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Make a bootable usb on Windows for Mac

Asked by Mark

I am having a problem with a Mac Mini that only runs Lion OSX. I cannnot upgrade it past this which pretty much makes it obsolete for running current programs. I want to put Ubuntu on it as the only OS. However due to the age I am having great difficulty with this. I would like to find out if I can use a Windows 10 laptop to burn a Mac version Ubuntu OS onto a bootable USB for my Mac Mini? I am thinking this will never happen and may as well throw it in the garbage. Any suggestions? Everything I have tried so far by using the Mac directly to install has failed.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Unetbootin or rufus are good. Macs aren't special anymore. It's just an overpriced PC

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Mark (mookiex4) said : 		#2

Great I will try that. One other question. I have a USB drive that I bought online from Microsoft with Windows 10 on it. It is their bootable flash drive to install Windows 10. However it was ordered for a PC. Can I still use it on my Mid 2007 Mac Mini? If it is just and over priced PC then I cannot see that this will be an issue. Is It?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Yes it should be OK as long as the BIOS can boot USB. You'll probably find the drive needs to be formatted to FAT32 and not NTFS

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