How to create a Windows 11 USB bootable on macOS Ventura 13?
Windows 11 is the latest version of Microsoft Windows and was released on 2022. If you want to install Windows 11 on your computer, you will need a bootable USB drive. In this article, we will show you how to create a Windows 11 bootable USB on macOS Ventura using Terminal.
What You Need
In order to create a bootable USB drive, you will need the following:
- A blank USB flash drive with at least 4GB of storage space
- A copy of the Windows 11 ISO file
- A Mac running macOS Ventura 13 or
- Administrator access to your Mac
How To Create a Windows 11 Bootable USB On macOS Ventura Using Terminal
Follow these steps to create a bootable USB drive:
1) Insert your USB flash drive into your computer’s USB port.
2) Open the “Terminal” application on your Mac. You can find this in the “Utilities” folder inside the “Applications” folder.
3) In the Terminal window, type in the following command and press Enter:
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Catalina\.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia — volume /Volumes/MyVolume — nointeraction — downloadassets — applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Catalina\.app
Replace “MyVolume” with the name of your USB flash drive volume. For example, if your volume is named “Untitled,” you would type in “/Volumes/Untitled.” Be sure to include the quotation marks around the volume name if it contains any spaces.
4) You will be prompted to enter your password. Type in your password and press Enter.
5) You will be asked if you want to erase the volume. Type “Y” for Yes and press Enter.
6) The Terminal window will display a series of messages as the bootable USB drive is being created. When it is finished, you will see the message “Done.”
7) Close the Terminal window.
Warnings
- Do not interrupt the process of creating the bootable USB drive. Doing so could result in an unusable or corrupted drive.
- Be sure to use a blank USB flash drive. Any data on the drive will be erased during the process.
How To Boot Your PC From USB Drive?
Once you have created your bootable USB drive, you can use it to install Windows 11 on your computer by following these steps:
1) Insert your bootable USB drive into a USB port on your computer and restart your computer.
2) Press and hold down the Option key while your Mac starts up until you see the Startup Manager window appear on screen.
3) Select “Windows” from the list of operating systems and click the arrow button to continue loading Windows 11 from your bootable USB drive.
Things To Keep In Mind
- Make sure that you have a backup of all important data before proceeding with this process, as there is always a possibility that something could go wrong during installation and result in data loss.
- If you are installing Windows 11 on a Mac that uses macOS Mojave (10.
14), make sure that you have updated to macOS Mojave 10.
14.5 or later before proceeding, as older versions of macOS Mojave are not compatible with Windows 11.
Summarize
In this article, we showed you how to create a Windows 11 bootable USB on macOS Ventura using Terminal.
