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How to make a ubuntu bootable usb mac
How to make a ubuntu bootable usb mac











  • With the option key pressed on your keyboard, boot up your Mac.
  • Insert your USB flash drive that has the Ubuntu installer on it.
  • Part 2: Install Ubuntu on the external SSD Start up an Ubuntu live session
  • Select the Untitled partition, click erase, and rename it to Ubuntu Boot Loader.
  • In the window that pops up informing you that a new Untitled partition will be created, accept by clicking Partition. That is overkill, but it makes things simple. In this example I changed the original ~128 GB to ~127 GB. Reduce the size of the EmptyDrive partition by at least 128 MB.
  • With the external SSD drive selected, click Partition.
  • Click Erase with these options (if it fails, just try again):.
  • Select your external SSD drive (NOT your Mac's hard drive!).
  • Insert your external SSD drive into your Mac.
  • Let's get started! Part 1: Formatting your external SSD drive It is more appropriate for a full install of an operating system than a flash drive is. So it should be more reliable (and faster) than a generic USB Flash drive. Why this drive? According to the specs it is FAST, and it is a SSD, not a standard USB Flash drive.
  • A blank SSD drive, like this SSD USB drive ($70-130 on Amazon for the 128 GB and 256 GB versions).
  • A bootable USB flash drive for installing Ubuntu: instructions.
  • An Intel powered Macbook (may have to be newer than 2013) with 2 USB ports.
  • This requires permanent changes to your Mac
  • You do NOT want to make any permanent changes to your Macbook.
  • You do NOT want a virtual machine because they are slow.
  • You want to have a portable full install of an Ubuntu system for prototyping.
  • We will generally be following these instructions, with a few key modifications. This guide will show you, step by step, how to install a full version of bootable Ubuntu on a SSD (solid state drive, or any other external drive), using only your Macbook.

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    Installing Ubuntu on an external SSD drive on a Macbook













    How to make a ubuntu bootable usb mac