How to Create a Bootable USB Installer for Mac OS X Lion

Опубликовано: 31 Январь 2026
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Here is how you can create a bootable installer usb for Mac OS X Lion. This appears to be the only way to do this in 2025, as Apple has disabled servers that used to download the additional content needed! You can use this link to download Lion and other macOS versions:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/102662

Here are the terminal commands used in the video! Simply copy and paste them into your terminal window:

Extract package file:
pkgutil --expand /Volumes/Install\ Mac\ OS\ X/InstallMacOSX.pkg ~/Desktop/Lion

Create installer:
sudo asr restore --source ~/Desktop/Lion/InstallMacOSX.pkg/InstallESD.dmg --target /Volumes/Untitled --erase --noverify

Many different articles helped figure out how to do this, but this is the main one that helped:
https://mrmacintosh.com/fixed-lion-re...

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