Hello all, I have a MBP and Mini Sever both running (pre-loaded) OS X 10.7.5, which I'm preparing to upgrade and I'm considering buying my first iPhone. I've never created an Apple ID, and I've never used the Mac app store nor iTunes store but apparently, I need an Apple ID, now. What are the pros & cons of creating separate Apple IDs, for each device? Thanks!
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My Internet provider is Comcast so sometimes, I'm not sure of their limitations or ability, for that matter. ;-) It's my understanding, since OS X Lion 10.7.5 came pre-loaded, I can always use OSX Recovery, if needed so no bootable necessary. That said, Now, working on my MBP first, I've downloaded macOS Sierra 10.12.4 and just in case I need it, in the future, I tried to create a bootable usb in Terminal, as shown in the video link below as well as many others. However, it did not appear to work.
At the Terminal prompt, I entered the Command (sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyInstallerName --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app) and hit enter, then entered my password, as requested but instead of beginning, Terminal looped back and gave me the original prompt, again. I hit Ctrl-C and closed out, then tried again but it still did not work. This time, when Terminal looped back to the original prompt, I re-entered the Command and hit enter. However, terminal did not request password but rather directly looped back to original prompt.
Any Ideas?
That may be missing the name of the installer, try this more specific commend. Triple-click the line below to select the entire command, copy (command + c) the text to your clipboard, and then paste (command + v) the text into Terminal, next to the command prompt.
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/macOSSierraInstall --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app --nointeraction
Supply your user account password as requested.
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Not missing the name of installer. What you used, is exactly the same, as what I used except for name of installer and yours ending with: " --nointeraction".
Been there done that with password ^^^ "...then entered my password, as requested but instead of beginning, Terminal looped back and gave me the original prompt, again.".
I just don't understand, what I'm doing wrong here....Hmm? 😕
Here is one that I found that is slightly different. Can't hurt to try!
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/ FlashInstaller --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app --nointeraction
Edit -
Out of curiosity, what have you named the thumbdrive that you wish to become the bootable drive? Because in the Terminal command here, it is assuming that you have named the drive FlashInstaller.
I think that it applies to an admin user account that has been set up not to need a password. Like if you were the only user of a Mac and you didn't feel any need to secure the Mac, so when you start or restart the Mac it just opens into your account.
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That's certainly not my issue, as I entered a real password but thought I was onto something, when I read the following: That said, I may just have to install Sierra, without the backup bootable, and take my chances.
"...if you enter a blank password after entering the
command, Terminal doesn't execute the command. Instead, it either returns you to the command prompt...or says try again.sudo
What is a non-blank administrator password?
Using the sudo command in Terminal requires a non-blank administrator password - Apple Support
Thanks!
Hmm? Forgive my ignorance, but what does registering to Apple Support Communities have to do with using a unique Apple ID for each device? And "Messy", how?
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Before upgrading my MBP and Mini Server both running (pre-loaded) Lion 10.7.5 to Sierra 10.12.4, is it recommended to create a bootable installer for Lion and/or Sierra?
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That Command is exactly the same except the name of the drive is "FlashInstaller", and that "FlashInstaller" has a space before it and again this one ends with: " --nointeraction". Hmm?
The question?
Pros & cons of separate apple ids for each device?
