How to create a bootable macOS Big Sur USB Install drive

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A bootable USB installer makes fresh installs of macOS Big Sur easy. → SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: https://www.youtube.com/c/9to5mac?sub_confirmation=1 DETAILED VIDEO SYNOPSIS: ---------------------------------------------------- In this video tutorial, I show you how to create a bootable macOS 11 Big Sur USB installer drive. This drive is handy for facilitating clean installs and upgrades to macOS Big Sur. I show you how to create the installer, alter the necessary Secure Boot settings, and install macOS Big Sur on your Mac. RELATED LINKS: ---------------------------------------------------- Buy SanDisk Ultra USB-C drive from Amazon: https://amzn.to/2LpalF5 Your drive should be at least 16GB not 8GB. How to install macOS Big Sur beta on a separate APFS Volume: https://youtu.be/ml9JkxCynaw ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: ----------------------------------------------------- FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links: https://9to5mac.com/about/#affiliate FCPX plugins by MotionVFX: https://motionvfx.sjv.io/c/1977902/760654/10011 Music by Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/referrals/15157 Add captions to your videos with Rev, get $10 off now: https://www.rev.com/blog/coupon/?ref=jeffbenjamin SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: ---------------------------------------------------- By clicking subscribe, you'll be able to see our new videos when they go live. If you click the bell icon, you'll be notified when new videos are uploaded. Also, don't forget to click the 'LIKE' button in order to vouch for the quality of the video. This helps expose our content to other potential viewers helping us to grow the channel and thus lets us produce more videos. Thank you very much for taking the time out of your day to watch. https://www.youtube.com/c/9to5mac?sub_confirmation=1 GEAR I USE TO MAKE VIDEOS: ----------------------------------------------------- Computer: 16-inch MacBook Pro (2019): https://bhpho.to/3izxfrl Camera: Canon EOS-R: https://bhpho.to/3dWSWyh Lens: EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM Lens: https://bhpho.to/2W3FQt1 Audio interface: Sound Devices MixPre-3 II: https://bhpho.to/38rESvo Microphone: Shure SM7B: https://bhpho.to/3f1Rk7x PODCASTS: ----------------------------------------------------- Happy Hour: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/9to5mac-happy-hour/id641836403 Daily: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/9to5mac-daily/id1331816080 Watch Time: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/9to5mac-watch-time/id1470240640 Stacktrace: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stacktrace/id1359435443 Apple @ Work: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/apple-work/id1500332802 FOLLOW: ----------------------------------------------------- http://twitter.com/9to5Mac/ http://instagram.com/9to5Mac/ http://twitter.com/JeffBenjam/ http://instagram.com/JeffBenjam/ TIMESTAMPS: ---------------------------------------------------- 0:00 Introduction 0:26 Create the USB installer drive 5:36 Alter Secure Boot settings for destination Mac 7:27 Boot from Big Sur USB installer drive 8:29 Create new APFS volume (optional) 9:22 Install macOS Big Sur HASHTAGS: ----------------------------------------------------- #macos #Mac #macosbigsur