I usually first create a IMG of the DVD, but it should work in one shot. (Migration Assistant, Disk Utility, Network Utility, Terminal (that auto mounts your internal drive as needed), Firmware Utility and Password Reset Utility.ġ) Use Disk Utility backup/restore to image whatever Snow Leopard DVD you prefer onto a HFS+ formatted GUID USB drive. Really - try the above if you can, but as an alternative, here is a simple recipe for making a USB version of the OS X installer + associated tools. With OS X El Capitan, Yosemite, or Mavericks, you can use a USB flash drive or other removable media as a startup disk from which to install OS X.
If Apple's supported method of using the createinstallmedia tool doesn't work, you can try other options below:
