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Instructions for making an external drive that you can use to install macOSSierra.
Roman Loyola By Roman Loyola
Senior Editor, Macworld | Jul 3, 2017 1:32 PM PT
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Apple uses its App Store to distribute its software, like new Macoperating systems. Itâs convenient, but sometimes it can take a while fora download to finish. And if you have multiple Macs, itâs inefficient todownload the new OS to each and every Mac.
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Thatâs why I like to make a bootable external drive for the sole purposeof installing the Mac operating system. When I need to tend to a bunch ofMacs, itâs much faster to use a bootable drive instead of going to eachMac, launching the App Store, searching for the operating system,downloading it (after entering my Apple ID), and then running theinstaller.
You can create a bootable USB flash drive with the macOS Sierra installerthatâs now available. The installer software will take up nearly 5GB ofstorage space. Hereâs how to create a bootable macOS Sierra installerdrive.
Download the macOS Sierra installer
Launch the App Store app, then look for macOS Sierra in the store. (Hereâsa link.) Click on the Download button, and your Mac will download theinstaller to your Applications folder. If it automatically launches afterdownload, quit the installer.
sierra beta installer app folder sierra gmKeep the installer in theApplications folder.
If youâve already upgraded your Mac to Sierra, the installer is removedfrom the Applications folder. You can download it again if you go toPurchased in the App Store. Look for macOS Sierra in the list of apps thatyouâve bought, and click on the Download button. If it automaticallylaunches after download, quit the installer.
Get an external drive
You can use a USB flash drive or a hard drive with room for the installersoftware. Iâve used different drives with success, including a VisionTek120GB USB 3.0 Pocket Solid State Drive ($83 on Amazon) and an old 8GBIomega Micro Mini Hard Drive.
Donât worry if the drive isnât formatted for the Mac. The drive will bereformatted automatically as part of the process. Change the name of yourdrive to Untitled; you need to do this for the steps below.
The quick and easy way
The process detailed below involves the Terminal. If your really donâtwant to use Terminal, there are a couple of free apps you can use.
Use the Terminal to create a boot disk
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So you have your external drive, and the Sierra beta installer is inplace. Now youâre going to use Terminal to create a boot drive. If youâvenever used Terminal before, donât worry. This is pretty easy.
Here are the steps to create a macOS Sierra beta boot disk. (Apple alsohas these instructions.)
How to boot from the installer drive
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Roman has covered technology since the early 1990s. His career started atMacUser, and he's worked for MacAddict, Mac|Life, and TechTV. He's alsowritten for MacRumors and Realtor.com.
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I wasn't going to write this post because I've already said most of what I wanted to on Twitter. Yesterday though, I changed my mind when I saw this Tweet from Product Hunt.
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Add your favorite ? https://t.co/S9X18oklTFpic.twitter.com/fGVNgRsYDH Best Podcast App Mac Os X 10.8â Product Hunt (@ProductHunt) July 15, 2017
It's a link to a question posted on Product Hunt over three months ago asking for a decent Mac podcast app because iTunes is dreadful. The recommendations are what really angered me:
I don't know why I even clicked the link because I knew after repeatedly searching for months there wasn't.
Pocket Casts
It's no secret that my favourite podcast app on my iPhone is Pocket Casts. I love the UI, the smart playlists, and up next feature. Not to mention the fact that it cuts out gaps in audio like Overcast and has a web UI.
While the web UI is okay it doesn't feel native and still leaves a number of issues. Most notably there is no media key or chapter support. On top of that, because I have it pinned as a tab in Safari I constantly find myself closing the window.
Building Desktop Casts
I opened up the web inspector for the Pocket Casts site and started recording the XHR requests. Reverse engineering their private API was simple as it's logically designed and uses a user token stored in a cookie for authentication.
That Friday I spent the day bashing something together that would interface with the Pocket Casts private API.
With a little tidying up this could be something pic.twitter.com/ZowMmZu1N4
â Stephen Radford (@steve228uk) June 30, 2017
I was excited with what I had and quickly registered desktopcasts.com, thinking that I could release this as an unofficial Pocket Casts Mac app.
Thankfully I had nothing planned that weekend and spent the entirety of it working on Desktop Casts. That's not hyperbole at all. The project had its grip on me and I couldn't stop thinking about it or working on it. I stayed awake until 3am Sunday working on it, got up at midday and worked some more.
I canât decide if I like that bottom bar in dark. It is on the iPhone app and I do like the separation. pic.twitter.com/KfPYZReItg
â Stephen Radford (@steve228uk) June 30, 2017
A lot happier with this now and think I have a general idea for the player layout at the bottom. pic.twitter.com/XKd94TJabE
â Stephen Radford (@steve228uk) July 2, 2017
Weâve got show notes! ? pic.twitter.com/hLipNlboNa
â Stephen Radford (@steve228uk) July 2, 2017
Letâs get that individual podcast screen in ? pic.twitter.com/BExjh4F36z
â Stephen Radford (@steve228uk) July 2, 2017
Login screen looks a little nicer now pic.twitter.com/jBRNTVGHJB
â Stephen Radford (@steve228uk) July 2, 2017
Chapters were easier than expected to add. Now just needs some tidy up. pic.twitter.com/aguqyt5AG4
â Stephen Radford (@steve228uk) July 2, 2017
Turns out that panel is perfect for show notes too! pic.twitter.com/ExOim5zbUO
â Stephen Radford (@steve228uk) July 3, 2017
Chapter support + seeking fully implemented ? pic.twitter.com/pY8epbQM6y How to make outlook app default email on mac.
â Stephen Radford (@steve228uk) July 4, 2017
![]() Game Over
I was excited. Finally it felt like I would finally have the Pocket Casts Mac app I so desperately wanted. In my excitement I'd assumed that this would all be fine but I wanted to make sure so I looped the @PocketCasts account in on the thread.
Hopefully @pocketcasts donât mind me using their private API for this ?
â Stephen Radford (@steve228uk) July 2, 2017
It turns out that was the right thing to do as they're not currently in a position to support an API.
I think this is cool personally, but please don't do this. We don't have an API for a reason, we just don't have the..
â Pocket Casts (@pocketcasts) July 3, 2017
..resources to support it. Current changes we're working on will also probably break what you're doing..
â Pocket Casts (@pocketcasts) July 3, 2017
..and finally if you implement it wrong you risk getting people's accounts locked who use this app..
â Pocket Casts (@pocketcasts) July 3, 2017
..don't want to be a buzz kill, but just hoping to be open and honest about using an API we don't have or support.
â Pocket Casts (@pocketcasts) July 3, 2017
I was disappointed but I understood. It's their API, I broke their user terms by reverse engineering it and I totally understand not being able to support something as a small team from experience.
That said, I reached out to them via email to apologise for causing any alarm and they explained some more of their reasoning.
What Now?Best Podcast App Mac Os X 10.7
Well I still get to use the best podcast app on the Mac. It syncs perfectly with Pocket Casts on my iPhone, I can skip to chapters and it's simply fantastic â and, you don't. You get to keep using a web UI that's a mediocre experience or put up with podcasts in iTunes if you can wade through that piece of crap.
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I did consider releasing it as a standalone app that would subscribe to feeds on its own but that idea proved to not be popular and the additional time it would take to do that isn't worthwhile. If Pocket Casts (or Overcasts) ever release a public API that will sync with their service or mobile apps I will be ready and waiting. How to get ipad app on mac.
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Until then, the perfect podcast app for Mac is all but a dream.
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