
Type or paste one of the commands below into Terminal, then press Return to enter the command. Open Terminal, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder.

But this step can be skipped if you intend to use the USB stick with only generic PC hardware. Download macOS Use Terminal to create the bootable installer Plug in the USB flash drive or other volume that you're using for the bootable installer. To ensure maximum compatibility with Apple hardware, we’re going to first blank and reformat the USB stick using Apple’s ‘Disk Utility’. An Apple computer or laptop running macOS.This is because Apple’s ‘Startup Manager’, summoned by holding the Option/alt (⌥) key when booting, won’t detect the USB stick without a specific partition table and layout.

There are a few additional considerations when booting the USB stick on Apple hardware. We’re going to cover the process in the next few steps.

With a bootable Ubuntu USB stick, you can:
