command not found. error
Whenever I try this (in Big Sur) I get the error reply: sudo: /Applications/Install macOS Big Sur.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia: command not found.
iMac 27″, macOS 10.13
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Whenever I try this (in Big Sur) I get the error reply: sudo: /Applications/Install macOS Big Sur.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia: command not found.
iMac 27″, macOS 10.13
As P. Phillips said: did you download the installer?
Go to the Applications folder. Is "Install macOS Big Sur" in there?
Apparently, not...
The "command not found" message is pretty clear - there is no command at that location.
You need to
1) download the installer;
2) when it starts, quit it.
Note: If you download and then let the installer run and install Big Sur, it will delete itsef when done.
You have to either quit it before installing, or make a copy of it somewhere else for safekeeping.
As P. Phillips said: did you download the installer?
Go to the Applications folder. Is "Install macOS Big Sur" in there?
Apparently, not...
The "command not found" message is pretty clear - there is no command at that location.
You need to
1) download the installer;
2) when it starts, quit it.
Note: If you download and then let the installer run and install Big Sur, it will delete itsef when done.
You have to either quit it before installing, or make a copy of it somewhere else for safekeeping.
Firstly, this is predicated on the Full Installer of Big Sur has been downloaded Successfully and is present in the Applications Folder and no where else.
Secondly - there is a USB Drive attached with at least 16 GB Capacity and noting on the USB Drive
Thirdly - the USB Drive is formatted as HFS Journaled and GUID Partition Map
Fourthly - the USB Drive has the Name " Untitiled "
Open the Terminal Application and copy and paste this command without the Quotations Marks
" sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Big\ Sur.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled "
You will be asked for Computer Password which you will have to be manually input - there will be no echo to see the password typed.
The process from above command will take some time to perform - so patience is needed.
In addition to what the other contributors have mentioned you did not provide the proper path since you did not properly "escape" the spaces in the path using a backslash "\". Check out the command example provided by @P. Phillips.
Thank you Luis,
Indeed the Big Sur installer ran (I had automatic update selected in preferences), so the installer file would have been deleted. I'll unselect that and download again and follow your process.
Thank you P.Phillips, I've taken note of these points for my next attempt.
Thank you HWTech,
Yes now I see the backslashes are missing from the path. I'll use the command from P.Philips.
command not found. error