Can't create the bootable usb drive, As it's error keep coming during disk erasing!

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.3

Posted on May 26, 2023 1:18 AM

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tbirdvet

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May 26, 2023 5:52 AM in response to TTCao

If you are trying to make a Thumb drive for booting to reinstall the OS the drive needs to be formatted to MacOS, GUID and not APFS.

Owl-53

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May 26, 2023 7:07 AM in response to TTCao

It is suggest to use a Dedicated Drive with at least 16 GB Drive Capacity.

And have it formatted as per pervious suggestion, HFS Journaled with GUID Partition Map

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