Mac OS X Lion USB Stick Requirements

I'm trying to install Windows Server 2008, free as I'm a student, and the ISO (or .img) are not recognised by Boot Camp Assistant.
It's saying this:
"You need a USB Flash Drive and a Windows 7 iso image"
It doesn't recognise the ISO or a my flash drive. It also doesn't recognise the Windows 7 iso I have.

New article posted - FAQ for Boot Camp Lion 4.0
2. What is new in Boot Camp 4.0 for OS X Lion?
Support for the Windows 7 ISO installer
Install Windows with an installation disc you provide or—on some Mac computers—with a USB flash drive that contains a Windows 7 ISO image downloaded from Microsoft. The Boot Camp Assistant helps you burn the image to the flash drive.
Boot Camp 4.0, OS X Lion: Frequently asked questions

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How to create a Mac OS X Lion USB thumb drive installation bootable drive on a brand new Macbook???

Hi,
As Apple have decided not to give with new laptops USB thumb drives for installation of OS X Lion (as they did with Snow Leopard), since people on the go might not have access to high speed internet when the system crashes, plenty of tutorials have surfaced about "How to Make a Bootable Mac OS X Lion USB Install Key"
Such as
http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=16149
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2389178,00.asp
These all assume you have upgraded to Lion from Snow Leopard thus purchasing the Lion on the App Store.
Any ideas what people who have purchased brand new Mabooks do? As the system comes preloaded with the OS X Lion and it's not considered purchased on the App store.
I think Apple's new policy to charge customers $69 for this thumb drive is wrong and outrageous since the price of the laptop includes a license for the OS!
Thanks,
Guy.

Saifan Pilot wrote:
Any ideas what people who have purchased brand new Mabooks do? As the system comes preloaded with the OS X Lion and it's not considered purchased on the App store.
Recovery Partition http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718
For those Macs shipped with 10.7
Lion Recovery Disk Assistant
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1433

Hello i formatted my usb stick in the tv (samsung) now my mac dosent recognize my usb stick please help me :(

hello everybody
reacently i formatted my usb stick on the tv (samsung) now my mac dosent recognize my usb stick i tried to find the software but it allways says this version of mac 10.9.2 dosent need a software foe usb sticks plz help me

Don't do that
Format it in your Mac in disk utility for Mac OSX extended journaled
Not in your TV set

Fresh Lion on MBA 4,2. Won't boot from Lion USB Stick

Hi all quick question,
I got a new MBA 4,2 just the other day. Long story short, I was doing a triple boot with linux and mac and messed it up, reverted and did a fresh Lion install. I'm tooling around with some other stuff and noticed that I can't boot to a USB stick that has the Lion installer on it, it won't boot to a DVD either. It'll boot to other installers but not Lion.
The interesting thing is that I use this exact same USB stick on my girlfriends computer and it'll boot to that installer just fine.
So I'm kinda freaking out thinking I messed something up on this computer that I can't fix. My latest Lion install is from a Lion Internet Restore.
When I try and boot to the USB stick I get a circle / slash icon and can't go any further.
Any ideas?

See this thread.
I don't think reposting a topic is permitted here.
I'm guessing that the Internet Recovery didn't work after all?
Or did it work, but you have no backup?
The best solution is to do a bootable Carbon Copy Clone of your fresh install. It's the only surefire means of a safe and easy restore on a Mid 2011 MBA. Just my opinion.

Apple/Mac/MBP install from USB stick.

Hi,
I am having trouble starting the installation process from a USB stick on a MBP (8,1). I followed the instructions at
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pu … n_Mac_OS_X
to prepare the USB stick, but am unable to convince the MBP to boot from it. I have tried both using the "Startup Disk" pane of Mac OS X's System Preferences, as well as restarting and holding down the "option" key; I just get the option to boot from the internal hard drive.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!

katelman wrote:https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pu … n_Mac_OS_X
If I'm not mistaken, the USB drive has to be formatted a certain way for a Mac to boot it.
I couldn't get it to work either, but I'm trying (right now, even), to see of another method will work. I'll get back to you if I have anything noteworthy.
EDIT: Yeah, I'm getting nothing. If anyone else has input on this, I'll be happy to listen.
Last edited by Telkkar (2011-05-16 23:52:43)

Mac iPod used as USB stick with Windows

I am using my iPod mini with Mac but would like to be able to transfer files between my Mac and Windows computers. Unfortunately I havn't had any luck there. Use of disc is enabled and when I connect my iPod to a PC it is recognized as connected - but still it is not possible to transfer any files?!

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specifically what I was looking for. I am not
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fabulous!
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Hey, I have the same problem right now.Before when i had it formatted for my pc, i was able to mount as an harddrive on pc and mac(but it took a while on mac)and sync with iTunes on pc or mac. If i were you, back up everthing on your iPod, and format it for PC.
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How to make a bootable Lion 10.7 DVD from a purchased USB Stick.

Hello i have a Lion USB stick that i bought from apple just after lion 10.7 came out but what i would like to do is burn it onto a bootable DVD just like my snow leopard is (my computer came with snow leopard). i have seen altot of videos and instructions on the internet about how to do it but for some reason those methods only work if i download it from the apple store but i don't want have to do that since i already have it on a USB stick that cost me $79.00. may someone please let me know how i can do this?
cheers
Danny :)

Good day all,
well i'm having the same problem with solaris 10 cds.
i did download them through my os downloads manager. Burned them to cds..... from iso to files, i can't boot on cd then.
then i did download the whole iso files using SDM, burned these files with several iso burners...... the result stills the same i just cant make a bootable cd....... or at least the pc i'm using doe NOT recognise that cd as bootable.
It does boot with any other os bootable cd... win, mandrake, red hat, debian, unbuntu linux....
well if anyone does have an idea !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Windows USB Stick will not show up as a bootable volume

I've been doing a ton of research on this and just can't seem to get it to work. I recently bought a mac mini, the 2011 version with the Radeon video card. I want to dual boot the machine using bootcamp and I have a windows 7 iso image.
I bought an 8GB usb 2.0 stick and ran the bootcamp assistant to create the usb stick. When the mini reboots, it just displays a message saying there is no bootable volume.
I tried setting the startup disk to the usb stick, but the only bootable volume was the mac hd. I tried installing refit but the refit boot menu would only allow a boot into the mac hd or onto the windows partition that bootcamp created.
I tried creating a bootable usb stick from windows and utilizing that, all to no avail. The big issue, as i see it, is that when the mini boots, it absolutely does not see my usb stick, and so cannot boot to it.
In theory, refit should show me one mac volume and two windows volumes (my windows partition on the mac hd and my usb stick). It only shows one. It there anything I can do to get my mini to recognize that I have a bootable usb stick? I have a usb keyboard and usb mouse plugged in as well. The OS that the mini is running is Lion and it is completely up to date.
I've looked through the forums and seen nothing that seems to fix my issue.
Thanks.

Did you format your USB MS-DOS(FAT)?
You can do that @ utility disk.

Time machine backup of Mac-formatted USB stick impossible in Lion?

Hello. Since Lion, Time Machine refuses to backup my USB sticks. In Options, they appear as excluded from backups. I can take them off that exclusion list and hit Save, yet when I reopen Options, they are back on it and still excluded. I even erased and re-formatted them (Mac OS Extended (Journaled)), no change. (The USB Sticks are: 4.04 GB LaCie itsaKey Media; 4,04 GB Generic Flash Disk Media.)
All this applies to USB Sticks only, not to USB external volumes. These are excludable and integratable as expected.
I can't imagine backing up USB sticks is now generally impossible; would anyone have any idea what might cause this problem?
Thanks, best

Yep, trying to include the extra storage disk in the TM backup. I realize I can connect the disk to a backedup Mac as a quick fix, but need the extra storage disk to remain an airdisk for remote access, independent of my computer.
So, I'm guessing there is no way to include it as long as it's sharing a spot on the AEBS's USB hub?

Hallo ich habe ein mac mini vom freund abgekauft mit xp. möchte xp runter schmeissen und lion installieren, habe mir den usb stick gekauft , da keine cd vorhanden mehr ist. wer kann mir helfen??? Lieben dank im voerraus Torben

Hallo ich habe ein mac mini vom freund abgekauft mit xp. möchte xp runter schmeissen und lion installieren, habe mir den usb stick gekauft , da keine cd vorhanden mehr ist. wer kann mir helfen??? Lieben dank im vorraus Torben

Ich habe das gleiche problem....ich hoffe auf eine schnelle loesung...

1,1 running Lion with XP Boot (re-install and what should i use for recovery disk or usb stick)?

i am trying to give my 1,1 mac pro a little love and would like to keep this machine running lion. i also have a boot camp installation of XP on it.
1. can anyone give me instructions on how/whether i can basically do a fresh install of Lion on this machine and minimize the system so it is not cluttered up with all my previous software etc, etc while still maintaining the original XP boot camp partition which i really need to have?
2. can anyone clarify for me what i should have on hand /if/ i need to boot into recovery mode or some other safe boot mode? i recently ran into an issue where i may have had to use the old Disk Utility format function and there was a reference to booting using the DVD install disks. however i am really confused as to what i should have on hand. ALSO the last time i had to do something on this machine i was told to boot into the Recovery Partition and it appears for some reason (perhaps because i had a "non-standard" windows 7 boot camp installation on the drive at the time??) that there was no recovery partition created when i upgraded to Lion.
- /anyway/ i am finding that i have the two ORIGINAL install disks for the mac pro on hand, a Max OS X Leopard and a mac OS X Snow Leopard DVD on hand but i am thinking that i should be creating some kind of USB stick similar to the one i created with yosemite? actually, i am not even sure what this USB stick for yosemite is for but i guess i can use it to boot into safe mode or something?
THANKS for any help as i'd like to get this business under control a little better in case i have an issue.
i'd also like to install Lion so that there is a Recovery Partition if possible and i think this may be possible if i don't have the windows 7 partition in the machine when i do a fresh install. any help would be great. thanks.

You have to go out of your way to build the Installer Disk yourself. But this tool makes it easy, and this site contains instructions:
http://diskmakerx.com
the bootable installer is basically to re-install the OS if i have to
Yes.
the recovery partition is somehow for fixing a problem
Recovery can go and get you the software and re-download it and start the Install, and allows the use of Disk Utility and can reset passwords.
or is there some overlap?
Yes. Both give you access to the Utilities that used to be on the Installer DVD. Disk Utility to Repair or initialize and a few other tools that can allow you to set up to install on an otherwise-bare disk or change your password.
is "Safe Mode" something completely different
Safe Mode is a way to start the fully-Installed Operating System in a special way. It first does one pass of Disk Utility (Repair Disk) against the Boot Drive. [Normally this would require booting from a different drive to make repairs.] Then it loads a minimal set of Apple-only kernel extensions, and uses a one-size-fits-all screen resolution. Then it demands your Username and password to proceed.
From there you can fix settings, use the Finder to add or delete things, and check operation with minimal extensions versus all your daily-use extensions. Very helpful for debugging extension conflicts and graphics settings problems, and fixing damaged settings. The next Restart builds a new extensions cache.

Do you have to down load from the internet using apple's recover partition, every time you need to do a clean install? or can you make a copy of Mt Lion onto a USB stick and install off that?

Do you have to down load Mountain Lion from the internet every time you need to do a clean install? or can you make a copy of Mt Lion onto a USB stick and install off that?
Thanks

Yes you can make a USB stick of Lion or Mt Lion. Use Lion Disk Maker after you download OS X from the internet.
For Lion you have to point the download to an external drive and watch when it completes and reboots the system to start the install disconnect the external. If you bought Mt Lion from the Mac App Store then you can download it from there and just cancel the install when it comes up on the desktop.
If you are downloading from the Recovery HD or from the Online Internet Recovery system, slightly different then the built in Recovery HD, then again you need to point it to an external drive and discoonect that drive when the system reboots to start the real install.
Then use Lion disk maker to create either a DVD disc or USB thumb of the install files.

USB stick won't mount on mac mini, it works perfectly on my macbook

Both of them are osx lion.
On the mini the led of the 256Mb USB stick (and still plenty of space!) gives short flashes every second, and won't mount on my desktop, in finder. It doesn't show up in disk utility.
The mac mini is the most recent server model. I tried USB ports on the back of the mac mini, and also on the connected thunderbolt display. Other memorysticks work well. Only this particular one doesn't work on the mini.
The memorystick works perfectly in my 2008 macbook pro. Plug it in, it mounts as it should do.
What can i do?

In Disk Utility, once you highlight a Drive or Partition, you'll see Verify Disk, (blue arrow), & if a drive you're not booted from then Repair Drive, (red arrow), will be an option also...
I'm thinking you may have to copy everything off it & see if you can Format it FAT32.

Can I use a SD Card rather than a USB stick when using Lion Recovery Disk Assistant

I'm using a MB Pro 2010, can I use a SD Card in the SD Card slot rather than a USB stick when using Lion Recovery Disk Assistant. I would like to use the 16GB chip with a single 1GB partition so I can dump a bunch of other backup stuff into the same chipper.

Yes, you could certainly do that, provided you have a card reader or an SD card slot available on both Macs and what you are copying is smaller than the capacity of your SD card.
But that's an awfully slow way to transfer GB's of files. 32GB SD cards cost anywhere from about $20 to $90 and of course the cheaper cards will be the slowest cards. Also need to consider that your iPhoto, iTunes and especially iMovie libraries may be larger than your SD card's capacity, and there is no easy way to 'split' them to save partial libraries and reassemble them on your new Mac.
A better solution is an external hard drive connected via FW or USB2. Much faster and without the capacity limit of an SD card. For example, you could get a 500GB OWC Mercury Elite Pro mini drive (5400 rpm) for $115 and after you are done using it for file transfer it would be a nice backup drive. Or build your own with an OWC mini case and a 500GB WD Scorpio 7200 rpm drive for about $120. Both support eSATA, FW400/800 and USB2.
Or you could just network the two Macs together and use the Finder to transfer files that way. Cheap, fast, and it works.

Mac OS X Lion THUMB USB

Hello.
I want to buy the Mac OS X Lion Thumb USB, from the Apple Store.
Here's a silly question I would like to be answered: what comes with the Thumb USB? Apple Stickers? Printed information?
Does it come properly packaged? Since I'm from Portugal, ir requires a amount of time to arrive... just wondering if it will come in a box...
Thank you in advance.

Thanks for the quick answer... but...
What else comes in the box? (Just out of curiosity, please?)
Thank you very much!

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