With a bootable Ubuntu USB stick, you can:
- Install or upgrade Ubuntu, even on a Mac
- Test out the Ubuntu desktop experience without touching your PC configuration
- Boot into Ubuntu on a borrowed machine or from an internet cafe
- Use tools installed by default on the USB stick to repair or fix a broken configuration
- However, there are a few advanced steps more you have to deal with during installation then. Check out “How to create a Windows 10 bootable USB on a Mac for PC without Bootcamp, when install.wim is too large” on StackExchange to learn more.
- So it’s important to first extract the ESD file and create an ISO image to be able to create the bootable media of Windows 10. If you have an ESD file of Windows 10 and want to create bootable USB using the same ESD file to perform clean install or upgrade, you just need to follow the given below instructions.
Creating a bootable USB stick is very simple, especially if you’re going to use the USB stick with a generic Windows or Linux PC. We’re going to cover the process in the next few steps.
We'll show you to create a bootable USB flash drive with the Windows 10 installer from a Mac. It's easier than you think, thanks to the built-in Boot Camp Assistant from Apple. Download Windows 10.
Apple hardware considerations
Mac App To Create Bootable Usb From Iso
There are a few additional considerations when booting the USB stick on Apple hardware. This is because Apple’s ‘Startup Manager’, summoned by holding the Option/alt (⌥) key when booting, won’t detect the USB stick without a specific partition table and layout. We’ll cover this in a later step.