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How to create Mac OSX Lion 10.7.3 Bootable USB step by step

Posted on  4/5/2012
Ok, So you Downloaded  Lion  10.7.3 App from app store and want to make bootable usb for your hackintosh , ( for installing osx lion in pc )
then here is step by step guide :

NOOBS GUIDE HERE

Requirements 

  1. Running MAC OSX ( tested on lion 10.7.3 )
  2. Copy of OSX Lion  App
  3. 8 GB or Higher USB drive 
  4. Tonymacx86 Unibeast
  5. 30-40 minutes 

PART 1 : Prepare DMG 

  1. Download OS X 10.7.3 Lion from the App Store
  2. Go to the /Applications/ directory and right-click on “Install Mac OS X Lion.app” selecting “Show Package Contents”
  3. Open the “Contents” directory and then open “SharedSupport”, looking for a file named “InstallESD.dmg”
  4. Double-click on InstallESD.dmg to mount it
  5. open terminal and paste these commands to ShowAllFiles
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        <i>$ defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <br />$ killall Finder</i></span></li> 
        
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          <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Mount &#8216;BaseSystem.Dmg&#8217;</span> <ol style="color: black; font-family: Times;">
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              Mount BaseSystem.dmg
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          <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">PART II : Prepare USB</span>
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          <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vT3g1WAyGLs/T33CDriYN8I/AAAAAAAACM8/lBtwxQtgotE/s1600/partiton_uSB.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; font-family: Times; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="392" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vT3g1WAyGLs/T33CDriYN8I/AAAAAAAACM8/lBtwxQtgotE/s640/partiton_uSB.png" width="640" /></a>
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                <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;2. Open /<b>Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility&nbsp;</b></span>
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              <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">&nbsp;Choose USB&nbsp;drive&nbsp;in left column</span></span>
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              <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Click Partition tab</span></span>
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              <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Click Current and choose 1 Partition</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
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              <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px;">Click</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px;">&nbsp;</span><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px;">Options&#8230;</b></span>
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              <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px;">Choose</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px;">&nbsp;</span><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px;">Master Boot Record (important ) 
              
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                </b><b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</b></span></li> </ol> </div> </div> 
                
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                  <b style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Under&nbsp;</span></span></b><b>Format:</b><span style="font-weight: normal;">&nbsp;choose&nbsp;</span><b>Mac OS Extended (Journaled)</b>
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                  <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">Click </span><b style="line-height: 22px;">Apply </b><span style="line-height: 22px;">and let it finish&nbsp;partitioning and formatting&nbsp;</span></span>
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                  <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"><b>Process&nbsp;</b></span></span>
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                    <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">Download &nbsp;<a href="http://www.tonymacx86.com/downloads" target="_blank">UniBeast</a> and run it&nbsp;</span></span>
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                    <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">Go like normal&nbsp;installation&nbsp;just next next&nbsp;</span></span>
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                    <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">Choose <i><b>USB </b></i>as destination&nbsp;</span></span>
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                    <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">choose <b><i>Mac App Store&nbsp;&#8220;Install Mac OS X Lion&#8221;&nbsp;</i></b></span></span>
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                    <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">you can check for <i><b>laptop support </b></i>( if you want to install in laptop )</span></span>
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                    <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">click <b><i>continue</i></b> and<b> <i>install</i></b></span></span>
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                    <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">it will take 20 to 35 minutes depend on your system</span></span>
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                  <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">after installation&nbsp;</span></span>
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                    <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"><br />reboot and choose USB as ur first Boot Drive<br />and from chimera Bootloader Choose USB drive as your booting Partiton</p> 
                    
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                      and go like normal hackintosh installation
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