![]() Either you get an SSD, thumb drive or enternal hard drive C the key is to get the capacity right. Why above 8GB you may ask, If you must know, the MacOS Mojave installer is about 8.09GB, hence by logic you should get a larger capacity drive. Requirementsįrom your local supplies store or Amazon store get a USB drive that is above 8GB. ![]() Mojave Bootable USB Installer is very important to all computer owners, it's just like a life-saving straw when your system crashes and fails to boot. Mojave Bootable USB Installer: Also known as Emergency Startup Disk or System Installation Disk, It is a removable storage medium (U disk, CD, internal hard drive) with special functions that is written to the operating system image file, and is designed primarily to reinstall and repair the system when the operating system crashes. Ways to Create A Bootable macOS Majave USB Installer Drive To see what version of macOS you are running you can read my article about that. MacOS 10.12 Sierra will stop receiving security patches in a few months, and older software has already stopped getting patches as well. I recommend going through the same process above first, however, removing the “Install macOS High Sierra” app and downloading it again to make sure you are beginning with the final release of High Sierra. High Sierra will receive security patches until the fall of next year (2020). If for some reason you have software that won’t run on Mojave or hardware that isn’t compatible, you can still upgrade to last year’s software, macOS 10.13 High Sierra. Once the installation begins you won’t be able to use your computer for an hour or two, during which you should leave it connected to power with the lid open if it’s a laptop computer. Depending on the speed of your internet it could take a few minutes to start the installer (if on cable) or a day (if you’re on DSL). Go back to the Mac App Store (Apple menu > App Store) and search for Mojave (or use the link below).Empty your trash by clicking and holding the Trash icon on your Dock.If you see any other “Install macOS” such-and-such programs that you don’t want anymore go ahead and delete those as well as they are enormous files.Put it in the trash by dragging it to the trash, pressing Command-Delete, or by clicking the “File” menu or the Gear icon > “Move to Trash” Locate “Install macOS Mojave” and click it once to highlight it.Depending on your customizations everyone may be used to going in a different way but the one way that will work for everyone is to click the “Go” menu and choose “Applications” ![]() Click Finder on your Dock (the Mac smiley face all the way to the left or the top).Here are detailed steps if you need them: ![]() Then empty your trash and download it again from the Mac App Store. All you have to do is open your Applications folder and delete “Install macOS Mojave”. Sure, you can always check for software updates after you upgrade, but sometimes the patches address problems with the actual upgrade process itself, so I always recommend installing the fully patched upgrade instead of doing it in two stages to avoid problems that Apple is already aware of and has already fixed. Meaning if you go to the Mac App Store and click the “Install” button for Mojave it’s going to install the initial 10.14.0 release which is not nearly as polished as the 10.14.6 release that came out last week. The weird thing with upgrading right now is that very likely your Mac silently downloaded Mojave in the background last fall, and it’s been sitting around doing nothing. Apple will still release security patches but they are done tweaking the stability and performance of Mojave, so it is as mature as it’s going to get. Just last week Apple released the final update to macOS Mojave before they turn their attention to macOS Catalina which will be out this fall (September most likely). ![]() It’s that time of the year where I strongly urge my customers to update their Mac system software to the latest OS if they’ve been holding off. ![]()
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