![]() But, we still need to replace the EFI folder with the provided one. So at this point, we have successfully created the boot loader. Choose the install locationĬlick Install and wait until it completes Make sure you install the Clover to your USB drive.Ĭlick Change Install Location and make sure you choose the USB installation drive. On the following step, you will need to change the install location. Open the file Clover_r5107.pkg and follow the steps below: Install Clover EFI on USB step 1 Install Clover EFI on USB step 2 The latest version when I wrote this article is version 5197. Pick the latest version available from that website. To do this, download the Clover EFI Bootloader software from the following link. We need to install the boot loader to it. But we won’t be able to boot our computer with this USB, yet. We have successfully set up the macOS Catalina USB installer. Install Clover Bootloader to USB Installer This process take 10-20 minutes to complete.įor more info about this command, please visit the official guide below: Sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Catalina.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia –volume /Volumes/INSTALLERĬhange INSTALLER with the USB drive name you use on the previous step. Now open Terminal and then paste the following command You can name it anything but make sure you remember it because we will use this on the command line.Īlso, choose the MacOS Extended (Journaled) and GUID Partition Map as shown above. Next, click Erase and name it as “INSTALLER”. If you can’t see your disk on the left side, click Show All Device button on the top left of the Disk Utility. Once the download complete, now plug the USB drive to your Mac or VMware machine. In the following section, we will prepare our USB flash disk for macOS bootable disk. Create the Bootable macOS Catalina USB drive When the download is complete, you should see macOS Catalina in the Applications folder. So make sure your internet is good enough. This will download about 8 GB from the internet. Click View and then click Get.Īnd then click Download. Open AppStore and search for Catalina as shown below.Īs you can see, there is macOS Catalina on the list. Many people believed that OpenCore is better than Clover. If I had a chance, I will try to use the second method, OpenCore. The first method that I am using on this guide is using Clover. You've got a lot of options.There are two ways to install macOS Catalina on T450. I mean, the possibilities are endless.Īnd for the Clover part of the USB drive, since you're on MacOS environment, you can use Clover Configurator to both download Clover and manage the ist file ![]() After that you can use the Terminal to format the USB drive and put the installer onto it using Apple's own createinstallmedia method. You can either download the installer App directly from the App Store, or use dosdude1's Catalina Patcher (you don't actually need the "patcher" part of it, just to download you the installer). After that, you have a lot of options for creating and managing the USB installer. If that doesn't work, you can try to google virtual disk image macos. So.you can try to download an already made vmdk with let's say Sierra or something (again, it doesn't need to be the latest version). So, to make the USB drive, you don't actually need the latest and greatest MacOS. To me, it's still easier to do it from MacOS itself (even if it's virtualised) than Windows. But the idea is to get you booting first. ![]() For Wifi, BT, trackpad, brightness control and other wonders, you might need extra kexts or SSDTs. But the process should be pretty much the same. Unfortunately I don't have much experience with laptops. ![]() So, you can use gibMacOS to make the installer and BDU to add the bootloader. If you don't want to use gibMac to add Clover to the USB drive, you can use cvad's BDU instead. For editing the ist, you can use ProperTree. You just need the Windows version, of course. Did you try gibMacOS? It has versions for both Windows and Mac. ![]()
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