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.. _bootable-usb-mac:
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Create a bootable USB drive on macOS
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Follow these instructions to create a bootable |CLOSIA| USB drive.
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Use an **8GB** or larger USB drive. Download either a live image,
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``clear-<version>-live.img.xz`` or an installer image,
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``clear-<version>-installer.img.xz``, from our `image`_ download page.
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Instructions are also available for other operating systems:
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* :ref:`bootable-usb-linux`
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* :ref:`bootable-usb-windows`
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.. include:: ../../reference/image-types.rst
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:start-after: incl-image-filename:
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:end-before: incl-image-filename-end:
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.. include:: ../../guides/maintenance/download-verify-uncompress-mac.rst
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:start-after: verify-mac:
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Burn the Clear Linux image onto a USB drive
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.. caution::
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|CAUTION-BACKUP-USB|
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#. Launch the Terminal app.
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#. Go to the directory with the uncompressed image.
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#. Plug in a USB drive and get its identifier by entering the command
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:command:`diskutil list`. See Figure 1.
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.. code-block:: console
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$ diskutil list
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.. figure:: figures/bootable-usb-mac-1.png
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:scale: 100 %
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:alt: Get USB drive identifier
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Figure 1: macOS - Get USB drive identifier
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#. Unmount the USB drive identified in the previous step. The command-line
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example below umounts `/dev/disk2`:
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.. code-block:: console
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$ diskutil umountDisk /dev/disk2
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#. Burn the image onto the drive using the :command:`dd` command. The
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command-line example below burns an uncompressed image onto `/dev/disk2`:
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.. code-block:: console
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$ sudo dd if=./clear-[version number]-[image type] of=/dev/rdisk2 bs=4m
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Adding an ‘r’ in front of the disk identifier should help speed up the
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imaging process.
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You can press :kbd:`<CTL>-T` to check imaging progress.
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#. Eject the USB drive.
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.. code-block:: console
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$ diskutil eject /dev/disk2
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Next steps
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With a bootable |CL| USB drive, you can:
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* :ref:`bare-metal-install`
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* :ref:`boot-live-image`
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* :ref:`multi-boot`
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.. _image: https://download.clearlinux.org/image
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