On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 1:34 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > 1- Apple's file system is not FATxx at all. It is specific to Apple macOS > systems. macOS has the ability to read NTFS, and read/write to FAT16, FAT32, > and ExFAT formatted volumes as well as the native macOS file system format. > > 1a- Thumb drives and other flash drive plug devices can be formatted in macOS > native or various FATxx formats. > > 2- The macOS operating system installer is intended to be run from the system > boot up drive, installed in the Applications folder, for generations of macOS > past v10.11. It's always best to put the installer in the Applications folder > on your boot drive.
Yes it is there and will be run from Applications. I just wanted to make a copy off computer in case of something gone wrong and i needed it again. I understand once its run from Applications it is deleted. I just wanted a copy on the thumb drive. Is it olk to copy it to an msdos formatted drive or should i do a Mac formatted drive.?? Dave > > G > >> On Nov 19, 2016, at 8:53 AM, David J Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thanks John. Maybe what i saw was if i was going to run the 10.11 from >> the external i had to do its as a straight Mac format. >> ?? >> >> Dave >> >>> On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 11:31 AM, John <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> On 11/19/2016 10:43 AM, David J Brooks wrote: >>>> >>>> I'm going to copy my install file for 10.11 to a jump drive. Should it >>>> be formatted starchily for Mac or with the msdos format be ok. I can >>>> do the mac format no problem but i thought i saw some were that you >>>> had to do some sort of GUDE ?? set up and now i cannot find anything >>>> about that. >>>> >>>> Dave >>>> >>> >>> Windoze should let you format it FAT32 & I'm pretty sure that's what >>> Apple uses for the Mac. That's how I formatted the thumb drive when I >>> upgraded my Mac Mini. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
