How to create Ubuntu USB booting drive in your Mac
Here’s some tips on how to create a drive in USB to install Ubuntu in your Mac.
This post will create a drive to install Ubuntu version 18.04.1 LTS. The size of the program is around 1.95G, so you will need more than 4G of USB.
![ubuntu logo](https://esdrop.com/d/eIu1woUUkp.png)
1. Formatting USB (FAT32) through SD Card Formatter
You want clean USB before we create a disc. Have you USB into SD, SDHC, SDXC memory card format via SD Card Formatter. If you’re Mac user, you can download the program through the follwoing link.
https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/eula_mac/index.html
Have your USB inserted to your Mac and click Format button.
![SD Card Formatter SD Card Formatter](https://i.esdrop.com/d/uXmY6Hka3z.png)
2. Download Ubuntu ISO
Download Ubuntu ISO that you want to install. You can download the program from the following link. I downloaded 18.04.1 LTS version.
https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop
![Downloading Ubuntu by clicking Download button Downloading Ubuntu by clicking Download button](https://i.esdrop.com/d/HCQMCufXrT.png)
3. Create USB installation disc via Etcher
https://www.balena.io/etcher/
Etcher is an utility program which you cna use for Windows/Mac/Linux. It is easy to use. You can download Etcher through the following link.
https://www.balena.io/etcher/
It’s easy to use
- Run Etcher
- Select image and download Ubuntu
- Select USB
- click Flash!
![Etcher Etcher](https://i.esdrop.com/d/NvtvGXUvej.png)
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