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hey guys johnathan er from TLD with a video for those you who own a Mac that came pre-installed with Lyon but would still like a physical copy of the OS to use for upgrading hard drives performing a fresh install or just to keep handy as a backup if need be with the new ivory bridge Mac support USB 3.0 I'll be creating the OS 10 line install on a SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 thumb drive which isn't the most cost efficient option but it's stupid fast it will not only showcase the speed of USB 3.0 but result in an awesome series of videos this will also work on cheaper USB 3.0 and 2.0 drives for those who want to keep the cost down so I'll have links to a few different options down in the description now if the thumb drive plugged in the first thing we're gonna do is head up to spotlight look for Disk Utility and then open it up next we'll select the USB Drive head over to the partition tab and then select one partition we can go ahead and then name the USB Drive and then the next step is very important we want to make sure it's formatted to Mac OS extended journaled once that's done we'll head over to the options tap and to make sure to set 2g UID partition table and then we can hit apply and complete the formation once that is complete we can hop out of Disk Utility and powered down the Mac but just for a second we'll go ahead and power it back on but we'll do so while simultaneously holding down the option key which is gonna give us access to our recovery harddrive now before we can do anything else we'll need to enter the network info so if you have Wi-Fi how to enter the password or plug in the ethernet cable if you prefer a wired connection once that's done we can now select the recovery hard drive and once we're all booted up we'll begin by selecting the language and then at least four options we're gonna select the reinstall Mac os10 option it'll ask you to verify eligibility with Apple so gonna hit continue and then agree with the licensing next we're gonna select the USB drive to install Lion onto and this will actually be the longest part of the entire process because we'll be downloading about four gigs of data over the Internet now for the sake of the video I've sped up the process but depending on your internet connection it could take anywhere from thirty minutes up to over an hour but it's extremely important to pay attention because once it finishes up normally where it would restart and complete the installation on its own we're gonna trick the system and pull out the USB Drive and then hold down the power button to cancel the rest of the process because we don't actually want oh s 10 installed on the USB Drive we just want the data so we'll go ahead and power the Mac back on and then reinsert the USB Drive from there we're going to open up the drive and enter the folder called Mac OS 10 install data the install ESD dmg file is actually the one we want so let's go and copy that paste it to the desktop for now but you can always back it up elsewhere just in case you want extra redundancy next we're gonna open up disk utility one more time and then we're gonna format the USB Drive just like we did in the beginning of the video one partition GUI D partition table name the drive make sure it is Mac OS extended journaled and then hit apply lastly we're gonna drag that install dmg into Disk Utility and then select it to make sure it's the source and then from there we can drag the USB Drive over to the destination section and then hit restore it might ask you for your password so if it does go ahead and enter that but after that it should only take a few minutes to complete and that's it so thank you guys for watching hopefully you enjoyed it and if you did and you're feeling like being awesome make sure to hit that like button as it helps a channel out aside from that once Part two goes up I will post it as a video response so look out for that and I will see you guys later