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How to Create a Recovery USB Flash Drive for macOS Mojave

Updated on July 7th, 2022
Vishal
Written By
Vishal
Rohit Arora
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Rohit Arora

Summary: Are you dealing with a crashed Mac or unable to boot your Mac machine?

Before you think of reinstalling macOS or doing a hardware fix, ensure that you’ve rescued your data from the device.

This blog will guide you through an easy process of creating a bootable macOS Mojave USB install drive or a recovery USB drive using Stellar Data Recovery for Mac software.

The USB recovery drive will help you to recover the data from your crashed or non-booting macOS. So go ahead, download the free software trial now.

Minimum requirement: 8 GB USB flash drive, Mac, and Mojave installer.

How to Create a Recovery USB Flash Drive for macOS Mojave

Contents

  • Steps to Create a USB Install Drive
  • Usage of USB Install Drive
  • Installer Tips
  • Data Recovery on macOS: Why We Need It Here
  • If No Backup: What Is the Recourse?
  • The Process of Data Recovery
  • Activation of the Software
    • Conclusion

Note: Create Recovery Drive feature is only available in Stellar Data Recovery Version 10 & earlier! The latest version has eliminated the need of any other Mac or external device. User can directly use Stellar Data Recovery through an activated link.

Steps to Create a USB Install Drive

  1. Download macOS Mojave 10.14 from App Store.
  2. When the download completes, quit the installer, as it will launch itself automatically.
  3. Locate the installer from the Applications folder (copy it to the desktop if you desire).
  4. Connect the USB flash drive with at least 8 Gigabytes storage space to your Mac.
  5. Open Terminal and enter the next command: sudo (drag and drop the installer from application folder to locate its path) –volume (drag and drop the USB flash drive from the Mac volumes to specify its path) –nointeraction –downloadassets

Warning: The command erases the flash drive so check there are no stored files; backup the files, if they exist, before executing the sudo command.

  1. Type the administrator password when prompted. The Terminal creates the installer drive on the opted USB flash drive.

Note: Erase the flash drive to HFS+ (Mac OS Extended (Journaled)) but not APFS.

Usage of USB Install Drive

  1. Backup the entire drive before performing a clean install on your Mac machine.
  2. Connect the USB install medium.
  3. For T2 security chip supported by 2018 MacBook Pros and iMac Pros, you need to “allow booting from external media” from Startup Security Utility. Alternatively, hold the option key and reboot the Mac then use the arrow key to select the USB flash drive as an installer.
  4. Allow the computer to boot from the USB flash drive. Deploy the macOS Mojave software.

Installer Tips

  • When Apple releases newer Mojave versions, re-download the new installer and recreate installer drive to keep it up to date.
  • Keep the installer drive on a safe place so that you can use it as an external recovery drive when your Mac gets into trouble.

Data Recovery on macOS: Why We Need It Here

While performing macOS upgrade or fresh installation, you must back up data to an external storage medium. Backup helps to restore all the data back to Mac’s internal storage drive, containing the new macOS. If you do not have a backup, then you end up losing all your data stored in the Mac drive. This is because, during macOS installation, the installer erases the startup partition completely or the entire storage drive, depending upon your choice during installation.

If No Backup: What Is the Recourse?

There are chances that you did not take backup to an external backup drive, or in the rare case, the backup itself was lost, damaged, or unavailable. In such scenarios, you can rely on a data recovery software—such as the editor’s choice Stellar Data Recovery Professional for Mac—that can recover your lost data after macOS Mojave installation. The software works flawlessly with the older & newer version of MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac, iMac Pro, and Mac Mini etc.

Create macOS Mojave Recovery Drive

The Process of Data Recovery

The process of data recovery is straightforward. Follow the steps mentioned below to get back the data stored in the drive—erased completely after installing the new macOS Mojave:

1. Download and install the Mac data recovery utility on the same system where you have installed the new macOS Mojave (due to the negligible storage requirement of the utility).

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2. Alternately, you can download and install the utility on a different Mac machine, then connect the internal drive as an external device by removing it from the affected Mac.

3. Launch the data recovery software to interact with its lucid graphical user interface.

Stellar Data Recovery Professional for Mac

4. In the Recover Data module, select the type of data and the location of the storage drive.

Select Location

5. Toggle on the Deep Scan switch from the bottom left and click the Scan

6. Allow the scan to complete, which may take some time—depending on the storage size and the condition of the affected drive.

7. Preview the recoverable files if you want, then select all the required files and click the Recover

Preview

8. Specify a different external backup drive with size greater than the drive where you are performing the data recovery then click Save.

Stellar Mac Data Recovery - Saving Files

When the save process is complete, verify the recovered data from the backup storage drive. Copy the files back to your Mac or an externally used Mac drive (reconnect the drive to the Mac once the restoration process is over).

Activation of the Software

You must activate Stellar Data Recovery Professional on your Mac in order to save the recoverable files. The free download version of the software is a good way to know the software’s interface, scan your drive, and preview the recoverable files.

Watch the activation video of Stellar Data Recovery Professional to know how to activate the software and use its complete functionality, including the complementary Drive Monitor, on your iMac or MacBook system.

Conclusion

The blog highlighted the need for recovery drive, steps to create a bootable USB flash drive, and usage of the drive for installing the new macOS Mojave 10.14 in one or multiple computers. The drive acts as an external recovery drive in case your Mac fails to boot. In addition, the drive acts as a means to fresh install the drive to boost the performance of your slow, virus-infected, or troubled Mac. The blog also suggested a data recovery software that can help recover data lost due to macOS Mojave installation on your desktop or notebook computer.

About The Author

Vishal

Vishal is a data recovery expert @Stellar. He addresses data loss scenarios on a Mac. He intends to help people solve their macOS problems. Besides, Vishal prefers to read about astronomy and autobiography, and his favorite is Steve Jobs - The man who thought different written by Karen Bluementhal.

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4 comments

  1. Justin Harrington says:
    February 28, 2019 at 6:29 am

    Is there any free version of Stellar Mac Data Recovery Professional software?

    Reply
    1. Vishal says:
      February 28, 2019 at 7:23 am

      Hello Justin,

      Currently, you can only free Download the software using the below link. The software scans the drive and show preview of lost/deleted data.

      Download Link

      Reply
  2. Krystal Carr says:
    December 27, 2018 at 11:54 am

    I’m definitely looking to create a bootable macOS Mojave USB install drive very soon. This resource really made by navigation easy.

    Reply
    1. Vishal says:
      December 28, 2018 at 4:00 am

      Thanks Krystal.

      In case you find any difficulty please contact us again.

      Reply

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Table of Contents    arrow

  1. Steps to Create a USB Install Drive
  2. Usage of USB Install Drive
  3. Installer Tips
  4. Data Recovery on macOS: Why We Need It Here
  5. If No Backup: What Is the Recourse?
  6. The Process of Data Recovery
  7. Activation of the Software
    • Conclusion

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