#Create mac os install usb leopard software#
Apple does license the software for creating a bootable CD/DVD to a few companies ? primarily disk repair utilities such as Alsoft, Prosoft and Micromat. I am not sure this is the real reason, or exactly what dangers Apple needs protecting from, but that's what I hear. The answer I keep hearing is that Apple's legal department insists on putting up these obstacles, supposedly to protect the copyright of Apple's OS. In a further article, I provided step-by-step details for a workable solution ? installing a version of Tiger on a relatively meager in size (but cost-effective) 1GB flash drive.įirst off, there's the question as to why Apple continues to make this worthwhile task so difficult to do. I detailed this unhappy trend in a pair ( one and two) of previous columns here at MacFixIt. With Tiger, most previously successful methods would no longer work you had to be increasingly "creative" to find anything that would get the job done.
It became much more difficult in Mac OS X, but was still manageable, all the way through Panther.
Let's cut right to the chase: the ease of creating these startup drives continues to move in one direction: from bad to worse.Ĭreating a pint-sized custom startup drive, with your own selection of utilities, was a breeze in Mac OS 9 or earlier. Time for me to check out the current status of creating an emergency boot drive ? this time one with Leopard installed.