Enable Bootcamp to install from usb for OSX 10.9**WORKS**

this is the proper command line:

sudo codesign -fs - /Applications/Utilities/Boot\ Camp\ Assistant.app

Thank you Jognt for reply.

i tried on both my MBP81 and IM121. They both came with optical drives (OD) which i replaced with SSD

i tried to boot Windows installer from USB OD and it get's stuck on that black screen with blinking cursor (no other usb devices connected)

i tried to boot Windows installer from USB stick, both created with BootCamp and other methodes i used before Mavericks, the result is the same ... black screen with blinking cursor

i'm trying to install Win 7 SP1 X64

i did that, and this what shows in terminal

/Applications/Utilities/Boot Camp Assistant.app: replacing existing signature

/Applications/Utilities/Boot Camp Assistant.app: code object is not signed at all

In subcomponent: /Applications/Utilities/Boot Camp Assistant.app/Contents/.com.apple.timemachine.supported

how can i fix it ?

I also get this messeage ?? Anyone fixed this ? For people how have diffuclty writing to info.plist file this terminal trick did it for me!

sudo chmod 777 /Applications/Utilities/Boot\ Camp\ Assistant.app/Contents

sudo chown 777 /Applications/Utilities/Boot\ Camp\ Assistant.app/Contents

sudo chmod 777 /Applications/Utilities/Boot\ Camp\ Assistant.app/Contents/info.plist

sudo chown 777 /Applications/Utilities/Boot\ Camp\ Assistant.app/Contents/info.plist

HI!

Qustion:

Is this true?

The "USB method is not supported on Macs that have an optical drive", even when it is broken.

Fix the drive and use a DVD.

Bootcamp will not load Windows installer - No bootable device, insert disk then press any key

Is my problame ... We have a 27"imac 2009 and the optical drive is gone...

I try the Mavericks, and the mountain lion too. I didi everything with the Info.plist ect... and , i tried 3 tipe of windows7 and i still stuck on this point

Bootcamp will not load Windows installer - No bootable device, insert disk then press any key

Hi Bibi40kai. Do you let Bootcamp Assistant reboot your mac into the installer, or do you manually select the boot device?

As I understand it, Bootcamp Assistant will attempt to boot of the Optical Drive before the USB device. If you don't manually select a boot device it is possible that it is trying to boot of of your 2nd harddrive (that is in the ODD slot), but failing because there are no install files on it after which it somehow also fails to switch to booting from USB.

Have you tried holding Option while rebooting your mac and Manually selecting "Windows" with the yellow disk icon?

If you have, then I think the last thing to check would be to temporarily disconnect your second harddisk. You don't need to remove it from your Mac, but disconnecting it should make sure it doesn't hinder the boot process.

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Hi Quic5, your post is somewhat hard to understand because of a single question with multiple linked pages (in different formatting no less).

I can tell you though that this:

"USB method is not supported on Macs that have an optical drive" is NOT true.

My Macbook Pro mid 2012 and black Macbook mid 2006 both managed to install from USB and they both have optical drives.

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General troubleshooting:

If you hold Option wile booting and only see "EFI Boot" (windows 8) and no "Windows" (windows 7 and 8) option to select, then it is possible that the USB drive has not gotten it's partition set to Active. Bootcamp Assistant should set it to Active automatically (I assume, not based on facts) but if you create a USB installer manually, keep in mind that it needs to be set as an Active partition to be recognized as a bootable device.

This worked great... thank you so much for sharing. I tried the other solutions that were pre Mavericks and they did not work.

Hi, I first started following the previous instructions, which led my Bootcamp to crashing numerous times. I tried your way and Bootcamp finally worked normally again until when I chose to install Windows 7, they asked me for a CD. Which basically means I'm back to square one. Can you help me with this?

My info.plist is now like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

<plist version="1.0">

<dict>

<key>32BitSupportedModels</key>

<array>

<string>MacBook7,1</string>

<string>MacBookAir5,2</string>

<string>MacBookPro10,1</string>

<string>MacPro5,1</string>

<string>Macmini5,3</string>

<string>iMac12,2</string>

</array>

<key>BuildMachineOSBuild</key>

<string>13A566b</string>

<key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>

<string>English</string>

<key>CFBundleDisplayName</key>

<string>Boot Camp Assistant</string>

<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>

<string>Boot Camp Assistant</string>

<key>CFBundleGetInfoString</key>

<string>Boot Camp Assistant 5.1.0, Copyright © 2013 Apple Inc. All rights reserved</string>

<key>CFBundleIconFile</key>

<string>DA</string>

<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>

<string>com.apple.bootcampassistant</string>

<key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>

<string>6.0</string>

<key>CFBundleName</key>

<string>Boot Camp Assistant</string>

<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>

<string>APPL</string>

<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>

<string>5.1.0</string>

<key>CFBundleSignature</key>

<string>????</string>

<key>CFBundleVersion</key>

<string>473</string>

<key>DARequiredROMVersions</key>

<array>

<string>IM41.0055.B08</string>

<string>IM42.0071.B03</string>

<string>IM51.0090.B03</string>

<string>IM52.0090.B03</string>

<string>IM61.0093.B01</string>

<string>MP11.005C.B04</string>

<string>MB11.0061.B03</string>

<string>MBP11.0055.B08</string>

<string>MBP12.0061.B03</string>

<string>MBP81.0047.B27</string>

<string>MM11.0055.B08</string>

</array>

<key>DTCompiler</key>

<string>com.apple.compilers.llvm.clang.1_0</string>

<key>DTPlatformBuild</key>

<string>5A11344p</string>

<key>DTPlatformVersion</key>

<string>GM</string>

<key>DTSDKBuild</key>

<string>13A566b</string>

<key>DTSDKName</key>

<string></string>

<key>DTXcode</key>

<string>0500</string>

<key>DTXcodeBuild</key>

<string>5A11344p</string>

<key>LSApplicationCategoryType</key>

<string>public.app-category.utilities</string>

<key>LSMinimumSystemVersion</key>

<string>10.9.0</string>

<key>NSMainNibFile</key>

<string>MainMenu</string>

<key>NSPrincipalClass</key>

<string>NSApplication</string>

<key>PreESDRequiredModels</key>

<array>

<string>MacBook7</string>

<string>MacBookAir5</string>

<string>MacBookPro10</string>

<string>MacPro5</string>

<string>Macmini6</string>

<string>iMac12</string>

</array>

<key>PreUEFIModels</key>

<array>

<string>MacBook7</string>

<string>MacBookAir5</string>

<string>MacBookPro10</string>

<string>MacPro5</string>

<string>Macmini6</string>

<string>iMac13</string>

</array>

<key>USBBootSupportedModels</key>

<array>

<string>MacBook7,1</string>

<string>MacBookAir3,2</string>

<string>MacBookPro8,1</string>

<string>MacBookPro8,3</string>

<string>MacPro5,1</string>

<string>Macmini4,1</string>

<string>iMac12,2</string>

</array>

<key>Win7OnlyModels</key>

<array>

<string>MacBook7,1</string>

<string>MacBookAir3,2</string>

<string>MacBookPro5,5</string>

<string>MacPro2,1</string>

<string>Macmini4,1</string>

<string>iMac10,1</string>

</array>

</dict>

</plist>

Both Boot ROM Version and Model Identifier has been inserted.

You are great man, just work as I want and now I can create a bootable usb stick........

Thanks alot

am still getting this in terminal

/Applications/Utilities/Boot Camp Assistant.app: replacing existing signature

/Applications/Utilities/Boot Camp Assistant.app: code object is not signed at all

In subcomponent: /Applications/Utilities/Boot Camp Assistant.app/Contents/.com.apple.timemachine.supported

any fix please ?

finally fixed my problem, but now i have other problem lol

No Boot Device ? any help ?

i fixed my problem, paste me full error which show on ur terminal and i will do my best help u

HI Joghnt!

I have a 2009 Imac27' and the optical drive is dead.

Thats why I try to install from usb everything.

I did this Info.plist storry and thats works

And when i try to intsall windows7 with bootcamp. When the instalation is rebooting:

"Bootcamp will not load Windows installer - No bootable device, insert disk then press any key"

When I reboot again with hold option key I see that efiboot yellow USB icon .. then I click it .. after stuck.

Reboot again and check the partitions and the BOOTCAMP partition is ok... active.

I Tried to 3 differnt windows7 and I tried in osx10.9, 10.8

I find what mr robocop21 wrot:

Step 1) FORGET BOOTCAMP (you heard it right)

Step 2) Go to disk utility from launchpad - other folder

Step 3) Select the single partition Mac HDD

Step 4) Go to partition tab and make two partitions of any size by clicking the + sign at the bottom

Step 5) Now simply select the new partition by clicking it once, Go to Erase tab and then click erase

Step 6) Now it will show a blank Partition

Step 7) Insert the Windows DVD and select it as the start up disk through the System Prefrences menu

Step 8) Restart and press option key at the chime

Step 9) The boot option shows up with Mac OS / Restore / EFi boot options

Step 10) Select EFI Boot Option and click return

Step 11) The next screen starts the windows installation

Step 12) After the initial screen it will show the HDD option to choose which partition to use

Step 13) Select the blank / unformatted partition and click format from below

Step 14) Once it gets formated click next and voila, it starts the installation

Step 15) Just dont touch anything untill the setup finishes after two or three restarts (Do not Touch)

Step 16) Once the setup is complete, Google n download the Bootcamp Drivers for Windows 8 from Apple Site

Step 17) Download the zip file and select setup and this will setup the much needed drivers for all the devices

My problame is my disc drive is not working

This Csound1 Guy said:

USB method is not supported on Macs that have an optical drive

any idea?

I don't wanna use Parallel and Vmware just only bootcamp...

I got the USB installer creation part of Bootcamp to show up. Now, like others, it keeps saying, no boot device found, press any key, blah blah. I'm assuming its because its looking for boot info from the optical drive first before USB. I tried rebooting while holding Option and the only USB option I was given was EFI Boot along with my Macintosh HD, Recovery.

Is there something else I'm missing? Can someone help out?

Usb method not supported on macs with ODD = Not true. Don't know how often I have said this now, but please don't listen to these people..

Quic5 and Mr Backlin, I experienced the same issue which I managed to solve. I'm not 100% sure what fixed it (since I tried several things) but here is what I suspect.

The partition on the USB drive needs to be set as *active* to notify the mac that it can actually boot from it. This is not needed for EFI which is why you can see the EFI Boot option.

The way I suspect I fixed it is by making the partition active in Windows like so:

1. Open a command prompt (type CMD in the Start Menu search bar, press enter);

2. Type "diskpart";

3. Type "list disk";

4. Look for the entry of your USB drive and remember it's number (checking disk sizes usually helps in spotting it);

5. Type "select disk x", where x is the disk entry you checked in step 4;

6. Type "clean";

7. Type "create partition primary";

8. Type "format fs=FAT32 quick";

9. Type "active";

10. You're done, type "exit" twice. (once to exit diskpart, again to exit command prompt);

If you already filled your USB drive and don't feel like cleaning it and doing it again, you can try skipping steps 6-8 and just typing "active" after selecting the disk. I haven't tried it before but I see no reason it shouldn't work.

If you don't have access to a Windows PC, you can try the following:

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/22844-how-to-setting-your-partition-activ e-using-fdisk-in-macosx/

My experience was that this did not work properly though, so *your mileage may vary*.

Since it's 5am here and I really really really wish I could fall asleep, I'll leave you with this. I'll run some tests tomorrow or the day after to check what solution is best, quickest, and easiest to do.