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Posted by Michael on Feb 16, 2015 in Posts | 71 comments Remove Rear Seats (Bench seat) (VW
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Follow these simple steps in order to create a bootable USB drive from your MAC
Create a Windows 7 / 8 Bootable USB
computer:
Drive with Mac COMPLETE
SOLUTION
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On your MAC go to your Applications > Utilities and double click on the Boot
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Camp Assistant.

Dan
If you're having issues on Mac OS El
Capitan or later, you need to rst
reboot into Recovery Mode (hold
 CMD+R on boot) and open ...
Jan 21, 8:08 PM

Moviepower
Thanks buddy for sharing. It solved
my issue. Thanks again.
Jan 14, 4:18 PM

Asheen
My bad!!! It stays like that for a very
long time but then the install
procedure starts... Sorry for the
inconvenience and ignore my
previous ...
Nov 18, 10:57 AM

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When Boot Camp Assistant loads, on the rst screen click Continue and then select
only the rst option which says Create a Windows 7 or later version install disk Asheen
and click Continue. I followed the procedure and then
booted on the newly-burned DVD on
If you do not see this option move to the next step, otherwise go to step 8. my 2006 macbook2,1. After "press
any key to boot on CD / DVD" ...
Nov 18, 10:54 AM

Asheen
yeah, I'd like to know about that...
Nov 18, 10:46 AM

Dan
This worked great in getting Boot
Camp Assistant to create my USB, but
upon reboot-with-opt ion, when I
choose the "EFI" disk to boot from,
my ...
Oct 20, 12:33 PM

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Go to Applications > Utilities then right click on Boot Camp Assistant and select
Show Package Contents. Then double click on the Contents folter. Locate the
Info.plist le and make a copy of it in another location on your MAC.

Do this in order to have a backup of this le in case something goes wrong after
editing this le.
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Open Info.plist with TextEdit or with another text editor application like
TextWrangler and search for the word USBBootSupportedModels. If the you nd
the word PreUSBBootSupportedModels instead of USBBootSupportedModels,
rename it to USBBootSupportedModels.
Underneath USBBootSupportedModels you will see the declared versions of MAC
computers (i.e. MacbookPro7,2 , iMac12,2 etc) that support Creating bootable USB drives.
The word (i.e. MacbookPro) indicates the Model of the computer and the number (i.e.
7,2) the version.

If you see your computers model in this list, it means that your computer version
is older than the declared number.

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Find your computers Model Identier by clicking on APPLE then on About This
Mac then on More info and nally on System Report. On the window that
appears you will see your computers Model Identier.
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Then Copy the Model Identier and paste it in the Info.plist le under the
PreUSBBootSupportedModels key.

Make sure that your computer model is written on the list only once (i.e. If your
Model exists replace it with the correct number and do not make a duplicate with
two dierent model numbers).

Finally Save the Info.plist le (You may requested to login in order to save the le).

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This step is for OS X 10.9 users, as it creates some kind of signature that prevents
you from changing the info.plist and cause bootcamp to crash. To prevent this from
happening, go to Applications > Utilities and double click Terminal.

Then write the following command into Terminal (it will ask you to enter your mac
password to proceed). This command resigns the Boot Camp Assistant so that it
runs with the new Info.plist.

sudo codesign fs /Applications/Utilities/Boot\ Camp\ Assistant.app

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On the Boot Camp Assistant with the Create a Windows 7 or later version
install disk selected, click Continue. It will ask you to plug in your USB
memory stick if it is not already plugged in.

Then locate the .iso le on your mac and click Continue (Note: All Data will be lost
from your Memory stick).

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Finally wait for the process to nish and you are DONE.
 Enjoy!!

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DAN October 20, 2016

This worked great in getting Boot Camp Assistant to create my USB, but
upon reboot-with-option, when I choose the EFI disk to boot from, my
Early 2008 MacBook Pro freezes and goes no further. The mouse does not
move, nothing happens. Any suggestions?

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KAROLOS June 12, 2016

Hello. Thank you for the guide! After completing all the steps i have the
following strange thing. The system doesnt recognise the usb as bootable
and i dont see it at the boot options. I have tried in 2 dierent usb drives.
Any ideas?

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JOHN September 19, 2016

Same here, Ive followed all the steps that I should do, and I
couldnt see the WININSTALL usb on my macbook screen
after Ive pressed option key

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 DAVID DAS May 11, 2016
I had a bunch of permissions problems trying to alter the plist, but they
were easily xed by copying Boot Camp Assistant to the desktop, altering
the one on the desktop, re-signing it with the Terminal command
mentioned above, then running it from the desktop.

Thanks for the article and tip! Ive got Win7 installing smoothly to a ash
drive right now!

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NIKOLAY ANDREEV September 3, 2016

Thank You!!! That tip worked for me
1. Copied the Bootcamp app to the desktop
2. Opened a copy of the Info.plist
3. Removed Pre from PreUSB name
4. Added my Macbook model identier
5. Copied over the modied Info.plist le over
6. Light click and more info on BootCamp app to get exact
location
7. Ran the terminal command with updated location

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JIM April 14, 2016

On El Capitan, even with a correctly edited info.plist, the option Create a
Windows 7 or later version install disk does not exist.

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DAN January 21, 2017

If youre having issues on Mac OS El Capitan or later, you
need to rst reboot into Recovery Mode (hold CMD+R on
boot) and open the terminal (under utilities.) Once in the
terminal theres no need to sudo, as youre already in root.
Type the command csrutil disable without quotes. This will
allow you to edit system les like the Bootcamps Info.plist.
After youve nished your install of Windows I highly
recommend booting into recovery and using the command
csrutil enable as this will re-enable System Integrity
Protection. This will prevent any malware that might gain
access to root from doing any severe damage to the system.
(It will also restrict your abilities as root as well, however.)

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MICHELLE March 26, 2016

I DONT UNDERSTAND
i have el captain and i can edit the info plist but i dont get how to save it as
an iso image.
i open boot camp and try selecting it. it doesnt work that way.
HELP

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TAZOR February 15, 2016

Easy x for the command line that doesnt change the signature.
Just copy the content folder from the boot camp on the Desktop. (You need
to open the folder from nder).
Open the folder MacOS then click on Boot Camp Assistant (Black icon) and
follow the steps from 8.

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KAE December 23, 2015

I followed all the steps but after executing the command in Terminal, Boot
Camp Assistant simply doesnt open. Please help.

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JUDE December 20, 2015

Heads up! After a while of errors, the correct string that worked for me
was:
sudo codesign -fs /Applications/Utilities/Boot\ Camp\ Assistant.app

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CAMARON December 14, 2015

Hi, thanks for the gide. I am able to create the USB stick. The I plug it in to a
PC and it does not boot up. It get stacked with the cursor blincking, usb
stick light blinking, ans nothing happens. I got here looking for the way to
create a bootable windows installer USB for PC from osx. Should it work? If
not. Do you know about a dierent guide?
Thanks a lot for your help

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MACSPYRE December 13, 2015

Hi

MacOS X 10.11.2 (aka El Capitan) dont let us to edit Info.plist at all.

I tried to edit it with sudo nano, duplicate the le on my desktop and try
to replace with Finder, or edit the le directly with Sublime Text.
You have to duplicate Boot Camp Assistant Application in your desktop (or
anywhere else) to be able to edit it.

Hope this helps !

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NATALIA December 13, 2015

Another way to do this is to turn o System Integrity
Protection in El Capitan. (I tried to duplicate and replace
Info.plist, but I couldnt get the right permissions for it no
matter what I did.)

If anyone else is having this issue, restart your computer in

recovery mode by holding down COMMAND + R as its
booting. In the menu bar, click on Utilities, then open the
Terminal.
Type the following line exactly and then hit enter:

csrutil disable
 Then restart your computer normally, and edit the plist.
To reenable system integrity (which you might as well, for
safety), restart in recovery mode again, and this time type the
following line into the terminal:

csrutil enable

Then you can follow through with the rest of this solution.

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JAZEKERNIETDAN January 18, 2016

I found a very very easy x for this using El Capitan. Just copy
Bootcamp to your desktop. OSX lets you edit the info.plist.
Then just run the copy from your desktop!

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GIO NADIRASHVILI March 26, 2016

Easier solution is to select Get Info from the context menu for
the info.plist, unlock using the little lock icon at bottom-right,
then add your username to permissions list and select Read
& Write permissions. OSX will now let you edit the plist le.

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JD December 7, 2015
Does this put windows on my mac OR does it only let me use a mac to
create a windows bootable usb (i.e.: does not aect my mac software)?

I have a PC that needs Windows. I have an ISO le and a macbook. Can I

use the instructions above to use my mac to create a bootable USB which
Ill put in my corrupt PC? I DO NOT want Windows on my mac.

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MIKE December 8, 2015

It is exactly what you are looking for. Following the
instructions you will be able to create a Windows bootable
USB drive from a MAC which can be used in any pc.

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PROXAX March 12, 2016

Hello Mike
I do not see Step 2: Create a Windows 7 or
later version install disk on my MacBook
running OS X El Capitan. How do I enable this?

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JIM April 14, 2016

ditto

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