![]() A “Mac OS X Install DVD” disk icon will also appear on the desktop. On the left-hand pane, you will see “Mac OS X Install DVD” appear under the DVD drive when the DVD is mounted.Run the “Disk Utility” application (under the “Applications/Utilities” folder).Insert the Snow Leopard 10.6 “Mac OS X Install DVD” disk into the DVD drive.I just wanted a DMG file for speed and convenience in case I need to clone to a dual-layer DVD or to another USB flash drive. ![]() You can skip creating a DMG (Disk iMaGe) file if you clone directly from the Snow Leopard “Mac OS X Install DVD” disk to the USB flash drive. If you want to boot the USB flash drive on a PowerPC-based Mac, please see the comments. The resulting USB flash drive will boot on Intel-based Macs only. Note: I’m doing the following on a Macbook running Snow Leopard. And the USB flash drive is more portable and robust than a DVD. I can use it with a Macbook Air or Pro Retina which do not come with a DVD drive. ![]() It would be faster than reading from a DVD. I thought it would be useful to put the Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard installer on a USB flash drive. The instructions below will not work for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion or later versions. Update: Go to Bootable USB Flash Drive to Install Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite if you want to install Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks or Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite instead.
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