I am using Terminal to create a bootable installer on my external hard disk. But I get this answer: sudo: /Applications/Install macOS Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia: command not found
What am I missing?
iMac with Retina 5K display, macOS 10.13
A) did you protect the white space in the file name?
sudo: /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia
or
sudo: '/Applications/Install macOS Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia'
I assume you have looked in the Applications folder and you know there is a "Install macOS Sierra" app in there.
Or you could do it the easy way, and get DiskMaker X which is a GUI solution.
A) did you protect the white space in the file name?
sudo: /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia
or
sudo: '/Applications/Install macOS Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia'
I assume you have looked in the Applications folder and you know there is a "Install macOS Sierra" app in there.
Or you could do it the easy way, and get DiskMaker X which is a GUI solution.
Well for one you're missing the destination. For another if you don't have the installer in your Applications folder there's nothing to create a bootable installer from. Last but not least, normally one creates a USB Bootaable Installer onto a flash drive, not an external drive.
See: How to create a bootable installer for macOS - Apple Support
Thanks for your reply.
It would appear that the installer (downloaded using the link Apple assistance suggested) is not working.
Terminal keeps saying: sudo: /Applications/Install macOS Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia: command not found
So do diskmakerx and Install Disk Creator
See the back slashes in Bob's reply the protect the following space...
sudo: /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia
What if I don't have the Installer in my applications folder?