{"id":1197,"date":"2021-05-26T09:27:51","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T06:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leonidassavvides.com\/blog\/?p=1197"},"modified":"2021-05-26T09:27:51","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T06:27:51","slug":"how-to-make-a-macos-big-sur-iso-file-11-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leonidassavvides.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/how-to-make-a-macos-big-sur-iso-file-11-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Part 1: How to Make a MacOS Big Sur ISO File [11.4]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-slideshare wp-block-embed-slideshare\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to make a macOS Big Sur iso\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embed_code\/key\/n9BmHizkRfSb71\" width=\"427\" height=\"356\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"border:1px solid #CCC; border-width:1px; margin-bottom:5px; max-width: 100%;\" allowfullscreen> <\/iframe> <div style=\"margin-bottom:5px\"> <strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/leonidasesavvides\/how-to-make-a-macos-big-sur-iso-248550961\" title=\"How to make a macOS Big Sur iso\" target=\"_blank\">How to make a macOS Big Sur iso<\/a> <\/strong> from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/leonidasesavvides\" target=\"_blank\">Leonidas Savvides<\/a><\/strong> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>MacOS ISO Bg Sur 11.x.x<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you do not want to create an ISO &#8211; or you have Not a Mac &#8211; download ready iso from: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/1drv.ms\/u\/s!Aty5ebD9Y5-uiNVAYxb4fxRoRIHhyA?e=1LRlql\" target=\"_blank\">BigSur_11.4.iso here<\/a> &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Download Full MacOS Installer from Mac Command Line<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/leonidassavvides.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com\/YouTube\/How+to+create+macOS+Big+Sur+11.4+ISO+-+How+to+Install+macOS+Big+Sur+11.4+on+Windows+10.txt\" target=\"_blank\">DOWNLOAD Here Code<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Part 1 - How to create macOS Big Sur 11.4 ISO on a Mac for Virtual-Box &amp; VMware-Player Hypervisors\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z30k62mial8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1-Followed this:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/osxdaily.com\/2020\/04\/13\/how-download-full-macos-installer-terminal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/osxdaily.com\/2020\/04\/13\/how-download-full-macos-installer-terminal\/<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer --full-installer-version 11.4<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p># 11.4 is the most recent stable version as of this writing [slides 3-5]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2-Followed this:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/osxdaily.com\/2020\/12\/14\/how-create-macos-big-sur-iso\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/osxdaily.com\/2020\/12\/14\/how-create-macos-big-sur-iso\/<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In your Applications you must have a<strong> \u201cInstall macOS Big Sur.app\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[slides 7-8]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3-After CMD Line commands continued<br>[slides 10-11]<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1-First, we must create a temporary disk image:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">hdiutil create -o \/tmp\/MacBigSur -size 14000m -volname MacBigSur -layout SPUD -fs HFS+J<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2-<\/strong><strong>Next, mount the disk image:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">hdiutil attach \/tmp\/MacBigSur.dmg -noverify -mountpoint \/Volumes\/MacBigSur<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3-Now we\u2019ll use the <\/strong><strong>createinstallmedia<\/strong><strong> utility that is part of the MacOS Installer application to copy the installer files to the disk image you just created:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">sudo \/Applications\/Install\\ macOS\\ Big\\ Sur.app\/Contents\/Resources\/createinstallmedia --volume \/Volumes\/MacBigSur --nointeraction<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4-Unmount\/Detach the disk image volume<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">When finished, we then unmount\/detach the disk image volume [slides 13-15]:\n<strong>1-way<\/strong>\nhdiutil detach \/Volumes\/MacBigSur\/\n<strong>2-way \u2013 if 1-way not working<\/strong>\nDetach from Disk Utility<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5-After unmount\/detached the disk image volume continue in the Terminal [slide 17]:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We convert the freshly created macOS Installer disk image file to a CDR file that will appear on the desktop: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">hdiutil convert \/tmp\/MacBigSur.dmg -format UDTO -o ~\/Desktop\/MacBigSur.cdr<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">6-Finally, we change the file extension from .cdr to .iso [slide 19]:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">mv ~\/Desktop\/MacBigSur.cdr ~\/Desktop\/BigSur.iso<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">7-Conclusion [slide 20]<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Now you have an iso file of Big Sur 11.x to use to install macOS Big Sur as VM in Hypervisors like VMware Workstation Pro [Windows\/Linux], VMware Fusion [Mac], VirtualBox [Windows\/Linux\/Mac],&#8230;!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you do not want to create an ISO &#8211; 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