Creating macOS Sierra USB Installer for Mac and Hackintoshes

Saturday, December 31, 2016

Creating macOS Sierra USB Installer for Mac and Hackintoshes

Hi guys, macOS Sierra Golden Master version has bees released for developer and also for public beta tester. Yeah in this version I feel more better than before because in this version macOS Sierra has more stability. In this tutorial I'll show you about how to create the USB Installer for macOS Sierra :

The Final Version of macOS Sierra is available here

What you need?

Download macOS SierraFinal installer here
Clover bootloader (for Hackintoshes), download here
FakeSMC.kext and ApplePS2SmartTouchPad.kext, download here
16 GB USB flash drive

Preparation

Extract the downloaded macOS Sierra Golden Master version, then place it to the Applications folder
Format your USB flash drive to Mac OS X Extended Journaled (read here for the instructions)

Creating the USB Installer

1. Open your Terminal and run the following commands

sudo hdiutil attach /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg
sudo asr restore -source /Volumes/OS\ X\ Install\ ESD/BaseSystem.dmg -target /Volumes/USB_NAME -erase -format HFS+
sudo rm /Volumes/OS\ X\ Base\ System/System/Installation/Packages
sudo cp -a /Volumes/OS\ X\ Install\ ESD/Packages /Volumes/OS\ X\ Base\ System/System/Installation/Packages
sudo cp -a /Volumes/OS\ X\ Install\ ESD/BaseSystem.dmg /Volumes/OS\ X\ Install\ ESD/BaseSystem.chunklist /Volumes/OS\ X\ Base\ System/

NOTE : If you are using MacBook, the processes are enough. You can boot into your USB flash drive directly (press and hold Option key while you hear boot sound of your Mac until you entering Startup Manager and choose your USB flash drive to boot).
Change the red text with your USB name. For example your USB name is MyUSB, so you have to change USB_NAME with MyUSB.
2. Installing the Bootloader
- Open the Clover EFI bottloader installer
- Follow these images to continue installing bootloader :