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In this video I show how to install macOS 13 on desktop or laptop
Here I have a computer running Windows 11 and I am going to install macOS 13 on it
First of all on Windows 11 you use the CPU Z software to determine the type of processor you use
CPU Z is a free software that helps you to identify hardware information such as processor, memory, hard drive and more.
My computer uses a processor called Coffee Lake
Now I will create the corresponding installer for it
Here are the download links for the files needed for the macOS installer
Here are the files to install for both desktop and laptop
Because I install macOS for the desktop so I will look for the corresponding files
In the desktop folder I found a folder for processors called Coffee Lake
You download the files that correspond to your processor
This is a compressed file so you need to unzip it
These are the files after extracting
In the folder named EFI there are two subfolders named BOOT and OC
There's one more file you need to download
I put the path of these files in the description
There is only one file here and you download it
This file is common to all different types of processors
And this is also a compressed file so you need to decompress it
To create a bootable installer you need a USB drive of at least 2GB in size
Here I use a USB drive of size 8GB
With this USB drive you format it as FAT32
If your USB drive is larger than 32GB then you will have a bit of a hard time trying to format it as FAT32.
Therefore, I recommend you to use a USB drive less than 32GB in size
After formatting the USB drive, copy the files prepared in the previous step
You copy the folder named EFI to the USB drive
This folder helps you to boot the macOS operating system and it has subfolders OC and BOOT
After finishing copying the folder named EFI, you copy the folder named recovery.boot
This folder helps you to install macOS 13 on your desktop or laptop
Make sure to copy both folders named EFI and recovery.boot
This is my macOS installer and the files on it
On my computer there is a hard drive with Windows 11 installed
On this drive there is a partition named EFI, this is the boot partition
In the next step you will customize it to boot to macOS
One more thing to note is that you plug your USB stick into a USB 2.0 port to install macOS
There are 4 USB 3.0 ports on my computer, but I don't use it to install macOS
Instead I use 1 of 2 USB 2.0 ports to install macOS 13
You should not use the USB 3.0 port when installing because it will cause an unbootable error
Now go to the UEFI BIOS and set up your computer to boot from the USB drive
You choose macOS Recovery to start installing the operating system
You choose the language when installing, here I choose English
Next you format the partition before installing macOS
Because the partition is running Windows 11 it is formatted as NTFS
I choose the partition named OS and format it
To install macOS you format it as APFS
As mentioned in the previous step, I give the partition a name so that it is easy to identify it when formatting and installing
After completing the partition format, you install macOS 13 on it
I selected the partition named OS and started to install the operating system
Make sure your computer is connected to the internet to download the installer
It will take about 1 hour to complete the installation
During the installation your computer automatically reboots several times before it completes
And here are the settings for the first boot
You will be asked to create an administrative account for this computer
You write down the password to log in to macOS next time
For macOS to detect the type of keyboard you are using, follow the instructions and press the key next to the Shift key
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There is a problem that needs to be solved that when you remove the USB drive, your computer cannot boot
So what to do
You will copy the boot folder from the USB drive to the hard drive
As mentioned in the previous section the boot directory is named EFI
To be able to access the boot partition on the hard drive you use the Mount EFI tool
You download this tool and extract it by double-clicking on the downloaded file
Then you open the file named MountEFI.command
MountEFI requires you to install Python before use
You just need to press y to install Python
You will be asked to enter the admin password set up in the previous step to install Python
You choose the hard drive to mount the boot partition
Here the macOS installation hard drive is named OS
After the mount is complete you can access the hard drive's boot partition
In this partition there are Windows 11 boot files so it can't help you to boot macOS
So you delete it and replace them with the macOS boot files
You go to the folder named EFI on the USB drive and copy the folder named BOOT and OC
You paste them in the boot partition of the hard drive
So on your hard drive there are now boot files suitable for macOS 13
You remove the USB drive and restart the computer
Your computer has only one boot option, the hard drive
You access the UEFI BIOS and set up the computer to boot from the hard drive
Here you choose ResetNVRAM and reboot
In UEFI BIOS there will be a new boot option called OpenCore
You set up the computer to boot from OpenCore
You should see your computer booting to macOS without a USB drive
I have finished showing how to install macOS 13, thank you for watching, don't forget to like and help me 600 thousand subscriptions
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