When I need to tend to a bunch of Macs, it’s much faster to use a bootable drive instead of going to each Mac, launching the App Store, searching for the operating system, downloading it (after entering my Apple ID), and then running the installer. That’s why I like to make a bootable external drive for the sole purpose of installing the Mac operating system. And if you have multiple Macs, it’s inefficient to download the new OS to each and every Mac. It’s convenient, but sometimes it can take a while for a download to finish. How to create a bootable macOS Sierra installer driveīy Roman Loyola at Senior Editor, Macworld | 1:32 PM PDTĪpple uses its App Store to distribute its software, like new Mac operating systems.
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