I do? How do I know which paper or media type to select in my product's driver? How should I load envelopes? Sometimes the paper doesn't eject all the way or is wrinkled. What should I do? Can I use hole-punched paper with my product? Heavy coated or thick paper does not load correctly or loads skewed. Stapling and Hole Punching Features. Open the Mac OS X Print window (File - Print). You may need to select 'Printer' and 'Show Options' to view all settings. From the Copies & Pages drop down, select Printer Features. Select the options you prefer: Hole Punching: Long Edge Punch without rotation (will give you 3 hole punching) and/or.
MyVolume
in these commands with the name of your volume.Big Sur:*
Catalina:*
Mojave:*
High Sierra:*
El Capitan:
* If your Mac is using macOS Sierra or earlier, include the --applicationpath
argument and installer path, similar to the way this is done in the command for El Capitan.
After typing the command:
Y
to confirm that you want to erase the volume, then press Return. Terminal shows the progress as the volume is erased.Determine whether you're using a Mac with Apple silicon, then follow the appropriate steps:
A bootable installer doesn't download macOS from the internet, but it does require an internet connection to get firmware and other information specific to the Mac model.
For information about the createinstallmedia
command and the arguments you can use with it, make sure that the macOS installer is in your Applications folder, then enter the appropriate path in Terminal: