Difference between GUILD Partition Map & Apple Partition Map

I’m formatting MacBook Pro 2010im making a USB drive to download high Sierra, the USB had windows 10 on it,

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Posted on Jan 31, 2019 8:55 AM

Hi Smithcraig070,


It sounds like you have some questions on creating a bootable installer for macOS, and I want to help.


If this will be a bootable installer for High Sierra, you'll want to follow the steps here:

How to create a bootable installer for macOS - Apple Support


To answer your question on GUID Partition Map or Master Boot Record, you would use GUID Partition Map for drives used on all Intel-based Mac computers.

Disk Utility for macOS Sierra: Partition a physical disk using Disk Utility


I hope that helps.


Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities.

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Jan 31, 2019 8:55 AM in response to Smithcraig070

Hi Smithcraig070,


It sounds like you have some questions on creating a bootable installer for macOS, and I want to help.


If this will be a bootable installer for High Sierra, you'll want to follow the steps here:

How to create a bootable installer for macOS - Apple Support


To answer your question on GUID Partition Map or Master Boot Record, you would use GUID Partition Map for drives used on all Intel-based Mac computers.

Disk Utility for macOS Sierra: Partition a physical disk using Disk Utility


I hope that helps.


Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities.

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Difference between GUILD Partition Map & Apple Partition Map

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