Make a bootable macOS USB on Windows 10 PC

[meyesnkc]

My wife's Mac was broken and can not get into the system. It is the only Mac we have at home. I did my own research and currently using TransMac Trial as most people suggest. However, I am unable to get it working. It keeps popping up this error: Can not write to Mac volume.

 

[Bighorn]

Don't have a solution but will say there are issues between the format Mac OS X or the newer macOS and Windows so it be necessary to use FAT32 formatting if given that choice. Most USB Thumb drives come factory-formatted as FAT32 up through 64GB, haven't checked what the 128GB and larger have. Windows can't create/format larger than 32GB but can use it if done on Linux or using GPARTED. Windows can have problems working with the Mac or Linux formatting. Mac OS X had issues writing NTFS but could read it, can't say about the newer macOS as mine died just as it came out a year or two ago.

 

[meyesnkc]

Yeah, the USB is formatted to exFAT by default. However, I re-formatted it to FAT32. The same error appears again. it is really weird.

 

[Kinger888]

I have heard a lot of people who have used TransMac complain about it.Why do people still use it for work?Try MacDrive,in my opinion,it will be more helpful than TransMac.

 

[meyesnkc]

From my understanding, MacDrive is unable to burn dmg file. It is designed for mounting Mac disk on Windows. it is two different things

 

[heru78]

Try this settings if the Transmac doesn’t work.

1) Right click on the transmac icon on your desktop-select properties

2) Select tab "compatibility mode" and tick "run this program in compatibility mode for”.

3) Find "privilege level" tick the box -" run this program as an administrator.

 

[heru78]

Try this settings if the Transmac doesn’t work.

1) Right click on the transmac icon on your desktop-select properties

2) Select tab "compatibility mode" and tick "run this program in compatibility mode for”.

3) Find "privilege level" tick the box -" run this program as an administrator.

if these settings are still working, try some other toos to create a bootable usb from macOS, like etcher, rufus, UltraDMG.

 

[ashutosh1330]

Balena etcher is the ultimate solution for creating USB bootable for mac

 

[Bighorn]

Balena etcher is the ultimate solution for creating USB bootable for mac

An issue may be that the OP didn't say which version of Macintosh is involved, Mac OS X or the newer macOS. This is according to https://balenaetcher.org/