SurvingFella January 18, 2021 at 5:52 PM Reply. Thanks, yesterday I was able to recover my ‘old' iMac from Late 2009 to El Capitan (10.11) with a bootable USB stick that I created with the instructions in this article (had to change the system date before installation). TransMac is Acute system in Windows operating system that can copy and paste and manage the files on Windows for Apple or Mac Systems, Including Mac-formatted USB drives, SSD drive, Hard drives, and any kind of storage devices, further, it can burn VMDK and dmg files of macOS Mojave, macOS High Sierra, macOS X El Capitan, macOS Sierra, macOS Yosemite, and any other operating system of macOS.
- However, if you want to bypass using any of the third-party tools, you can create the Catalina OS bootable USB by accessing macOS in a virtual machine. Method 3: Use TransMac to Create macOS Catalina Bootable USB in Windows 10. TransMac is a single-purpose utility to open Mac disk image from a Windows PC.
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In previous tutorial, we wrote a post about creating macOS Catalina bootable USB on Mac, which is a simple tool and there are a couple of free tools to complete the task. You can even use the built-in tool Disk Utility and dd command to do it without installing any third-party apps. However, the situation is much different on Windows 10 because macOS install file (end with .dmg) is not supported by Windows OS. Unlike ISO image, there are few tools on Windows that can handle .dmg files. That's the most challenging part!
So in this article, we will show you how to create macOS bootable USB on Windows 10 and targets macOS Catalina specifically, which is the latest version of Apple macOS and it is easy to download the install file. This will be a great help if there were something wrong with your Mac and a fresh install was demanded. Also if you were a Mac enthusiast and can not afford the price, then it is not a bad choice to build a hackintosh with Catalina.
Before heading to the details of each method, please make sure you have downloaded a copy of Catalina OS dmg file and a working USB drive with more than 12GB storage.
Method 1: Create macOS Catalina Bootable USB on Windows 10 via DMG Editor
There are more than one solutions to create macOS Catalina Bootable USB on Windows 10 and we will go with easy one first. DMG Editor, a popular app developed by UUByte, is a multi-functional and cross-platform image burning tool that works on Windows, Linux and macOS. It supports creating bootable USB from popular image files, including dmg, iso, zip, img. And it has full support for Linux distros and old versions of Windows OS. macOS support was not available in previous versions. But now, the latest version of DMG Editor adds better support for macOS dmg file. Let's get a try first.
Step 1.Go to UUByte official website and download Windows version of Etcher from there.
Step 2. Run the executable file and complete the installation process. After that, insert an USB drive in Windows 10.
Step 3. Open the installed UUByte DMG Editor by double-clicking on the icon shown on your home screen. Click on the 'Burn' option then. After that, add Catalina .dmg file to the software and click on 'Change' button to choose the inserted USB device.
Step 4. Finally, click on the 'Burn' button to start the dmg burning process. At this time, a progress bar is displayed on the screen and it gives you an estimated calculation for the time remaining.
Step 5. Wait about 10 minutes. It will show you a pop-up message after completing the task successfully.
The process is very quick and easy to execute. But you might have issues running Etcher app on old computers with low profile hardware. Etcher GUI is built primarily on a new Javascript framework called Electron , which consumes a lot of computing resources. So if you were going to use Etcher to create macOS Catalina bootable USB, make sure testing it on a high-profile Windows 10 PC or laptop.
Method 2: Convert .dmg to .iso and Create macOS Catalina Bootable USB
macOS Catalina install image is distributed in .dmg format and Windows 10 has no support. Hen it is almost impossible to read such files in conventional ways. So in this part, we will convert macOS Catalina dmg file into ISO and create a bootable installer by burning the ISO file to USB. This can be done with the help of third-party software.
To execute the method, you need two software. First, you need a special software to convert dmg to ISO. Second, an ISO to USB burning software to make bootable USB from ISO file. To demonstrate, we have used 7 PowerISO & UUByte ISO Editor to create macOS Catalina bootable USB from Windows 10.
Step 1: Download and install PowerISO on Windows 10.
Step 2: Insert your USB drive. Right-click on this peripheral device and choose the option to format it. After a few seconds, you will get the notification of completing the format process.
Step 3: Now, open PowerISO and navigate to Tool menu. From the pop-up list, please click the 'Convert' option.
Step 4: In a pop-up window, click the folder icon to add macOS Catalina dmg file in Source file field. And set an output file name under Destination file section. Next. choose Standard ISO Images (.ISO) from Output image file format.
Step 5: When the ISO file is created successfully. Download and install UUByte ISO Editor. Then click Burn button to open ISO burning Window. Next, add ISO file to the program and select the USB name. Wait for 7 minutes, and a bootable USB is ready!
Step 6: After getting a task completion message on screen, eject the USB and then start installing macOS Catalina from the USB drive.
The solution is simple but may need to purchase a couple of tools for executing the steps. But if you will search smartly on the internet, chances are there that you can get the required tools without paying any cost. However, if you want to bypass using any of the third-party tools, you can create the Catalina OS bootable USB by accessing macOS in a virtual machine.
Method 3: Use TransMac to Create macOS Catalina Bootable USB in Windows 10
TransMac is a single-purpose utility to open Mac disk image from a Windows PC. It's one of the quickest methods to create macOS bootable USB drive from dmg file. However, the support for Catalina is not good as Mojave and High Serrira. Plus, you have to pay for 59 USD to use the burn feature. That's why we mention this app at the end of this post.
Step 1: Download TransMac from the official site and run the .exe file to complete the installation process.
Step 2: Now plug in a USB device into the port. Now right-click on TransMac icon shown on the home screen and then choose to Run as administrator.
Step 3: After landing inside the tool's window, all disk drives will be displayed on the left side automatically. Click File -> Open Disk Image to load macOS Catalina dmf file into the program.
Step 4: Before proceeding further, you need to format your USB device to make it compatible with Mac HFS or APS partition. For doing the same, click on the 'Format Diks for Mac' option. Wait for 30 seconds to complete the process.
Step 5: Right-click on the selected USB disk. From the shown list, click on 'Restore with Disk Image'. If it shows any warning message, just click on the OK button to accept.
Step 6: After that, select the location of saved Mac OS Catalina DMG file and then click on the OK button. Now stay back and look after 20 minutes. You will get ready with a bootable Catalina USB.
TransMac is one of the easiest method to create a bootable macOS Installer USB on a Windows PC. You can use this application to burn any version of macOS operating system file to USB.
Conclusion
To conclude, we would recommend going with either the first or the second method to create bootable macOS Catalina USB. Both are super easy to follow because you don't need to install multiple tools and go through a multi-layer process to meet your requirement.
In this article, I will show you How to Create a Bootable USB for macOS Mojave on Windows PC. Therefore, you have to know the complete information and guide of installation on VMware Workstation and VirtualBox. Furthermore, you also know and have information about the Mac operating system, that Mac or Apple company is releasing day by day new updates and features for there users, one of the good news is here that you can easily test or install the macOS Mojave beta on VirtualBox and VMware, However, if you want to test that I have provided or created the article, for you in below I will give you the link you can see there.
Create a Bootable USB for macOS Mojave on Windows
To create a bootable macOS Mojave USB installer on Windows, you need some requirements to ready that on your computer. Download macOS Mojave the latest version and Extract the compressed macOS Mojave with WinRaR. After that, you are done with extracting now download TransMac and install that on your PC, then get ready for the preparation of creating macOS Mojave bootable USB on Windows operating system.
Create a Bootable USB for macOS Mojave on Windows
TransMac is Acute system in Windows operating system that can copy and paste and manage the files on Windows for Apple or Mac Systems, Including Mac-formatted USB drives, SSD drive, Hard drives, and any kind of storage devices, further, it can burn VMDK and dmg files of macOS Mojave, macOS High Sierra, macOS X El Capitan, macOS Sierra, macOS Yosemite, and any other operating system of macOS, there is bad news that TransMac is not free whether you should too by this or use for 15 days Trail.
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Install TransMac on Windows PC
While you are downloaded the complete file of TransMac and macOS Mojave on a computer. Now in here, you need the simple process and ways of installation that everyone can install that easily on there Windows PC.
- Run the TransMac setup by double-clicking on setup.
- On the welcome screen click Next.
- Read carefully the agreement on the license and agreement and click Next.
- Select the location for Transmac where you want to install it.
- On the next TransMac will ask from you to create a shortcuts icon on the start menu and screen.
- The next screen doesn't do anything click Next.
- Therefore, you are ready to install TransMac on your computer, for just click on the Install button and wait for some minutes to complete the installation.
- After that, that installation is completed click Finish.
Now start Creating a Bootable USB for macOS Mojave on Windows
After that, you are successfully installed TransMac and downloaded macOS Mojave dmg file now you need to create USB bootable for macOS Mojave, Therefore, you need to get at least 16 up to 32 GB flash drive and attach the USB drive to the computer and follow the steps which I am going to show you in this article.
Step #1. Now you are completely ready to create bootable USB for macOS Mojave. At the very beginning step you need to open TransMac, therefore Right-click on TransMac and select Run As Administrator.
Run As Administrator
Bootable Usb Hackintosh
Step #2. After that, TransMac is opened you will see the list of drives then select the drive which you are going to make bootable for macOS Mojave, and Right-click on that then select Restore with Disk Image.
Step #3. After that, you have selected Restore with Disk Image, therefor you will face pop up warning from containing mounted volumes. However, to continue the process simply click on yes to go on a further step.
Warning of selected Volume for macOS Mojave
Step #5. In this step, you need to browse for macOS Mojave dmg file, just click on three dots and select a macOS Mojave dmg file.
Browse macOS Mojave dmg file
Step #6. In this step, you will face another warning pop up. So, it is simple to click on Yes and moves to the next step.
Bootable Flash Drive Hackintosh
Step #7. In this step, you should wait for some minutes to format your drive and wait, it will automatically copy the macOS Mojave dmg file to the USB drive.
Formatting Drive for macOS Mojave
Hackintosh Bootable Usb Image
Conclusion
That's all about How to Create a Bootable USB for macOS Mojave on Windows PC. However, you can create bootable USB for macOS Mojave using TransMac and TransMac is a very light software for Windows PC. Furthermore, if you faced any kind of problem in this article you can comment in below comment box, and don't forget to subscribe to our website for the latest posts.
