Olarila provides pre‑made raw disk images (.raw) of macOS installers.
Unlike a vanilla USB (created with createinstallmedia), Olarila images already contain:
Why use Olarila?
Downsides:
| Component | Minimum | Recommended | |-----------|---------|--------------| | CPU | Intel Core i5 4th gen (Haswell) | Intel 8th–10th gen (Coffee Lake/Comet Lake) or AMD Ryzen 3000/5000 | | GPU | Intel HD 4600 (iGPU) | AMD Radeon RX 560/570/580 (natively supported) or RX 5500/5600/5700 XT | | RAM | 8 GB | 16 GB | | Storage | 128 GB SSD | 256+ GB SSD (NVMe or SATA) | | USB | USB 3.0 port (for installer) | USB 3.0 / USB‑C | | Motherboard | Any with UEFI firmware | Gigabyte, ASUS, MSI, ASRock (Intel 300‑series or AMD B450/B550/X570) |
Avoid:
Find the official Olarila thread on InsanelyMac or their dedicated forum. Look for the file named something like:
macOS Big Sur Olarila Image.raw (approximately 12GB). Use a torrent client for safer and faster downloads.
On macOS / Linux (using dd):
On Windows (Balena Etcher):
After writing, the USB will have two partitions: macos big sur olarila top