The following tutorial will help you create a bootable USB flash drive for Windows 8.1 or 8 the easy way using Microsoft’s own Windows USB/DVD Download Tool. This tutorial is also applicable for those of you trying to make bootable flash drive for Windows 7 or even the upcoming Windows 10.

With the advances in technology, faster data access (SSD), and slimming hardware footprints, legacy technologies are typically the first cuts made to get these devices thinner and lighter while making them more powerful and efficient. Installing OS X has never really been a particularly difficult task, but try doing that on a MacBook Air or a system with a broken optical drive. Not so easy anymore is it?

Even downloading the OS from the Mac App Store wouldn't do when the hard drive needs replacing or the Recovery Partition is corrupt. Luckily, Macs have a couple of options, specifically USB booting, and since most have an SD card slot, we can use those as well.

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Creating a USB Installer for Apple OS X 10.7-10.8 Before proceeding, we'll need the following items to complete the process: • 8GB USB Flash Drive (or SD Card) • Install OS X Mountain Lion.app (installer downloaded from Mac App Store) • Apple computer with Mac App Store (OS X 10.6.8+) • User Account with Administrative privileges Follow these steps: 1. Using a Mac with at least OS X 10.6.8 installed, access the Mac App Store and download the Lion (10.7) or Mountain Lion (10.8) app installer.

Insert the USB drive into the Mac and launch Disk Utility. Click on the USB drive from the left-hand menu and select the Partition tab. Click the drop-down menu, selecting 1 partition. Select Mac OS Extended (Journaled) for the format-type from the drop-down menu.

( Figure A) 6. Click on the Options button and select the radio button for GUID Partition Table and click OK. ( Figure B) 7.

Upon completion of the USB formatting, locate Install Mac OS X Mountain Lion.app (downloaded in step #1 to the Applications folder, by default). Right-click the file and select Show Package Contents. ( Figure C) 8. Navigate the file structure Contents Shared Support and drag the InstallESD.dmg file to the desktop. ( Figure D) 9.

Go back to Disk Utility and click on the newly formatted USB Drive in the menu, then click on the Restore tab. In the Source textbox, click the Image button and select the InstallESD.dmg file on your Desktop. For Destination, drag & drop the partition created on the USB drive onto the textbox. ( Figure E) 11. Upon verifying that the fields are correct, click the Restore button and select Erase from the application, if prompted to do so. ( Figure F) 12.

The process may indicate in excess of one hour, but in my experience the process takes significantly less time to complete. ( Figure G) Creating a USB Installer for Apple OS X 10.5-10.6 The process is nearly identical, with a few alternate items to complete the process: • 8GB USB Flash Drive (or SD Card) • Apple OS X Install DVD* • Apple computer with (OS X 10.5+) • Built-in or USB Optical Drive • User account with Administrative access *Note: Install DVD must be the original DVD from Apple and not a Restore DVD that came with earlier model Apple computers & laptops. The process has not been tested with Restore DVDs and may not yield a reliable, OS X Installer USB. • Insert Apple OS X Install DVD into Optical Drive.

• Launch Disk Utility and click on the OS X Install DVD from the left-hand menu. • Click on the Restore tab and verify that the Mac OS X Install DVD appears in the Source text box. • Drag & drop the formatted USB drive partition to the Destination textbox. ( If you did not format the USB drive, please follow steps #2-6 from the 10.7/10.8 tutorial above) then continue on to step #5 below. ( Figure H) • Upon verifying that the fields are correct, click the Restore button. Select Erase from the confirmation box, if prompted to do so. • If asked to authenticate, enter credentials that have administrator access and click OK to proceed.

Chromecast plugin for chrome mac. Google Chromecast is a good and cheap product for video streaming on Televisions. It is also easily installed Mac OS X operating systems. Run the Chromecast app and select the Chromecast device you want to set up from the list and follow the prompts on the screen to complete the setup of your. Though not required, we recommend you pin the Cast button to your Chrome toolbar. This will allow for easier access to Cast functionality from any web page. In the upper right corner of Chrome browser, click the Chrome Settings menu 'Cast.' The Cast button will temporarily appear in your toolbar.