There's a little (free) app that'll do it for you - http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/39701/lion-diskmaker
USB Sticks are horrendously slow! I have a 120gb pocket drive partitioned into 3, one is a Snow Leopard Installer, the next is a Lion Installer and the third (only since yesterday, of course) is a Mountain Lion Installer. Chris Webb . Principal MacService Woodside, Brightling Road Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5EL t: 01580 881212 f: 01580 881313 m: 07770 960632 e: [email protected] w: www.macservice.co.uk On 26 Jul 2012, at 15:47, [email protected] wrote: > Hi all, > > Is it possible to use a USB stick, one of those small things that stick in > the USB 2.0 sockets in the back of my iMac, as an OS X Startup Disk? Given > that solid state is much faster than HDD and that you can buy 32GB for about > £15 would it be a handy way of getting a speedier Mac? I have a nasty feeling > that there's some hideous catch though ... > > Yours curiously, > > Stephen > > > "Reality leaves a lot to the imagination" - John Lennon > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
