Creating a bootable USB drive let's you get hands-on experience with Linux without necessarily overwriting your system.

This post shows you the procedure to create a Windows 11/10 Bootable USB on macOS, for your Windows PC using Boot Camp Assistant utility.

People who create a USB stick are doing so because they want to be able to boot from the sick and completely erase the hard drive to do a clean install.

Has anyone tried dragging the “Install OS X Mavericks” App from the bootable USB Flash Drive w/ Recovery Partition, as outlined by TyWebb, back to the Mac’s Applications folder?

Though you can install Mountain Lion directly from your Mac's hard drive, a bootable installer drive can be more convenient for installing the OS onto multiple Macs. And if your Mac is ...

How to Boot a MacBook Air From a USB External Drive. While it's lightweight and has all the bells and whistles of the other models, the MacBook Air does have limitations.

If you're trying to install a new operating system or flash your BIOS, you're going to need a bootable USB drive - here's how to make one.

To create a bootable optical disc (or, similarly, a bootable Zip or floppy disk) was a bit more involved, but not by much. So how does all of this compare to the situation with Mac OS X today?